New Years Resolutions

[wraiths_crono]

1. lose that 20LBS i accidentally gained back
2. then take an additional 5LBS off
3. be kinder to my great grandmother
4. changed.. grrr women. lol
5. stop yelling at T1 support.

[AnaKhouri]

I still have about 30 pounds of baby weight to get rid of. So I plan exercises every single day, even if it's just a little, and to stop using 'breastfeeding' as an excuse to eat like a starving wolf.

I resolved to quit watching judge shows while Khan is napping. I have better things to do than watch mutants go at each other while the judge counts their six-figure salary behind the bench.

Things like finish the roughdraft of my second novel. It's been on hiatus a couple months while I finish a long short story, and now it's time to get back in the game.

Happy 2010 everyone!

[ralerin]

My resolutions? I made some I can actually keep.

1. Continue with the HCG diet and achieve my goal of losing 30 more pounds in as many days before the public reading of part of my senior thesis in May. And by the end of the year, to have lost all 80 pounds of excess overweight. (Was originally 100 but the diet went well and I lost 21 in 24 days)

(Google the diet if you're interested, the rundown is this: injections or a sublingual mix of a hormone called HCG-the same one that doctors use for testing when you're pregnant, combined with 500 calories a day of food from a specific list for 23-43 days; then 3 weeks of eating anything except starch or sugar in any form. Sounds crackpot, and it would be if I and over 12,000 people over the course of 50 years didn't show such spectacular results. Google it, decide if you want to and if you're interested, PM me, I'll answer any questions you have).

2. Graduate college finally.

3. Finish my senior thesis-it's done, as in it's met the minimum requirement, but the novel itself is not finished. Maybe I'll post what I have, but be warned, it's 53 pages.

4. On that same token, finish the short story spinoff on the thesis I've been writing.

5. Hopefully become engaged-boyfriend and I have been dating for nearly 5 years, enough is enough. Maybe I'll propose to him.

6. Attend a Victorian grand ball and the Salem Mass Vampire ball, with full on ballgown regalia. I want to, so very badly, but this ties in with 1 above and 7 below.

7. Earn more money. I have the habit of having champagne dreams on a beer budget.

Happy 2010 everyone!

[CaroPhoenix]

I made 2 resolutions (1 my entire family knows and the other one only those here know):

1. I will eat Taco Bell once a week (on Wednesdays, I'll pick it up on my way home from Child Rum's speech therapy). This is the one my entire family knows.

2. I will no longer feel hurt and cry when my mom & sister make family plans without me.

[Evil Queen]

I thought I posted this somewhere, but for the life of me I can't find it.

My resolutions include:

-Finish painting the house.
-Remodel the kitchen.
-Install a second bathroom.
-Begin college or, if not, at least get started on it.
-Contribute to my brand spanking new ROTH IRA account.
-Save more monies.
-Spend more time with my friends.
-Lose 15 lbs. (what, I need something realistic to fail at)
-Try to be more optimistic; know that I have friends and family that love me (I turned 23 last year and my biological clock started ticking, loudly, but I'm starting the new year with no boyfriend); to remember that even though I am referred to (nicely) as Wonder Woman at work, I don't need to take my work home with me.

I've been a little depressed lately since I turned 23. Not sure why.

[Sunsetsky]

1) Try to lose a bit of weight and get back into shape.
2) Get a car!
3) Find a way to lower my bills so I can get a car (I started early. Going well so far).
4) Get out of the house more often.

[Greenday]

1. Not let any friends emotionally destroy me.

[Boggles]

1. Lose weight and generally get healthier.
2. Stop letting my ex twist me round her little finger.
3. I can;t share this one for fear it won't happen but my partner and i have a major plan which we are working on that will change every aspect of our lives!

[AdminAssistant]

1. Be healthier! This includes cutting way back on soda, caffeine in general, and bad foods. Eating more fruits and veggies, exercising more (I'm going to start using my WiiFit again!)

2. Find more coping mechanisms for stress and seriously consider some counseling for it.

3. Not to let myself get roped into the family drama.

4. Pick a topic for my freakin' dissertation already!!!!

5. Open myself up to something that could be wonderful.....but it's so scary!

[Evil Queen]

4. Pick a topic for my freakin' dissertation already!!!!

Write about me! I'm awesome!

[AdminAssistant]

Write about me! I'm awesome!

"Royalty of the Dark Side: A Post-Modern Interpretation of Cookies"

[Evil Queen]

"Royalty of the Dark Side: A Post-Modern Interpretation of Cookies"

WOW! That is so the name of my biography!

[Jester]

I have several resolutions, some more realistic than others.

1. Get off of my ass and back on my damn bicycle. I need to start riding every day or every other day. Not just because I love it, and not just because I have a kick ass bike. But because I am coming up quickly on 40, and my middle is expanding its horizons, and DAMN IT, I am NOT going to end up looking like a walking pear like my father did in his forties! I used to laugh at the shirts that said "my belly sticks out further than my dicky do," and now that truth is slowly approaching for me! I don't have a specific number of pounds I want to lose per se, but I do want to get into better shape and ride more, which combined with my very active job and my relatively healthy diet, should trim my middle section up to something more reasonable and livable. This one is very realistic.

2. Clean my damn place. It's a sty. This is realistic in that it's doable, but my laziness always interferes.

3. Read more. I know, it sounds high-falutin, but the fact is I used to read a lot more, and I can honestly say that in 2009, I don't think I read one entire book cover to cover. THAT is so sad. Especially since I continue to BUY books, and have well over 400 of them adorning the bookshelves in my library...er, uh, living room. Extremely realistic.

4. Learn Spanish. Rather unrealistic, and one I make every year.

5. Start making my own sushi. I make mean sashimi platters, very artistic, but have never gotten around to learning how to make the rice for sushi. I always make this resolution, and have yet to carry it out. Semi-realistic.

6. Save up enough money to move back to Arizona. Very realistic.
6a. Move back to Arizona. Not as realistic, as I need to not only have the money to do so, I need the Arizona economy to improve drastically so that it would be reasonable for me to find a decent job out there. Right now, that is not the case.

7. Try new beers and new rums wherever I go and whenever possible. Absolutely realistic, and virtually guaranteed.

8. Learn new magic tricks and new techniques. Been sitting on my laurels too long, and have not added a truly new trick or technique to my repertoire in quite some time. Also, need to improve some techniques I have that are not as good as they should be. Specifically, my and need some serious work. Semi-realistic....again, just have to fight the laziness.

9. Detail my truck, replace the passenger side mirror casing that is gone, and fix the hydraulic struts that are supposed to, but no longer do, hold the liftback up. Very realistic. Just have to get around to getting it to the detailer and my mechanic and paying them to do all that.

10. Find my friend Little Red a boyfriend worthy of her. Probably unrealistic, as she's nuts, and fully admits it.

11. Not get caught for killing kill any of my eldest teenage niece's dates/boyfriends/flings/whatever. Semi-realistic.

12. Call my other nieces more. Very realistic. Damn laziness.

13. Take advantage of the great things Key West has to offer and/or do that I have not done in my ten years here. One way or another, my time here is ending at some point in the near future, and I have not yet completed my "checklist" of things I need to do while here. Including, but not limited to, parasailing, the Dry Tortugas, dining at some of the great restaurants I have missed, the Mel Fisher Treasure Museum, and more sailing. And maybe even visiting some of the Caribbean islands I have never been to, since they are much closer to me now than they would be in Arizona.

14. Learning to be more concise.

My resolution is to not make any resolutions.

And with those eight words, it seems you have failed your only resolution.

[Spiffy McMoron]

1. Pay down more of my credit card debts and student loans.
2. Become more organized personally. Some days I wonder if I can even find my own bedroom.
3. I also resolve to quit drinking, except when it benefits my mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, and social health.
4. I resolve to find a teaching job in or around Edmonton, so that I can move back to be closer to friends and loved ones (especially one loved one in particular).

[Jester]

I also resolve to quit drinking, except when it benefits my mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, and social health.

Sounds like my t-shirt: "I only drink beer on days ending in Y."

Which is not as esoteric as my other t-shirt:

"I used to think drinking was bad for me.
So I quit thinking."

That one raises a few eyebrows, I tell ya.