A New Year, A New Me

It's 2012. It's the first of March 2012 to be exact. Unreal.

Lots of things have happened since my last blog post back in September 2011. None of them majorly mind-blowing, but still a lot of time has passed.

First, the drought is over! It has rained and rained and rained and rained over the past 2 months. The grass is greener, the flowers and trees are happy......life can't get better than that, right?

Second, I made a few New Years Resolutions. First and foremost, get back in control of my eating and exercising habits. I decided to join Weight Watchers at the beginning of the year. It's worked before for me and I knew it would work again. So far, I have lost 24 lbs. I have quiet a few left to lose, but I'm back on track and more in control.

Third, I also made a New Years Resolution to be nicer. Now, normally I'm a pretty nice person, but there are a few people that just get under my skin and I get a little snippy with them. I'm trying to be a better person. :)

Fourth, Alyssa joined the track team at St. Ambrose and her first track meet will be coming up towards the end of March. I'll be posting when that happens.

Fifth, Jessica is already working on her schedule for 10th grade. 10th grade! I can't believe that I'm going to be the mother of a 10th grader.

Sixth, Spring Break is coming up and we'll be going to see The Band Perry. We'll all be getting out our boots and dusting them off! We might even make it to the beach sometime during that week.

Seventh, I turned 46 last week......UGH!

Eighth, I had a scare with my mammogram but all is well for now.

Ninth, I had my bi-annual check up at MD Anderson and everything checked out A-OK! I'm almost to my fifth year mark......Yay!!

Tenth, I WILL be blogging on a regular basis......if it kills me.

Hopefully, tomorrow, I'll be posting some pictures showing what we've been up to over the past several months.

That's it for now!

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