{Welcome 2013}

Lots of blessings for us in 2012. Goals were achieved and we had so much fun. Thankful for good health, jobs, friends and family.

The Lenz family invited us to their family New Year's festivity. It was fun to welcome 2013 with good people. Of course to bring in good fortune, I set out 8 round fruits at New Year's Eve.

We are looking forward to 2013. Big goals in line this year for the Cullers.

• House. Get the Loft sold and move to a house. I never talked much about this in the blog. We've had a lot challenges on moving out of our loft. Ed and I are conservative people, and the thought of jumping into two mortgages was never appealing to us. We are so comfortable at our loft that there never really was a big push for us to move. Plus,you can't beat our 15 mins commute to work. Financial plans are now laid out for 2013, and we are hopeful that this year is the year for us to go forward with the move. We've attempted several years ago to move out, but it seems like God had other plans for us. You hear a lot of people say, that it was in God's plan for them to move. I get that. I hope that this year, we are in his schedule coz our hearts are getting weary:) In the grand scheme of things,the new house is not the most important thing in the world. Sure, would be nice though as it would make the path to goal below clearer :) LOL.

• School accommodation for the kids. One other driver for our move is that William is starting kindergarten at the big elementary. We are zoned at a school district that didn't scored to well. Luckily, just a couple of miles from us, is a great neighborhood zoned at a fabulous district. We are hoping to send William to that school. Other option is to send him to a private Catholic school around our area. We are fortunate to have options, but we've got some work to do. This also means that we would need to move Samantha to a different daycare. We love the kid's daycare now, but it is just out of the way, and is adding commute time. Very hopeful, that it all works out. 

• Fitness. We've done well last year, and very thankful for an injury free year. Ed and I will continue with our running routine. I have a signed up for a 15K in January. Ed signed up for the publix half in March. My fitness challenge this year, is to do more strength training/core exercises. My plan is to do it twice a week. This mean, Tuesday and Thursday mornings will be spent with Jillian Michael. Running will still be my main cardio. Mon-3 mile, Wed -4 mile, Fri-4 mile. Sat-break. Sunday-long runs.  I will begin with this after my 15K mid January. Looking forward to putting a check mark on this goal at the end of 2013. It was really rewarding to succeed in my fitness goal last year.

• Listen more. Listen to my husband (which he would love), listen to God, listen to my kids, listen to friends and family. I genuinely want to understand my friends and family. This will be my way of showing to them, that I appreciate them.

Any since these goals are all out in blog, it means that they will be completed right? LOL. Hope everybody is having a great year!