New Year's Eve

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"We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential."

~Ellen Goodman

Do you enjoy New Year's? I have always had mixed feelings regarding the First of January. I'm excited to start fresh. Yes, I make resolutions, even if I'm not always able to keep them! I enjoy making a list of things that I hope to accomplish, try, or improve. And I happily look forward to spring and all the delights found therein.......can you tell that Scott and I have had a Cranford Marathon?.....590 minutes of delightful English life in one sitting!

In years past, when I was a younger gal, and full of fear (mostly irrational), I dreaded the whole celebration of a new year. I avoided thinking about the future....the future is something that I have no control over. And that frightened me. Silly thing is, it was only on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day that I felt any anxiety. As soon as January the second came, I was back to my old self and excited. Weird, I know. I now thank God for a New Year. I'm truly thankful and anticipating good things to come!

A beginning list of things to accomplish, try, or improve:
daily devotions.....I shall improve
exercise.......must accomplish thrice weekly

school
mothering
French Macron.....shall try to make at home

French......improve for my spring 2010 trip to Parieee...ooh la la
artisan breads.....improve
knitting
gardening.....I shall try to once again to grow a carrot
sewing.....accomplish, try and improve
service
hospitality

Do you have a list? Care to share? Blessings to you in the New Year!

Love,

Nancy