Saturday, December 31, 2011

New Year's Eve

Tonight should be a lot of fun. Shaun and family are coming over, so is Mark and we are doing a Murder Mystery Dinner/Evening. Shaun is all excited about it, Tyler kind of meh and so is Michaela. The theme is a Hawaii Luau. Going shopping with Carly for decorations, food and costumes. Already planned to have a glazed ham, and cheese potatoes for supper now need to pick up snack foods and things for the chocolate fondue. We will also be playing different board games tonight and Shaun is planning on making cocktails both real and virgin. We are short on player but as the hostess I will make sure the info for him gets read, if all goes well we are already planning to do one next year, with a gangsta theme from the dirty 30s LOL.

On another note, we are still working on getting the boys here. Home review done, now to get down to the police station to fill out police record checks and meet with the assessment team and hash out a timeline/plan how integrating them into our home. Maybe by Spring they will be living here but you never know Social Services works at a crawl.

My mom and Bill have separated and looks like a divorce is in the future. I use this a form of journal but due to the fact it is online for anyone to see I wont go into details at this time. The reason for the is that certain things are playing out in Court and tell there is a ruling I don't want to jeopardize anything.

I would like to wish everyone a safe and Happy New Year. A year of new experiences, new joys and lots of family and friends. I wish I could give you all a big hug and let you know how much I appreciate you. I heard something the other day and the way it was explained gave it new meaning to me. Here it is.... Live everyday like it is the first day of your life, because it is. Every day we wake up to a brand new day of experiences and joys, don't look back on the past but learn from it, always look forward. You never know if that day will not only be a new day but your last! So live life to the fullest, make sure your loved ones know that you love them by telling them. Help others, and smile you might be the only one that does that for them today. Smiles are contagious and they brighten every ones day. Enjoy the little things, a bird singing or the white moon, and don't sweat the small stuff, its not worth it. Looking forward to many more days and years to come and for me to try to write more on my family blog, I will strive for it!