We rang in the new year with a friendly game of cards at Gretchen's.
We let the kids play with us for awhile, but, after one round of cards, we booted them to thier own table. (They are entirely too good at both playing cards and the trash talking that goes along with it!)
Ben and Henry both won. I, unfortunately, didn't win a single penny.
I was sad about that, but it was still a fun night and a great way to send out 2010!
When we left at 1:30, everyone except Josh Oliver, was still wide awake and running around, but within a mile they were all out cold.
It's always a good night when they go from being fun little party animals to completely asleep in 5 minutes!
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Ben and I had already braced ourselves for a rough New Years morning.
Luke was scheduled to serve 7:30 Mass.
Trying to get all three of them up and ready for 7:30 Mass is hard enough on a normal Sunday, but when they've only had 5 hours of sleep, it's really tough.
To make it all worse, Ben got called into work at 3:30 in the morning.
It was sad for all of us!
At 6:30, I was doing everything I could to get those boys up. I could barely get them to open their eyes let alone sit up and get dressed.
I was starting to get frantic.
Luke had to be at Mass.
Finally I called Gigi and she saved the day by coming over to watch the other two boys, while we went to Mass.
We also discovered that day that no doughnut shops are open on New Years Day.
I had bribed Luke with doughnuts in the wee hours of the morning before I had that little bit of knowledge.
He ended up getting Dillons doughnuts. They certainly aren't as good as Lamar's, but they filled in alright.
Ben also called and requested some doughnuts. They were all starving, sleep deprived, and nowhere near being able to leave.
They got day old Krispy Kreme's from Dillons. Those are definitely not Lamar's quality, but luckily in thier state they didn't care!
It was an unfortunate day to not have delicious doughnuts available.
Ben finally made it home by 8:30 or 9:00 that night.
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My New Years resolution is the same as last year--Do It Now.My problem isn't really with procrastination, I just don't like the pressure of having to get things done.
I have found that when I leave things to the end, I get really stressed out and anxious at just the thought of my to-do list. I ususally just end up abandoning all the little fun extras I had planned and just work on getting the basics done.
I love to-do lists, so that's not the problem. I just really need to do things when I feel like I have plenty of time to get them done--then it's a win-win!
It worked out well for me last year, but I definitely need to keep working at it!
