January is 1/2 over? How can that be?

Well I guess 2010 is in a race to see if it can go by as quickly as 2009. Why does everything and everyone have to be in such a hurry?
Classes started at MSSU today... and I didn't have to go. WEIRD huh? Guess this is part of the new normal. I slept in until 8:30. Watched some tv on the computer.... that's my new favorite thing to do. Someone and Dave Ramsey wont let us have cable so we have 5 channels and 3 of them are PBS. That was ok when I had no time to watch tv... but now... I need something to waste my time on. So I've been watching all the channels we don't get. Man times have changed!
We tell the kids stories about how we had to talk on the phone when we were kids. HA! We tell them about a time when the phone was actually attached to the wall. It was an exciting day when we got a cord long enough to reach my room so I could shut the door. I even remember it being a huge deal to have your own phone in your bedroom... imagine that! Fuller even remembers having a party line... I love telling the kids stories like that.
I told them last night that the papaw actually got a job when he was 15. He had to give up sports and work. He had to start paying rent to live at home when he was in high school. Fuller's dad only went to the 8th grade because he had to work and give money to the family. It sure does put our lives into perspective now.
We spent the weekend running between Springfield and Springdale going to volleyball tournaments. Makayla's team took first... not really sure where Hannah's team ended up.
This week I'm hoping to sub.... I really don't want to paint the living room!
Take some time to enjoy January 2010 before it is gone...... and it is going fast!

2010.... already?

Man when they say time flies they mean at warp speed.
2010... I honestly never gave any thought to living during the year 2010. It sounds so weird. It sounds like the future. Weird huh?
Plans for this year..... (these are not in any particular order... just how they came out of my head)
1. Get a job! Sign the contract already so I can quite wondering about it. I'm not really worrying about it but I do wonder about it quite a bit. Where will I end up?
2. Get my house ready to sell. Don't know if that means we will put it on the market or just be ready to put it on the market. If I had my way if would be on the market and sold already. Do we wait until more bills are paid? Do we do it before Makayla is gone so she can call it home too? Dilemma....
3. Pay bills.... getting a job will be helpful with this!
4. Sub as much as possible until the school year is over and never have to sub again!
5. I could say loose weight and exercise more... but really? I'm not make those promises anymore.
6. Be more thoughtful. Send cards to my friends, be a better gift giver, call and check on people I haven't seen in awhile,.... here's a tough one.... tell people I love them. I am not very good about saying I love you. Why is that?
7. Don't freak out about a dirty house. We all know that at any point I can clean it back up. Is it really going to matter if it is today or tomorrow? I will really have to work at this one!
8. Don't sweat the small stuff.
9. It's okay for my kids to fail at something... this is called a life lesson. I do not need to micro manage their existence. This excludes the big stuff... at any point I can and will intervene when it is important.
10. Actually blog... hummmm.... we'll see. We are trying to figure out a new normal at our house. We must be slow learners because we have been working on this for awhile. Normal has changed so many times for us in the last 2 years nothing feels normal. It seems that every time we seem to start to feel comfortable some thing else changes. I realize this is life... but these were some big changes. Big changes take a long time to make adjustments from. Every time I think I should blog. I can't think of anything to say that sounds like something I should share with the world. I'm going to work on that.

So welcome to the future.... it's 2010.