doing: just got up. sadly my child doesn't know the meaning of sleeping in.
listening to: Ethan watching Toy Story. "somebody's poisoned the water hole!"
feeling: less than good but i think i'll be okay.
well its a new year. finally! 2011. a fresh start, a new beginning. i'm ready for it. 2010 basically sucked all around. sure there were some good parts, some memories i'll carry with me. but overall it was a crappy year and i am so ready to be done with it!
i don't make new years resolutions anymore, mostly because i never have good ones, and i can't ever keep them. but this year i'm doing the working out/getting in shape thing - so cliche i know. with some of my Christmas bonus from work i went and bought a pass to the rec center, i'll start on monday. i want to swim! i feel like i can only get a really good workout when i swim. but they also have the elliptical machine that i like to use, especially when i only have 10 or 20 minutes free. but swimming, i'm really going to make myself get up in the moring and go. and hopefully, soon, i'll be in good enough shape to get a really decent workout in!
my second "goal" is to have a baby. i know you can't just make youself get up and do that... not like working out. but it is a goal for me, for us, that we want this year. in order to do that we are going to take good care of ourselves. i want us to eat just a little better, take vitamins, workout, basically get our bodies ready - and the added bonus is we'll be healthier!
this isn't a new years goal, its just one of me and matt's that we have ongoing. we got a little extra money from our parents for Christmas so we are going to put that towards our house. since this is now going on the third spring we've had our house on the market we basically give up. we decided that we should give in and just start putting some work into the house. this won't only help it sell better later, it will help us out right now. plaster walls? who's bright idea was that?? we basically have zero installation left in them either. Matt says its newspaper and its pry all at the floor by now. so thats our start. in our bedroom we are going to re-do the walls and ceiling and put in installation. a warm house is something we've never had!!
a little backtrack now to Christmas. i think this could possibly be the least stressfull Christmas we've had since having Ethan. i feel like we got our shopping done in a good amount of time, we didn't have too much rushing around. and while there was still some stress, i didn't feel like it was as much.
however, as a 4 year old boy who wants Santa to bring him every single thing under the sun.... going somewhere and NOT having 20 presents to open led to tears beyond measure. Ethan might have had some stress!
Ethan got everything he had asked for though! Matt and i are pretty happy that we decided(at the last minute, literally) to get him a Thomas the Train track set. he can't stop playing with it. he got legos of all kinds, books, colors, movies and more!
tearing into his Thomas the Train Misty Island set!
The Polar Express. He loved the book and watches the movie all the time now!
i LOVE this one! he got Wall-E, which is absolutley loves! he was so happy!
Ethan and his Construction Duplos
Greg and Ben got me sweet necklaces for Christmas (a 'winner' medal and a $ sign) so i shared and we had to get a shot of all of us with them!
besides Ethan, Matt and i also got a lot of things we wanted this year! i got 2 new pairs of shoes, a Kindle, 2 Lego video games and Mom and Dad C got us a trip to the Omaha Zoo!
all in all i think the Russell family made out pretty darn well this Christmas!
i hope you all had a great holiday season and pray that 2011 brings you blessings and joy all year long!
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