2013

It's nice that we are in a new year, and we have a new focus for our family. We are getting healthy - but this isn't just one of those crazy resolutions that we come up with and then fail before the end of January... this is something that we have started and have been working on since last August. I am grateful to D for his dedication and I think that it is something worth our time and the small sacrifices that we've had to make so far. We are definitely happier now that we are on the road to healthier. 

So.... one thing that I learned yesterday is that while an avacado, spinach and apple smoothie sounds delicious, and it tasted good - the fact that the spinach didn't blend up into small pieces meant that no one else was even remotely interested in trying it. Doh! I will dig out the directions for the blender later today and see if I can find out something useful.

We've also been toeing the line of a gluten free diet for Goobs, and it just seems like it's really hard to get everything switched over, cut out all of these gluten-y foods and still enjoy things like muffins and bars. Maybe there is some common ground for the change - I hope so, because I do love me some muffins.

Ky is doing well, she's excelling at reading and loving first grade. We've had some attitude problems and mostly it's all related to screen time. If she doesn't watch tv or play video games, she appreciates her family more, she talks nicely, and she loves greatly. But somewhere we have to find a happy balance - her "games" help her learn, and she certainly can't just avoid screens for her entire life. We're selling Girl Scout cookies, and that is exciting to her ~ but mostly she just has to focus on school.

School is also really kicking my butt right now, I don't know what possessed me to take on another course right now - but I have to get it in gear and study so that I can just knock it out and move on.

I have to find a way to get the next 3 courses done in 3.5 months - I could turn into a study zombie. Which also means that this blog might not see frequent posts for a long time :/ But I really am hoping to get a little something something on here twice a month at least. I figure that if I aim for a reasonable goal - I could very well exceed my own expectations. 

2013 is off to a good start, even though we are still waiting for some other pieces to fall into place and patience isn't my strong suit - I'm glad to see where we are heading!