2. The biggest resolution in the family tree is to get stuff out of storage and to declutter our lives together. We have made great progress on this in 2011 but it's time to let go of all that stuff collecting dust and costing us money every month! We are going to be out of storage by the end of January! Even if we do not always all live together, I think the cost of keeping storage will out pace the true value of the c**** I mean precious heirloom junk in our storage shed. I can hear my grandmother yelling at me from heaven--"Throw it away! Why do you still have my old dishes???!!!".. Because I love and miss you grandma and I have this strange thing where I grow emotionally attached to stuff (I am starting to think I inherited this from father.... can we say 'pool table'... ha! Love ya Dad!) But really, there are only two things I miss from storage that I know are there--my nativity set (so sad we didn't find it in time for Christmas!) and the mixing bowls from my grandmother (I know, I know but I did get rid of the blue dishes so just let me have the mixing bowls..!) Oh, just thought of one more thing--the picture of Cripple Creek which has a lot of wonderful childhood memories tied into it, but that's it! I have boxes and boxes of books and I have no idea which ones they are (although I could look at my hand iPhone app which would tell me, but... it's not like I am at lack of things to read)
3. Enjoy our new puppy! Lola is wonderful and she does a good job of getting us outside a LOT! We are looking forward to training her to be the most well behaved dog on the planet and she is well on her way!
Ok.. well that is a good start to a list and perhaps once family study time resumes in a week I can gather other resolutions from other parts of the family tree!
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! And May you know the grace and love of God throughout your days in 2012!
~L
