Holidays

Have you had a fantastic holiday season this year? I know I have.

I don't really have a good reason for not blogging in the past week because I got a brand new laptop for Christmas, and I have been loving it!!! I love it!! Yes, I am using right now to type this blog, of course. I haven't even touched the desktop since I got this one. Well, once, but only to set up the wireless router. I love having my own computer to personalize, use any time I need... has MY music on it.... its awesome!

I also got a Nintendo DS, which is pretty cool too. I'm a dork because the two games I asked for were Brain Age and a word game. I don't care. It's fun. As of today, my brain age is 22, by the way, just so you know. That's my actual age minus two! That means I'm kind of smart. Just a little bit, though, I think.

So, of course, since today is New Year's Day, we must reflect on the past year and anticipate the upcoming year, and how we will improve ourselves and our lives this year. Must we?

Oh, I guess we could talk about it for a little bit. Last year went by so quickly!!! I can barely separate last year from 2007... and its 2009 now. It all starts to blur together. Well, how about next year? I could say I'll lose 50 pounds in a month, or I'll raise my credit score by 100 points, or I won't say a single curse word, or any number of ridiculous expectations or resolutions that both you and I know are complete lies. Instead let's say ... I'll drink more water? Which right now is virtually none, so that's not really hard to do. Or eat more fruits and vegetables? Again, not hard to do. One problem with resolutions is most people do really well in January. Febuary, not too bad until they get chocolates for Valentine's day.... and by Easter, New Year's resolutions are completely forgotten. So why not just say my January resolution will be....to eat more salads. Let's go even further and try to do something every month! If you try to do one little thing every day for a month, it might or might not last the year, but you're more likely to last the month. And, if you set smaller goals for each month instead one big one, you're more likely to accomplish something. So, let's start the year with January. For the month of January, I will drink more water.