Summer Resolutions

I moved to Utah the Summer of 1999. I was one of those obnoxious Texans who thought that NO place was ever going to feel like home to me as much as the Lone Star State. I have to admit, I was and still am pleasantly surprised at how much I like it here. It's been over ten years that the Beehive State has been my permanent residence and although I'm still not convinced I want to "put down roots" here, (because ten years of living somewhere doesn't mean "putting down roots" until you own a house and your kids are enrolled in school there), I am still here, that's gotta say something.

I love the mountains and the shopping. I love that there are pretty much two ways to get somewhere: I-15 or State Street. I love the convenience of Church activities (Temples, Clothing, Temple Square, Ward Boundaries). I even enjoy my eating-out options here and miss them when I am away.

I love how Utah has ALL four seasons in their true forms even if they aren't distributed equally,

BUT...

Come February I want to crawl into a well ventilated, well insulated, well heated hole... AND DIE!

Why can't winter be a month shorter here on either end? We do ok 'til Christmas, but every January Marshall and I return to our well-structured routines of sleep, work, hours of TV on DVR and a steady diet of fast food (sometimes three times a day, NO LIE!).

Over five months and five to ten pounds later, I'm ready to make my "New Year's Resolutions". Get ready for Six months worth of back posts and a "Kate's a Year old" post that is full of all the boring first year accounts that sound like they are coming from a woman who REALLY has been thoroughly enjoying every second of being a first time mom. Summer is here, the sun is FINALLY shining, and I have come alive!

So if you have been anxiously checking our blog daily, hoping for some juicy tid-bits of Beeson happenings, all of your wildest dreams have come true! I just completed 12 titles for 12 NEW posts, logging our life events from Christmas til now and my goal is to complete one a day til they are done (this being the first one).

How am I going to do this you ask? No more napping during Kate's naps until my project is complete. Yes, I just admitted, for potentially although not likely, ALL the world to see, that I regularly take two naps a day while my child is sleeping instead of checking things off my LONG ToDo list. How is that for accountability and a whole lotta run-on sentences?

So here we go blogging audience... Keep me accountable and wish me luck!