New Year's Resolutions?

I didn't consciously make any real resolutions this year. However, there were a bunch of "chores" I wanted to get done, so maybe I can consider those resolutions? We finally arranged the furniture the way we wanted and hung pictures on the walls, which I'm very happy about! The top of my dresser is finally visible, and I was able to put the up fountain I got for Christmas.

I'm also getting around to organizing my recipes--writing up the keepers and putting them in my cookbook and sorting through my Rachael Ray mags for the recipes I want to try. I don't want to keep the old issues, especially when I'm getting new issues again (and issues of Cooking Light).

I've also done some "cooking to freeze". I've made soup and chili and frozen portions so that I have stuff to eat for lunch and won't be tempted to run out to fast food or the grocery. We're trying to save money around here and food is one of our biggest spending sprees. Oops.

Of course there's also the general stuff that I always want to do: drink more water, eat healthier, exercise, spend less, blah blah. I might make my boyfriend join a gym with me--it's 24 hours and really close to where we live. I want to get more fit, not necessarily lose any weight. Hopefully when the weather gets warmer I can get out and walk around the neighborhood.

Oh. Hey, I'm back!

I've been terribly MIA around here. Oops! I just returned from Christmas Vacation 2--Gatlinburg (with my boyfriend's family). It was fun and relaxing, but I hope that next year we don't go anywhere other than his grandma's farm. Just too much pressure. I would like to go back to Gatlinburg when it is warmer and do some more hiking, perhaps a horseback ride, and one or two of the fun commercial places (most likely Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum). We went to Tanger outlet mall, and it was a real letdown. There weren't many "factory" stores so everything was basically the same thing you'd get back home--except with a 9.5% sales tax. Yikes!

My favorite souvenir would be my newest spoon for my collection--a porcelain spoon with a sea turtle from the Aquarium of the Smokies. I'm also excited about my cherry pit pack and flax seed eye pillow.

I have to get back to cleaning now. And making a grocery list. We have no food!