Thursday, December 31, 2015

3...2....1......

HERE IT COMES!!

I spent a large part of naptime (actually ALL of naptime) writing down all of the "holidays" we're going to observe in 2016.

All 365 of them!

And there was only one day in the entire year that I labeled as "Family Game Night" because there weren't any viable options for a National Something Day.

Are you guys excited? I know I am! This year may be exhausting but I know it will be wacky and fun and probably way more than I can imagine right now!

Are you ready for the New Year?

What do you have left to do?


Monday, December 28, 2015

Why 'Every Day A January'?

People ask me all the time "Why is your blog called 'Every Day A January'?"

That's actually not entirely true. 

...Actually, it's pretty much just not true at all. The closest I've gotten to that question was this conversation:

Friend: "Isn't your birthday coming up in January?"
Me: "No it's actually in December."
Friend: "Oh! Your blog is Every Day A January so I always get confused."

Yes. January is an odd thing to choose as your blog title, I guess. So here's the story:

I love January 1st. New Year's Eve and New Year's Day were always this huge deal in my family. We had to clean the entire house before New Year's Eve because only slobs greet the New Year with a dirty house (according to my mother). January 1st has always been a bright, clean, shiny new start to a whole new year.

A blank canvas just wanting for me to paint it.

(I don't actually paint. I'm just making an analogy).

I love fresh starts. I always start off really well. Eventually, in the middle, things get messy but the beauty of that is you can just break out ANOTHER fresh, new start and off you go!

I've discovered throughout my life - and the many iterations of this blog - that I need a fresh start not just every year but every day.

Every day I intend to wake up with a purpose. 
Every day is a bright, shiny, fresh new start just waiting for me to begin.

And that's why my blog is Every Day A January. Because January means a new beginning and I need a new beginning every.single.day.

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

It's coming....

Coming soon...

In a world....

....where there are FAR too many reasons to be grouchy and grumpy and overall zero fun. 

One family is embarking on a yearlong journey.

A journey to CELEBRATE every day.

For a WHOLE YEAR.

Did you know there's a bajillion random "holidays" out there? This blog is the chronicle of our family's year with a celebration of some kind EVERY DAY. And I'm going to be writing about it (and maybe other stuff) EVERY DAY.

Buckle up, folks.

2016 - the year of celebration! - is COMING.