New year's resolution 2012: More Blogging

I was sitting on the floor at the Nantucket house with Sheena snoozing at my feet and Rob watching American Pickers. I took a puzzle piece from the box and connected it to the matching piece on the table. Rob glanced over and said "That's sick!" I have always been good at puzzles. I can't tell you how, but I finished this 1000-piece puzzle in about 4 hours then started and finished another one in the same day. The thing is, that was the first time I've even thought of puzzling in the last year and a half - since the last time we were on Nantucket!!

We had an amazing year in 2011. Happy to say mostly positive memories - a new and exciting job in a beautiful place, adopted a beautiful sweet pup Sheena, took amazing international trips together, and had some amazing adventures on the West Coast too! This year we even got to see both our families for the holidays. Now it's 2012 and I'm excited for this year. Doing the puzzles and the general relaxation of this trip made me reflect on all the positive people, experiences, and things I have in my life. Now I'd like to share more of that through blogging rather than Facebook. In 2011, Rob made the choice to remove his Facebook account. I also hate the ever-changing profile and security settings, the negativity of so many of the posts I read, and the overall addiction I had (thinking "This will make a great profile picture" when I'm standing at the castle in Brno, Czech Repiblic looking at the sunset over the cathedral - that's sick). Even though I still have my Facebook account for now, I think blogging will be more positive for me personally. I also decided to start a photo-a-day blog on Flickr (more on that later).

This year, I am definitely going to keep the positivity going with some resolutions. My mom will laugh at me, but I'm seriously trying to stop biting my nails (3 days so far!!). I'm going to re-visit P90X since I liked it so much a few years ago and I'm preparing to hike Mt St Helens. We are also starting a small garden and continuing our healthy "mostly" meat-free eating habits. So I hope you will follow us on Blogger this year - here's to a great new year 2012!