[we did a sparkly 2016 craft, poured our prosecco a few hours early, cheersed! smooched! laughed! ate pizza. had a few party blower battles. stayed up til midnight! i wore sequined slippers and ended the night in my fluffy pink onesie jammies. couldn’t ask for more!]
it was so much fun ringing in the new year in our new home!! because, as i reminded steven, i remember crawling in bed at some point after welcoming our last new year… and i believe my husband’s exact words were, “let’s blow this popsicle stand in 2015.” oh yes, that’s how he says things like, “perhaps we should consider moving this year.” 😉 and even though we’d lightly discussed moving for a long time before… that was probably the first time i was really like okay, lets do it! although, i didn’t really think we would, because we already had a baby rocco scheduled to appear come july, and you know! new baby life! BUT HEY! we actually did it! and i’m kinda proud of us. and ready to be settled. and thankful it’s a new year!
anyway, i don’t tend to make official new year’s resolutions, but!! i do have some personal goals for this year! work-in-progress kind of goals, you know? and what better time to start on those than now! goals liiiike…
1. pray more effectively! like maybe don’t fall asleep during my bedtime prayers. perhaps keep a prayer journal to record my prayer requests and what comes of them. and i’d love to get more out of actual scriptures, because honestly, i dorkily love scripture memorization. [and i dorkily love dorkily loving things!] anyway, i feel like i have a responsibility to my family to pray well and teach my babes how to pray well, and that is motivating, to say the least! also, i have a lot to be grateful for! and to whom much is given, much is expected. [see! hey hey! straight from memory… book of luke, yo.]
2. be just a tidbit more regimented… i’m not one for a committed schedule, but i thriiiive on a good routine! it’s a fine little line to walk, really… i want to be efficient but flexible! i want to keep things running nicely in the background so we can all enjoy the party that is daily life. 🙂 supermoms out there, hit me up! please and thank you!
3. haaave patience! where did my patience go? haven’t seen it in a while! haha. when i get worn out i get a wee bit snippier [whatup, confessions! but don’t we all??] and i do think sometimes that’s okay, as it keeps you from being a total doormat when that’s your tendency… however! especially as maddalena grows into these ridiculously absorbent and formative years, i really want to be patient and gentle with her! and sweet rocco, oh, he is such a wonderful little babe that i am so not ready to ruin! also, i already told steven that every time he starts making me mad i’m going to hug him instead of give him my dagger-eyeballs face. after saying that, though, i realized it may not work in my favor, haha!
4. enjoy something totally unnecessary! like, something just for the sake of mindless me time! a terrible show maybe? really, i’d like to finish rereading the whole outlander series like i meant to wrap up last year… although, i’m talking *extra* mindless and unnecessary, here!! sooo, i might watch the bachelor if i get a chance! the thing is, i feel guilty any time i’m being unproductive… so this is legitimately a tough one for me, but sometimes i think it would just help to pause a smidge. and, oh, i’m not counting things i do while nursing! that’s still productive. have you seen the chunk on my monkey?! it’s pretty amazing, if i do say so myself! anyway, i have a long term goal of getting everyone to sleep and watching twilight. haha!
5. get back to painting. i miss painting! i miss creating. i love doing things with my hands, and in a world that has so much of life now “in the cloud” i appreciate it more and more. i am hoping to get back to that as my smallest bunny grows a bit!
6. sneak in some regular little dates with stevo! it’s always been important to me to get to completely savor my babies in their first months… soak up the whole infant stage, nurse them how they need to be nursed, and not be separated from them much, knowing that it goes by in such a flash! it really does. my baby girl who hardly let anyone but me hold her, who’d nurse day and night for 40 minutes at a time… well, she’s now a busy 3-year-old bee with a growing social life. and now that rocco is 6 moths old? i see teeth and bananas in his not-so-distant future! and once he gets going with solids, that’ll hopefully be leading to some enjoyable little dateypies with my boo. 🙂 with less worry on my part, since i tend to have baby nurse-a-holics [no complaints, i looove nursing!]. and if we can finally get a decent bedtime going for the bunnies, maybe i can force him to stay up with me for a trashy show viewing and wine! ha. haha.
also! play lots of music. do plenty of crafts. plant stuff in the spring! host happy hours with friends. visit cheekwood and take zoo outings. save money, but have fun, too. ride!! and ride with maddalena! cook squash more often. i love squash now! learn a new skill. get a massage. be better about my email inbox. plan a family trip or two. smell all the roses! 🙂
well, anyway! now we can all see why i usually just resolve to “do more, better!” because… that’s essentially what it boils down to, yes?! buuut at least i’ve got some specifics going this year, huh!
wish me luck… and same to you! happy 2016!!
I applaud you for actually sitting down and writing this all out. I love it actually. Someone asked me recently what my "resolutions" were and I was all uhm. I don't have any? But I guess that's because if I want to do something I just do it now instead of waiting till the new year? Maybe. Or maybe I'm just the furthest thing from an introspective person? So cheers to you and doing all the things better eh? Across the board. 😉
Happy new year, Brittany! Hope 2016 is everything you've been hoping for 🙂