Happy New Year!

I always like January 2nd more than I do the 1st. Call it grade school mentality "first is the worst, second is the best" but there is something about the 2nd that makes all the New Year's possibilities come to life. Oddly, I feel the same way about Sunday's.

So this Sunday January 2nd made it all the more appropriate to start anew.

Determined to be more engaged in the outside world I am partaking in the 365 project, my husband David is also taking on this challenge here. I know what you may be thinking: but Jackie, you didn't post anything yesterday. Yes, this would seem true...to the naked eye, however one of my photos appears in David's blog and since I don't really start counting until January 2nd then it's all fair....

Besides...my blog, my rules.

So today I offer a few things to you my faithful readers:

1. My favourite mantra: "don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today!" This was repeated many many time last night as I slaved away with the last of my marking. In a skype conversation with a teacher friend we battled as to who had more marking to do during the break. Luckily I had my stack with me that I had been chipping away on for the past 2 weeks (read: 4 days)

2. Much like the last 10 pounds, the last 10 essays are the hardest to get through. My stubbornness and my determination to finish the last of my marking was completed by 1:45am

3. Waking up at 10am, refreshed and without the worry of the dreaded marking, I revived "Pancake Sunday" with our new favourite - Banana Oatmeal Whole Wheat Pancakes. Complete with coffee as made by Davide

Happy New Year!