Happy New Years Eve

Well, another year is quickly coming to a close. As I write this it is almost 10:00 pm on New Years Eve. I just returned home from visiting with friends, Chip and Laura, their children and Laura's parents. I had a really nice time. Chelsea is at a sleepover party with some friends, so I'll have a nice quiet New Years Eve.

This will give me time to reflect on this past year. And what a year it has been. I started college almost a year ago and it has really been fun and interesting. Chelsea went to church camp which she has declared the "best week of my life", she was selected for an AYSO All Star soccer team which will now take her to Hawaii in 2008 and we had our major accident only a week ago. That accident has changed how I look at many things.

In 2007 I plan on telling people just how much they mean to me. That opportunity almost escaped me. I really am so blessed and need to tell others just how much their presence blesses my life.

I plan on continuing with my healthy lifestyle challenge. I want to lose a few pounds and get more fit. I promised my friend Tammy, who is currently in Iraq, that I would run the Standard Examiner 10K race with her when she gets back so I am training for that.

I plan on sending a letter to a few older people I know and telling them just how much they mean to me and how they've shaped my life.

I plan on telling everyone I love that I love them. I don't think you can love too many people and I have many great people in my life that I love.

I am going to sky dive once the weather gets better. I have always wanted to do this and if I should die before then this would be a major regret.

I plan on reading at least a little of my Bible every day. My faith is what keeps me going and there is so much more I can learn.

I am going to do my best to be the best mother I can be, without being the "best friend" mother that some try to be. I know that what my daughter needs most is a mother who sets rules and enforces them with love. Chelsea told my parents "it is easier to be good than to be bad" and I hope she continues to feel that way.

I plan on being a better friend to an elderly woman I used to visit at least once a month and to a woman who is my age and who suffers from a brain injury. I need to be thankful that I am still pretty healthy especially after my accident.

I know there are many other things I should do but I think that is enough for one year. Oh, almost forgot, I intend to write in my blog at least 2 times a week for the 4 or 5 people who actually read it.

Happy New Year!