Out with the old- in with the New Year

Good morning to 2010. My first thoughts were OMG look at the mess in the kitchen. No great epiphanys, just a need to clean up the party from the night before. Great party! We played rock band badly, sang horrible karaoke songs, ate tons of food and laughed a lot. The candle that burned down so low that wax went everywhere seemed like the representation of last year melting away. Too corny? Ah well- I did have a couple of apple martinis and my brain is a little fuzzy. So here I sit and contemplate the Christmas tree that needs to come down and the Girl Scout activities I need to plan. 2010 is gonna need to be different. I need to make some changes; in my job, my attitude and take better care of myself. As I grow and make positive changes I can hopefully be a better mom, wife and all around person. What I need to change the most is the way I look at things. I have a family that loves me, great friends, a job, a house and even a cute dog, yet I am not satisfied somehow. That doesn't seem right. I should be at peace with the world and yet I want more. More travel, more money, more something else that I can't even figure out- it's just out there like the gold ring on the merry-go-round, just out of reach. That's what I need to reach for; my gold ring. Figure out what it will take to be a happier person and in turn be a better person for everyone around me. OK so I found New Years Resolution #2- be a happier person. But first I need to take down the Christmas tree.

Is it really almost 2010?

New Years Resolution #1 for 2010- Write a blog. Well, here I am writing my first blog and don't know what to say. Usually I have much to say about nothing, but the opposite seems to apply now. When put on the spot, even if it's by me, I am tongue-tied. (I can't even do that tie the cherry stem with my tongue trick!)
So I guess what I will say is WELCOME to my blog. I hope that I can write things that you might find amusing or interesting. I plan on writing about any and all things that may wander into my sometimes demented mind. I plan to write about the past, the present and plans for the future. If I digress into science fiction please hang in there because I want to write stories too and I know that the tall tales I tell will be much more interesting than my real life.
I apologize ahead that if I am not always the optimist because I never have been. I have always been the type to fear the worst and then be glad when things went right. I am going to try to be happy and thankful for something everyday and try to make some sense of life as it is so far.
Ok so I am not starting out with a prize winning story. But here I am officially blogging. Happy New Year. This is truly the first day of the rest of my life.