New Year/New Decade, GTKY/chat

coldlife · December 2019

It's almost the new year and new decade! (And if you live in NZ, Aus or somewhere else over in the eastern part of the world, Happy New Year already!)

What are you looking forward to? Any parties to ring it in? Any fun or serious resolutions and goals?

photographerwife · December 2019

We’re going to visit some close friends tonight. We won’t be staying late, but to bring in the new year and celebrate a birthday that was yesterday. My two best friends and their husbands are like family and they know about this baby, so I’m excited to chit chat with them! No resolutions really, although I would like to eat healthier than I have the past few months because of the holidays.

riatortillaxo · December 2019

My husband is recovering from the stomach flu so he is staying home. My son and I will go to my friend's house. She lives just one street over which is nice. We will have lots of snack foods and play games. We keep it casual, I will probably be in leggings and a hoodie with no make up so I can roll right into bed when I get home. I am not telling anyone about the pregnancy yet so this could be a challenge to hide it, but I am feeling confident! I've been doing well so far.

This year I am just hoping to take care of myself during this pregnancy and enjoy the time with my family before we grow to add another member. I'd love to tighten up our budget and pay down some loans before the end of the year too.

coldlife · December 2019

No major plans. I don't plan to stay up late or anything. Tomorrow, we are having a family get together, but it's not specifically because of the new year, just before various people go home after the holidays. We're hosting and everyone will bring finger foods. Still trying to decide what I'll make!

Part of the reason for not staying up late tonight is because I plan to get up early tomorrow morning and shop before my husband goes to work so I don't have to take the children.

Resolutions: ugh, I could have a lot. But I never am good at keeping them. I do have a lot of goals, and I hope I can accomplish some.

- Eat healthier and exercise. I've been terrible for so long, and I want to be able to do stuff with my children and model a healthy lifestyle for them.

- Meal plan and be organized.
- Regular cleaning schedule
- Join groups/make more friends
- Read my Bible daily, have daily devotions with my husband and family devotions at night.
- Journal daily
- Reduce the time I'm on my phone each day.

gomillis · December 2019

We are not doing anything tonight and I doubt I’ll make it to midnight given that making it to 10pm is already a challenge. But we continued a tradition we started last year of an NYE hike this morning. I feel like being in nature is a cleansing way to end the year.

Tomorrow we are going to host brunch with some dear friends. I have a feeling I’ll have a major case of the “Sunday” blues tomorrow since I go back to work the next day.
No resolutions this year. Last year I overhauled my lifestyle and started exercising regularly and eating better again after I’d been really sedentary for my son’s first two years. Planning to continue that trend and stay as active as possible throughout my pregnancy.

samsonator · December 2019

Today we took my daughter to a new years eve event where they did a parade and countdown at noon. Tonight we are going to my friends house to celebrate. It should be fun!

My new years resolution is to match everything with empathy, especially when parenting my 3 year old (and newborn!), but also at work and with my husband. I think empathy is so important and the best way to respond to anger, sadness, and disappointment. I also want to get better at living in the moment and savoring the small things in life.

psychobutthead · December 2019

Just staying home. Hubs got himself some beer and we picked up popeyes and mcdonalds. I'm bringing im the new year watching supernatural.

ziggymama06 · January 2020

Staying in binge watching MadMen on Netflix. Picked up some ice cream from the local creamery and set for the night. Friends invited us out but not ready to share with them yet and knew it would be impossible to hide. Had a great day with hubs of browsing the baby store and grabbing an early dinner. Ready for the year of baby 💗

Not really a resolution, but ready to be better about what I eat and work on exercising more. I'm off this week so I've let more slide...

@gomillis I already have the Sunday blues hardcore today thinking about having only one more day of vacay until back to work. (I love that you call them that too!)

duck_duck_goose · January 2020

No big plans here. I’m eating hot wings and apple pie for dinner. Not sure what the rest of my family is eating 😅. If I make it we will toast the new year with orange juice. Tomorrow we are celebrating our last Christmas (thank goodness) with our close friends and then nothing. I can’t wait until this weekend when I have nothing going on. My resolution this year is to cuss less. I have a mouth that could make a sailor blush. 😬
@psychobutthead your night sounds glorious.

WishesSheCouldCook · January 2020

We had flatbread pizzas for dinner. We were supposed to entertain out of town guests but since DH was so sick yesterday we canceled. Thankfully he’s feeling better tonight.

I always struggle with the new year. I can’t quite put my finger on why exactly. Probably marketing doing a good job about exercising and being your best self haha.

gomillis · January 2020

@samsonator I love your resolution to match everything with empathy. One of the most helpful things for me when my son is having a toddler moment is to try to see the situation from his perspective. It often helps us find a way to defuse the situation and calm everyone down. I find it easier said than done though!

@ziggymama06 I do too! I almost started crying at dinner tonight thinking about how I wouldn’t get to spend all day with my son anymore after tomorrow. Also, Mad Men and ice cream sounds like my perfect night!

ziggymama06 · January 2020

@gomillis Aww... it's so tough going back, ugh. The only thing keeping me sane is that it's only two days of work before the weekend... that and Monday morning is my first appt so I took the morning off... can't wait to see my little poppy.

[Deleted User] · January 2020

Happy New Year!!! 🎉🎉🎉

We stayed in and actually did stay up the extra hour till midnight, made pot stickers and watched the replay of the London fireworks. Then we watched the ball drop, smooched, and stayed up talking about our #lifegoals. Wild night! 🤣🤣

A big one for us is going to be more reading and less screentime... We'll see how that goes! Lol

tyrion_ · January 2020

I was the only one that stayed up and it was because the fireworks were so so loud and they went on past 1:30a.

I snuck into everyone’s room and gave my kids and husband each a kiss at midnight.

winnie1122 · January 2020

We didn't make it to midnight. Kids are too little to try to keep up so they went to bed as usual. We watched Cutthroat Kitchen til 11 and then DH went to bed and I fell asleep on the couch. Wild over here 😂 My 'morning' sickness has been the worst around dinner time so I'm useless after 5pm

ziggymama06 · January 2020

Happy new year girls!!! Hubs and I stayed up to watch the ball drop and sipped club soda from champagne flutes 🤣

wildrainbow · January 2020

Happy new year, y'all! I didnt make it to the new year. I went to a party early while H stayed home with the kiddos, then he left after I got home.

coldlife · January 2020

Happy New Year!

I'm glad the fireworks didn't wake any of us up too badly. There were some really loud ones around the time we fell asleep at 11. I love fireworks, and I don't mind some quiet ones or hearing a little background noise, but I think you should take any big ones out of town and away from people. I think it's rude and inconsiderate to do it in a neighborhood. My youngest was making some noises at 3 am and then again between 5-7ish, so I think it must have disturbed her and affected her, even if she didn't totally wake up and cry.

And I successfully went to the store alone before my H went to work, so that was a win!

gomillis · January 2020

DS was really nervous about fireworks and kept calling them “lightning works.” He claimed to have heard them all night long but neither H and I did.

The most exciting part of my night was that I had this amazing sparkling water:

It tasted like a yummy cocktail and didn’t have any sugar. I have a feeling it will be my go to special drink this pregnancy.

riatortillaxo · January 2020

@gomillis That drink looks so interesting! Did you get it at a normal grocery store? I'm always looking for fun things to drink, especially being pregnant and having less options that I normally would choose from.

gomillis · January 2020

@riatortillaxo I got it at Whole Foods. I just googled it and realized you can only find it in Austin, though - sorry about that! Apparently they also have a pickle flavor.

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