A New Years Resolution ( A few weeks too late!)

I'm back! I am making a vow to keep up with this blog now. I have added a new resolution to my list. Yes, it's a few weeks late, but better late than never, right?

1. Cut back on smoking.

2. Exercise more ( this one would be a lot easier to accomplish if we could find the last few screws/bolts/whatevers for my treadmill!)

3. BLOG MORE.

I'll start small, and aim for once a week. Shouldn't be too hard to do. I hope. I'm very forgetful.

A brief overview of the holidays for my family: My sister and her boyfriend came to visit for the week of Christmas, so I got to spend my birthday (Christmas Eve!), Christmas, and New Years with a few of my favorite people, which was perfect. Tristan got sick on Christmas Day, and threw up at the Hines Family Christmas party. Thankfully it was at nighttime, so he still got to enjoy his day. Both the kids were more than ecstatic over their presents, Mike and I are still recovering from credit card shock. Worth it in the end though, to see the smiles on their faces. New Years Eve was spent as a family, playing at the park and taking in a fireworks display, before heading home to roast marshmallows over a bonfire (and for the grown-ups, have a few drinks... or more!). All in all, one of the best Christmases we've shared so far, I would say.

I've been doing a lot of couponing lately. It's a fantastic way to save our family money, and since I don't go to work, it gives me a sense of accomplishment. On one shopping trip I bought $40 worth of products and paid only $10. Even Mike is getting into it. A lot of women I talk to have significant others who are embarassed to be seen with their partner couponing, let alone use them themselves, but not Mike! He has completely embraced my new hobby and will even use them alone now. If he's out grabbing a few things and he comes across a tearpad, he'll rip off a few and bring them home to me. It's nice that couponing is something we can share together, and really, why wouldn't it be, when it's something that the entire family is benefitting from?

That's all for now, if I sit here on the computer any longer I won't get anything done, and Tristan's room is in desperate need of some organization. Ciao!