2012 is gone. Fast and furious it came and left.

My mom came here last Christmas, I went back to work from maternity leave exactly a year from today, we took my mom back to Mexico in the summer, my husband remains unemployed and my little M started daycare part time in the winter time. All happened too fast! My year has vanished.

Christmas tree blue and silver ornaments. Red mantel with old pictures with Santa.

What is it for 2013 and this blog? Should I expect anything? 
I am not big in resolutions since I haven’t accomplished one on time, ever. But, in a nutshell definitely more Mama and the City posts being blogged this year. After 1 year of being back at work, I think I should be able to find the sweet spot. Maybe a weekly or bi-weekly schedule.

What about my personal goals, the tangible ones? 
Again, I don’t know what should I think or plan for me this coming year. Perhaps, keep my full time job? become a better photographer? spending more time with my family [which could mean spending less time with my iPhone?]. But it needs to make sense that I will *try* to follow.

• Keeping my full time job seems doable, I mean, unless things go downhill market wise and some big crap happens to balance the numbers, you know, firing people, I think I will be okay.

• Becoming a better photographer, I know I need time. And I lack of it lately. It is frustrating. Every time I think of it takes me to my past “why I didn’t do this before?” And then I remember that I can’t change it and perhaps I would repeat the same mistake again if I had the chance to go back in time. So, now, in the present, I know I’m tired from work. I get tired once spend deserved time with the kiddo and by the time I’m free I am too tired for anything. That’s the pattern lately. But, I still think is doable.

• Spending more time with my family could result in me reducing [even more] my presence in social media stuff, it’s going to be hard. We recently reduced our bill by not having a data plan [this means, no internet on the go] which makes most of my surfing when I’m at home, but if you read my second resolution, it’s very limited. I guess, I will need to revisit this whole data plan concept and see how I can compromise both.

Oh yeah, you won’t see “lose weight” for this year. I bet there will be other blogs full with that. That’s what I’m thinking and I’m sticking to it.

Happy New 2013!