holidaze

it's long since been the new year, but my blog wouldn't know it. my brain function has been otherwise occupied since, oh, [jan., dec., nov, oct....] you know, 9 months ago, with the holidays being extra demanding. and i am not making any promises about it coming back any time soon.

we had a fantastic new year's eve, just loitering around the neighbors' house with my bottle of martinelli's. the boys wanted so badly to stay up to ring in the new year, but they willingly crawled into bed at a quarter 'til and didn't even flinch with all the fireworks and other midnight noise. joe and i kissed in the new year with thoughts of a new baby girl arriving to complete our family and hopes for better financial ventures. even though we are happy to say goodbye to some aspects of 2009 , we can't deny that we are blessed and that 2010 can only get better.

my three mental new year's resolutions for this year:

1. patience

2. consistency

3. simplify

[it's possible that faithfully implementing those 3 things could solve all my problems.]

simple, no?

my dear acquaintance [a happy new year] - regina spektor