New Year's Resolutions

*Isn't this a beautiful kitchen?  I need more sunshine in mine though.*

1)   Learn to put on a sit-down family dinner, mostly cooked from scratch, every single night and teach my children to do the same.  This should be easier because my beautiful step-mother sewed a new tablecloth and placemats for me for Christmas!  I'm going to use fabric paint to paint the outlines of plates, cups, and such on the placemats to help the children learn.  My beautiful mother-in-law gave me money so I can go pick out new dishes.  I still need a table that seats my entire family comfortably though and enough chairs.  I can find those at the second-hand store for really cheap though, and the money I spend there goes to charity.  Meanwhile, I continue to work on my cooking-from-scratch skills, which is both healthier and less expensive.

2)   Finish putting together and also maintaining a Disaster Preparedness Kit.  Not easy with such a large family in such a cold place.   http://www.ak-prepared.com/

3)   Release two novels and two novella or short stories.  The first short story is already done and due out February 6th, so I'm one-quarter of my way to this goal.

Okay, that'll do.  Gotta get off and rest my hands.  Tomorrow, New Year's Day, I start writing down the next and last novel in the Ophelia Dawson series, Blood, Dark and Sweet.