THURSDAY THIRTEEN

Thirteen resolutions for the New Year 1. January: Get a job like Jarrod of Subway commercial fame. I'm going for a niche, so I'll try, "I gained 10 pounds by eating Coldstone Creamery icecream every week." Watch for me in future advertisements. 2. February: Lick the sugar frosting off all Valentine cookies that pass my way (it's okay; I'll have the Coldstone Creamery gig anyway). 3. March: Catch that Leprechan (the kids and I make a trap every year. We've never caught him, but we do seem to snag his gold chocolate coins every year.) 4. April: Make a point of playing in more puddles with my kids (and if we're muddy, so be it). 5. May: Resist the urge to plan a g'zillion summer activities. 6.June: Enjoy my most favorite month of the year to its very fullest. This will include several drives in the country and several picnics at a nearby dam. 7.July: Go to fireworks with Uncle Scot and Aunt Lori in the dinky town of Rochester. 8.August: Savor the last days of summer with my kids, especially when all the local schools start back so very early but we don't begin homeschool until after Labor Day. 9.September: Attend as many highschool football games as we can manage. 10.October: Make several MORE drives into the country before winter steals the beautiful landscape away and transforms it into one that's sometimes beautiful, sometimes dreadful. 11.November: Resolve to find the positives in the long winter ahead, and to embrace it. 12.December: Place Christ at the center of our Christmas. 13. Scrap 'till I can't scrap anymore. My goal is to complete 3 years of photos.

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Toni