A new year, and a new me!

Of all of the emotions I was expecting with all that goes with ringing in the New Year, relief was NOT one of them. So imagine my surprise when the stroke of midnight struck it's magical note, ringing in a fresh new year, and my spirit lifted in an almost euphoria!!
I realized that this last particular year, is now in the past, and this new year is brand new, and that freed something inside me. The 30th was so incredibly painful, it was the year marking the one year anniversary of my deep loss. The day I lost my sweet husband so unexpectedly from a pulmonary embolism. I am not going to dwell on that often in the blog, because this is about rediscovery, growth and new memories to co-mingle with the old. One of the first memories was bringing in the New Year with a masquerade ball!! Ball gown, hair and everything!! Even a tiara.. had to show off my true princess roots! I went with one of my best friends Holly, she was my hot date!! We met our other hot date there, Jennifer. I may as well introduce you to these 2 ladies now, as you will hear a lot about them. It was fun to see everyone in their costumes, and there was even a marriage proposal! Holly won the prize for best mask! If I can figure out how, I will post pics!!
New years day was just a quiet day at home, I don't think I even showered if you can admit that.. I spent the day cleaning and doing laundry, took Christmas down, now i just need to put it all in boxes and I am done!! YAY ME!! One of my goals for this new year is to be more organized and enjoy my free time more, because I won't be fretting about all the things that are waiting for me to be done!
I am choosing 3 things to really take to heart and work on in this not only new year but new decade!!
1. Complete my health and fitness goals. Reach my goal weight, as well as my fitness goals.
2. Nutrition. Oh such a hard one for a foodie!! So my goal will be to create and post one new low fat recipe twice a week.
3. To be healthy mentally. To worry about my own psyche, and that of my children. If I am healthy, then I will attract healthy people to be in my life!!

I am looking forward to this blog, as I have spent the last year jouranaling, blogging and writing letters to my husband, in an effort to heal from losing him. It has been cathartic, and healing and has left a wonderful legacy for my kids to relive the happy memories we made together as a family!! This new blog is about how we all move forward..