P365 - 2013 - Day 31 - I procrastinate

P365 - 2013 - Day 31 - I procrastinate

I am a documented procrastinator.  I have been like this for as long as I can remember.  The  problem is that I have convinced myself that I do my best work at the last minute and work the best under pressure. The bigger problem is that I am also a bit obsessive, a slight perfectionist, and I just can not do something that I have decided that I plan to do.  In some cases those qualities can be positive attributes but in most cases it leaves me running around at the last minute stressing over things that are not nearly as important in reality as they are in my head.  It's just how I am wired and given the fact that I will be celebrating my 40th year on earth this year - I doubt I will be changing any time soon.  I procrastinate.  I wait until the last possible moment.  But once inspiration is sparked -watch out!  ;-)  The current last moment is upon me....we have planned separate birthday parties for The Bear and The Princess this Saturday and Sunday (and yes their birthday was weeks ago....but I procrastinated...) and up until this morning the most I had done was send out invitations.  Today I went to the store and started gathering some materials for each party but the real issue was the cake or cupcakes.  Unfortunately, I have set the bar a bit higher than intended.  The Princess was giving me some suggestions for her cupcakes and I told her "I'm not sure that I can do that." and she said to me "Of course you can - you can do anything."  Sweet.  Not true...but sweet... But there's that darn bar and my spark of competition (even if it's with myself) and I was determined to figure out a plan for each party.  After quite a bit of searching I figured it out...and with 48 hours until the first party that is not too shabby.  I need to head out again tomorrow to get the supplies for the cupcakes, finish a few other little details and then hopefully the kids will have fun at their Mario Kart and Just Dance parties.  

*If it weren't for the last minute, I wouldn't get anything done. - Author Unknown*

P365 - 2013 - Day 30 - Here and gone again

P365 - 2013 - Day 30 - Here and gone again

On Wednesdays this semester, My Wonderful Husband teaches all day and after a short break is off again to teach a night class.  Last week, he didn't make it home in between but tonight he did make it home for a quick dinner before his class.  He was here and gone again....I know he is happy when his Wednesdays are done.  

 *Begin at the beginning and go on until you come to the end; then stop. - Lewis Carrol*

 

P365 - 2013 - Day 29 - Oh, how they grow...

P365 - 2013 - Day 29 - Oh, how they grow....

The kids all had their yearly check-ups today.  Oh, how they grow....They were very excited to be weighed and measured and compare notes.  I am happy to say that they are all happy and whole but the big news for them was all about height.... The Bear has had quite the growth spurt these days - as evidenced by pants that grow increasingly too short and shoes that grow ever the more tight...  But The Princess and The Boy have shot up quite a bit lately too.  I come from a family where height is not common while My Husband has some height on his side - so it's anyone's guess how tall they will all be.  So, for the record The Bear now charts in at a staggering 5 feet 1& 1/2 inches - 1/2 inch shorter than his momma - WHAT?  The Princess is now 4 feet 4 & 3/4 inches - also gaining on me.  The Boy is getting close to his sister at 4 feet 1& 1/4 inches.    How much longer before I am looking up to all of them? 

*You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. - Irish Saying*

P365 - 2013 - Day 28 - not yet

P365 - 2013 - Day 28 - not yet

Tonight, just before the kids went to bed, My Wonderful Husband disappeared.  But The Bear and I found him.... he was downstairs practicing The Bear's new video game.  Yes, practicing.  So he can try to beat The Bear at the game.  He is not quite ready to lay down and be defeated yet - no torches are being passed just yet.  He can't let his ten year old beat him at what was originally his own game...not yet. ;-) 

*Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.  - Ronald Reagan*

P365 - 2013 - Day 27 - January Flashback...2006

P365 - 2013 - Day 27 - January Flashback....2006

Today was a quiet Sunday - lots of reading, video games, a yummy dinner, and time just hanging together inside while it was cold outside.  A perfect day to start my new flashback segment of P365 - This year as part of Project 365, I want to try to add a flashback picture every month.  Today is January Flashback and we are flashing back to 2006.  This picture and this moment have always been a favorite of mine.  I remember this like it really did happen today and not 7 years ago.... I was cooking dinner and The Boy was playing in his high chair.  He wanted my attention, but as I said I was cooking dinner...it was that time of day in a house where I had two 3 year olds and an 8 month old.  I am sure that I was talking to The Boy telling him that I would get him as soon as I was done...when to the rescue came his big sister - The Princess.  She suggested that she help him "shake his sillies out".  Let me explain- that was a game I would play with the kids when I needed them to settled down to do something.  We would get silly and then slowly shake the sillies out of our bodies.  The 'little mommy" as we have called The Princess many times over the years, saw an opportunity to do what I do.  So she sat in front of The Boy and helped him "shake his sillies out".  It was precious.  I will never forget it and I am so glad that I got a picture of it.  xo 

* What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce. - Karl Lagerfeld*

P365 - 2013 - Day 26 - Rainbow Manicure

P365 - 2013 - Day 26 - Rainbow Manicure

I realize that it is only January.  I realize that we are one month in to winter with another two months until spring....however, in my mind I am already thinking warm thoughts.  In my constant effort to ignore winter and wish it away, today I painted The Princess' nails in a rainbow of pretty colors.  On a drab, snowy white, cold, winter day a rainbow manicure was the best way I could think of to figuratively stick my tongue out at winter.  :-p

*May the Warm Winds of Heaven
Blow softly upon your house.
May the Great Spirit
Bless all who enter there.
May your Mocassins
Make happy tracks
in many snows,
and may the Rainbow
Always touch your shoulder

- American Indian Cherokee Blessing*

P365 - 2013 - Day 25 - My poor baby...

P365 - 2013 - Day 25 - My poor baby...

My poor baby... after his surgery today he was forced to withstand the humiliation of the cone of shame.  Not to worry really - he was still so dopey from the anesthesia that I don't think that the full shame of the cone registered with him. Yet.  But if he can't leave the surgery site alone he will be living with this shame for the next two weeks!  I hope for his sake that he can leave it alone.  We jazzed up the cone with some decorative duct tape (out of necessity to reinforce it really because he broke the first one in 2.3 seconds upon walking into the house)  He is resting comfortable finally and hopefully he will be back to his old silly self tomorrow.  

*I do not like the cone of shame. - Dug from UP*

 

P365 - 2013 - Day 24 - Pride had two faces today

P365 - 2013 - Day 24 -Pride had two faces today

Pride had two faces today in this house.  Pride born of a do it yourself spirit.  The Boy, who had been annoyed by a loose tooth for days, took matters into his own hands (literally) and wiggled his own tooth out.  He looked in amazement at the tooth in his hand and slowly smiled big and wide - pride in a full toothless grin up front.  
 The Bear has been working on a book project for a biography of Mia Hamm for about a week or so - all on his own - he didn't ask for a bit of help.  Tonight he added the finishing touches - a "make shift Mia" made from an old Diego toy and some playdoh hair and a soccer ball he made out of playdoh.  His creativity never ceases to amaze me and the pride for his work was written all over his face.  Love these boys, their do it yourself spirit, and their two faces full of pride! 

* I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. - Louisa May Alcott*

 

P365 - 2013 - Day 23 - what goes through his mind?

P365 - 2013 - Day23 - what goes through his mind?

I frequently wonder what goes through his mind.  When I catch him slinking around the house, "stalking" things that I can't see, or when he suddenly starts barking or chasing his tail.  But I really wonder goes through his head when he fights with his own back leg.  That leg, much like his tail, is always following him - mocking him even...it must be taught a lesson.  The thing about that leg is it fights back.  So what goes through his mind when he chews and bites the leg that is attached to him and then that leg kicks him right in the face?  Who knows..it's a good thing he is cute.  Because he's nuts.  

*If dogs could talk, it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one. - Andy Rooney*

P365 - 2013 - Day 22 - find the happy...

P365 - 2013 - Day 22 - find the happy...

Life is short and sometimes you just have to close your eyes and jump.  Dream, imagine, and figure out a way to find the happy.....

*Dream as if you'll live forever.  Live as if you'll die today.  - James Dean*

P365 - 2013 - Day 21 - Toothless Wonder (Guest blogger - The Boy)

P365 - 2013 - Day 21 - Toothless Wonder (Guest blogger - The Boy)

I  lost my 3rd tooth today.  I banged my loose tooth on a bowl and it came out.  It felt good but it hurt. There was a lot of pain on it. It had a lot of blood.  I am so excited until the tooth fairy comes.

*In this pocket you will find
A teensy, tiny tooth of mine.
So while I sleep where dreams are made,
Let's see if you can make a trade.
~Author Unknown*

P365 - 2013 - Day 20 - Pizza

P365 - 2013 - Day 20 - Pizza

My Wonderful Husband made his homemade pizza today.  It is always a big hit and I love watching him toss the dough like a pro.

*When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore! - "That's Amore"*

P365 - 2013 - Day 19 - all for it

P365 - 2013 - Day 19 - all for it

The Princess asked for a Kindle for her birthday.  (and of course a zebra print case to go with it...)  She spent the day today reading.  I've said it before and I will say it again, I love that they love to read and if a zebra print case encourages eve more reading, then I am all for it. :-)

* Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.- Joseph Addison*

P365 - 2013 - Day 18 - Double Digit Twins

P365 - 2013 - Day 18 - Double Digit Twins

Double digits, ten years, a whole decade! Oh my.  Where does the time go?  For me and My Wonderful Husband it has gone by in the blink of an eye - but if I recall turning 10 myself (and I do even though it was almost ...30 years ago..) it feels like it took forever.  These double digit twins are very excited about being big 10 year olds.  For me and their Daddy, time could definitely move a little slower, but we could not be more proud of the young man and young lady that they are becoming.  We still see those tiny faces when we look at you - and chances are, we always will.  It has been a pleasure watching you grow into the smart, funny, interesting, talented, athletic, artistic, cool kids that you have become in the past ten years.  We enjoy every minute that we get to spend with you both!  Happy Birthday and many many more!  We love you both very much!  xoxo

* Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.  - Jean Paul*

P365 - 2013 - Day 17 - Tomorrow

P365 - 2013 - Day 17 - Tomorrow

Tomorrow my babies turn 10.  I can hardly believe it.  Double digits.  How on earth did we get here?  They were just tiny little babies or chubby little toddlers, or even eager little preschoolers.  The time goes by so quickly but with each year they have brought immeasurable joy, love, laughter and happiness to our family.  I was feeling well enough today (after napping for hours) to make their requested birthday treats for school tomorrow.  The Bear loves rice krispie treats.  I offered him other suggestions, he just wanted rice krispie treats.  He saw these m&m decorated ones on the cereal box and asked if I could make them - you got it kid!  The Princess originally asked for tie dye or zebra print peace sign cupcakes- she has very specific ideas (where on earth does she get that from?).  Voila! - you can't see it in this picture but I found zebra print cupcake wrappers and I made the peace signs out of rainbow colored twizzlers.  Tomorrow my babies turn 10 - but they will always be my babies!  I hope they enjoy their treats! :-)  xo

*I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living my baby you'll be. - Robert Munsch*

P365 - 2013 - Day 16 - Blame it on the flu

P365 - 2013 - Day 16 - Blame it on the flu

This is a day late because I just didn't have the energy to type last night - blame it on the flu.  I did manage to get a picture during the day though.  We woke up to ice and a 2 hour delay.  I was happy for the slower start to the day and the kids were happy for some unexpected video game time.  I was even happier to go back to bed once everyone was in school.  This flu is kicking my behind. 

*How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?  - Dr Seuss*

P365 - 2013 - Day 15 - One Sick Mommy (guest blogger The Princess)

P365 - 2013- Day 15 - One sick Mommy (guest blogger - The Princess)
  
For 2 days already Mommy has been really sick. It is the worst time for it to happen, because Daddy is not here, and she had to take care of herself. But no matter how sick she feels she will feel better soon.   xo Stefani          

The Princess took over the picture of the day and the blog today and I am very grateful. :-) xo

 *It's not what you do for your children, but what you taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings. - Ann Landers*    

P365 - 2013 - Day 14 - ugh

P365 - 2013 - Day 14 - ugh

It was a slow progression through the day...but ultimately I realized that I was sick.  I have been coughing like crazy, I have a fever, my head hurts, my nose is both stuffy and runny, I am both hot and cold and I just feel awful.  Ugh.  I am fighting it with all I've got which includes lots of tea.  Please, please let me wake up feeling better tomorrow.  

* Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. - Chinese Proverb* 

P365 - 2013 - Day 13 - Guess who got online?

P365 - 2013 - Day 13 - Guess who got online?

Guess who got online?  Yup, My Wonderful Husband figured out a way to buy some internet time so he could skype with me and the kids tonight.  It was a pleasant surprise since I didn't think I would hear from him until tomorrow night.  It was especially nice since I was having a not terrific day.  I was cranky and tired and not feeling my best.  The kids and the dog were all on my list and I was counting the minutes until the day could just end.  So it was nice to get a quick hello at the end of that kind of day.  The kids were thrilled too!  :-)

 *Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. - Ralph Waldo Emerson*

P365 - 2013 - Day 12 - Incommunicado

P365 - 2013 - Day 12  - Incommunicado

My Wonderful Husband left this morning at 4:30 am to drive to Reagan National Airport to catch his flight to the Bahamas - for his work trip.  From there he caught another flight to Eleuthera, an "out island" of the Bahamas.  Before he left, we didn't get any international calling plan on our phones, because we thought we could text (that had worked when he was in Canada a couple of years ago), and we figured we would Skype.  After getting a text telling me that his first flight had landed, he then texted to tell me that there was a charge for texts, so we went to Plan B - Skype.  This is the next text I received when he made to Eleuthera telling me that there was no internet access on the island since the hurricane.  Unless we use the hotel phone, looks like we will be incommunicado until Monday when he gets back to Nassau.  Bummer.  :-(

*The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray. - Robert Burns*

P365 - 2013 - Day 11 - Ba Bam!

P365 - 2013 - Day 11 - Ba Bam!

It started out as a simple Friday night.  My Wonderful Husband brought home some take out for dinner, the kids were playing, and then The Boy brought a box of card games upstairs that no one had played with in a while.  He asked if we could play Go Fish (sadly not "Gold Fish"..but I digress - that is a story I have already told).  After playing Go Fish, we discovered that the game "Spit" was also in this collection.  This is when the night got interesting.... I fancy myself a card shark... not with real card games like poker or spades although I play a mean game of Gin...but when it comes to Spit - I am the master.  It was time to teach my offspring the fine game of Spit.  First I taught them the game and let them play each other while I explained and helped.  Then I asked if they would like to play me.  The Princess was game.  I said, "Now, no getting mad.  Because you will lose."  Is that wrong?  She was up for the challenge...or so she thought....muhahaha.  Too much?  I won before she knew what happened.  Yes, playing Spit is one of my hidden talents and I have explained before that I am competitive and play to win.  The Boy was up next and was given the same warning.  He said, "Mommy, I don't like when you trash talk." "Ok, I will try to tone it down.  Game over."  Next up, The Bear.  Now here's what I like about The Bear - he can totally take some good natured trash talk and give it right back.  He is quietly competitive but never a sore loser, and he has a good sense of humor.  Game on.  He really thought he stood a chance and he put up quite a fight, but in the end the Spit Queen won.  Ba Bam!  

* Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. - Voltaire*

P365 - 2013 - Day 10 - I am going to be 40. Someday....this year.

P365 - 2013 - Day 10 - I am going to be 40.  Someday...this year.

I had an epiphany of sorts today.  Well maybe not that exciting...but if I were a cartoon character, a light bulb would have appeared over my head... it hit me today, 10 days into this new year, that this is the year I exit my 30's and turn (gulp) 40.  I have joked in the past about being 25 but it is clear to me that I can't even fool the kids with that one anymore.  So I might as well embrace it - or try to embrace it... I'm not going to lie, it might take me all year to do that.  It's a good thing that I have another 6 1/2 months to get there...  I keep thinking of that scene in "When Harry Met Sally" when Sally is crying and she says, "I'm going to be 40.  Someday."  I think I was about 16 when I first saw that movie so to me that someday was about a million years in the future at that time.  But somehow, I have gotten here faster than anticipated.  40.  40.  40?  It's starts to lose all meaning when I recite it in my head.  In my effort to embrace this new number that is fast approaching and the new decade that it brings, I started feeling like I needed a makeover.  Let's face it, with my indecision over hair changes it could take me the 6 1/2 months to make this decision.  I need a hair change.  I need a new cute style and a color to welcome in this new age.  So I went to Pinterest today and started a board - because if I am going to obsess about this I might as well obsess on Pinterest and of course include it the blog - keeps me honest in my obsession I think.  Did I mention -  I am going to be 40. Someday.....this year.  

* Age is a matter of feeling, not years. - George William Curtis*

P365 - 2013 - Day 9 - "sick day"

P365 - 2013 - Day 9 - "sick day"

When The Boy woke up this morning, he had a little cough and a stuffy nose.  "I don't feel so good." he said.  The thermometer showed no fever, but his eyes were watery and he doesn't ask to stay home often - he hasn't had a sick day yet this year - so when he said he wanted to stay home I agreed.  I told him he would have to change back into jammies and rest all day if he was staying home sick and he agreed.  By mid-morning he looked and sounded a lot better but he hung on the couch all day in his jammies, on his pillow pet, and under a blanket.  I guess he needed the "sick day" today and I am perfectly ok with that.  Hopefully he wakes up feeling better tomorrow though because while I am ok with a little sick day here and there, I am not ok with anyone actually getting really sick.  I sent out a memo about that...it's just not going to be permitted this winter.  

*'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.  - Henry David Thoreau*

 

P365 - 2013 - Day 8 - under foot

P365 - 2013 - Day 8 - under foot

The Pooch was having a day today - he was a bit needy and whiny and under foot. The words No, Stop, and Down started to lose all meaning today.  He was jumpy and slightly wacky and was feeling his puppy oats all.day.long....clearly it was as exhausting for him as it was for us.... when he finally crashed, it was - where else - right under our feet.  Apparently washing the dishes after dinner was getting in the way of his napping.  No worries...we will just reach over you....;-)

*A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense. Agnes Repplie*

P365 - 2013 - Day 7 - Play

P365 - 2013 - Day 7 - Play

Before dinner tonight, the kids were all upstairs doing their own thing.  When I went into The Boy's room, he was happily playing with his Imaginext castle.  I love watching the kids play - I love them finding something to do, playing pretend, using their imaginations, and just enjoying the time immersed in the story of their play.   

* We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. -George Bernard Shaw* 

P365 - 2013 - Day 6 - My belly and my heart are full

P365 - 2013 - Day 6 - My belly and my heart are full

I had a yummy pot of chilli simmering most of the day (thanks for the great recipe M & J), filling the house with warm, deliciousness.  My Wonderful Husband and the kids made homemade pretzels in unique designs to go with it and I topped the day off by making chippy cake.  The Redskins were in the playoffs - which was a big deal for My Wonderful Husband which gave us a good excuse for a little "party".  The pretzels were yummy, the chilli was out of this world, and we barely had room for the chippy cake...... It was a good family day... my belly and my heart are full.  xo

* It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. - Laura Ingalls Wilder"

P365 - 2013 - Day 5 - shoes, feet, & moves

P365 - 2013 - Day 5 - shoes, feet, & moves

Today was the first indoor soccer games for the kids.  Not only did they have fancy shoes ....they had the feet and moves to match.  Love my soccer super stars!   

* Give the opponents more than one reason to stare at your feet. ~Lionel Messi*

P365 - 2013 - Day 4 - whateverrrr

P365 - 2013 - Day 4 - whateverrrrr

There has been a lot of football on tv around here lately... something about bowl games...whateverrrr....:-)  So tonight I borrowed My Wonderful Husband's new headphones, turned on some good tunes and caught up on my scrapbook pages.  

* Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.~ Charles R. Swindoll*

P365 - 2013 - Day 3 - " I like you... "

P365 - 2013 - Day 3 - "I like you..."

The Pooch has developed a unique relationship with each of the kids.  As I said in a previous post, I am fairly certain that he thinks The Boy is another puppy - he is his peer, his bud, his playmate, and he loves him to death.  The Bear and The Pooch have a mutual respect and The Pooch really listens when The Bear tells him something.  Given his height, he may have him pegged as another adult human in the house.  But when it comes to the The Princess, this picture speaks volumes.  He adores her and instantly calms when she pets him. After weeks of me and My Wonderful Husband trying to teach him "Give me your paw" he finally did it when The Princess showed him.  If I were to caption this picture with a thought bubble over The Pooch's head I think it would say, "I like you.  You are pretty.  Pet me again.  Oh and I will give you my paw as much as you want.  The treats are in the cabinet pretty girl....." 

* Happiness is a warm puppy. ― Charles M. Schulz*

P365 - 2013 - Day 2 - happy, sad, and pearly whites

P365 - 2013 - Day 2 -happy, sad, and pearly whites

Today was the last day of winter break - a fact that has me both simultaneously happy and sad.  I enjoy having everyone home - I really do...but all good things must come to an end and sometimes need to come to an end...the kids are actually excited to go back, see friends, share stories of favorite gifts, wear some of the cool things they got for Christmas, and in The Princess' case -  hand in all of the book projects she did while on break.  :-)  I am sad to see them go but more importantly I am sad to have to get back into a routine that involves waking up early and making lunches - two things that I am not ashamed to admit I hate.  I am happy that going back gets us one step closer to summer... So anyway, on this last day of break I brought the kids for their dental cleanings (no cavities and those are some pretty pearly whites), we spent the day relaxing, had a yummy dinner of tacos, and got all three kids in bed by 8pm - have to get up early tomorrow.... but the lunches are made;-).

* There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. ― C.S. Lewis.*

P365 - 2013 - Day 1 - This is what it looked like here

P365 - 2013 - Day 1 - This is what it looked like here

So here we are at the beginning of another year - another year of Project 365.  What better place to start than at the very beginning.  This was what it looked like in the Leonard household at midnight.  As everyone in our time zone was sending 2012 packing and ushering in a brand new year, this is what was happening in our little slice of the world.  
The "party" had started with dinner out, a movie at home, and the wait for midnight that all three kids were determined to make it to.  Let me back up here a bit...My Wonderful Husband and I have never been big New Year's Eve people...  Well, there was the year that I went to Times Square - yes I did - it was cold and icy, there was no where to use a bathroom, we "lost" two friends when they roped off the street after they went in search of 1994 glasses, you could not see the ball drop, you could not hear any of the musical acts you see on TV, and did I mention it was COLD?  But I was there and I can always say I did it - cross that one off of the bucket list.   But in all of the years that I have shared my new year's with My Wonderful Husband, we have never really had big plans - sometimes dinner, sometimes drinks, sometimes parties at friend's houses, sometimes with family....but when we had our kids we felt justified to say - "No thanks - we are staying home.  As a matter of fact, we are stinkin' tired and we will see the new year in the morning." Lame? Maybe, but true.  Then last year, the kids decided that they wanted to stay up to see the ball drop and since they now know how to tell time, we couldn't "simulate the new year" at 8pm and call it a night.  We had to buck up and try to stay awake.  Last year, The Princess gave up and went to bed, The Boy went to bed and then staggered back down the stairs at 11:57, and only The Bear stayed up - eyes propped open...  This year, they were once again determined and My Wonderful Husband and I were once again more concerned with our ability to stay up hours past our own bedtimes.  But for our children, we gave it the old college try - well I did at least.. ;-) The wait was getting difficult for The Princess but she got a second wind with some good tunes on Rockin' Eve (even if they had no idea who MC Hammer was - they enjoyed the show)  But eventually even good music couldn't sustain everyone..  When the ball dropped in Times Square, this is what it looked like here - The Princess had passed out on a chair, My Wonderful Husband was sacked out on the couch, The Boy lasted until about 11:40 before falling into such a deep sleep we had to carry him up to bed after midnight, The Pooch was sound asleep, and it was just The Bear and I counting down the seconds to the new year.  But I wouldn't trade a single thing.  My mother use to always say whatever you are doing on New Year's and whoever you are with will speak for your whole year.  I could not think of better people to have spent my New Year's with and I can only hope that the peace and love that was felt in this house as 2013 opened it's doors is felt the whole year through.  

* Remember Yesterday, Dream Tomorrow, Live Today*