When Life Hands You Bronchitis, Blog.

I'm sick. Honestly, that's the only reason I thought to post a new blog today. I'm terrible at blogging, but I'm pretty sure I've mentioned that at least 5-7 times in the last year.

So, anyway, I think I have bronchitis, although I've been running a fever, so a bit of me is scared that I may have something more funky, like pneumonia. I can't believe I spelled that correctly on the first try! No red squiggly line. ;)

2011 has been a big year for me. At the New Year, I decided that I wanted to learn to coupon, and this is the first year EVER that I have kept to my resolution. To date, I have saved over $11,000 for my family. I still struggle to provide a good variety for my family, but when you buy ten of one item, that makes sense. As I have built my stockpile, I have come to realize that variety is hard.

That's true in life, too.

This year, we also welcomed Maya Noelle to our family. She is gorgeous, although whenever anyone asks me how Baby Maya is, I almost always respond with a smile, "Hideous. Just hideous." A picture of her beautiful smiling face follows my response. Somehow, Nick and I are 3 for 3 on healthy, beautiful children. For such average people, that's a real feat!

In the past five weeks, I started a Couch to 5K program. It's been tough, but I am extremely proud of myself for sticking with it. The other night, as I chased Elijah around the cul-de-sac, I realized that I never did that before I started learning to run. It was a good feeling.

AND, least in my accomplishments this year (at least, less than Maya), I finished another graduate degree this year: Masters of Arts in Special Education. While this may not impress you, I was glad to be done with it. I had too many irons in the fire, and the MASE was a great one to drop!

I'm headed to the doctor now. I would say that I will update this later and let you know what funk I have, but let's be realistic. I won't. Before this, I hadn't blogged since April...