It is that time

We had an incredible New Years Eve this year. Over the last couple of years, New Years has kind of become my holiday but this year I passed it on to my sister Laura. After hosting Christmas I was just exhausted and needed a little bit of break. Isn't it funny how you clean and prepare so much for company and after they leave you are left cleaning and preparing everything again?

Laura and Katie threw the best New Years Eve dinner party. Some of our good friends Brei and Garret even came all the way from New Mexico to celebrate with us. It was a fancy dinner party so we all dressed up and then enjoyed a dinner themed with luck and prosperity for the upcoming year.

We even were able to set off fireworks, which is surreal in Arizona. The girl's had a Debbie Downer neighbor who we are pretty sure just waited around until midnight to complain at anyone who dare celebrate. I guess she is one of those neighbors who just likes to rain on everybody's parade.

So now we come to that infamous part of the New Year in which we make goals for ourselves for things we want to get better at doing. I think Todd and I have some good ones this year and hopefully if we both push each other, we will be able to accomplish them. Without further adieu, the House of Jaramillo New Years Resolutions.

Todd
-Wants to get back into the habit of working out. We did pretty well there for a while and then remember this? Yeah, that kind of put the kibosh on any working out for a long time. I wanted to keep my bandage as clean as possible and I didn't think sweating in the gym for an hour would be good for it. Needless to say Todd lost his work out partner. Then when my arm was back to normal I hurt my food (I swear not an excuse, it was I get for loving high heels) and wanted to let it heal before putting too much stress on it. Now we are in good shape and ready to rock. It is a little hard having motivation right now because when Todd gets home it is already dark outside, I am hoping with longer days comes more action.

-Wants Heidi to learn how to golf. Before we got married Todd made me the promise of if he bought me golf clubs I would go with him to the driving range any time he wanted to go. I don't really know why I agreed, I guess I like new stuff. No, but for reals, I would love to learn how to golf. I went with him once to driving range and thought I would be the next Tiger Woods (minus the 30 mistresses, I need to find a new golf legend to compare myself to) and needles to say, I was not. So this year Todd wants to teach me how to golf. Being the incredible wifey I am, I think I will try and help him out by being a good student with a great attitude.

Heidi
-I mostly just have one major resolution that I think will help me reach all of my other goals. I want to try and be more proactive with my time. I have a habit of just shutting off during the work week and not really accomplishing things that need to get done until the weekend. The problem is then, I have a huge to-do list on the weekend and then we don't always find enough time to go play and relax. I think if I just make myself do a little housework every night during the week, I will be surprised at how much I get done. This resolution also comes with the fine writing that I will not watch as much TV. Television just sucks your motivation right out of your soul. The only show I have to sit down and watch really is Glee, everything else I am fine catching On Demand when I have some free time.

I really wish the days would start getting longer again. It is so hard to want to do anything when it is dark at 7 PM and there are still a few good hours of time in my day. Maybe we should start our resolutions in Spring and not the first few weeks on winter...Happy New Years!!!

What are you resolutions for this year?

Mrs.J