1. Bar hopping with my buddies ’til the room spins because with age comes wisdom.
2. Taking down Christmas decorations because surviving these 365 days earned me the night off.
3. Peeling, chopping, dicing, mincing, sautéing, simmering, measuring, or mixing because there’s enough leftovers to feed an army around this joint.
4. Running a marathon because I’m not trying to foil a terrorist plot before midnight.
5. Cleaning out my pit of a closet despite the fact that I’m scaling piles of stuff to get to my shoes because tomorrow is another day.
6. Eating turducken, Rocky Mountain oysters, or pigs feet. No judgement, you do you, but absolutely not because eww.
7. Learning to crochet doilies because I’m not eighty.
8. Giving the cat a bath because I’m not going down that road again.
9. Swearing off swearing because sometimes $%&@! is all I’ve got.
10. Swearing off chocolate, cashews, butter, coffee, caffeine, salt, cheese, sugar, creamer, guacamole, or foods that start with the letter S because come on, man, a girl’s gotta live.
Good list! I used to swear off stuff, and I’d swear by specific, measured goals. Now its more like: less sugar and more exercise, less screen time and more reading of books, because being vague gives me room. Rooms that don’t spin are much better.
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Indeed. I do not miss the spinning rooms, not at all, and wiggle room is important to the not beating myself up part. Happy new year!
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Happy New Year, Laura!
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I share this list with you.
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I plan to be very stylish in my PJs and fuzzy socks while eating my nachos and watching tv. Cool kids, eat your heart out. 😆
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Nachos! I don’t know what we’re having. Something Non-Cooking as you listed. Maybe oysters, maybe dippy fings. I dunno. No cooking. Absolutely pj’s and fuzzy socks!
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Oh yes, there was pizza and chips and dip and all of the snacky things. I suspect tomorrow will be more of the same. 😉
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I haven’t decided if I want to cook today 😀
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This is a great list, Laura. I can join you in a few of those.
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The more the merrier!
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I have been on an S less diet ever since I gagged on orange squash. Life is still worth living without S food. On the others you plan to swear off? Not so much.
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Agreed. I’ve had to do without more than a few of those at one time or another and it’s never been pretty. But squash? That’s one I can do without.
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😊
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Here’s the link to the promised reblog. 😀 http://sparksfromacombustiblemind.com/2019/12/30/a-brief-list-and-a-re-blog-mention/
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Well this deserves a reblog, cleverly dressed up with some of my own words. Because lists and New Years are like peanut butter and jelly (unless one is allergic to nuts…) then maybe bread and butter. Or something. Thanks for the morning chortle Laura!!
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Thanks for chortling along, Melanie. New Year’s does tend to lend itself to list-y humor. 😉
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Sounds like my kind of a list. Have a great day.
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Smart choices, reasonable expectations, and the gift of relaxation. Yep!
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I think yours are the kind of resolutions we should make. Much more practical that vowing to meet an ideal.
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There will definitely be less browbeating come January 31st, that’s for sure.
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I won’t be doing much of anything New Year’s Eve. Since I have to get up for a half-day of work, I’ll be too exhausted to stay up much past 10 pm. We have no decorations to take down (thank heavens), no one but ourselves to cook for (so we won’t be doing that, either), and cleaning can wait since we won’t be expecting any visitors. Hope you have a nice, relaxing evening, Laura, and best wishes for a Happy New Year.
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Thank you! I hope you have a wonderful new year, too.
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All wise and sane choices, Laura.
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Why, thank you, Maggie. I’m sure you’re making some wise and sane choices yourself. 😉
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I think so!
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These are great. Though I’m a little disappointed you won’t be bar hoping as your still only 22.
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What could I possibly be thinking, saving all these brain cells for a rainy day… 😆
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I love these, and why not? Relax and enjoy.
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That is the Plan with a capital P. 🙂
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Good points, all of them. Take it easy. Once you swear off anything, our brains tell us that it’s the only thing we gotta have!!! 😋
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Such a psychological game, right?
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Yup! I think when total avoidance is difficult, tiny bite or tastes can do the trick.
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