And we're UP and alive and back to blogland.

2009 sucked. End of story.

2010.. wow. If you start at the bottom it can only go UP, right? Please?

Ringing in 2010 I have made personal resolutions:

• obtain my hospice certification
• run (I'd say half-marathon, but let's be serious). So.. "run."
• Get the kids actively golfing, swimming,playing tennis (this costs money, which I have not have, but am praying fervently TO have).
• learn to knit
• find my way back to Church, become a better Catholic

Our family resolutions are:

1. Keep to our "family" nights...Tuesday family movie night, Wednesday family "read together" night, Friday pizza night, Saturday "souper Saturday" soup and game night, Sunday church as a family
2. Go GREEN

I have a lot "green" ideas to go with what we already do and what we plan to do but the *best* list of ideas and the best concept I've seen is at the HipMountainMama blog and the "One Small Change" idea. Love, love, love. Gosh, sometimes don't you just see something or read something and bells whistle, lights flash and you think "OMG that's it! I have to be part of this!" Go...read.. do. I like to think that we're part of a new generation that wants to heal, heal ourselves, heal our planet... and this is a step on that staircase.

And after reading the HipMountainMama blog I'm ready to move to the mountains of somewhere and have 3 more kids and become more crunchy. (Of course the realistic side of me would need a 7-11 close by and a really decent hair salon. And a good mall.) But seriously, I am striving to become more self-sufficient, every time I buy something I now think "Can I make this myself for a reasonable price, hopefully cheaper..."

Looking forward to big things, big changes this year....