NaBloPoMo stands for National Blog Posting Month on Blogher.com. The reasoning behind it is to get bloggers to post on their blog every day. Blogher provides the prompts to write about or you can write about whatever you want. I participated in this back in November on my work at home blog. It gave my readers a chance to get to know more about me personally, while also getting me in the habit of posting more. I did miss a few days of posting in November, but posted much, much more than I did before that!
I'm joining again for the month of January right here on this blog. Since today is January 1, there is no real prompt. Being the first day of the new year, this post is an open book and we can write about whatever we want to today.
I'm not quite sure how I feel about 2011 being over and 2012 beginning. Everyone is saying that 2012 will be a better year than 2011.. but that's what people say every year. Every year is always shitty. 2011 really wasn't TOO bad. We did a lot of fun things and made some new friends, moved to our new house.. etc., but we are always struggling with money. Always. We have been married for 8 years and it never fails; when we think that things are getting better and moving forward, something pushes us back down. We never get a chance to get ahead. I don't plan on ever being "rich" but being comfortable, not having to worry about bills, and being able to buy the things that we need, while still being able to save a little bit in case of emergencies or even for a fun family vacation would be great. We've only ever been on one real family vacation a couple of years ago when we went to Tennessee to visit my sister in law. The only way we could afford it was because we used our income tax.
I'm trying to stay positive about this new year. Will I find a good job? If I can find a good job, and my husband's just stays good, we will be doing well because we don't have rent to pay. I'd be happy even with just a part time job.
It really is scary to think about going through another year. We never know what could happen. Will we have all of our family members with us at the end of 2012? Will some be missing from the picture? Will we be happy? How do you feel about 2012?
3 comments for me!:
I figure there is just a good a chance that I'll live until 2013 as it was that I lived until 2012. I figure it is probably the same odds for everyone else. :-)
There was a time where every car I bought with my last tax refund would breakdown or I'd tear it up just in time for the next refund, I've seen times when I was so busy trying to pay my bills that I didn't even notice that I hadn't taken a vacation and I've already had to said goodbye to both of my parents.
It takes a bit of distance to see why we have to go through certain things and, right now, you're too close to all the bad to see any good. Yes, a job will come through, your husband won't be good all the time and, instead of watching someone suffer, you'll rather they be in peace.
Glad to be NaBloPoMo'g it with you in January ~ Yes, this will be a great year!
I understand the money thing . . . you're not alone! But I look at it this way - - 2012 CAN be a great year, no matter what we have to go through. I figure as long as I'm living and learning to be better along the way, then it's all good.
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