Goodbye 2014...Hello 2015

Can't believe that it's been so long since I've blogged....this time of the year is so busy for me. Not only work but all the family things that are going on. So after tonight we can look forward to a brand new year and I pray that this year will be better than the last.  We are waiting on hearing if my hubby gets his disability (we have been waiting since 2009). It's been a hard and long wait and I hope the good Lord sees fit to bless us this year.

 We went out to dinner earlier this evening and made sure that we made it home before all the celebrations start. I doubt that I will see the ball drop tonight since tomorrow is a holy day of obligation and the only Mass being said is at 8:00am so I need to get to bed so I can get up and go. The one day I could sleep in.....I can't. But it's a great way to start the day! I wouldn't mind so much except the temp will only be in the single digits....burrrrrr, I don't like the cold at all!

 So with that said Happy New Year!

2014 Is Here!

A new year has started, and I'm excited to see what it brings.... 

I do not make new year's resolutions because I just don't keep them and then I feel terrible because I don't follow through.  I do however make new year's suggestions!  (This way I won't be disappointed when I don't fulfill my suggestions! After all they are only a suggestion!!! Crazy I know!!!)

This year my suggestions are: 

1. get a reading plan in place to read the bible
2. read a devotional each day
3. read one Catholic book a month
4. spend more time in prayer
5. say a rosary at least once a week (if not more)
6. pray for the souls in purgatory
7. be more Christ-like
8. go to confession (if needed) at least once a month
9. learn a new Catholic prayer 
10. attend Mass on my day off

We shall see how many of these suggestions I follow through with in 2014!  Even if only one of these suggestions gets done I'm way ahead of the game. It would be great if  I could do all of them but that is not realistic at least for me.