Happy New Year!

Another year has come to an end.

Wow.

The fact that time seems to speed up the older you get never fails to surprise me. I totally let the entire month of December blow by without one single blog. We were super busy. I always try to do more than I can handle during December and obviously I let some things slide (*cough* my blog *cough).

2010 is kicking off just as busy as December. I'm hoping that it doesn't stay this way. My list is a mile long. I need to take my tree down ASAP. It's driving me crazy looking at it but the kids LOVE it. They would leave it up year round if it was up to them. All their new toys need to find another home because my living room is disgusting. It's starting to make me twitch. The kitchen is still a wreck. The laundry I washed needs to get put away. Bathrooms need cleaning. Floors vacuumed, swept, &/or mopped. I could go on and on but I need to stop thinking about this stuff or I'll pop. In fact, my left eye has been twitching all day.

On a positive note, we are back to regular "school" schedule. We started our break earlier than the public schooled kids, so I'm starting back a little sooner. Today it was the basics with an hour of reading. Mitchell got the first book of the 39 clues for Christmas, so he was wrapped up in that. Mallory and I read Christmas books and sang Christmas songs during reading time. I'm sure that she's gonna cry when I have to return all those books next week.

Tonight I cooked my first meal in my new crockpot (the kids and hubby bought it for me for Christmas). We had beef with veggies, corn on the cob and biscuits. It was very yummy but I'm really hungry right now. I think I'll head down to the kitchen for a bite, even though it's technically too late to eat.