I Don’t Make Resolutions

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone of you had a wonderful holiday! Our Christmas and New Year was pretty good. Not as awesome as some past years, but not terrible either. Even though I am working outside the home now I managed to get Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years, off to spend with my family.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to host our big family gathering that we have every year, nor were we able to attend any holiday gatherings. It’s sad, but I’m thankful I at least got to be home with my kids.

2014 was a rough year, there have been a lot of ups and downs and sometimes I didn’t know when the roller coaster was going to stop. It still hasn’t. Lol. There were a couple huge life events that occurred in the past year are that we finally purchased our own home and a beautiful property with four and a half acres for my children to roam. It’s been a long time coming, but we finally did it.

My oldest daughter, just got married in December. She and her husband are expecting a baby girl in May. Yup, my first grandbaby. That is so weird to say, since I’m only 35. I’m excited though, I can’t wait to shop for little girl stuff. My last three babies were boys and I miss the cute girly stuff.

Additionally, My son in law is joining the Navy and they will be moving away after the baby is born. I hope they get some where close so we can visit them, if they don’t, I hope its warm and coastal so I can visit in the winter. Luckily, since we are a military family, my daughter wont have too much trouble adjusting to military life.

I have taken a job outside the home for a while. More money to pay the bills never hurts. Ever since Amazon unrolled Kindle Unlimited my sales sorta tanked. Even though I’m working, I am still trying to release something for you about every three months. Next up for release is the second book in the Graveyard Guardians series, Keeper of the Peace.

The book world is driven by the consumer, the readers, so sales are bound to go up and down. I will never quit writing. I say this because while I am at my day job, I see people who have been at the company for over ten years and make about as much as I do. With my writing, at least the chance of someday making it big is out there and just having that chance, no matter how miniscule it may be, is enough for me.

Also, I would write regardless of if I got paid for it. I am lucky to be able to do something I love and earn an income for it. I have been writing since I was in grade school and will be writing till the day I die. That’s just how it is.

I don’t have any huge resolutions, as I don’t really make them. I always set small goals for myself and usually achieve them. It’s strange, I am not a patient person by nature, but I when it comes to my goals I set realistic ones and eventually they happen. It’s like the turtle, slow and steady wins the race.

Oh, another small tidbit about my year. I’ve lost about twenty pounds. I haven’t been making a big deal out of it publicly, but another seven pounds down and I will finally reach a weight I haven’t seen in four years. I still have at least thirty to go until I hit where I would like to be, but for now I feel so much better, and healthier than I have in years.

Well, I guess that’s pretty much the update for how my year has gone. I am looking forward to 2015 and hoping that it’s even better than 2014.