10 minutes until the ball drops in NYC — I’m going to watch and then call it good. The boys think they are staying up until midnight, but they are 12 and have more energy than I do. Plus, they are watching episodes of Malcolm in the Middle, and I suspect they’d stay up all night watching those if we let them.

2011 had a lot of ups and downs. I’m pretty sure that when the year started, I never would have imagined that I’d be working a full time job (at the school no less!), and I can guarantee that I wouldn’t have thought we’d have a cat living at our house.

Who knows what 2012 will bring. I bet it will be interesting!