Like a bad penny...

I always turn up again!
And here I am.
Rather than ennumerate the massive happenings of 2009, I shall do a few sentences to fill you all in, and then FORWARD HO!
*Thank the gods it is over.
*My back is better.
*Genevieve got a Corgihuahua named Yoda. He's a spaz, but loving and too cute to hate.
*Allie is back living with us, not as a foster, just as a 17-year-old human.
*My auntie had a tumor in her breast. I heard right after Christmas. Surgery was Monday.
*We are moving back to Iowa this summer. I cannot afford Santa Cruz anymore. Actually, I never could, really. Time to give in and get a better standard of living.
*I met some HippyMoms. I love them. Forever.
*Haven't dated in a year. Cannot decide if I miss it.
*Small identity crisis happened. Or rather, not small, but short-lived. I think I am over the panicky part of it.
*Genevieve is sixteen. I am old.

That's 2009 in a nutshell!

Welcome to 2010: the Year I Change My Life.
I do not make resolutions. I find that making resolutions puts too much pressure on us, and sets us up to feel like crap when we "fail". And life gives us enough of those moments without setting ourselves up.
So, here are my intentions, not resolutions:

*Drink more water. LOTS more.
*Cut down on the sugar. This will be VERY difficult, as I am a junkie.
*Get a pap/pelvic/mammogram. Even IF the co-pay is really tough to come up with.
*Sell off a lot of stuff in preparation for moving.
*Move this summer, back home to Iowa, with four pets, two teenage daughters, me, and my car.
*Find a job or two in Iowa THAT I ENJOY.
*Find a way not to work full time.
*Eat better. Eat less. Eat when hungry.
*Move more.
*BLOG. REGULARLY!
*Don't run out of toilet paper.
*Make art.
*Clean out my Yahoo mailbox. I have crap...er, mail... in there from last August.
*Save some money.
*Plan a trip to see some Hippies again.
*Live somewhere with less linoleum, and room for everyone.
*Make stuff. Sell it on etsy.com.
*Get all the animals to the vet for check-ups.
*Make more time for ME. Just me.
*Stop sacrificing My True Self so completely for Mom Me.
*Find joy.
*Laugh everyday.

That's all I can think of right now.
It doesn't look too unmanageable for a year...

See you soon!