out with the old....................

I can't believe that Christmas is almost here! Where did this year go? It blew in and blew out! Might be a good thing though. I am on vacation the week after Christmas and I am looking forward to that, and THAT is for sure!!!

Michael is on the swim team again this year for school, he is doing so good with that. So glad to see that he has found something he REALLY likes. He has been doing a lot of driving since receiving his learner's permit, and does well.

Mallory is looking forward to graduating this coming year. She is in the nursing program at the Vo-tech school and is really liking it. Can't believe she is going to be 18 in January. I was just telling my sister the other day that besides a few little bumps in the road in her 9th grade year, it is such a blessing to have a child who has successfully made it to the 12th grade and not be on drugs, no drinking, no pregnancies, and who has loved going to school. YAY! That is such a good feeling. Just feels sort of weird knowing they have to sprout their wings now and start learning about life and going through the process of adulthood. Hopefully we have planted enough seeds that they will dig to find them, and eventually know that we are always here for them. I ask God to guide her and keep her safe.

Until the end of the year we will prepare for the Christmas season, and enjoy the cozy moments that we have together. Going to set my goals for the 2010 year, call my friend Rachel so that we can go over both our goals. This is a tradition we have been doing for many years in our friendship. We are going to be changing some rooms around here at home. My Mom had moved back in with us in 2008 after my Dad returned from a job in Iraq. Yes, they have been divorced since 1982, but they still remain friends. She moved into his home while he was gone to house sit. She then came back here to live. Now that I have totally finished my licensing process for real estate, I feel I need to put my focus back into daycare until I decide the time is right to close it. It may be another year or two, I'm not sure yet. I'm ready for a change. I'm not sure where God is leading me yet, but I am trying to listen to him and be ready for whatever he has planned for me.

Weight loss, well, still working on it. Nothing big has happened with that. I need a huge dose of MOTIVATION!! I'll get it though.

So, I am looking forward to moving on to 2010. Praying that God is ready to move us on out of this season that we have been stuck in since August of 2008. I know he is, and we are SOOO ready. Out with the old and in with the new.

Keeping in the word,