New Year - Same Stuff, Different Year

First of all we had a very lovely and low-key New Year's Eve at Scottie and Ali's, which also include Ali's parents and younger brother who were visiting from Florida. The kids got quite attached to GJ in just the few short visits we had with them, the first of which was at Jumbo Rocks in Joshua Tree and the then on New Year's. We ate homemade gnocchi (delicious) and chocolate fondue (also delicious), chatted, played video games and watched the ball drop at midnight.

Here is Jadyn helping mix the fondue:


Father and son:
Mother and daughter:


Joe and I with Scottie and Ali:


Second of all, I don't really do new year's resolutions. As I mentioned in the fall, I tend to set and start working on goals in September with the beginning of the school year and January is a time to tweak and renew those goals as we get back into the routine following the holidays. Therefore I have been back to eating on the South Beach lifestyle, going for my walk/runs, sticking to our monthly budget and cooking more meals. Boring, boring and boring.

I guess that is why I haven't felt much like blogging. I just feel like I am in a funk. Like it is just the same stuff but a different year. As much as I enjoyed the holidays, I am glad that they are over and glad to be back into a routine. But at the same time I don't particularly like having to wake up and get Jake out the door by 7:50 am every morning. I am not particularly looking forward to the added stress of PTA commitments and driving the next town over twice a week to get Jadyn to preschool. I can be an extrovert when I have to, but I am perfectly happy in my introverted little world where we can snuggle in our PJs every morning and leisurely play around the house for hours before doing anything productive. I guess if you want to call me lazy you can but I should also mention how many cabinets and drawers got cleaned out and organized over the last two weeks, or how my washer and dryer are now gleaming after being deep cleaned. I get a lot done when life isn't in the way.

So I guess I don't have much of a point but as I am pretty sure I wrote a similar post around this time last year, it really does seem like the same stuff, different year. And I am sure the post holiday hangover will lift eventually.

And I have to add I really wanted to use another word besides "stuff" so insert another S word in all the places I used "stuff" and the post will read more the way it sounded in my head.