Is it here yet?

Come on Christmas I need a break. For some reason I always, always feel harried and exhausted during the holidays. The best part is that I don't have to worry about cooking dinner. We always go to my sister's house on Christmas Eve for dinner and presents, so that's a big load off my shoulders.

Between shopping for presents, decorating the house and dealing with the school parties I am utterly at my wits end. The holiday spirit sorta ebbs and flows like the lunar tides and there's no telling when it will end. I almost wait with baited breath for New Year's to be done and over with and the bleak start of the year to begin. At least there are no major holidays to have to deal with for awhile and everyone gets time to recuperate.

Meanwhile, I will try my best to keep my spirits up and stay happy for my little ones and loved ones around me. But I truthfully can't wait to start 2011; hopefully with a clean slate and free mind.

To be or not to be, positive?

A positive attitude is very important to me and I try to live my life accordingly. However, it is extremely difficult when you're sick and the holidays are stressing me out. As is typical almost every year I have gotten a nasty little cold and am not quite in my right mind, but some would argue that's always. Ha ha.

I kinda hope that turning 30 improves my sense of humor. I love to laugh and find jokes and even dry humor very entertaining, but I cannot tell a joke to save my life.

Anyhoo, back to the whole positive attitude thing. I figure that having a really good positive attitude is the only thing that is gonna make this whole year easier than most.

Okay, I have reread what I just wrote and it's not making a whole lot of sense to me, so I'm gonna call an end to this blog and hopefully will be more clearheaded tomorrow.

A somewhat early start...

Now technically it's not 2011 yet, but if you know me you that I have a habit of starting things early. Since the idea for this blog came to me only a few days ago, I thought it best to get it started while it was fresh in my mind.

The purpose of this blog is to account for what's going on in my life during that all important milestone of turning 30. I have no idea what is going to happen in the next year other than the few goals that I have set and am determined to achieve. Those goals are to buy my house and enroll in college classes to earn a business degree, beyond that it's all up in the air.

So, here are a few things that are making a prominent showing in my life right. Nearest and dearest to my heart are my kids, Lizzie and Grace. Both have autism and related issues and we are actively working to help them deal with everyday life to the best of their abilities. Then there's my mom, she's great but unfortunately age is taking it's toll and she is beginning to lose her eyesight. My love life is a good/bad thing in my life and also a bigger part of my life than it should be.I've been single since April 2009 with a few relationships since then but nothing major.

Unlike alot of people I know, I have no qualms about turning 30. I've always loved getting older, mostly because I've never felt my age. I have come to the recent realization however that I'm not exactly living my life to it's fullest potential. So, I thought maybe blogging this so called important year of my life may help me to see things differently. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.