I am really trying to get out of this rut that I have been in all month. This morning I got up, cleaned house, did my bills and planned a menu for two weeks. (After cereal, bagels or melted cheese tortillas for dinner all week, it was about time.) I was feeling so efficient!!!

I got ready and Matea and I went to a Visiting Teaching conference that I thought started at noon. When we walked in at about 12:03, a lady was up speaking. I thought, "Wow, they must have started right on time." Several people kept asking if we wanted them to dish us up some soup. No one else had any and I kept thinking, "I really would rather just wait until everyone else is eating." Duh, I must have gotten up too early this morning. Finally Matea asked a lady next to us when it started and she said 11:00. That was the first that it had dawned on me that we were late.

I came home to throw my bedding in the dryer and they were still sopping wet so I tried spinning them twice more and they were still just about as wet (the ongoing saga of my washing machine) so I gave up and threw them in the dryer and went to do my two weeks worth of grocery shopping. All I can say is that I hope it saves some money and time because I was just a little horrified at how much I spent today.

At this point I was so late that I didn’t feel like cooking dinner so I came home and talked Mike into going to Sagebrush Grill for dinner.

Came home and made German Chocolate cake for Matea’s birthday tomorrow and still trying to get my bedding dry.

Here it is 10:00 and I finally just got the bedding dry and the bed made. I haven’t started on my Primary lesson yet and I’m on the computer instead. Let’s just say that I’m not feeling quite so efficient tonight.

??Happy New Year??

I guess it's about time that I change my Christmas background and move on with life. I don't know what is wrong with me this year. Normally I am so excited to get Christmas over with and get back to a routine and set all my resolutions. Not this year! I was excited to get Christmas over with, but I really hated to get back to reality. Here we are two weeks into the new year and I am still hating it. Christmas break was just so nice, having a few days off and sleeping in and relaxing. It is hard to go back to getting up at 6:15 and going out in the cold and dark to deliver McKade to school by 7:00.

I haven't set any firm resolutions. I had vague ideas about the typical things like losing weight, getting organized, doing better at reading my scriptures, etc. etc.

Hopefully I'll soon get my act together. Who knows, maybe I'll decide on my resolutions about the time I am usually losing excitement and I'll manage to stick with them this year.