Mostly I attribute this to school. Doing a masters degree as a mom means that every moment that is nap-time or otherwise free (like when Dustin gets home and can watch Rosie) is used to work on homework, lesson plans, and thesis. BUT I am in my last semester and I am determined to get into the habit of posting once a month until I graduate and am FREEEEEEEE.......
Oh, wait. That's when our family's kid count doubles. Baby girl #2 will make her debut sometime in the middle of May (the week of Rosie's 2nd birthday, actually), but if I start now and condition myself to get on here at least once a month, then hopefully that will keep happening when craziness hits this summer.
I have a dozen drafts from last year half-finished that I'd love to post--but I personally lose interest quickly in the blogs that continually start "ok, so I know I am WAY behind, but SO much has happened I've just got to share the past six months with you..." So I will cave only so far as to end this post with a photo blast, but I feel justified because it is so nice to post pictures of Rosie now that she has hair :) I will limit myself to that and keep moving forward, looking forward to a new year with old resolutions (which I WILL accomplish this year!), including:
Blog at least once a month.
Take Rosie to the library once a month.
Study the scriptures daily as an individual, couple, and family.
Use my sewing machine.
Hike a mountain peak.
Clean the house at least twice a month.
Plant and keep a garden alive.
Restart foreign language study.
Leave the state 5 times.
New resolutions for the new year include:
Graduate with a masters degree.
Have another baby.
Buy a house/place to live.
And just for the record, even though I DO have a dozen old resolutions, I did get a few things accomplished during 2013:
Became a writing instructor at BYU
Ran a marathon
Kept my first child alive for a whole year--and relatively unscathed
Visited my childhood home, school, and neighborhood.
Took Rosie to Disneyworld
Rode in a hot air balloon
Yup, a great year, and we're ready for another!
