Dear Somone

Dear 2010:
Don't think I haven't noticed that you are starting out jusl like 2009. Tasha has a cold, I have a cold, Denise's blood pressure is up rediculously and Erich has some serious issues with his stomach.

And you call yourself the new year.

Well, Missy, for your information 2009 started out the same way. You can't fool us! For a minute we thought we were going to have to live through 2009 again with the sniffing and sneezing, but we figured it out as 2010 because this year Tasha can wipe her OWN nose. Mostly Last year she coldn't.

Although 2009 was supposed to be my year and it wasn't, 2010 will be and I am going to accomplish all the things I promised in 2009 and 2010, no matter they are the same things.

I am going to lose 20 pounds, get my diabetes under control as well as the rest of my health issue and my business is going to become profitable.

O love you, 2010, because I now have a expanse of 360 days to write a whole new life on and I can't
So it's okay you came in with thermonitors and aspirin. We are going to lick that and start on a whole new life trip.

Watch out or us, 2010, we are not going to take this year sitting down.

Dear Tasha:
You are going to be four this year and a whole lot of new things are going to happen to you, Nanny just has some things to say to you:

Stop picking on the cat. cats get mean  when she is growling at you, this is definitely not a good thing. This is especially not good if you are poking her int he ribs trying to make her purr. Stop poking.  Run.

Everyone is not nice. Don't talk to people you do not know without mom, Eric or Nanny with you.  tell them you have to find your Nanny before you can even say hello. the RUN. Run straight to Nanny because I promise you,  I will be there. Always.

There are other veggies besides spinach and cauliflower.
Really there are, and they taste yummy. Since at this point the only veggies we know you will eat is spinach cauliflower and sometimes when the moon is in the fifth quadrant green beans. Let me tell you abou wonderfull veggies like corn, peas, carrots...all different colors and flovors. Be adventurous! try a new veggie.

Like I said, this is going to be a smashing new year.

Now run over to Family of shorts, read other letters and say hello to Shortmama, tell her Angel sent you.

Small talk six, looking forward to next year

Well, the gifts are open and wrapping paper is everywhere, You aren't quite sure how it eneded up in the bathroom or in the closet, but there it is. You have cups, saucers, paper plates, and etcetera from one end of your house to the other, and you wonder  how on earth the eggnog got in the bedroom, or the slice of cake was sittingonthe bahroom counter? Then you sigh for with all the signs it means you had a successful Christmas party.

And you remember fondly the highlights of the day, Aunt Edna's slipping the rum in the eggnog, the joy of the faces as they opened gifts or even better the different ways people open gifts they thought were horrible and said "uh thank you" politely. As I did when someone sent Tasha this beautiful heave coat with scarf, gloves,earmuffs, the whole kit and caboodle. Hello....we live in Charleston where the coldest temp is 40?

Thats ok we dutifully dressed her up and took her picture to send to them The weather has been colder maybe she will get a chance to wear it, the coat anyway. It was a nice thought, and I understand since the present came from Philadelphia.

I really find it interesting the many ways a person fixes , thinking they are hiding the horror behind their eyes as they ponder "What in the world is this???" or " I have fifteen of theses, now what," outwardly they are saying uh thank you I love it!  all the while looking like they have just eaten bad fish.  Oh the things we do for family......

But now we file another Christmas into our memory files, with the mess, the famiy arguements, the joy, memries, gifts, and everything else that goes with it. We are looking forward to next year and now comes the dreaded resolution.

Everyone has to have one, it is as american as Black eyed peas on Newa Years day, or Corned beef depending on what part of the country you live in.

And although most are broken by January 10, They are still fun to make. The ladies over at Mom Dot have a new take on it, they want us to name six things we are looking forward to.

 Small Talk six this week is:

6 thing you are looking forward to in 2010.”

1. Getting my book published

2, Watching all the new things Tasha will be doing as a little girl instead of a baby she turns four in 

Feb.

4. The results of drastic cahnges I am going to make in my life, I am going to radically change everything. 

5, I am looking forward to doing better at Affliate Marketing, becomeing more organized.

6. Getting back on Track with God and totally revamping my spiriritual life, as He would hav me do it. I have been off track time to go back

Have a wonderful last week of the year, now run over to Momdot and see some other wonderful lists