New Year, Blah, Blah, Blah

Are we done with the "New Year, New You" posts? Are we settling into 2017? Has everyone recommitted to something and are we all pursuing our goals? Yes? No? 

I have only made one resolution and that is to take more showers.

I feel that this is doable and may just be that initial first step towards implementing more change in my life. If I shower, I might wear actual clothes and not just sweatpants and leggings. If I wear actual clothes, I might notice that I they don't fit quite right. If I notice that they don't fit quite right, I might actually motivate to start eating better and fitting in a workout. If I workout then I definitely will need to shower more.

It is a little bit like "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" except I am trying to eat less cookies and have better hygiene.

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I did take one of those Facebook quizzes that you are supposed to share on your feed, but that I never do. I like to know who would be my consigliere if I was a mafia boss and what is going to happen in the future dependent on a random algorithm and sites that I am pretty sure are just gathering all my personal information. I mean really what is the difference between some computer-generated output vs. something you may read in a magazine or that Oprah told you? If that site says that in 2017 I need to start to Let Go, who am I to say it is wrong?

I am starting with the easy stuff: Clothes, books, toys, etc., and hoping that repeating "Let it go" as a mantra that I don't get sucked into singing Disney songs on a loop for the whole of 2017. First big donation pick up is today. Let's hope the truck gets here before the kids get off the bus and start picking through things they haven't seen or played with in months. Wish me luck. 

On Resolutions, Blogging and Bald Eagles

Apparently today is the day where a lot of people ditch their New Year's resolutions. It is actually called "Quit your New Years Resolutions Day." Oh Internet, you have some crazy made-up days. Did you know January is also California Dried Plum Digestive Month? Yummers.

I for one am still blogging and I just got back from the gym.

Feeling pretty proud of myself.

I would love to regale you with some amusing story to start your weekend off on a good note, but in all honesty between the relentless time suck of work and the frenzied evenings there isn't much going on.

I will say that I am so looking forward to getting home tonight. Friday for me means that a little bit of the pressure is off. I pick up pizza, throw it on a plate for the kids and put on pjs.

There isn't that mad rush to be super prepped for the next day and even though we should fit the Reading Log into our schedule, we usually just end up popping in a movie.

QT loves movie night. In fact, if you are anywhere and happen to turn the lights down low he will get all excited and scream out "movie night! yeah!" I like that we have a little bit of low-key family time as well.

We do have some plans for this weekend. I will keep you updated (because I have to, because I signed up to blog everyday this month).

Don't forget to celebrate Bald Eagle Appreciation Days on the 18-19. I for one won't be celebrating this year because I hate birds and Bald Eagles are kind of assholes. 

Getting Moving and Motivated and the Box Top Quandry

I just completed my first work out of the new year.

I realize that it is January 9, but we all saw what happened when I went out too hard and too fast with the Box Tops, I just want to ease my way back into things.

I will say I took the new boob out for a run and it held up well. I have big running goals this year but I don't want to claim them as a New Year resolution because that is too much pressure and I have had the same list of resolutions for like two years and none of them have happened.

Well, I did make some photo books of the kids along the way and I have tried to make this blog a bit better. The new graphics helped right?

I think I am just approaching this year with a different attitude, just trying to incorporate the things I can control and actual take a step or two towards some goals.

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And speaking of Box Tops. . .

Thank you to all of you who sent some in Christmas cards or gave them to my mom to give to me.

I got this little beauty of a coupon the other day at the store. I think I can buy 6 or more boxes of cereal to earn 40 Box Tops.

But here is the question. Should I just save them all up until the last collection of the year and then bombard them with hundreds of tiny little cardboard pieces or should I try to submit them this go around and see how it turns out? I don't want to get burned again!

Let me know what you think.

Is it January Yet?

Pheww. . . . .

What day is it?

I have been living in a crazy world where there were days at a time where our calendar was full of things to get done, people to see and places to go.

Those days were off set by random Tuesdays in the office and the inability to determine what day of the week it actually was.

I am pretty sure it is 2014, although I never saw the ball drop because in all honesty I would much rather start the year off not sleep deprived than listen to Ryan Seacrest prattle on and watch Miley Cyrus lick things (it is sooo 2013).

But here we are. And like the start of each new year, there are things that I want to do differently and goals that I hope to achieve, there is that feeling of having to reassess and decide what and who you want to let into your life.

I know I want more time with my kids, my husband, my family, my friends. I know that I want more time. I also know that I want to make sure I am as active and as present as I can be in all the upcoming moments (good or bad) this year has to offer.

Happy New Year from the Three Beans!

Here are a couple of cute pics of the kids 

The Little Lady posing and yes, she is wearing a summer dress

The Lady in her stocking cap. She totally slept in it.

QT made out with the amount of Jake and the Neverland Pirate crap, stuff he got!

Under Pressure!

Every year one of my New Year's resolutions is to do more with this blog.

When I looked and saw how few posts I actually wrote last year, it was a little disheartening.

So this year I decided to join BlogHer's NaBloPoMo, which is short for um. . . . well it is short for I am going to post everyday in January.

Not sure how much I will be able to keep to the theme of "Pressure" but considering I am joining this already a day behind and now have to write two posts today, I think I will be able to handle it.

Some of you may remember my earlier attempt at posting a blog a day. That lasted a full 15 days or so and ended only with the birth of QT, here is to hoping I can make it through.

As always, thanks for reading.

Happy New Year!

The best thing about 2011 came out of my vagina in mid June.

If the world does end at the end of 2012, I am hoping that I go out on top.

Here is wishing for more time to spend with the kids, more time for me to spend on myself, more time for my husband and I to spend together.

Here is hoping for a quick sell of the condo, a new home with new memories, a year where I am fit-- financially and physically--and a year where I can share it all with you.

I hope that 2012 brings you health and happiness. Thank you, as always, for reading.

love, Bean