And, looky here. It's half way through the month of January and I'm just now getting around to even thinking about it. What, with the move and all, who has had time to coherently think about ways to affect positive change in my life for the upcoming months? Not me.
I only managed to squeak out a few moments to covertly slip a little vodka into the OJ. And, wash some laundry. So far, this New Year has been a blur of moving boxes, shopping carts full of crap I've consigned at SubourbonHausFrau's Boutique and mountains of frozen pizza.
Point taken. Should anyone need to make a few postive changes, it would be me.
OK, I have a little confession to make. I never actually make New Year Resolutions. Not that I am too good for them or have some lurking fear of Failure By February, it's just that January first has never really grabbed my attention.
Except for that one time waaaay back in 1992, my attention was completely captivated. Happy (2-Day HangOver) New Year to me. I did make a resolution right then and there. I was never going to drink another drop of ethanol ever again. Never. No way. Nuhn-uh.
Well, maybe just never drink
Under those same circumstances.
Anyway, for this year, I'm totally on the American BandWagon & I will now present to you HausFrau's Top Five. Yeah, I know. I totally googled "most common New Year resolutions" and copied and pasted.
Number One: Lose Weight, Eat Healthier, Exercise. Do I actually have specific goals? Yep. Either lose weight or tone up enough that my jeans fit comfortably without muffin top & so my bra fits properly without bulging back fat oozing out and over the straps.
Or I could just buy some Spanx & call it even.
And, we do need to eat a little healthier than the frozen pizza, grilled cheeses & Chinese take-away that dominates our diet right now. I'll get back to
Or maybe we could just put extra ketchup (cooked tomatoes= SuperFood) on our McD french fries.
Number Two: Get Debt Undercontrol, Save More, Spend Less. We only have vehicle payments & we are totally okay with that. My car will be paid off in 12 months & is financed at 1.9%. Not totally sure about Man's BatMobile, but it's not sinking us by any means. We can't exactly save more since we are big-fat kissing our big-fat Overseas Housing Allowance auf weidersehen, but we will continue to save as much as we can.
On the spend less . . . my motto is Resale Not Retail. Who knows? Maybe I can find Spanx in my size on Craig's List.
Number Three: Quit smoking & drinking. Smoking? Not an issue. Quit drinking? How about I modify this to Quit drinking before a hangover is inevitable? And, the clock starts now. Not last Saturday night when my friend Babs (Hi, Brook, I'll explain later!) forced me to drink copious amounts of 14% French red wine and eat dill pickles at midnight.
Number Four: Get Organized. I am totally cheating on this one. All 16 crates of my worldly possessions -- minus what's packed in the suitcases & the 3 crates that are in storage in Texas - but who's counting anyway? -- are all neatly boxed up, labeled & inventoried. Since I'm fairly organized anyway, maybe I should expand this one to include color coded & matching storage boxes for seasonal items and Man's Krap. I probably also need to attack the Texas crates with some HausFrau enthusiasm and get my own little list going with Craig.
Number Five: Find a Higher Paying Job. You mean like actually find a job in the first place? With a paycheck attached? Finding a job might not be the problem. Actually taking it . . . ? But if I did that, then who would flit around the Haus in heels & pearls, sporting a feather duster & attack my dust bunnies? And, praytell, who would serve perfectly prepared pot roast & all the appropriate side dishes at 6 o'clock on the dot every night? And,more importantly, who would keep up with my blogging & Facebooking?!
There you have it, my friends. With the help of the Internet, I quickly pounded out 5 resolutions with very little effort. And, what's more, keeping up with them should be no problem.
I just need Spanx & ketchup, my new favortie resale shop, single serving bottles of wine, colored Rubbermaid storage containers and Internet access (for finding a job).
We should have a party at my Haus and celebrate my resolutions.
I'll provide the wine. You bring the pickles.
1 savvy comments:
Believe it or not Christmas is in red and green storage boxes:)
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