Dec 31 - The Day We Left Town

After arriving much later than planned last night, nearly oversleeping & missing our taxi this morning, and having a TSA agent get nice & cozy with my grandmother's carry-ons, we're finally leaving on a jet plane! Or more like a flying sardine can, though that doesn't have quite the same ring to it...
Headed to kick off 2012 with the fam in the Happiest Place on Earth! What better way to kick off a year-long challenge than to try and start it while I'm on vacation?! Bring it on.

Setting the bar a little lower...

Here's who I am:

A 26 year old, married to a tall, handsome & bearded thing that keeps me laughing every day; co-owner of a pie shop; worker of a full-time gig in a death box, I mean cubicle; chronic mess-maker; wannabe gourmet; craft supply hoarder; a soul-dichotomy in that I'm convinced I'm at once a 7 year old and a 90 year old inhabiting the same body. If I have work to do, you'll likely see the 7 year old, but if its 9 PM or you ask me to sit still for long, out comes Grandma (and watch out, I hear she snores).

Here's what I'm up to:

- Keeping an online journal, every day for a full year (Jan 1 - Dec 31 2012), comprised of only a few short sentences per day.

Here's why I'm doing it:

- I'm hopelessly addicted to perfection in projects, which I usually deem unattainable, which then usually leads to non-completion of perfection in said projects. Its a problem, folks.
- As a result of the aforementioned affliction, I'm a chronic journal-starter, never a journal-finisher.

- I plan on making this a year of things I want to remember. Figured I might as well figure out a way to record all the fun, without the pressures of perfectly decorated scrapbook pages, organized photo albums, or lengthy hand-written journals that hurt my brain and give me hand cramps.

- The way I see it, its kind of like reality television. If you know the cameras are on and your life will soon be on review, you start to make your own record-worthy adventures.  PSA Time: this reference does not indicate any scandalous affairs, girl fights or drunken debauchery in my near (...or far) future. That's for people who get paid to be awful and/or orange-tinged people hailing from NJ. *Cue rainbow and "the more you know" song*

Here's how we will play the game:

- Give myself permission to be imperfect. For the sake of actually finishing something, I have to be honest with myself that some days, I won't make it to the computer to update the blog, or some days, I may honestly have nothing of any value to say. So while I intend to write SOMETHING every day, I'm giving myself the freedom to accept that it may not always be on time, eloquent, or publish-worthy, but it will be honest.

- Throw in a few pictures here and there. I'm not crazy enough to think I can stick to a photo every day, but I was blessed with a camera for Christmas, so in the hopes of putting it to good use, this will also be my forum for displaying the visual aspects of my crazy life.

- Be honest. Whats the point in keeping a record if it isn't an accurate one? It could get ugly, ladies and gents, but at least it'll be real!

Take a seat, grab some snacks and enjoy the show!

-K