Christmas is almost here. I will be so glad when it is over and in fact, I am ready for the new year to begin. Some would say that sounds negative but I really don't intend it  to be negative at all.  This year has gone by so fast and so much has happened that I am just plain tuckered out.  I need a rest.  Maybe this new year will move a little slower and perhaps I will have the time to do some of the things I had hoped to accomplish in 2013.  I made a list the other day.  My goals for 2014.  Some are left overs that didn't get done this year. 

1. Publish a new children's book.....I'd like to do Marmalade Jones finally

2. Publish Tiny Bones

3. Rewrite Blood Redemption

4. Do more promotion for all my books. 

5. Find a Gallery for my paintings.

6. Make $50,000

7. Lose 20 lbs.

8. Set my style for my paintings.

9. Participate in a show through the Art Association

10.  Stay grateful for all the blessings that I have received and trust that God is watching over me and will lead me down the path I need to follow.

Now you see?  I was not being a Grinch...I am just anxious to get started on all those great things to come in 2014.