What a Sad {Little} Blog!

My, oh my! How terribly sad! My poor {ignored} blog!

Life has just been so busy and crazy with the holidays! My intentions were to post

all our wonderful decorations, traditions and holiday fun!!

But {unfortunately} we had sick ones and craziness abound!!

{Soooo..} Here IT is!! A NEW year and a NEW post!

{about time, huh?}

I've been doing a lot of contemplating on what my new year's resolution should be {one that I may actually keep!} And, finally, I've made a some decisions!

First...........

GET ORGANIZED

I mean really {really, really} organized. I dream of it when I lay in bed at night {yep, sad as it sounds!} Oh, how much happier {and easier} life would be! With lots of help from my favorite site ~http://pinterest.com/tracybakes/~ I am getting lots of ideas and help!

Here it goes. EVERY day. I WILL organize at least ONE thing in my life!

Second.....

Simplify

I guess this goes along with organizing! But, we have too much STUFF in our life and our home. We have too much physical STUFF that we don't need. It's time to get rid of the excess and stop bringing it into our living space! We have too much emotional STUFF in our lives. So many things we dwell on and spend time on that really don't deserve {or require} the energy we give it! It's time to BE DONE with it!!

We're going gangsta on it and cutting it out!!!

Third.....

Prioritize

{see how bad I am, this should have been first!}

Faith, family, friends, work, school, volunteering, cleaning, entertainment.......

There is so much!! The stress all these good things in life can cause! Why? Because I can't say NO and I let myself become overwhelmed. Here's where I put my foot down and say NO!

{NO, NO, NO, NO, NO........just practicing!}

It's time to decide what's most important and what deserves my time the most!

WHEW, I'm exhausted from just thinking about all this. But, it's time to move forward!!

Who's with me?

What are you life changing goals?

Sweet decisions made,

Tracy

{Sweet} Memories

We're on {final} countdown here at our home!

School starts in 4 days! {YAY!}

My kids are excited {can you believe it?} for school to start.

I'm blessed that way :o)

I ran across a blog entry from another {old} blog that I used

to write. And there was the post I wrote on the

first day of school for the boys.

They all had their first day on the same day!

We had homeschooled until Austin was going into 5th, Ty into 4th

and Caden into 2nd {grades}.

{Flash forward to today Austin will be a Freshman, Ty going into 8th and Caden into 5th!!}

It was a {bitter}sweet day for me.

We've come a long since then, all of us!

So enjoy a {well, my} stroll down memory lane.......

5:15 am this morning, my alarm goes off. I lay there a moment wondering why in the heck I have to get up at such an ungodly hour--then it hits me. Today is the day my children, my precious babies, go to public school for the first time. I get up and drag myself to the kitchen, pop my meds (for those who don't know, I've been battling high blood pressure and not winning that battle! I'm on my second med for it, which at least doesn't make me pass out and pee every 5 minutes but has yet to prove it will bring down my pressure from 168/120) and start making scrambled eggs with sausage. I wander out to the living room where I find my oldest son, Austin, all dressed and eating toast. He smiles and says 'Hey Mom!'. When I question why he's up already, he answers he doesn't want to be late for his first day of school! I stumble to the bathroom where I find Ty, my middle son. He is shivering and with his big blue eyes staring into mine he whispers 'Mom, I'm nervous.' I hug him and reassure him that he's a smart boy who makes friends easily. I send up a quick prayer to God to watch over him. Back in the kitchen I continue to make breakfast and check off in my mind all the things I have to do yet. In comes Caden, my youngest. He announces in his sleepy voice 'I'm not going!' I stop the protest with a simple 'Yes you are. It isn't a choice.' He stomps back out to the table and sits to pout while he waits for his food. Breakfast is quiet and the boys all seem to be daydreaming in their own minds. Showers, teeth brushing, hair brushing (which Ty labors over for quite a while to get the righ look) and getting on new clothes seems to fly by in a moment. Christopher arrives (little boy I babysit, who will ride the bus to and from our house) and his face mirrors all the anxiousness of my own children. I get him breakfast, dressed and ready to go with ease. We get back packs adjusted, shoes tied and pictures taken. We make our family cirlce and I pray aloud for Jesus to watch over them and protect them. Before I know it, we are out the door and down to the bus stop. That big yellow bus pulled up and on they went with a last call from me to be good and have a great day. The short walk back home was a tearful one. Homeschooling was definitely easier I can't wait unitl they are home to hear all about their day!

Sweet Sunday!

Tracy