Lesson #15,081-Happy New Year, Yadda, Yadda, Yadda

So it's a new year!  2013!!  What are you so happy about?  Is it that you are glad that 2012 is over and you feel like turning over a new leaf?  This year we are gonna lose weight and smile more and travel more and whatever your resolution is.  But what are we so happy about?  I mean, why do we go out and have a party and celebrate?  Your car just depreciated a few thousand dollars.  You're getting another year older this year.  Your taxes are coming due.  So what are we so happy about?  Maybe it's because we are optimistic that this year is gonna be better than the last.  I sure hope so.  I hope that all of your dreams come true this year.  Whatever goal that you set for yourself or your family, I hope that you achieve it!  I wish for all of my readers health and happiness for the coming year. 

What can we do to stick to our resolutions this year?  What can we do to keep going to the gym in February when it is cold outside?  What can we do to make sure that we don't overextend ourselves financially this year?  What can we do differently from last year to make sure that we spend more time with our families and commit to our spouses and children to spend quality time together?  What can we do to make sure that we do for others this year?  Do we have a friend call us and make us go to the gym even when we don't want to?  Maybe.  Do we cut up our credit cards and only use them in emergencies?  Maybe.  Do we dare tell our children to remind us of our resolution to do more with them?  Maybe.  They will probably remind us of this when we just want to take a nap so maybe we just set a day every week to make sure that everyone is free on, say, Thursday night to sit down and have a meal together uninterrupted.  No cell phones.  No laptops.  No TV.  Nothing during dinnertime just once per week!!  Do we go ahead and call a charity and say put me down to help at least one day per month all year long?  We all get caught up in the daily grind.  We all get caught up in whatever is going on in our lives.  But this is a new year!!  So let's all rededicate ourselves to our families, our friends, our church, our organization, our health and finances or whatever you want to change this year!!  We can do this!!!!

Happy New Year, Everyone!!

Lesson #15,080-Resolutions. Yeah, Right!!

So.  Has everyone made their New Year's Resolutions?
Here are the Top Ten for 2013:  (According to about.com)
1.   Spend More Time With Family & Friends
2.   Make Time For Fitness
3.   Lose Weight
4.   Quit Smoking
5.   Enjoy Life More
6.   Quit Drinking
7.   Get Out of Debt
8.   Learn Something New
9.   Help Others
10. Get Organized

All honorable resolutions, don't ya think?  No wonder we party like wild animals on New Year's Eve!!  We want to break every rule the day before New Year's Day!!  We get a babysitter for the kids so we don't have to spend the night with the family. (Breaking #1)  We sit on the couch and watch the ball drop in Times Square so we don't have to stand or walk around anywhere. Then we shovel in the food at the party that we are attending.  Every meatball, every shrimp and every mini cupcake had better hide because they are MINE!! (Breaking #2 & #3)  We smoke the last 15 cigarettes that we have left in our last pack before midnight beginning at 10:45! (#4) Can't leave even one cigarette in the pack or else we will have to smoke them tomorrow!!!  Well #5 is really easy to keep unless you drink or smoke so much that it makes you too sick to enjoy life!!  Quitting drinking (#6) is easy on New Year's Day because you usually drink so much the night before that you actually swear off of alcohol for at least a week!!  Maybe a month if you really overdo it!  #7 won't be easy to keep because we just spent way too much on Christmas and we will probably spend the better part of 6 months paying the credit cards off.  How about not spending $3,000 on Christmas next year and you won't put yourself in that kind of debt again?  Believe me, showing someone that you love them doesn't take diamonds and labels every year!!  Learning something new (#8) is easy to do because you learn something new everyday especially if you read my blog!! (Shameless, I know!!)  Now #9 is one that we all should take seriously.  There are homeless people even in our small town and we have a community shelter that not only needs money but also needs volunteers to help serve meals or lend a hand to the shelter.  We can donate blood to the Red Cross if we are healthy.  We can definitely do something to help others, even if we don't have any extra money to give.  #10 Bahahahahaha!! That is sooooo easy for anyone who doesn't have ADD.  I know that I need to organize my cabinets and closets but I just can't!! My ADD won't let me finish anything!!  I really need for someone to come over and pull everything out of my cabinets and leave.  Then I guess I would have to do it!!  Anyone??  Anyone??  Bueller??

On a serious note, please don't drink and drive tonight.  If you are planning on even drinking one drink, have a designated driver or call a taxi service.  If you drink tonight and hadn't planned on it, you can call this number and they will take you home and even tow your car free of charge. 1-800-222-4357. Now you have no excuse to drink and drive!!!  I need you all to come back tomorrow and keep reading my blog so maybe someday I can get paid for this!!!  That is reason enough not to die!!  You don't want to miss my blog!!