[x] Admittedly, I shun resolutions. "Get fit! Spend more time with those I love!," people will promise themselves. "Be more loving! Find happiness! Lose weight! Get a better job! Mange my time better!" Certainly all of these are valid promises to make to oneself. My only "resolution" is a promise I've made to myself every single year since maybe...2002? It remains steadfast: never go to bed angry. At/toward anyone. About/toward anything. It's helped me through a lot of bad and good years alike. It's not a resolution per se, but every year, I renew this promise to myself. So there's that. Well, maybe I'll resolve to blog more this year. ;) Ha! I miss doing it regularly. I really do. I need to make some time for it. Lately, I've been very inspired to work on my non-blog writing so it's taken precedence. Late November of this past year, K. scratched an idea into my head while we were driving downtown late one evening and it's been blooming slowly ever since. I'm working on it. But I digress.

[x] While we scrubbed the house from top to bottom a few days ago, I'm clean sweeping the closets in every room to create more space and better organize our lives. So far, it's been a major Pain In The Ass, but pain is gain, right? ;) It's coming along. Thankfully, I have a husband who can sleep less than a few hours at work the night before and still agreeably volunteer to doing crap like this on his day off. ;) Suffice to say, this is what the day holds. We'll make another pizza from scratch to use up the remaining dough, and the rest of the day will be low key. I already had coffee and we made a quick run to Petsmart for more fish supplies (more to come on that in a minute) so K. will be on pet patrol while I'm going to be tackling the downstairs closets again (I started yesterday).

[x] We are now the proud owners of two new goldfish: Fishy and George. Yes, we still have the Betta named Fishy, but he's in a smaller abode. Now we have Fishy and George in Bear's room and Carlos and The Cat are still in the living room. And so far, the new additions are still alive--knock on wood, that is. ;) Anyway, K. did a great job on the tanks (I started writing this blog earlier and came to finish it now, obviously--can you tell? :). So glad I didn't have to deal with that noise. (Thanks, babe. ;) As far as the closets are concerned, they're coming along. The downstairs will hopefully be finished tomorrow. I have SO much baby stuff to toss/sell/donate/whatever. But I guess that's par for the course with three kids all four years old and under. :)

[x] In not-such-great-news...this week, Bear has a follow up doctor's appointment and another chest x-ray. I'm really pretty anxious about it, really. I've managed to block it mostly out of my mind, but about a month ago, his pediatrician ordered a chest x-ray to rule out pneumonia when he was so ill. On said x-ray, a "faint 3-4mm nodule was detected". Enter panic mode. But can you blame me? We'll get in hopefully this week for his one month follow-up x-ray; if you're the praying kind, please offer one up on his behalf, would you? I'm trying NOT to go crazy over it--really--but now this close to the follow up, the heat is on. :/

[x] Everyone is sick *again*. I'm on the road to recovery from walking pneumonia and a sinus infection, and all three kids have a runny nose, Bear has a slight cough, and Beauty is sneezing semi-regularly. I just want us all to be well again. Geez. The kids are still on winter break all this week, so I'm hoping they'll both return on Monday in somewhat decent health. Ugh. I can't wait until "sick season" is over! I feel like it's going to be a long winter. But if this is the worst thing thrown at me, I think I have it pretty damn good.

[x] K.'s reading a bedtime story to Bear as we speak, so I need to update Little Flower's POTD site with today's pic and get a move on here. We have a few house chores to do tonight, but hopefully not a *terrible* amount--I know we could both use a little R&R before heading back to the grind tomorrow.

Happy New Year, everyone! May you have health, happiness, and all the love your heart can hold in 2011!

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