{"id":4183,"date":"2009-12-30T21:09:53","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T02:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymouse.com\/?p=4183"},"modified":"2009-12-30T21:09:53","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T02:09:53","slug":"happy-holidays-and-resolutions-from-the-o6-goodbye-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/30\/happy-holidays-and-resolutions-from-the-o6-goodbye-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Holidays and Resolutions from The O6: Goodbye, 2009!"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Considering New Year&#8217;s Eve is tomorrow, I thought I&#8217;d get on sharing our card before the holidays are behind us.  Maybe I was aiming for Valentine&#8217;s Day?  I joked about it on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/FoodforMyFamily\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter <\/a>today in an attempt to conceal my shame.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/tweet-640x480.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/tweet-640x480.JPG\" alt=\"tweet [640x480]\" title=\"tweet [640x480]\" width=\"400\" height=\"209\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/tweet-640x480.JPG 400w, https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/tweet-640x480-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn an attempt to rectify the end-of-the-year disorganization that seems to be controlling me the last two weeks, HERE is our Christmas\/New Year\/12th Day of Christmas\/January card:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Front.jpg\" alt=\"Front\" title=\"Front\" width=\"535\" height=\"387\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Front.jpg 535w, https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Front-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI&#8217;m looking forward to our first full year here on Food for My Family, and I&#8217;m thrilled to have the support of all of you out there on the &#8216;net.  I hope your holiday season has been full.  Full of everything you need it to be full of, whether it be friends, family, love, joy, giving, receiving or something completely different.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Back.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Back.jpg\" alt=\"Back\" title=\"Back\" width=\"535\" height=\"387\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Back.jpg 535w, https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Back-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAs far as resolutions go, well, see, I&#8217;ve never been very good at making them, but there are a few things I&#8217;m hoping to do in 2010.  Here&#8217;s a very incomplete list:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><br clear=\"all\"><strong>* Get organized. <\/strong>I&#8217;m kicking the year off right by joining Mandi at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.organizingyourway.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Organizing your Way<\/a> for her series <a href=\"http:\/\/www.organizingyourway.net\/category\/resolutions\" target=\"_blank\">31 Days of Organizing for a Better 2010<\/a>.  I will also continue to contribute at <a href=\"http:\/\/completeorganizingsolutions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Complete Organizing Solutions<\/a>, so be sure to watch me get my kitchen in order over there.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>* Set financial goals. <\/strong> Inspired by Tsh&#8217;s post on <a href=\"http:\/\/simplemom.net\/making-financial-goals-for-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\">her family&#8217;s financial goals<\/a>, I&#8217;ll be setting a number of goals for us this year so that we can continue to live life without using credit.  Goal #1 is to pay off our college loans, which shouldn&#8217;t be too hard to accomplish.  From there we have several house projects that need to be saved for, so we&#8217;ll be creating deadline goals for each of those.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>* Add to the &#8220;other&#8221; topics of the blog.<\/strong>  While I made a choice this summer to focus on trying to build up a few recipes for the blog, I&#8217;ve strayed from sharing all the other things I initially had in mind to share here, like what we feed our kids, how we manage to cook like we do and get everything else done successfully (with varying levels of &#8220;success,&#8221; mind you).  I&#8217;m looking to put more time into the <a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/category\/the-kitchen-sink\" target=\"_blank\">Kitchen Sink<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/category\/manic-organic\" target=\"_blank\">nutrition <\/a>and the <a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/category\/going-green\" target=\"_blank\">environmentally-friendly<\/a> areas of the site, and hopefully it will give me a chance to write a bit more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Again, thank you for being here and sharing with us.  We&#8217;re grateful for you and look forward to getting to know you more in 2010!  Happy New Year!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"border-width: 3px; border-style: dotted; border-color: black; \"><center>Never miss a recipe!  Have them delivered right to your <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds2.feedburner.com\/foodformyfamily\" target=\"_blank\">RSS feed<\/a> or to your <a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=foodformyfamily\" target=\"_blank\">inbox as an email<\/a>!<\/center><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considering New Year&#8217;s Eve is tomorrow, I thought I&#8217;d get on sharing our card before the holidays are behind us. Maybe I was aiming for Valentine&#8217;s Day? I joked about it on Twitter today in an attempt to conceal my shame. 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