2009!

I don't know how the time gets away from me like it has for the past year, but it is surprising me nonetheless. I always was one of those people that had the fall fly by right through Christmas and into the New Year, and then have it slow down to a crawl until my birthday at the end of April. Winters are long in Maine. However, I feel like this winter will be different. I think that this year is going to move quickly, just like last year. It's kind of sad really. I can't say that I had Emma this year anymore, that was last year now. She is almost 8 months old now. We have had her first Thanksgiving, her first Christmas, and her first New Year.

This year I have a lot of goals. Probably more goals then I ever have set for myself. I'm not great at New Year's resolutions, but I try. I am hoping that this year I can accomplish everything I set out to do. I haven't even formulated most of these goals yet though. They are still floating around in my head, not yet down on paper. I am hoping to get them all out today, and maybe then I will be brave enough to post them for the world to know (or the 1 faithful person who continues to check my blog).

One of the biggest goals I have for the year is to continue on my path to better self-sufficiency. I guess that isn't the correct way of putting it though. I mean, we join the summer and winter CSA's, that definitely isn't self sufficient. Maybe a better steward of God's creation and hopefully a smaller simpler life. Can it be done? Well, with one foot still in the consumerist society as not to completely become a hermit, who knows. I guess I will try and continue to plug away learning new skills, trying to preserve more food, planting more of a garden. All of my plans seem to revolve around food...and the rest of it I assume will just fall into place eventually :-)

My other big goal is to write more. I really do love writing. I wish that I could write a book (if only I had a good idea). Writing helps me to process, and it also helps my anxiety level :-) If I get it out on paper, then I tend to not think about it so much. Considering I am an eternal pessimist, probably a good thing :-)

We'll see how I do I guess. I am cautiously optimistic about this year. I have a good feeling about the things to come. I hope that everyone out there had a wonderful Christmas and that everyone is as excited as I am to start a new year!