Day one of year 2011. It always starts with resolutions that never get met, new plans that are never followed through, and new ideas that never find their way to reality.
This year is going to be a little different I think. With life in general, I’m very happy. I do not feel like I need to make a lot of changes with the new year. I have a amazing husband, the best pets ever, a job I really love.. what else is there?
Well, there is California air….but since I’m not lucky enough to have that, it’s beside the point.
There are three things I will be planning for this year. They are all pretty realistic so unless some stands in the way, I see no reason not to accomplish them.
1- Get healthy; I want to lose weight and be happy and with who I am physically. Being overweight is like opening the doors to all kinds of problems. Diabetes, asthma, cancers, headaches… more importantly, it could be a leading cause for us to not get pregnant. For one, we want to be happy healthy parents who can handle the energy that comes with toddlers without being so over breath we cant chase them down and play with them. For two, having PCOS is hard enough. Adding being overweight only makes it harder to get pregnant.
2- Which brings me two number two… BABIES. Well, one. It would be so nice to be pregnant by Christmas. That means that by Christmas of 2012, we could be celebrating our first Christmas as a little family. This is an exciting idea to me. Assuming of course that Steve feels the same. 
3- Not live with Steves mom. The plan is for her to move out and use take over the house payment. A single wide mobile home with 3 bedrooms and a fenced yard is a perfect starter home. Low payments, a place for our little zoo, and enough bedrooms for a couple kids! But starting a family while living with the mother-in-law is not really how I see our future. She plans to move out May/June…and that is acceptable. I can’t wait for us to live alone again and start our home together.
And thats it. Thats all I need or want right now (besides California air). Add all that to my current happiness and I will be so happy and content with my life… there is no way to make it better from there.
So let’s talk about this last year! I have compiled a mental list of the top 10 things about 2010 that changed my life. No matter how large or small, everything on the list is significant.
1- The earliest best thing EVER is Pancake. I never really cared much for rats. I thought they were disgusting. They have these weird feet and thick, dry, gross looking tales.. Mice are cute. Tiny and soft. But one day when we were walking through Petco, I saw some rats and and just decided I wanted one. No real reason for the change of opinion or anything… some worker comes and tells us we can come get a baby from her. We did, and it died like a week later. But if it werent for me loving to hold him… I would not have realized how much I just love rats, and I never would have found Pancake. I just think of him and my heart feels like it is going to burst and my eyes tear up… I got Smeagol later on.. a hairless companion for him… but he is not as amazing at all.
2- I discovered that Narwhals are not fictional. And immediately fell in love.
3- Steve introduced me to Minecraft. I am not a gamer. I might play something now and then, but I dont play the way I think my husband wishes I would. However, when I met Minecraft, we were instant pals.
4- I discovered Polymer Clay. I like crafts. I enjoy sewing. Sometimes I like to take out my pen tab and draw. But discovering polymer clay has made all the difference. Its so versatile. People make toys, decor, accessories.. There are tons of different colors and if you cannot find the color you need/want you can blend until you get the perfect shade. And even more amazing, anything can be a tool. There are all sorts of household items that can be used as a tool. It’s pretty fantastic.
5- I married Steve. He is a fantastic husband. Even when I’m being a huge pain in the ass, he still does what he can to make me happy. Even if that means me getting a new pet or spending all our money on a new craft idea I have…he still makes it happen. I got lucky. We had the most amazing honeymoon…
6- I saw the ocean. I touched it, smelled it, tasted it, and I dreaded coming back home to a state that doesnt have it. Of course, the taste wasnt fantastic or anything… in fact I felt like my lungs were on fire when I first unintentionally swallowed it, but everything else about it was so amazing. One day we will be close enough to visit every day.
7- We adopted Zombie. I used to work for a nanny who had this cat that was so amazing. She had named him Sinatra. He belonged more to her husband. He was always shut out from rooms and hardly received any affection at all. When she and her husband decided to get a divorce, he was left even less attention and she needed to find a new home from him. Since she knew Steve and I loved the cat, she tried us before dropping him at the humane society. Of course we said yes. We renamed him Zombie and since then he has been so happy. He gets all the love he wants, Milo is excited to have a playmate again, and he gets to lick all the hair he wants (people hair is like crack to him. He just licks and licks and licks and when he wants attention, its mostly to get closer to your scalp).
8- I got a job I love working at SendOutCards. It’s in customer service, which I had never intended to stay in, but the place is such a nice place to work that I don’t mind. And besides, its a growing company Getting this job introduced me to some wonderful people that I love. Not to mention my husband started working there a few months later, allowing me to see him all the time instead of working apart from him.
9- I reconnected with a few old friends. Ones I had lost along the way for one reason or another. Its fun to reconnect with the past sometimes, and even better to start rebuilding the friendship that used to be there but fell apart.
10- I realized how happy I am. Its almost overwhelming. In fact, Im so happy sometimes I could barf. I sure do love my husband. <3
Well, I have a few other things to do so I should probably stop now. But until next time, Happy New Year!
