2010 was a good year for us. Nothing particularly big happened (apart from MMM entering our life & Little t starting school) but when I sit down and think about the year that has been I feel generally good about it. We’ve had our ups and downs (I doubt 2011 will be any different in that regard) but during the year we’ve made some stellar friends, we’ve experienced new things and basically all’s good. I’m happy with our life so far. 
Having written that, I’ve still have some New Year’s resolutions that I’m committing myself and the family too!
#1. No more Yelling. It’s a bit embarrassing to admit but we tend to yell at each other a lot. Mainly to Little t. And pray tell does the yelling make Little t comply? No, not at all! He is absolutely immune to my yelling! Our neighbours probably aren’t but Little t is oblivious to it. Screaming requests at my child makes me feel horribly. This is not a habit I want him to pick up. So the yelling is out in household.
#2. Meal plans & Shopping Lists. Since moving to HK I have slowly let myself slip in this department. I feel like I’m letting my family down and there is no reason I can’t get on top of things. So I’m making a conscious effort to plan, plan, plan… cook, cook, cook, & provide, provide, provide a variety of meals. I’ve got this week all sorted. Did my online shop for most of the items I will need for the week and have shopping lists all sorted for this week. Plus have allocated time on Wednesday to plan for the next week. Wish me well… I have a feeling this one will involve a lot of encouragement to keep with it. 
#3. Sunday Evening Roast. We went to a friends for dinner just before the New Year. He set out an absolutely delicious spread of perfectly roasted beef, beautiful down root vegetables & sides. The pièce de résistance was the yorkshire puddings and gravy. Yum! The talented cook then explained through the meal how his Mum always put the effort into making a Sunday roast. Which led T and I to think that’s something we would like to do in our family. In fact, T is particularly excited about this as his Gran taught him how to roast. So basically I will be handing Sunday nights dinner duties off to him. We did have our first roast yesterday. Well only T & I as he started it off a bit late. But there was a Roast dinner in our household and it was scrumptious! I admit I did roll my eyes at T when he said “he does a mean roast” and so glad I didn’t voice my scepticism as I would be eating my own words!
Of course I also have the serial New Year’s resolutions aka lose weight, be more organised, exercise, get 8 hours of sleep per night etc. etc. but I should be doing those already!
Happy New Year to all! Here’s hoping 2011 brings us all some peace.
xxLloveliesxx
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