The Year of the Mama

It's New Year's Eve, 2010. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. I did. So now we sit and await the new year. 2011 will be the Year of the Mama for me. For over a decade, my husband and I have been used to our DINK lifestyle. We freely come and go as we please, work our jobs, hang out with friends on the fly. The coming year, after baby arrives, will change all that. But we are thrilled. We spent most of 2010 watching my belly grow bigger and viewing every ultrasound in awe. In 2011 we'll finally meet the little guy and get to watch him grow with us. What an amazing blessing. 2010 was good to us.

There are things I will miss and things I am glad to see go away from the past year. I was thinking about a few of them today:

Food
Couldn't get enough of: Pop Tarts. The brown sugar, frosted ones. I eat them constantly.
Got rid of: Jalapenos. I used to eat the little rings of fire with abandon. Not anymore. Ouch.

Drinks
Couldn't get enough of: Lemonade. It always settled my stomach.
Got rid of: V8 juice. Once one of my faves, just can't stand it anymore.

TV
Couldn't get enough of: Teen Mom
Got rid of: Toddlers and Tiaras. Good gravy I'm glad we're having a boy.

Music
Couldn't get enough of: hmmmmmm, well, not much
Got rid of: Top 40 radio stations. Blehck.

Activities
Couldn't get enough of: Boating. Early pregnancy sickies put a damper on my sun time.
Got rid of: Boot camp. Wow, soooo hard. Pregnancy came just at the right time. Honorable discharge, ha.

News stories
Couldn't get enough of: Chilean miners. Amazing test of human strength.
Got rid of: Prince William and Kate. Really???

Time wasters
Couldn't get enough of: Facebook. Duh.
Got rid of: Sudoku. Used to love these puzzles, but decided the stress just wasn't worth it.

Material objects
Couldn't get enough of: my iPad
Got rid of: my Mac Book. Sorry, I am a PC.

Bad Habits
Couldn't get enough of: going out for dinner. I really need to stop this.
Got rid of: frozen microwave meals for lunch. They're soooo not worth it.

Pregnancy Wonders
Couldn't get enough of: my home Doppler, listening to his heart beat.
Got rid of: reading other people's stories on the Internet. Scary misinformation out there. I had to stop.

School
Couldn't get enough of: my Econ professor. Such a smart lady, she really made the class enjoyable.
Got rid of: worrying so much about grades. Good enough is ok.

Friends
Couldn't get enough of: the great movie night when we saw Sex and the City 2.
Got rid of: feeling guilty when I didn't feel good and had to say no, thank you.

Family
Couldn't get enough of: Mom's cooking. Especially when I was really tired and puny.
Got rid of: debating politics.

So, I guess I have some resolutions in mind. I dunno if I've ever stuck to any that I made in the past, but I can think of a few. I definitely need to cook more. I used to cook a lot. And now it's like I forgot how. My hubby will ask, "remember when you used to make that dish with the chicken and the garlic...?". And I'll think back and remember vaguely whipping up something. My problem is that I don't use a lot of recipes and will throw things together depending on what we have, so it's hard to remember exactly what I did or what all I put in it. So, I shall strive to cook more often, and keep track of dishes that we like.

Another one..... I will try to blog more. I should have plenty to post after baby arrives. And I won't have school for a whole semester so I won't have that excuse. I like writing and should try to do more. Heck, Sarah Palin's got two books under her holster, er, I mean, belt. What's my problem?

Thanks for reading. May the New Year bring you good first impressions, long awaited second chances, and many happy endings.

All things Olive today:
My husband
My dogs
My future