Yes, you read it right...Happy New Year! No, I haven't gone completely crazy...I know, my very dear friends are probably thinking...ha, it finally happened!
No, I'm fine..let me explain. Generally, I do not enjoy the traditional New Year's Eve and New Year's day holidays. I find this time of year a let down...the worst of winter is just getting started, Christmas (my absolute favourite holiday) has come and gone, you realize another year has gone by and reflect on what you may or may not have accomplished and then to top it off you're supposed to make some ridiculous lifestyle change (otherwise known as a "resolution"), usually something you've enjoyed up to this point.
My resolution this past January involved more of a personality change...trying to be less Type A, less anal, that sort of thing. Ask my friends how that's worked out for me. I'm pretty sure they don't think I've been very successful. lol!!
Anway, my original point was going to be that I love Fall and to me September always seems like a time for new beginnings...so I've decided that it's going to be my New Year.
One of the biggest things about September of course, is summer's over and it's time for school. I used to love getting ready to go back to school and now both my kids are school age and I get to see it through their eyes...the excitement and anticipation, a little fear of the unknown.
Probably the second biggest thing about September, for a junkie like myself, is the start of the new TV Schedule. I soooo look forward to this time of year, all my favourite shows return and usually some decent ones start, but that's a whole other post in the very near future.
I also find September seems to be a time to get back into old routines...you know, the gym membership you barely use in the summer, the unattainable weight loss goals we're always trying to reach...or start new ones, like a blog perhaps or taking a course, scrapbooking for example, to learn a fabulous new technique (that we'll never try again, right Sheri?). lol!!!
Enough rambling...Happy New Year to you all and may you find peace and happiness in everything you do!!
I know....crazy!!!!!!

DID YOU KNOW?....
This is also a great time of year if you happen to be touring around Germany, particularly Munich (or Munchen as some say). The Oktoberfest celebrations began over there on September 16 and go right through to the first week of October...then we start celebrating here!!
To all our friends in Germany...frieden, liebe und beifall!!!