10. MAYBE I REALLY DO LOVE MY DOG
He is so hyper and he barks all the time! Drives me crazy! But in 2011 we invested in a shock collar. I always thought that was cruel but, really, it's not. It's exactly what he needed to train him to stop barking. Therefore he can stay outside longer. He is more calm and therefore he gets more time out of his kennell. He has turned into a more pleasing pet and maybe I really do love him.
9. I CAN NO LONGER PUT UP WITH THE NEW EPISODES OF SNL
I really tried this year, but they just get dumber and dumber and less funny. I wish they were still as good as they used to be I give up, I can no longer put up with the new episdoes of SNL.
8. MY MOM DOES NOT HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS
Growing up I always felt I could turn to my mom for anything and everything. This year I have learned a hard lesson. She does not, nor has she ever had all the answers. I can't depend on her for everything. I have been trying hard to raise my kids more independently then I feel I was raised so that maybe they don't have to learn this lesson like I did. I love my mom, always will, but she doesn't have all the answers.
7. I'M NO GOOD A ROUGHING IT!!
I kinda always knew this. We took a little adventure this year past summer. I'm talking... bath in the lake, pee in a tree, watch out for the snakes, kind of adventure. I think I'll stick to camping in a campground thank you very much. I'm no good a roughing it!!!
6. I ADMIT THAT I AM ADDICTED TO CITYVILLE!
Yes, when I'm done with this, that is what I will most likely do. I admit it, I'm addicted to cityville.
This year, I learned that things I used to know, are not the way they are now. I've learned that it is impossible to avoid. Change. I've learned to be flexible and patient and too look for the brighter moments. It's a hard concept for me, but times change, people change.
4. 9 KIDS IS DEFINATELY THE LIMIT
I want to make sure that they are each being loved enough, taken proper care of and I don't pull my hair out. Plus that is all that will fit in the van! :-) 9 is the limit!
3. BEAUTY IS NOT ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL
I saw pure nastyness in someone this year who I had always thought to be a beautiful and popular person. But this person confirmed that true beauty really does lie within. This person really changed my opinion and my mind about many things, you might even say this person changed my life in many ways. I will be more skeptical, I will be less trusting. Beauty is not always beautiful.
2. GARAGE SALES, FOR THE TIME BEING, ARE INEVITABLE!
Simply for 2 reasons....I can't stay away from them and I can't stop having them. Every 6 months I have to buy new clothes for the boys, theres no point in paying full price for something that will only last a few months. Thus, causing me to turning around and sell it when they've outgrown it. Plus every Christmas and birthday they get more crap! I just have to turn around and sell it when the next holiday comes. So, I guess, until the kids grow up, garage sales are inevitable!!
1. DISCOVERED HOW TRULY IMPORTANT MY HUSBAND IS!
It was a rough year, infact it's been a rought couple of years. But we are still together and my husband still means so much to me. I've learned to just keep forgiving and to keep asking for forgiveness. Neither of us are perfect. Marriage, life, can be so good if we just keep loving. I discovered how truly important my husband is!!!
