The second day of a brand new year. Not much to report.

I started to write a post about my goals for the new year, but then I realized that the goals are really just my to do list and possibly boring. Also I realized that some of my goals make public some aspects of my life that I don’t usually share with the entire internet. Faced with creating a truncated list for public consumption I decided I’d just put the list in my paper planner rather than my online journal. It will probably be more useful there anyway.

Today I continued the purge of unused items. I gave our bedroom the same treatment as the rest of the house and cleared out a bunch of stuff. It feels good to have space instead of clutter. It felt even better to load all the stuff into the van and take it to the thrift store. I love looking at a bag of things and knowing that I’m never going to have to pick them up again. Now I just need to tackle my office.

The kids have been playing together really well during this holiday break. I’ve really enjoyed watching them spend hours just being together. By posting that, I have probably jinxed it and they will spend the remaining two days of holiday in one long squabble. I’m actually kind of expecting that. For some reason everyone gets on the nerves of everyone else the last day or two of a school break. I suspect it has to do with the imminent return of school. It would be nice to be proved wrong, but I expect Sunday to be cranky. Then Monday will come and the schedule will settle back over us and I’ll breathe a sigh of relief.

Kiki and Howard are off to a role playing game this evening. Kiki considers the invitation to play as the best Christmas present ever. I’m glad to see her so happy. I’m even more glad to have her so willing to help around the house cheerfully. She is at an age where she needs some focus for her days. We are just geeky enough as parents to believe that a regular roleplaying session is a good focus.