Happy New Year’s Eve!
Thought I would reflect on the past year of my blog and share my fav posts. Would love to hear which one(s) are your fav too…from my blog AND yours!
Special Sunday with My Daughter
Symptoms of a Meltdown (posted on MomNation.ca)
You Might Be An Autism Parent If…(part 2)
Thanks for reading! Have a safe New Year’s Eve celebration…and designate a driver!
1. New Years is when I can start a new calendar…and yes, this makes me happy.
2. One of my New Year’s resolutions will be to start journaling again. I was meticulous with it at the end of my marriage and for a year and a half afterwards, but I’ve gone away from it. New year = new journal book.
3. A New Year’s resolution I’ve made in the past was to NOT watch TV one night per week. Kept it up for about 4 months but then I got really ill with my fibroid and basically spent my time in the bathroom or living room, trying to conserve energy because my iron levels were dangerously low.
4. The most time consuming resolution I ever made was…hmmm, can’t think of one as I don’t really make resolutions per say. I just decide to do something, and do it.
5. This year I will be spending New Year’s Eve with my man, we’ll actually be together at midnight – last year, we weren’t “us” yet, and he had to go to work so he left at 11pm. We’re fixing that this year.
6. If I could wish one thing for my new year it would be to be a more present parent.
7. 2012 is going to be my year! According to the Chinese Zodiac, it’s the year of the Dragon…and I’m a Dragon so…bring it on!
Happy New Year!
I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. I definitely have! This week, I’m thankful for:
What are you thankful for this holiday season?
1. The best way to spread Christmas cheer is to have an open heart and an easy smile for everyone around you.
2. The thing I love most about Christmas is the lights, colours and sparkles (let’s face it, I am a girl after all…if it sparkles, it’s all good!).
3. The holiday season is a time for being with those you love, and being thankful for having them close, whether physically close or close in your heart.
4. My favorite thing to eat at the holidays is my mom’s minced meat tarts…yummy! She always has to make twice as many as she needs because she knows I’m going to steal them.
5. I will be spending Christmas with my man and his family. My kids will be at their dad’s for Christmas this year, so the three of us will be celebrating with my parents when they return mid-week.
6. Tis better to (give or receive?) give, give and keep giving…gifts and giving of your time.
7. I’m dreaming of a stress-free (seems to be working so far!) and relaxing Christmas.
Have a happy Christmas everyone!
I’m not sure where this week has gone. I have been pretty good at keeping on track with Christmas preparations, and yet I haven’t found the time to blog much. Oh well.
With the holiday season officially upon us, we should all take a moment to be thankful for what we have rather than aiming for the “perfection” we believe is expected by others. All that matters is being around family and friends, those we love. Everything else is just “stuff” and can be replaced.
This week, I’m thankful for:
Be sure to take some time over the upcoming craziness that is the holidays to just sit back (with a warm cup of tea), and recognize the wonder that is the Christmas season.
1. My most favorite “little thing” is that my man learned very quickly and continues to remember my Starbucks order (I won’t mention that my ex-hubby never learnt it until AFTER we split…hmmm…).
2. I give anything to have someone else do the kids’ weekday morning routine, get their lunches packed, and them ready for school and IBI…just one day. I’m not asking for much. Any takers? No. I didn’t think so. Oh well.
3. I can’t believe how well my daughter did at her school’s Christmas concert last night. She came home from school yesterday and declared “Mommy! I have something wonderful to tell you!”. She was so excited to be going on stage for the concert, and she didn’t realize she was going to do that until the dress rehearsal that happened yesterday afternoon. She did awesome! She led her class with all the actions that went with the French song “Père Noël”…even when she was so excited to be performing and forgot to finish the song, and the rest of her class followed her lead. It was priceless!
4. The one thing I’d like to achieve today is finishing decorating our home for Christmas. We’ll see if I’m actually able to do this.
5. The last thing I want to do today is clean up after a sick child. My son felt quite hot when I checked on him when I went to bed last night, so only time will tell. Fingers crossed…
6. If I were writing my own blank today, it would say: “The best ‘trick’ I use around the house is…”.
7. My favorite candle scent is really dependent upon my mood, but French vanilla or anything with cinnamon are safe choices for me…but they can’t be the cheap smelling dollar-store candles.
This week has been filled with lots of ups and downs, so the things/people I’m thankful for:
What are you thankful for this week?
It wasn’t until I was at the Christmas tree lot that I remembered the bottom inch or so of a Christmas tree needs to be sawed off. The ex-hubby did it every year, and even last year, I had man-help.
So, I started by sawing a bit around the circumference of the tree trunk:
Just kept turning the tree, and sawing away:
Than I realized I was almost half way through, all around the trunk…
Done! Amazing sense of accomplishment! I did it!
I will admit though, there may have been a couple phone calls to my man, who lives an hour away with statements such as “Where’s a boy when you need one?!”. But, it was all done, standing in my living room (only fell over once!) and is now all decorated, I can say that I did it…all by myself! Yay!
I know that I do this often (and am working on that), so it’s always a good reminder. Something to definitely keep in the back of your mind when figuring out menus and travel logistics for the upcoming holiday season, no matter what you are celebrating (personally, we celebrate Christmas).
Nothing needs to be “Martha Stewart acceptable”. What’s important is spending time with those you love.
Ugh. This week’s “Fill in the Blank Friday” from The Little Things We Do has a theme, to honour their 4 year wedding anniversary. Officially, congrats! I remember those days of being happily married. I sometimes even miss those days. But if you’ve ever read my blog, you know my feelings towards being out of my marriage, so this is a tough one to complete. I’m not really a “reflect on love and relationships” kind of girl. My man and I “work” because neither of us are interested in getting married again, nor do we feel the need to define our relationship. We just “are”, and we “are” very good together. So, here goes…
1. Love is completely blind, and not just because there’s a famous saying that says so (who coined the phrase anyway?). When you are in love, you are blind to someone’s weaknesses or even worse, to your reactions to them…and hopefully that isn’t a dangerous thing. You need to trust yourself and your instincts before you can know that you are truly in love – wow…that almost sounded wise.
2. Being in love feels like comfort. Knowing we are there for eachother, for good things and stressful situations. My man stuck around and supported me through the months leading up to, the day of, and recovery after my first surgery. I learned tons about him and his character throughout that time…he’s definitely a keeper!
3. My favorite quote about love is…hmmm, honestly, I had to Google “quotes about love”. I’m not very “girlie” about love. My belief is that you either are in love, or you aren’t. No need to discuss it at great length. You either smile when you see his name on your call display or in your inbox, or you don’t. If you roll your eyes when you see his name pop up, it’s past the time to finish. So, in my 2 minutes Google search, I came across a quote from Marilyn Monroe that made me smirk: “A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves before she is left”. Yup, I’m cynical…but at least I admit it, and my man accepts it (plus, he may be a bit cynical too…so that helps).
4. The most important thing in a relationship is not something I have figured out yet. I could say the standard “communication”, “respect for eachother”, “make eachother laugh”, and also knowing yourself, but I haven’t actually mastered it…mind you, my man has stuck around for a while now so either we’re both bad at it together, or I may have inadvertently done something right in the last year, but I don’t want to jinx it.
5. A “deal breaker” for me in a relationship is abuse. Does it really need explanation beyond that?
6. The way I show love in my relationships is between my man and I, plus there’s the occasional surprise delivery of Coke…makes him happy.
7. I love …do I really need to say it? He knows who he is.
