"And so it Begins"

2008 has begun...

I've always wondered about the phenomenon of horoscopes.

I have friends who swear by them and ones who think they are a waste of ink and paper- I fall somewhere in the middle, so I've decided to do a little experiment.

I've decided I will start each days post with my horoscope and test and rate it due to accuracy for the day.

So I guess it's only fair to have a rating system to do that with:
5 stars-Dead on for the day
4 stars-good, but not perfect
3 stars-generic, but still has a point
2 stars-only generic
1 stars-waste of ink and paper

Todays horoscope is as follows:

"You might feel like your life has fallen into a bit of a dull routine lately. And you may want to start giving some thought to looking into some new job opportunities right now. You may be eager to try to find something that might offer you the chance for a little more fun or excitement."

For me and my life situation specifically I would have to give this 4 stars, it heads towards dead on but it doesn't exactly sum up the day - more my life as a whole.

Today being the first day of 2008 it started with more of a whimper than a bang - I woke up with a nasty increase to the cold I started building in 2007, still a couple of DayQuil capisules later I felt ready to face today.

I got a nice surprise today when my baby brother called to invite me and my family to join him and his family at the park where he was teaching his two youngest girls to ride bikes. Coincidentally enough this is also something me and my husband have been wanting to teach our son - so I accepted.

Many frusrations came out of this from the get go (son's bike tire would not under any circumstance inflate) but we sucked it up and went anyway with his skateboard and protective equipment in hand.

I'm glad we went for many reasons too though, the first and foremost being that my son loves his cousins and playing with them - he'd do it on a daily basis if he could.

But even more than that my little bro really stepped up to the plate and once he got my son past the riding of a pink bike (he's very concerned with the "cool" factor right now) he got him up and pedaling. He's still on the shaky side, but once we get his tire fixed tomorrow his dad has promised to get him up and running so they can take rides together.

One thing I've really stressed in 2008 is that we need to be a much more physical family and get outside into the blue skies with walks, bike rides and such. Right now it's too much video game interaction and not enough of the wilderness kind.

I love how physical my brother is with his family and how he keeps them in sports and is constantly teaching them how to do or play something.

This is what I would wish for my family - more of the family interaction and less of the technology kind - more outdoors- less indoors.

I think today was a good start by getting him out to play with his cousins. He had a blast and he really learned something and he is one of those 7 years olds who thrives on challange - although I guess most 7 year olds do.

Take care and welcome to 2008 - it promises to be a year of changes and challanges.