a new year

Two nights in a row I watched the movie A Walk to Remember. It is actually a novel by Nicholas Sparks. I haven't gotten around to reading the novel, but I heard the movie was a good one. So, I decided I was going to tackle all these "good" movies while I was on my holiday vacation. If you have not seen it, see it. It really opens your eyes to the concept of hope, ambition, and that little thing called love. It has inspired me to create "a list." In the meantime, I want to set my resolution for the new year.

It seems like yesterday we were just bringing in 2010. The year 2010 was both challenging and rewarding to say the least. I learned quite a bit.

Every year there is a little bit of internal growth. Reflecting on 2009, I remember being sentimental about the fast paced growth of my children. One graduated high school and the other "graduated" from elementary school. Both were beginning new adventures. They continue to grow so fast for me. I feel left behind! My daughter is practically on her own even though she lives under our roof. This past year,she developed a small little life of her own. This is a good thing though, so I realized. But I do miss her. I was just about her age when I was about to be engaged. That sounds so scary now! I want her to take her time. I want her to relish the life she has and learn to love herself and enjoy life before settling down. She is such a vibrant young lady with so much ahead of her. She has skills her age I could have only dreamed of when I was there. She says she knows what she wants to do when she finishes college, but I think there is more I'm going to see from her than she knows. My son on the other hand is quite the character! He talks so maturely for his age. When most kids will describe things in "kid terms" my son describes them in a much more mature vocabulary. We sometimes look at him and laugh with astonishment thinking "what did you just say?" I think my son is going to travel the world one day. He has big plans to attend Harvard. I say go get 'em son!

So, a new year is approaching. This means new goals, new dreams, new hope. I want to wish my husband and my children a blessed new year 2011. They mean the world to me and I pray their goals, dreams, and desires come full circle. My New Years resolution will be to focus on our future.:) My husband and I have lots of goals to accomplish this year. I want to focus on seeing them come to reality. Lastly, take a trip with my family. We just got back from our family cruise to the Caribbean during the Thanksgiving holidays and we had a blast! (I will blog about that one soon!) So, I am inspired to take more trips. I can't wait! Maybe, just maybe I will get New York!

Happy New Years to all! Just in case I don't get to blog before then. Wishing all a prosperous and blessed 2011! Can't wait for the new year to come!

Happy New Year 2011! Bring it on! :)

Mobile

So I discovered mobile blogging! Maybe this will help me blog more often! :) Sweet!

Christmas surprise

When I was little, I reveled in early Christmas morning when I would open my presents and be lit up with surprise with what Santa brought me. I don't remember how old I was when I realized that my parents "helped" Santa out every year. One of the presents I remember being surprised was when I received my keyboard. I was in middle school and I learned the first notes of the song Home Sweet Home.

It seems now that the surprise element has diminish or did I not teach my children the joy in it? ha! Or maybe I am just the one who loves surprises? This year we bought our children two really neat gifts. I was too excited and I couldn't wait to see their eyes when they opened their gifts Christmas morning. Sadly, I think they already peaked at their gifts! So now to plan B. I won't say what plan B is at the moment just in case they come across this entry. haha! But it will be a fun plan B. That will show them! haha!

So, now I am left with one person to surprise and that is my love. We usually pick out our gifts for each other. We do that because he says he doesn't want to disappoint me in not getting what I really want. So, I just go along even though I much rather be surprised. I remember one Christmas when we agreed not to get anything for each other. We were quite low on funds and we had just enough to get our nieces, nephews and our own children their presents. I was picking him up from work on Christmas eve. We were on our way to visit family. He came to the truck with a beautifully wrapped box. I looked at him and told him-we weren't suppose to get anything for each other! He says, I know, but I couldn't let Christmas go without you opening something. I opened it and it was a beautiful red Polo pullover. It had a little black hoodie on it. It was the coziest pullover. I still have it. I don't really wear it much, but I keep it cuddled up in my closet. I will never forget that Christmas surprise.

So, now it is my turn to surprise him. He already has picked out a gift for himself. Little does he know I have another gift for him. It's hiding in a closet. It actually was sitting in the trunk of my car for a week! It is a little something he's been wanting, but we just hadn't gotten around to getting it yet. His first gift will just have to serve as his birthday present since its around the corner.

I can't wait for Christmas morning!

Merry Christmas!!