Happy New Year Everyone!

Well, it hadn't been my intent to end 2012 on such a ruckus, hell-ish note, but that's what happened. Things got busy with holidays and kids and poly and chaos and I didn't blog a pixel. Oh well. Things went pretty well over all for the Yule-Christmas-New Year's trio. Over the course of the two weeks, a total of nine different people over-nighted at our house. I am so grateful that we have the ability to offer that, for all the help I get in preparing and tearing down from that, for the community of friends and family who take advantage of that. It really is awesome!

Since I haven't finished the last multi-day challenge, I'm going to throw this in a single post.

New Year Challenge

1. Five things you have accomplished in 2012.
* Changed the LAST DIAPER of my own children!
* Committed to a year-long fitness program (and I even actually like it)
* Found a counselor I am comfortable talking to and have made some progress
* Purchased a GOOD bed.
* Made it through the holidays and have kept the weight off!

2. Four things you regret about 2012.
* The necessity I saw for ending several of my poly-relationships.
* Not getting to the cabin one more time.
* Giving up on some volunteer opportunities.
* Molehills that have become mountains in several different places.

3. Three people who you are glad to have met or become closer to in 2012.
* HBY-n-SSQ - yes, they are a couple so maybe that's cheating, but I am very glad that we have gotten to know them better this year. From support to resources to advice to cooperative goals, they are truly fantastic people to have in my life!
* Katie - In reality, knowing her will probably make me personally more uncomfortable, but I am grateful to finally have met her.
* A handful of people from OKC - not because there is a relationship or even extended friendship there, but because there is a thrill in meeting new people and sharing the craziness of my tribe. *chuckles* We might have scared Rick off though...poor vegan man came to breakfast here, and we couldn't give up our bacon!

4. Two memorable moments from 2012.
* Sharing a peak at houses for sale near Nashville, IN with Beloved. The view was very similar to that from SJW, and there was a sense of closeness in wandering the properties and dreaming of a different life.
* This was the first year Boy really had an understanding about Santa and Christmas. He left out cookies for Santa and asked us to put out some carrots for the reindeer. He snuck downstairs, and I could hear his excited whisper up the stairs: "He came! He really came!"

5. One wish for 2013 a Happy New Year for Everyone!
* It seems to me that so many people are ending 2012 with aching and confused hearts. Separations, divorces, endings have been a theme this year. My one wish for 2013 is that we all rediscover deep joy and love in our lives.