Not a boring resolutions post, is it?
I'm not normally a resolution maker, but I think as I age I can see the wisdom in such an exercise. Know what else I've learned with age? Life is too short to a) wait until you're alone to pull your underwear out of your butt, b) obey the sign that says, NO RIGHT TURN ON RED and c) listen to anyone who suggests that watching two hours of botfly infestation videos on YouTube is a waste of time.
Also, if someone sends me a link to a really good video of earwax removal, I'm like THERE GOES THE REST OF MY DAY.
So I've been thinking about what I want for me and my family in the upcoming year, and here's what I've come up with. Note: I'm trying to be realistic, so I avoided anything involving Zac Efron, but hey! Did you guys hear? He and Vanessa broke up! That's just awful and tragic, but such good news for those of you who aren't married and have the balls to stalk him!
First, I want to cook more. Oh god, Jon's mom is going to read that and start calling every day to make sure I haven't burned down the house. Not going to happen! You know why? Because Tyrant heard I was going to help my mom cook the turkey for Thanksgiving and he immediately bought a fire extinguisher.
Next, I'd like to read more books. I could tell you the specific number of books I have in mind for the year, but then you would know how little I'm reading now, and that may be the one thing in my life I'm too embarrassed to share. It's just... all those episodes of "America's Next Top Model" aren't going to watch themselves, and next thing you know the free time that I would have used to read a book is gone!
And finally (yes, there are only three things on this list, otherwise I'd be too overwhelmed, and next thing you know it's a Tyra smorgasbord all over again), and this one is going to sound weird, but I want to mix up my wardrobe a little bit. Take more risks. Not like bikini-top-basketball-shorts-Jesus-sandals kind of risk, I'd just like to wear a wider variety of what I already own and not just the same comfortable t-shirt over and over again. Or have my friend Cami text me at eight o'clock at night asking, "Are you still in your workout clothes from this morning?" and have the answer be, "Yes, how did you know?"
Spill it. What are you aiming for this year? (if the answer is "moose" or "elk" I don't want to know)
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Rollo Tomasi said:
My resolution is simple - spend more time with the people I love!
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01.03.11 - 04:27 PM / 1CJDaily said:
I need to work out more. Boring and cliche, I know, but I have a wedding dress to buy, and I'd rather not spend the rest of my life gazing at my wedding photos and saying, "Look honey, my arms are the size of your thighs." I've been suggesting honeymoons in cold places simply so I don't have to get beach-ready. If that's not a clue that I need to shape up, nothing is.
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01.03.11 - 04:32 PM / 2anya said:
I've been down with the flu for the past 4 days, caught it off my 2 year old who's had it since Boxing Day (that's Dec.26 for all you non-Canadians); and even though we're Jewish and don't technically celebrate Christmas, it still sucked to be surrounded by sick and then join their ranks myself for the last week and a bit. So, having said all that, my New Year's resolution is to stop bitching about all the minor issues I may perceive as being major and count my blessings. I know, blah, right?
The thing is, I'm 32 weeks pregnant with my SECOND BOY and am hoping for NO post-partum depression this time around. And for patience. And to realize that things usually get easier with time.
So yeah, focusing on the good. Namely, is everybody healthy? If so, I'm OK.
Happy New Year everybody!
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01.03.11 - 04:32 PM / 3EllieS said:
I resolve to eat less cheese than I did last year.
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01.03.11 - 04:48 PM / 5i.delia said:
Mine is two-fold.
1)Accept the fact that, after 15 years of having him,my dog died last March and he won't be coming back to lick the floors clean. Therefore, I must
2)Sweep and mop more
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01.03.11 - 04:49 PM / 6luv and kiwi said:
I'm going to attempt to not be lame this year...
http://www.luvandkiwi.com/2010/12/year-of-luvin-an...
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01.03.11 - 04:51 PM / 7juliejackson said:
My resolution is to be in the first 10 commenters on one of your posts. Oh, look - done! Now I can go back to bed. Mmmm. Sleepy.
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01.03.11 - 04:52 PM / 8simpliSAHM said:
I guess those Mormons have an advantage; no pulling underwear out of the butt.
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01.03.11 - 04:53 PM / 9Volcanogrrl said:
I'm going to lose weight. I'm sick of being the overweight chick always pulling her underwear out of her butt.
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01.03.11 - 05:00 PM / 10julesmb said:
I haven't made any resolutions...not wise enough to see the point yet. I did google bot fly infestations and was completely compelled and grossed out at the same time.
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01.03.11 - 05:04 PM / 11Moomser said:
I resolve to get on a schedule so I can poop more regularly. (What, the rest of us can't randomly talk about poop??)
Also this stuff: http://moomser.blogspot.com/2011/01/moving-right-a...
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01.03.11 - 05:06 PM / 13DaniPants said:
Hey, one of mine is to read more books too! I'm feeling a Dooce book club... Or at least some "what I'm reading" section and we can discuss. You could be the next Oprah.
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01.03.11 - 05:08 PM / 14beyond_para said:
1. Not strangle the kid for making bad financial decisions like tacos, video games & beer before rent.
2. Spend much time on budget & finance 101 with the kid so he will learn that having a room to eat tacos in is more important than beer or video games.
3. Spend more time in my livingroom in my underwear.
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01.03.11 - 05:10 PM / 15kcbelles said:
Wow - so sorry, i.delia - that's so sad. I shudder to think when our little old man (that's him to the left) leaves us.
Only one resolution - get back on track with the weight loss. Had WLS almost three years ago; lost 155 lbs, but over the past year, put about 40 back on. I read that's normal with WLS patients and I had my surgeon check the ole' pouch and it's not horrifically stretched out, so this is doable. I just have to remeber how much I liked feeling so much lighter.
Happy New Year to you and your family, Heather. Love your banner this month - it's a mouthful!
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01.03.11 - 05:10 PM / 16Bree said:
I so badly need to work on my patience. Also the normal eating right, working out more, and keeping the house regularly clean. (booooring!)
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01.03.11 - 05:14 PM / 17Brookelyn Bridge said:
Minimize.
We've got too much junk!
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01.03.11 - 05:16 PM / 18KatherinetheGreat said:
I'm going to work toward my dreams of becoming a roller girl. (This is nicely open--so I can succeed pretty easily. MWAHAHA.)
I am going to make an effort to ruin less things less often. This is going to be hard, because it's always a mistake.
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01.03.11 - 05:22 PM / 19JenMarie said:
I have multiple...hoping they all come through. Read more books, tote my camera around and take more pictures, think more positively (and being happy with my life and less envious of others who are in the stage of life I wanted to be in), and listen to more jazz (less pop). I also am hoping to do more sewing this year.
Think I've got a full plate there but I figure the more the better!
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01.03.11 - 05:31 PM / 20seamshappy said:
My resolution is to not make a resolution. I always fail and then feel like a goof. Life is too short. Oh, and the mother-in-law thing, at least yours cares if you burn down the house!
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01.03.11 - 05:32 PM / 21Mandy said:
Meditate everyday. Basically become more zen. I got incredibly stressed last year over a variety of things (mostly mother in law related) but I also think turning 40 had something to do with it. Anyway it took a toll on my body which made me even more anxious/depressed so now I'm on medication for the first time in my life! Now I want to breath easy in 2011, sort myself out and concentrate on what I really want to get out of life.
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01.03.11 - 05:38 PM / 22strawick said:
mine's not a resolution but more a statement of fact:
i will make burpees my bitch.
that's all.
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01.03.11 - 05:40 PM / 23kristanhoffman said:
Hmm, a few reading recommendations for you (based on my fave books from 2010, but only ones I think you might actually like, based on what I know about you from your blog):
- ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS by Stephanie Perkins
- THE HUNGER GAMES series by Suzanne Collins
- HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jamie Ford
- WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen
- DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD by Rebecca Wells
- ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN by Sherman Alexie
My new year's resolution is simple: bring new pages to my critique group every week. (I'm an aspiring writer.)
My everyday resolutions are relatively simple, too: be happy, grateful, and kind. :)
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01.03.11 - 05:42 PM / 24mbioJane9 said:
I'd like to phone my grandmother more often this year.
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01.03.11 - 05:45 PM / 25Laura Jones said:
Can Jon put in a "like" button? I enjoy reading some of the comments your readers make and want to click like to let them know.
I resolve to spread 2 pounds of dandelion seeds on my neighbor's immaculate lawn, to be a better photographer, and to read the college text books I avoided while actually in college. Which one of those three do you think I will actually achieve?
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01.03.11 - 05:48 PM / 26kataylor7 said:
To do more karaoke in 2011. Haiiiiiii.
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01.03.11 - 05:50 PM / 27zpetals said:
For this year:
move more (I'm doing the 100 Days Challenge---John Bingham's motivational thingy on Facebook---and while I've already worked out or practiced yoga 3 or 4 times per week, it's easier to say to myself that I HAVE to get my 30 minutes in! That said, we're only on day 3....)
Run another marathon, and run a PR (that's Personal Record, in case you aren't a runner geek like me).
Be gentler towards myself. I don't know how I will make this work, but I'm pretty hard on myself. Maybe breathe deeply, more often. That might help.
Also have some financial goals that have to happen before Bean starts kindergarten in the fall....
Oh! And here's a great book: The Book of Lost Things. Also, The Good Thief. Gorgeous books, both of them.
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01.03.11 - 05:52 PM / 28Sassafras Mama said:
My resolutions are not large in number, just large to me: 1. Not to sweat the small stuff; 2. Get out there and try my hand at finding love (just writing it makes me sick to my stomach....fear of rejection sucks); 3. Have more patience with my son; and 4. Being grateful for the blessings in my life (I wrote about that:http://sassafrasmama.blogspot.com/2011/01/blessings.html)
Bookwise, I share the endorsement of Water for Elephants and recommend The Ha-Ha by Dave King and Audrey Niffennegger's The Time Traveler’s Wife.
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01.03.11 - 06:22 PM / 29misssurly said:
Continue to get out of debt and work towards out dream property...
Trust that I will be a good mom and give myself permission to learn things along the way. There's no way to be prepared for EVERYTHING before the baby arrives!
Love more, laugh more, be silly, remember the simple things and enjoy friend/family and nature that surround me. I'm so lucky, I just need to remember that more often.
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01.03.11 - 06:35 PM / 30pemstar2000 said:
I think my main goal is to not yell so much. With 8 children in the house (ages 11, 10, 9, 3, 2, 2, 2, and 9 months), it seems like that is all I do. Oh, and maybe a TV in my room(just kidding, they aren't all biologically mine)! Well damn, already blew that resolution....
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01.03.11 - 06:43 PM / 31tiny apple said:
i want to give birth to this child and then not turn into a frump like i did after my first was born. i want to attempt a hairstyle, and maybe put on makeup more frequently than when i have a wedding to attend, and not wear the same schlumpy wardrobe of t-shirts and jeans all the time. and maybe, just maybe, i can manage to get some of the extra baby weight off that i'm still carrying around from pregnancy #1!
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