Welcome 2015!!!!

December just wipes me out!!!

I am very happy to be getting back into my schedule again! The kids are back in school, which sucks today because it is SO AMAZINGLY COLD outside!! It will be even WORSE tomorrow! The ACTUAL temperature isn't going to get above zero degrees (F)!!! The "feels like" temperature is said to be around TWENTY BELOW!!!! (Things that make you think, "Forget this! I'm moving to Arizona!!!!")

I have a new keyboard!! It's a little hard to use.....here's a pic:

It doesn't have a "print-screen" button, it doesn't have an "end" or "home" button (I use those when blogging and renaming photos & albums), and it doesn't have a numeric keypad....all things I'm used to using quite often, so I'm re-learning how to type in a way. But it's mess-proof, drop-proof and it barely takes up any space at all!! You do have to press the buttons kind of hard to get it to work but that's not a huge deal. Quite frankly I type so fast that some websites don't recognize what I'm typing anyway (100+wpm at last actual test for a job - that was a WHILE ago, tho heh heh) so pressing the keys harder forces me to slow down.


So far my New Year's Resolutions are as follows:

-Be more balanced
-Create a cleaning schedule and (force the kids to help) stick to it!
-Unpack!! I still have a garage full of boxes!
-Portraits of TBone, Penny & Bully (for Christmas presents this year)
-Plan meals - no more "what do you want for dinner/I don't know/whatever you want" fiascos
-Drink a gallon of water a week
-More "me" time
-Go through documents on PC because I went through my computer's documents and it turns out I would have to go through over 40 files a day to get rid of them all! Well obviously I can't do THAT, but I can try for one a day. There's no reason I need to keep so many. I'm a digital hoarder!!!
-"Deal with" photo folders immediately & aim for 4 folders after that. I have a bad habit of going through photos whenever I feel like it and as a result I'm about 4 months behind. It's harder than it sounds, I take a lot of photos!!

I am also starting a Vlog for a year ~ if you're interested at all here's the link. My Vlog Channel on YouTube!

So far it's slow-going. I don't have a lot of time to sit down and organize and publish the vlog,but I'm trying! If no one watches it (it's mostly for family & friends, like everything I do online ~ not looking for internet fame here, people) I'll quit after the year is up. It just takes so much time. But if my family & friends like it ~ especially my out-of-towners ~ then I'll keep it up. :D