Resolutions

I told Jason a couple weeks ago that I have only one goal for this year: to learn how to cook one Mexican dish well. We both love Mexican food and yet the closest i get to making it is nachos and (of course) tacos and Chipotle-knock-off burrito bowls. So. There's my new year's resolution.

I'm starting the new year off with a new book, too: Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand. It's made me remember how much i enjoy really good non-fiction, but so rarely read it. So perhaps I can fit in more of that this year. 

But really, what I want most, is a cheerful spirit. I don't think it's bragging to say I do well around the girls for the most part; they bring out a happiness and endurance in me i never expected. But as a mom, I think events often conspire to not go the way I want them to, and I'm not so good at accepting that. Who wants to spend Christmas afternoon at home with sick and cranky kids? Not me. But a new desire has been born in me this week to want what I have and to faithfully count my blessings - and not give up when I continually screw up, either!