Five New Years Together

The night of January 1st (1-1-2011), my husband and I were talking about how we celebrated our past new years from 2007-2011. We have been together for almost five years and this year is our fifth time to celebrate New Year together.

January 2007 - Philippines
January 2008 - Kentucky
January 2009 - North Dakota
January 2010 - Hawaii
January 2011 - Texas

It was funny to think that we were in different places celebrating New Year together. I wonder where will be the next place to celebrate our new year. We always ring in the New Year with a midnight kiss!

Welcome 2011!

Happy New Year! I am wishing all of you a very wonderful new year. To my husband, thank you for all the wonderful moments together. I thank God for giving me such a lovable and very good husband. To my mother and sisters, thank you for not letting me down. I miss you all so much. To my friends, thanks for the gift of friendship! Cheers for the year 2011!

It is Coming!

Today is the last day of the year, few hours from now, we will be celebrating the coming of the year 2011. The year of 2010 has brought us so many things. We welcomed every blessings, every gifts, every trials, problems and happiness. It made us a better person each day as we leave the year of 2010 behind and welcome the new year 2011. Let's celebrate and forget the people who have caused us pain, who hurt us. Let's forgive them and let's bring joy and happiness to our new year. Another year for us to correct our own mistakes and enjoy all the blessings from God that will come our way. I am wishing all of you, a very happy new year!

A Fruitful New Year

I am wishing everyone a blessed and joyful New Year! We are all blessed for everything. I thank God for all the blessings and wonderful moments. God bless you all.

New Year's Resolution

A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other. I am not fond of making my own new year's resolution as I am bad following them.

Tips for keeping New Year's resolutions:

• Be realistic
• Plan ahead
• Outline your plan
• Make a 'pro' and 'con' list
• Talk about it
  
• Reward yourself
• Track your progress
• Don't beat yourself up
• Stick to it
• Keep trying
  

New Year's Resolution for everybody:

• Choose to LOVE rather HATE
  
• Choose to SMILE rather than FROWN
  
• Choose to BUILD rather than DESTROY
  
• Choose to PERSEVERE rather than QUIT
  
• Choose to PRAISE rather than GOSSIP
  
• Choose to HEAL rather than WOUND
  
• Choose to GIVE rather than TAKE
  
• Choose to ACT rather than DELAY
  
• Choose to FORGIVE rather than CURSE
  
• Choose to PRAY rather than DESPAIR

May the New Year bring lots of happiness and prosperity for you! Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.

New Year's Celebration

an empty bottle of champagne

How's your new year's eve? Did you party all night? I bet all of us have different ways on how we celebrate the new year. As for me and my husband, we watched the countdown on the TV and prepared our bottle of champagne. We had pot roast and steaks for dinner. We didn't have much food for the new year's eve because we planned to go out on new year's day.

pot roast with cream of corn for dinner

We stayed all night watching movies while we are waiting for the countdown. I couldn't believed it, another year had passed. It means, another fresh year for blessings, challenges and another year old for all of us. After watching the countdown, we finished the whole bottle of champagne and watch few more movies then went to bed. I got a little tipsy. The husband and I savor the fresh night of new year.

The husband while waiting to be seated

On new year's day, my husband and I went out for a little shopping in town. He really needs a new thermal boots to keep his feet and toes warm when we go outside the snowy winter. I got myself a new pair of jeans. We decided to watch a movie but we dropped it because the movie - Yes Man starring Jim Carrey will not start at around 7PM. The last part of our new year celebration was to stuffed ourselves with scrumptious meal.

Me while waiting to be seated