Happy 2013!

2012 was full of small joys, new experiences, some sad and trying times, some friendships made deeper and some that didn't stand up, the familiar presence of family and friends, and a lot of the everyday routine that comes from working, cooking, cleaning, and sleeping like any normal human being.  As I was reading friends' posts on facebook, I realized that 2012 was a slightly uneventful year for me.  We had some celebrations and milestones, but if I'm being honest, I'd say I was a bit lazy/comfortable in 2012 actually.  

Mr. C and I spent the afternoon of January 1, 2013 being lazy so I certainly hope that's not an indication of the year to come.  I don't really believe in resolutions because they seem to just be set to be broken.  They're overdone and every year it seems that the same resolutions come up, proving that not much came of them the year before.  However, every year around January 1 I get a burst of energy and decide I want to organize everything, eat super healthy, take walks daily, do my devotions, get plenty of sleep, and spend time focusing on the people I love while maybe making some huge changes like moving to China or saving a million dollars (still working on the lottery for that one...).  I follow that up with thinking, "this year (insert year) is going to be the best EVER!"  Then life kicks in and I find myself driving the same way to work, groggy and eating my not-so-amazing breakfast I grabbed on my way out the door as I power-walked faster than I have in months since I haven't been taking daily walks.  I glance at the calendar, and realize holy cow, it's December 31st and I've forgotten all my resolutions.  This is the relationship between resolutions and I.  It's not that I don't love my life; it's pretty great in so many ways, but we all have things we want to change, and resolutions are the hope that in the new year we'll do just that.  Sometimes life becomes too full of things that we forget to stop and take some time to do something that makes our day extraordinary or just appreciate everything we've been blessed with.  So no matter how I try to give up, I can't stop that excitement that hits me when I realize it's a new year.  This year I'm not writing specific resolutions but I have ideas in my head about things I'd like to work on, and this year I'm going to attempt to do just that.  Without setting myself up for failure, I've decided that this year is going to be the best year ever (I used lowercase letters to show how I wasn't letting myself get caught up in this new year's thing).  I hope the new year holds amazing things for you and I'd like to thank you again for caring enough to let me share a part of my life with you through my blog, even when I've had a lazy year and become a bit of a blogger slacker :)  One of my resolutions is to be a better blogger!