Lauren: In a news article I was reading the other day, it spoke of the number of people who make New Year's resolutions. I won't bore you with numbers, but it's pretty much everybody and their uncle, even if their uncle won't admit to it. The pathetic thing is how many people actually keep up with the resolutions past
February (according to the article the magic day is
February 20..people who come up with these statistics kind of freak me out). Again, I'm not a numbers girl so we're again going to go with pretty close to everybody and their
uncle.
I have spent most of my life starting projects, jobs, books, quilts (long story), that I never finish. It's a habit that has not served me well and I have no intentions of passing it along to the next generation. I want my boys to see that mommy finishes what she starts, which may in the end keep mommy from starting so many silly projects. Good news for my family either way. We will have rooms with all four walls painted, gardens with live plants, and maybe even a book worth reading.
My husband and I have decided to keep this blog as for a few reasons. 1) It will keep us accountable. Gotta write or no one will read it. 2.) So we can track our own progress. 3) Maybe someone reading this will be encouraged by two average Americans with the average 2 kids, 2 (average) jobs, and a dog trying to do what we all say we want to do every time the ball drops in Time's Square. We want to get healthy, loose weight, fix up the house, find a better job, etc. To keep it simple John and I have chosen a few things we're going for. I'll list mine tomorrow. (dang it already broke one resolution: not saving things for tomorrows). For now, I'll introduce you to my husband...
John: Umm... OK. Here we go. You'll have to forgive my
tentativeness as we begin this exercise. To be honest, I find it a little unnerving to share a journal with anyone in
inter space who happens to stumble upon it. Don't get me wrong. I am flattered that you find this interesting and are taking the time to read this, but there is a side of me that would tell you to turn off the computer and find something more constructive to do with your time. Read a book, call an old friend, take the dog for a walk or for heaven's sake, start a blog. I have never been an advocate of new year's resolutions. Why start the year with something that is just going to depress you in the end. I know people who have made the same resolutions year after year and year after year they tell themselves that this year is going to be different. That cycle has never been attractive to me. Nevertheless, here I am
committed to a practice that I've always avoided and using a medium that I tend to mistrust. I like my wife will postpone informing our dear readers (are you out there) of my resolutions for 2010.
So enjoy our happy little experiment. If it turns out badly blame my wife. She made me do it.
