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So far so good

We are only 9 days into the new year and I have made 2 crafts that i have pinned,. I am stoked. I haven't really started my "clean eating" dilemma, but I have eaten out 2 days in a row for lunch this week. *SIGH* But it is only the 9th day. Ill be more worried when December 2013 is creeping around and I still don't have half of my resolutions list completed.

I was ready. Like overly ready for Christmas break to be over. Success with Christmas. Kids were happy. Christmas dinner was great. And something I could eat daily. New Years Eve was great. Except I rang in the New Year alone. Josh was at work. Jill was in Oklahoma. Jaxon and Jessie were asleep by 930! *SIGH* At least we were full, warm and had a cozy bed to sleep in. I am grateful and blessed.

I should have added to my resolution list that I need to appreciate my home more. I don't like the neighborhood i live in, but should be thankful i am a part of one. Our house could use new siding and we need new windows, i should be thankful I have walls around me anyway. I feel like the walls are closing in on me, i need to be thankful we have alot of things. I don't like that the floors get dirty, i need to be thankful i have floors to clean.

All in all....i am happy with my life and my start to a new year. I am happy to see what this year brings for me and my family. Things may not always work out the way i want them too, and that's OK. I have accepted the fact that maybe i am not always in control, but you will be a lot better off if i am....

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