The day before 2011...

Here I sit the day before the new year and thinking about what the new year will bring for me and my family.

Will we be able to get a second vehicle?

Will our financial situation be what we have been striving for it to be?

Can we go a whole year without having to deal with the loss of a loved one?

The list goes on and on.

So, with the ringing in a new year approaching, I am kind of on the fence. I would really like to stay up to watch the ball drop and blah, blah, blah. But really, can I even stay up past 10pm?? Besides that I already have a really bad headache brewing, and staying up late for sure won't help that. Good thing I have like 12 hours to decide what I am going to do.

With a new year many people, including myself make "resolutions". The things that come to mind that I wouldn't mind changing is the way that I parent. Can I be better, or better yet can I get these children of mine under control?? My 4 year old is a little terror and my almost 2 year is gladly following in the footsteps of her big sister. Yikes!! We sure have our work cut out for us. Just what to do to get these kids under control? I have tried the whole patience thing and that only works for so long. I have tried the naughty chair, and that too only lasts so long. How the heck do you get structure with your children if there really never was?? Kind of like you can't teach an old dog new tricks, yet my kids are still young. I just need to find a different approach and stick with it I guess. Apparently what I am doing just is not working!! Any and all advice on the will taken and appreciated, if you don't mind sharing.

Besides that, we are really going to make it a long term goal to hold Family Home Evening on a weekly basis, and to attend church without missing, and to read the Book of Mormon as a family. These have always been the things that I have wanted to do since I was a little girl, and then I wind up getting married outside of the church and struggle to find the support to become the daughter of God that I have always known that I was. But with being 5 years in this marriage I have found the support that I have always wanted. My husband is even attending church with us now, and has been for a while. Now I am beginning to feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I have always known that I was lucky to get the guy, but now that I know that we are on the same page with just about everything, that's what makes the biggest difference. I am just thankful that Heavenly Father has His hand in my life and that He will help things work out if we are valiant and faithful. It is such a blessing!!