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  • First Rule of the Irresolute Club: Make A List of Resolutions You Can Actually Keep

    Bench Full of Holly

    Taken on our New Year's Eve weekend getaway to Cape May, NJ and I still can't help but imagine why someone tied a bouquet of holly to this bench.

    I'm not a big fan of resolutions.  I mean, it's just another reminder of stuff  I never got around to doing, or failed to do right the first time around, DAMMIT. 

    On the other hand, January is sort of like a do-over.

    So, I made a mental list of the stuff I would like to "do better," because the second rule of the irresolute club: leave no paper trail.

    This year, I really, really want to try hard and cut sugar out of my diet…entirely.

    I've done well, so far (yes, I know it's January 3rd, your point being?) until this morning when I  absent-minded-ly poured sugar into my coffee (or, caw-fee if you're from Jersey.)

    But, rather than start the year out being wasteful (as well) I drank it, anyway.

    So, it doesn't really count.  Right? RIGHT?!?  Riiiiiiight.

    Okay, fine, here's a list of MY resolutions for 2012 which I can actually, you know, keep:

    1. Gain at least 5 pounds.
    2. Be more indecisive.
    3. Do less laundry.
    4. Use more deodorant.
    5. Drink more wine.
    6. NOT win the lottery (DAMMIT!)
    7. Declare procrastination an art form.
    8. Inhale.
    9. Exhale.
    10. Repeat.

     I mean, why set myself up for disappointment?  Right?  RIGHT?!?

    [sound of crickets chirping]

    Riiiiiiight.  Happy New Year, everyone!  Want to join the Irresolute Club?  What's on your list?  Is it 2013, yet?

    © 2003 – 2012 This Full House

  • Writing Challenge #4: The Resolution – I #fail(ed) My Way

    Write of passage

    This is part of a writing challenge at {W}rite-Of-Passage, a community of bloggers who are looking to get back to the writing part of blogging and brainchild of my friend, Mrs. Flinger.  Today’s challenge was to write about resolutions. Do you believe in them? Have you ever done them? Beliefs? Success? Goals?

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    Yes, I've made resolutions and, seeing as I'm old (okay, older than most mom-type bloggers, I know, DAMMIT!) there are quite a few that I have made/failed to achieve, consistently, like:

    • 1.  Lose weight – #fail
    • B.  Get out of debt – #fail(ed)
    • 3.  Get organized – #epicfail

    You see where I'm going with this, right? 

    [bows head in shame]

    So, in lieu of a new bill, banning ALL resolution-making in the future (seriously, it could happen) I've come up with a theme song, inspired by Frank Sinatra, instead:

    I Blogged It My Way

    And now, it's a brand new year

    And so I face, another 12 months of perpetual pms and a really bad complexion

    [takes deep breath]

    My friends, I'll say it clear

    Being a mom-type blogger sucks, of this I'm certain

    Laundry baskets are full, the dishwasher is STILL broken

    And yes, I've blogged it ALL

    I blogged it my way

    Regrets, I've had a few

    But then again, I probably blogged that, too

    You're welcome

    What, so would you, when raising 4 exemptions

    Stuff just doesn't happen, it hits the fan, watch where you step

    This IS my mantra

    And more, much more than this

    I blogged it my way

    [clears throat]

    Yes, there were times

    I'm sure you knew

    When I blogged more than I could chew

    (???)

    But through it all, when there was doubt

    I sucked it up and blogged it out

    I Facebooked it all and STILL stood tall AND blogged it my way

    [sound of crickets chirping]

    I've loved, I've laughed and cried

    Twittered it too, no matter how confusing

    And now, as tears subside

    I find it all so amusing

    To think I made this, too

    And may I say, not in a shy way

    "Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I'm still a dork, aaaaanyway"

    [last verse, you're welcome!]

    For what is a mom, what has she got?

    If not for my blog, I'd lose my train of thought

    To say the things I truly feel, keyword Gods be #damn(ed)

    The record shows, even though my traffic numbers blow

    I blogged it my way!

    [instrumental]

    Yes, maybe we should ALL just blog it….aaaaanyway!

    Other folks participating, today:

    Write on!

    [Click here to view past Writing Challenges]

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