New Year's Resolutions...

Its January 1st and I'm am SO. READY. FOR. A. CLEAN. SLATE. called 2014.  I saw a great quote on Facebook that said, "Today is the first day of a 365 page book with empty pages.  Write a good one."

I'm on it.

We'll start with today....the laziest of New Years Days...spent loving on my kids, playing games, watching movies and eating cheese dip.

My kind of day.

I do have to backtrack to that cheese dip, though.  Its actually kind of amusing how that all came about....for New Year's Eve we went to a party at a friend's house.  She is Columbian...her other friends that came are Puerto Rican and I was the lone "American."  We were all supposed to bring something to share.  Columbian chicken with ham and pineapple and a delicious gravy from Columbia...rice and beans and and flan from Puerto Rico and Velveeta Ro'tel Cheese dip from the good old U.S. of A. 

ha ha ha...when she told me to bring something from my country I had to laugh...I threw out a bunch of options including tater tots, hamburgers, ribs, etc...and she jumped at the Velveeta cheese dip.

So...the American contribution to the New Year's celebration was cheese dip. 

Makes me laugh.

Ok...resolutions...I've got a few.

I lost 60 pounds in 2013.  I love that.  I have 60 more to loose to be at my BMI recognized goal weight.  So....Resolution 1 is the reach my goal weight.

I've already got my zumba classes lined up and I'm starting crossfit this month too.  yikes!

Resolution 2....sprint triathlon.  I do not like to run...but I love to bike and swim...so if I can enjoy two out of three I'm thinking a sprint triathlon is a good goal for me.

Resolution 3.  Cook with less processed foods.  I want my kids to love veggies and real cheese and not macaroni from Kraft.  Please disregard all previous comments about velveeta cheese dip.

Resolution 4.   Draw.  I bought a sketchbook and my goal is to draw more...with Bella in particular.  I want her to love art...she's a good good artist.  So we will be following this woman's lead....I've already done our first picture and am working on the second.  I'll be posting more about them.

Resolution 5.  Blog at least 3X week and get my website up and running.  That means you'll be hearing a lot more from me.  I'm hoping that's good new.

Cheers to a New Year...and much happiness in 2014...

Happy New Year 2012!

Yes, I'm incredibly late in this post, but they DO say better late than never.  And I'm never a no show...just usually late.  I blame my father for that character trait since my mother has a cardinal rule that if you aren't 5 minutes early you are late.  I can admit right now that I am rarely 5 minutes early.

Anywho...for New Years we had our best friends here in Vilseck who also just happen to be our neighbors come over with their daughter...who also happens to be Bella's best friend.  And then of course our family "unit" which is how our neighbors describe us because we always have our friend Christina with us.  She's a single soldier that we adore...

So...we all had a great time on New Years.  Playing games, setting off some simple fireworks and waving around sparklers, grooving to Just Dance on the Wii.  Yeah...it was a partay!

The girl's celebrated New Years at 9PM GMT+1.  We adults celebrated all the way until Midnight.  Party animals we are! 

PROST!

Sparklers!

The whole group minus John who was taking the photo.

My virgin Pina Colada.  It was delish!

Alyssa's "midnight" toast

Bella's "midnight" toast!

Christina and Kim's "midnight" toast.  :)

Just Dance on the Wii DANCE PARTY!  Woohoo!