Friday, December 31, 2010

hello 2011

Well.

Christmas wrapped up to be a wonderful family-filled holiday.  We gifted, we ate, we watched It's a Wonderful Life, we drove from place to place.  We made a mess of our house (but in the most festive way).  Even now as I'm sitting here among the chaos, refusing to grade papers, and listening to the heater clank, I am overwhelmed by what a great season it was, and dazed that it is over already.

2010 has been good to me.  winter: birthday, skiing, olympics. spring: marriage, temple, teaching, seattle. summer: garden, tutoring, hebgen, cali. fall: samuel home, teaching, new york. and winter again: christmas, samuel's birthday, family.

2011 promises good things as well: samuel's graduation, teaching year 2 complete, national parks, hebgen. also, internships?, summer jobs?, artistic endeavors?  time will tell.

I am a resolution making kind of a gal.  Here's the beginnings of my list:
  • increase my effectiveness and patience with my students
  • exercise regularly
  • attend the temple monthly
  • organize the "junk room"
  • learn how to meal plan
  • be generally more adventurous
  • live in gratitude daily
  • make some new friends

cheers!  I hope 2011 brings you everything good.

3 comments:

Grover said...

The "den" does need to be straighten, but it is coming along...

ashley mikell said...

you always say it just right. miss you. let's hang out. do you have spring break?

Spence said...

2011 is going to be a good one. Cheers to you!