Well hello there 2012.. how you doin?

2012. It's here. Well, technically it's been here for a few handful of days.. and a few hours.. and some minutes.. but I'm not counting. Nope. I've decided, this year, I am not going to be the wound up as tight as can be spring that I was last year. Nope. I have found an eerie place of calm in my lil' noggin' and it's feeling really, really good.

So good.. I've been tackling some clutter. Lots and lots of it stashed away in the office/craft supply room. It was scary. Really scary. A couple of bags of recyclables, trash and donations later.. it's ready for the good old dust mop and vacuum which would have been scary to do before now. All this to say.. we can now breath and locate things in our office/craft supply room. It feels good and it only took 3 mornings of purging to do! Yikes! But.. to be fair. Jules was right there with me so.. things kinda take longer when the bean is 'helping'. :)

I've been purging.. a lot. I've also decided this is the year to just let go. I'm tired of getting frustrated at not having time to do everything I've been wanting to do so.. I'm not going to. I've got a monster pile of things to get rid of in our library.. so much so that it's no longer recognizable as a library.. more of a junk jaunt-esque environment filled with oodles of Trader Joe bags that are waiting for transport to my brothers for the annual garage sale in the town where he lives. I think I'm just going to price everything at a buck.. this way.. no stress! If it sells it sells.. if not, someone else may be looking for that exact thing through the Retired Vets services that, thankfully,will come collect what we don't sell.

So.. all this to say.. I'm feeling inspired. Jason and I are working out, which is definitely a needed bonus on my end. I've been avoiding getting together with friends because I am so unbelievably uncomfortable in my body. It's amazing how comfortable I allowed myself to become in my unhappiness and now.. well.. now I want more. I want to feel good and look good. I want to show my husband I can still sparkle and I want my daughter to think her Mother truly is Ah-mazing. That.. I think is a doable goal. Very doable.. but.. if you feel like it.. feel free to shoot me some encouraging words everyone once in a while? Sometimes, as Jason can attest, I really need a push to get on the treadmill/elliptical machine.


So.. how are you feeling about 2012? Does she feel as good to you as she does to me? I usually shy away from even numbers but.. well.. if the shoe fits right?

Take care! I'll have picts of the bean up here soon..

Love, Ang