New Year

Last night Princess O asked me if I had any New Year’s resolutions.  And I don’t really.  I am not good at them anyway.  So, I told her no.

But then I read my friend’s blog here and kind of changed my mind.  I realized I need to be kinder to myself too.  I need to remember that not everything is my fault or my responsibility.  At least not mine alone.  And I need to myself some slack.  I am not ever going to be perfect.  And that is not going to change so I need to lighten up.

Here we go again

Another New Year’s Day has come and gone.  I kind of miss the days when just staying up until midnight was a big deal.  I was reminded of that this year because Princess O and the C-Man were with me.  We played Yatzhee and card games, watched Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve (with Ryan Seacrest) and, yes, stayed up until midnight.

Now it is time to make some New Year’s resolutions.  There may not be any point to this, since it is 2012 and as the C-Man has pointed out the Apocalypse is scheduled for later this year.  But just in case the Mayan’s are wrong here goes:

1. Stop procrastinating.  (And yet here I am making my resolutions a week late).
2. Stop beating myself up.  It doesn’t accomplish anything.  I need to concentrate on looking forward.
3. Eat less junk food.  (Did I mention I just bought a full size bag of Blazing Buffalo Ranch Doritos?)
4. Knit a gauge swatch every single time.  (You fellow knitters know what I’m talking about.)
5. Blog more.  This has not been a good year for blogging.  I will try to do better.