Happy 2007!!!!!

Hey y'all! Well, the winter break is over for me & Alan. After staying at their mom's for the last two weeks, Shiloh & Bradley hit the house yesterday like a Gulf Coast hurricane. Alan & I had all sorts of things we needed to catch up on while they were gone--house work, yard work, car work, etc--but as usual we pretty much spent the whole time resting & trying to catch up on sleep. Before we knew it they were back. We had our belated Christmas with them yesterday, & they have been bouncing off the walls ever since. Shiloh is dancing frenetically to the new iPod Nano she got. Bradley is chasing all the pets around w/his new Robo Raptor, & organizing his Yugioh cards by genum & phyllus (this from the kid who can't keep track of his socks). Anyways, I just wanted to drop a line today & wish you a happy New Year NOW since with them home it may be a few weeks before I get undisturbed time on the computer again.

My 2nd Bible Belt Christmas was something I just endured this year (right now I am all baby Jesus-ed out). But, I am really excited about the possibilities & events coming up in 2007. I just love the feeling of a fresh start & a clean slate I get at the beginning of a new year. And, i'm making some new resolutions. My last resolution was to learn to knit in 2005, & I spent 2005 & 2006 becoming very accomplished at it. This year i'm making two:

1) To get in really great shape (and this time I mean it!). I got a new Nike+iPod kit for Christmas, & have already been logging the miles with it. If you got one and will be using it, please let me know. We can cheer on each other's progress, trash talk, have races etc. If you want to follow my progress or give me an accountability check in a few months, my profile is laylaForever at http://www.nike.com/nikeplus/ .

2) Become a decent bike wrench (e.g. mechanic for you non-cyclist types). I'd like to be able to fix my own bike when it needs it, rather than just batting my eyes until someone else does it for me(that still works, but of course it's not the point). I'm already signed up for a bike repair class next month, & then after that there is a second overhaul class. Cool!

Take care & happy New Year!! If you want to share your resolutions I want to hear them!! Email me or sing out in the comments. One more thing, I am planning on overhauling my website this year, so if you have any groovy ideas let me know.

I miss you guys! xoxo,
Layla