So HAPPY to be alive in 2010!
And thankful. And blessed =)

Best Christmas present of 2009?
Being ‘home’ with family. Another of my favorites were the blown glass ornaments that the kiddos made for me and Eric. Great idea Grandma and Grandpa Rose! I would post pics, but they are safe and sound at Mom and Dad’s for the time being.

At some point I will post a picture of our awesome Hawaiian snowman- Daniel’s idea for it to be Hawaiian (I’m certain that kid’s gonna live there someday – it comes up a lot. He packs a bag and tells me he headed there to check on his houses that are being painted, etc. Yes, plural! I hope that means there is one for me too 😉
Em then suggested the hula skirt!
Too ironic – and hilarious!

Last year a friend of mine shared that her resolution for 2009 was to buy more jewelry for herself. I LOVED that idea – something very pampering and positive – compared to the ‘I need to lose X’, or ‘organize Y’. I really didn’t need to put pressure on myself with things like that, so I originally thought that my resolution was going to be to purchase myself a new pair of shoes every month. I am incredibly shoe-deficient…especially after our stint in San Diego.
Texas weather does require more than flip-flops.
Today being a prime example, as our low is supposed to be ZERO degrees with the windchill. UGH!

After much consideration I decided ‘shoes’ was simply too limiting, and while I do intend to purchase several pairs of shoes his year, I have broadened my resolution to purchasing something for myself every month.
Coffee at Starbucks doesn’t count =)
This may seem strange to some, but I have an amazingly difficult time spending money on myself – heck, I cringe when I have to go grocery shopping! So this is a really big deal.
My angst is totally self-imposed. OK, perhaps some is residual from my childhood and having to search the town for toilet paper that was less than 25 cents a roll, even if we were completely out…love ya Dad! =)
Perhaps I’ll share my ‘me-gifts’ here as an accountability…Hmmm. Will have to ponder that.

I am up in the middle of the night writing. I made dinner tonight and it absolutely wore me out! I missed my morning dose of chemo, hence the ‘energy’ to prepare dinner, but once I spent time in the kitchen and caught up on my meds I was nearing exhaustion!
I headed to bed around 7pm…Daniel woke up around 2am and here I am. Perhaps this is what it takes to post on my blog these days.

Hope to post again soon. I have several rough drafts I’m fussing with…
To bed again I go…my alarm is set to go off in an hour! Yikes! Wish me luck on a nap =)
Triann