New Year, New Me...

I did plan to get online over the Christmas period and whilst i did manage to online bank and mail i never quite got around to making a post here.. and now its all done and dusted and the only thing left is the tree to take down it all seems rather sad =( ... i look forward to putting the tree up but when it comes around to doing it it seems such a chore but then by the 6th January i don't wanna get rid.. its so pretty and warming ...just how much bad luck do you get if the tree stays up late?Christmas was really great this year. I thought it might be difficult with my sister getting upset after last years events but she really pulled out all the stops and even invited her new 'friend' over in the evening ...wow.. brave! Christmas Eve was lovely... the girls stayed up a little later than normal but both were flat out by midnight so no peeking for Santa this year ;) ... Ben and i watched a movie but normally, at midnight, we'd open a little present for each other ...we didn't this year ...oh well! Had to go wake the girls up.. stockings at the end of their beds had a couple of small presents in and gold coins and a tangerine.. Nina was impressed: chocolate in bed ...coooool!! We had a little time cuddled up in bed and then went downstairs to open some more gifts... it was lovely to see Nina, knowing what presents were all about and getting excited when the paper revealed "magical" gifts ...Lauren was awesome too.. she got some more 'grown up' stuff this year and was stunned by what we'd actually considered getting her =) ...As for Ben, he says i never gonna be able to live up to this year ever again ...i'll take that as a compliment =) New Years Eve was back to the usual affair of Ben working. He'd been asked to do a private party last minute and decided the cash was too good to turn down. Normally he'd have been working anyway but he's not worked the door in over 12 months ...last year was our only New Year together apart from the Millenium. It's an understanding that we spend Christmas Eve together and NYE he earns big bucks ;) since Ninas been on the scene its just been easier for Lauren and i to stop in, watch a movie that we got at Christmas and watch other peoples fireworks and the chimes of Big Ben on the news at midnight ...hardly riveting but we enjoy it =) In a slight change to other years, my sis was hoping to be out of the country this NYE and my folks were staying at home... i think they felt bad for me and the girls when they heard we weren't doing anything and invited us over.. i tried to explain that its tradition now but i felt bad, like they thought i wasn't interested... so, at the very last minute i threw Nina in her pushchair in her jammies, and we all walked over to my mums and dads and had a great time... Not sure if it was because there was no big plan, or because i was with family, or just because it was 4 different walls but whatever the reasons, we all had a much better time than we thought we would.. and here we are... 2006!
I don't make resolutions.. whats the point? should i tell everyone what i want to change about me so that they can watch me fail in magnificent style.. no thank you! ... however, there are things i need to change but what they are.. thats for me to know ;)