Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

Part of my new years resolution was less stress in my life. Today I picked up my desk calendar and got the Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Calendar with daily quotes. I will update my daily quote every day.

" The easiest way to avoid regrets is to ask yourself the question. "If not now, when?" It's a powerful way to put life and our decisions about how we spend our time into perspective."

The Weather Man in Ohio

Today My friends have all been making fun of me. I watched the news this morning to see what the weather was going to be like. Just snow and 40 % at that. Well Mr. Weather Man you were wrong. This afternoon I took the kids out to the mall to buy Daddy's Birthday Presents. Before we left it was barely snowing we were only in the mall for about an hour when I looked out the window and holy cow the cars were covered. Being new back into the snow driving I started to panic. I quickly bundled up and the kids and ran out the door with them. When I got to the parking lot it was almost empty. Almost empty. I stood there for a min. in a panic. Do I call my Hubby to come get us? Do I try to go home myself? I didn't know what to do. While we were walking to the car there were some JA's in the parking lot doing donuts. I was so scared they would hit us. The Summit mall is about 25 minutes from our house. Tonight it took me 55 min to get home. I was going a slow creep all the way home. It was a quiet drive home. The radio was off. My knuckles were white from the grip I had on the wheel. I had myself in such a panic I was in tears. Finally we arrived home. I have been waiting for the snow and I am so excited its here I just hate driving in it and I hate to have the kids drive in it with me. Then on the flip side I hate driving out in the snow by myself with out the kids and have something happen to me. BOOGERS. Lets just say I love the snow and I love to being home bound watching it outside. All night I kept hearing from my friends and my husband saying " Well you wanted this ". True and I'm thank full but tonight it would have been great if I would have had an accurate weather report so I didn't take the kids out in this muck.
I did get to come home and shovel it. It was beautiful. There was 6 1/2 inches abt about 815 tonight. My husband said not to shovel it but I told him its what I wanted to do tonight for my quiet time. Just me the dark peaceful sky and the beautiful fluffy snow falling all around me. It was breath taking and beautiful. Unfortunately for me the snow was falling faster than I could shovel for it. The drive way was covered already. That's OK I love to be out there. My husband told me not to do it and he would but Id rather do it. My dad has this high powered Snow Blower with a tarp looking thing on it but its too powerful for me. I'll take my shovel any day.
I did hear a bit ago that the Weather man said that they might have lots of school closings on Monday. This is suppose to be a great big storm. :) Bring It on. I'm loving the snow:) I will take pictures tomorrow when its light.

Frosty The snowman

The weather has finally changed The snow came Sunday night here and I was hoping to take the kids out to make a snowman. The snow just was not right for that. Wednesday evening the weather started to change and it was a little wet when it snowed. It changed the snows consistency and just like that we had packing snow. It was a perfect day. I didn't have to work and Daddy and I had the whole day to spend together with just the kids. Dean wanted to make the biggest snow man but being as small and weak as I am I could not life the heavy snow balls so we had to wait for daddy. Diana was not all that into making the snowman. She just wanted to sit on Mister Frosty and wanted to be buried in the now. I have never seen a child who begs to be buried underneath the cold snow. Then again it is Diana who is full of surprised. :)
We had an awesome Day.

New Years Resolution

New Year's Eve has always been a time for looking back on the past, and more importantly,to forward to the coming year. This is a wonderful time to reflect on the changes we want (or need) to make and resolve to follow through on those changes.
In 2009 my family had a lot of changes. Changes that made the last part of the year very stressful. I have put in place strategies to help change those stresses so that we as a family can enjoy every min of every day together. At least I plan to try my hardest.
Here's my New Years Resolutions
1) Enjoy Life more:I am always taking care of everyone else and I never have any time just for me. I am going to set aside one day a week for at least 2 hours of just me time.

2) Learn something New: My husband recently got out of the military. We have been staying with my parents since June. We are starting to look for houses to buy and it scares me to death as I know nothing about buying a house. This year I am going to educate myself in Home buying. God help me :)
3) Spend More Time with my Family:I spend every waking moment with my family. I am with my kids from around 6 630 am until then fall asleep laying next to me around 900pm. I have them all day long and we run around all day, we play, we do homework, but we are always on the go. I should say I am always on the go. This year I pledge to not sweat the small stuff. Instead of sitting on the floor playing with the kids watching a moving and working on stuff that i need to work on at the same time I am just going to be with the kids, or with my husband. This will be a hard task for me as If I get a chance to sit down during the day I like to put my laptop in my lap and sit down with the family. I need to sit down with the family and keep the lap top away.I know I spend lots of quality time with my kids, but I want to do it more with out any interruptions from anything even the phone. Oh lord give me the strength to turn my ringer down. :)
and lastly
4)Help Others: Since my Husband has gotten out of the Military I have learned something about the difference between the help in the Military and the Help at the VA. There are so many veterans young and very old how are not knowledgeable about the help that the VA has out there for them. There is also so many things the VA should be doing for the Recent Men and Women who are coming out of the military now suffering from different issues and the VA does not take care of them. Although they say they do there are issues I have seen and they don't. Over the years I have seen allot of elderly veterans not getting the right care or on the right programs because they are not knowledgeable. This year I plan to Volunteer for the DAV, our local Va here and a few other groups. I am starting to put together a website of information I have gathered to help veterans, and their families with information that can help them that is not easily offered.
So there you have it . My new years resolution is now set in stone and today is the first day to get started. I am excited for this New Year and the Changes it has in store for myself and for my family.
We ourselves are the only ones who can lay the path for our future. I'm so excited.
Happy New Years Every one.!