New Years...Reflections

So today is the first day for 2008. As you can see from my posting history, I've been making up for lost time. SOOO much happened in the fall and I failed to make any posts past mid August. 2007 was the year for travel for us. I started my new job at Hilton Hotels the week before Christmas 2006 and the year stayed pretty busy. What a difference a year makes!

New Years was spent throwing a party for our friends Casey and Gary who were moving to Nashville. In February we spent a long weekend in Greenwood, MS at the Alluvian hotel. Greenwood is a tiny town where we headed just to "get away from it all" and that we did. Viking Appliances is headquartered there and also owns the hotel. In March we headed to Nashville to visit Casey and Gary. It was near Casey's birthday and St. Patrick's Day. We had a blast painting downtown Franklin green for St. Patty's day. In May we traveled east to Gatlinburg TN for another dose of R&R. We rented a cozy little log cabin and explored the Smokey Mountains.

May was the same time frame we decided to adopt the newest member of our family, Jake, a Boykin Spaniel. I didn't have the blog going at that point in time but am sure I could have devoted many postings to our trials and tribulations with Jake. Not that we are problem free, but he seems to be doing much better now. During the summer we visited our friends' lake house at Kentucky Lake and got the itch for buying vacation property for a lake home. We always thought something like that would be a good investment and just made the deal. Family visited in August and of course the world wind trips that followed in the fall included a trip to Napa Valley, South Beach Miami and Japan.

I don't really like the idea of New Years resolutions because they always seem to fade so quickly. Rather, I choose to focus on a word for 2008...an idea really, and that is BALANCE! Balance in every way. JT and I work very hard and often let our worklife take over our personal lives. JT especially works long hours and I know it continues to be a focus of his to achieve more balance. I often let my mind be preoccupied with thoughts of work...upcoming deadlines, projects, stress. I let my thoughts and worries keep me from living in the moment. I enjoy time to do creative projects like creating photobooks, scrapbooks, creating a website, painting and artsy/craftsy projects. I also want to learn to play the piano again and would love to buy/rent a piano. JT would love to get a motorcycle again someday. Riding his friends' bike over Christmas increased this desire. It may scare me that he could get hurt, but I know it is something he loves to do. So, I say do more of what it is you like to do....that's my goal. 2008 I will achieve more balance in my life! Hopefully, I'll also be better about updating our blog!

Schneider Sez have BALANCE. See you in 2008!