2016 New Year's Resolutions

Every year I make the same New Year's resolutions.  You know, lose weight, be nicer, save money. The same ones everyone makes.  This year, I made the same ones, but I added some very specific, attainable goals too.  The first?  Give up pop for a year.  So far, I've actually stuck to this one.  It's been hard.  I really like pop.  But, how cool would it be to say I gave it up for a year?!

The second:  do two random acts of kindness a month.  This one is turning out to be harder than I thought.  I kind of cheated for January.  I didn't expect to be so shy and timid when I see an opportunity to do something nice.  It frustrates me that I, and society, can't really speak out or act without fear of offending some one or getting physically hurt.  I don't want to be this way and I want to be the change in the world.  It's going to be a long year...

Cheers!

Here are my January RAoK;

1:  bought GS cookies for soldiers (you can do this right on the order form)

2:  grabbed this on my way out of Kroger.  Hey, start small end big.

And my February RAoC:

I offered multiple homeless people food.  They didn't take it (said they had enough food). This both hurt my feelings and bugged me.  But I'm still going to keep trying. 

Home Sweet Home

Last month, we bought a house.  It was a long process of getting to that large table in the title office and signing all those papers.  To be honest, I wasn't that excited.  I loved the house we picked, don't get me wrong.  I had just gotten to the point of thinking it was never going to be mine. 

Well, it is.  And it's amazing.  It's the first place that is MINE.  And Kevin's too.  Lol.  But I own a house!  Hol. y. Crap.  I still can't believe it.  We dove right into painting it.  I knew a few colors right away.  I'd love to get Gunnar's room all finished before he sees the house. I'd love to open the door to his new, finished room and see him run around it and check everything out.  I know that he's going to take this transition hard.  He's used to seeing his grandparents regularly and he has his friends at school.  I hope he gets over it quickly since he will have his own space finally.  

I have always wondered what having complete control over where I live would feel like.  So far, it feels amazing.  

Cheers!  

At the closing.  Got the keys!!