Just as I did last year, I am going to go public with my New Year’s Resolutions. If you are willing to come out and own this stuff, you are far more likely to follow through or at least appear to intend to follow through [and isn’t perception everything after all?], because why else tell everyone about them? I actually made a fair job with keeping last years resolutions, so I feel pretty good about my prospects for 2009.
1. I believe I have found the perfect weight loss plan – the stomach virus. With virtually no will power on my part whatever, I lost 5 pounds in a few days last week. That means I just have to contract another 8 or 10 stomach viruses and I will be at my ideal weight. So that is my resolution – to get sick more so I can stay in shape.
2. I am going to stop looking at depressing things like our annuity fund and retirement accounts. Instead, I am going to start encouraging the girls to move to larger houses with more bathrooms so we won’t all be cramped quite so badly when we move in with them.
3. I have decided that while I will continue to support local businesses in the form of Upstate NY wineries, I should also adopt a wider world view, which is all politically correct and very global. This is only in part due to my recently found but deeply abiding affection for Shiraz, the grapes for which apparently do not prosper in our climate – they make some really good dark chocolate in other countries too.
4. I am finally going to get rid of everything I haven’t seen or used or even wondered about in the six 7 years since we moved into the new house. I have stacks of boxes of stuff that I haven’t needed in 7 years, so how can I possibly need it at all? Yep – getting right on that!
5. I promise NOT to buy a new camera this year. Because Larry will kill me if I do and then he would go to prison and our children would cry and all of our friends would be sad and who needs that? a macro lens though….
6. Updating one resolution from last year, I think this year I will actually help Riley catch a UPS driver. Maybe if he gets a taste of one he will see they are not much to write home about and shut the H-E-doublehockeysticks-up when they drive by.
7. And one more from last year – I promise to keep serving up the goods every day here at casa dlyn. I would miss you guys way too much if I quit now. All kidding aside, I hope each of you has a multitude of blessings for which to be thankful in this shiny brand new year. See you tomorrow!
I am not sure what she is thinking, but she is definitely thinking something.
And don’t get me wrong. I love winter – I really do. I figure if you are going to live in Upstate NY, where the winter lasts about one third of the year, you should learn to appreciate it.
Just as they do when I am actually out in the garden, these photos just seemed to pick up my burdens, worries and troubles and carry them away, leaving a gentle sweet lightness in their stead.
My heart lifts, I find a smile tugging the corners of my mouth and I remember the days when I took each photo.
And I know the rest of the day will be better because I spent a few minutes sharing these with you.
If you get tired of opening gifts the normal way, you can always gnaw on them awhile.
So – cheer me up a little, ok people? Tell me something great that happened over your Christmas holiday.
