1. Quit Smoking
2. Go to the gym
3. Lose weight
4. Spend more time with family
5. Get out of debt
6. Enjoy life more
7. Quit drinking
8. Learn something new
9. Get organized
10. Help others, more
Let's be honest. I could benefit from attempting to do some of those things. Who wouldn't love to not feel their back fat jiggle when they walk down steps? But we all know I've never been a follower. So here is my list.
1. Get that cobweb that's been in our bedroom for the better part of two years. We've grown attached to it. It's like a work of art, so intricate and fragile. But,, whatever spider made it, no longer uses it...and we aren't the Munsters.
2. Put laundry away sooner. Our whole house is really in order most of the time. Our bedroom though, is like the place where laundry goes to die. Clean laundry that is. I once heard someone call their clothes their 'floordrobe'. It's a fitting definition.
3. Finish that baby blanket that I started making for my friend's son. Seriously, he's six months old now. It's been halfway done since before he was born. At this point, my best hope is that they have another baby so I wont look like an idiot when I give it to them.
4. Color my hair more regularly. My husband lovingly reminded me last night that I look older with the gray. The whole purpose of coloring it to cover the gray is to create an illusion, right? Probably going six months in between dye jobs destroys that illusion. So this year, I'm gonna wash that gray right out of my hair.....more often.
5. Buy some couch blankets that actually cover me from neck to toe. Seriously! Who makes these things?? I'm reminded of it every time I lay down on my couch. Is it too much to ask for a blanket that covers more than my chest and lap??
6. Wear my glasses like I am supposed to. Although part of me still feels like telling the optometrist that he was terribly wrong in saying I needed them, I can't deny the fact that I can see road signs when I have them on. I'm also pretty sure that I've developed an awesome set of squinting wrinkles.
7. Buy some new bras and put lace on them. If you have large breasts, you feel me on this one. I can't just buy a bra in a store..I have to order them. Not only are larger bra sizes more expensive, they are also generic. So this year, I think I will buy one and deck it out so that I look like a home made Victoria's Secret model.
8. Shave my legs before they get to the itchy stage. Am I the only one with this problem??? I envy the women who talk about letting their leg hair grow out for the winter. Three days in and I'm ready to take an aluminum scrub brush to my legs. Not to mention, I swim for exercise. I'm sure on some level it creates resistance...This is where I pretend I am doing Olympic swimming instead of water aerobics to 80's music.
9. Throw away socks with holes. I'd say I would throw away socks with no matches, but I layer socks..so I can't be bothered to match them half the time. But holes, no one has time for that. There's nothing worse than putting a sock on only to discover that your pinky toe is hanging out. I'm sure there are worse things..but I challenge you to walk around in a sock with a hole all day..it feels wrong.
10. Put up signs to remind my family to close the cabinet doors after they open them. WHY Is this so hard?? Just shut it! Also, put a sign up by the toilet paper to remind them that if I sit down and there is none on the roll...that I reserve the right to take it out of the bathroom altogether, so they will have to call me on their phones while they sit there and beg me to bring some to them. Turn about is fair play...right?
I hope you all have a great new year. Don't sweat the small stuff. Make your life better by taking baby steps. Who knows, when I'm taking down the cobweb..I may feel inspired to go through the house and dust all of the ceilings. Unlikely, but you never know.
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