Changes

Photo courtesy of Traditional Home

Like everyone else, I begin the year thinking of things I would like to change in my life.  I don't make resolutions because I feel like they can set one up to fail.  Instead, I think and journal about things I hope to move toward in my life.

I will not share all of  my hopes and thoughts here but I do want to share a few.

~I want to spend more time reading my Bible. I go in and out of phases reading devotionals and reading the Bible.  I need to be more consistent.

~I used to do Pilates years ago with a private instructor.  This was before it was all the rage.  I was rather good at it which was a surprise because I am not very athletic (at all) and I despise sweating.   I hope to get back into Pilates and become stronger.

~I will be blogging about more than the peanuts.  I LOVE decorating and cooking and art.  I have been reluctant to post about those things because once someone left a very cruel comment complaining that this was supposed to be an adoption blog.  I want to clarify that this was never intended to be exclusively "an adoption blog."  This has always been our family blog.  And for me, decorating and cooking are part of how I make our house a home. So, I will be slowly sharing the ways I am making our new house our family home. I will do entire posts about paint colors and flooring and drapes.  I realize some of you will not like those posts or be interested in them but this is me.  I will also add some of my favorite decorating blogs to my side bar when I have time.   

~I have fallen in love with photography over the past 2 years.  I think about it and plan it and want to spend most of my free time getting better.  I have SO SO SO much to learn and I am going to really move toward learning. For some, it comes naturally.  They have an eye.  For me, not so much. I really have to work at it. I have 3 families lined up to photograph this year (for free) as I try to improve.  And I hope to take some classes as well.

~If you have read this blog for long, you know we have "dates" with our children individually.  With our move and the holidays, we have not had many dates.  We need to get back to that.

AND...we finally have a babysitter so my hubby and I will be having dates too! In fact, we have a date at a French restaurant planned for tonight.  It will be our first night out sans children in 3-4 months!!!!

 YIPEE!!!