New Year...Old You? Never!!

     So, here we are. The new year has started and we have all made unbelievable resolutions...and we are all miserable. Christmas is hard. The number of people who spend Christmas and New Years in a state of depression is astronomical. Too too many. We are going to snap out of it Today and be great, vibrant, well adjusted members of society...or at least fake it and make people jealous. Ready? GO!

 1. This month we will spend 20.00 on a Christmas present for 2012. Find something unique and interesting at an antique shop and buy it for the mother, mother-in-law, bus driver...somebody.

2. We will take the credit card in our wallet with the smallest balance ( I am hoping that would be between 50.00 and 100.00 dollars, if not call me) and we are cutting it up and paying it off. You can do this by simply NOT going to the steakhouse once this month and by skipping 3 meals as a family at the fast food joint. Do Not Re-Apply for credit card.

3. We are Not going to join a gym. We will go to the dollar store and  purchase one pedometer. We will wear it on Friday. Saturday and Sunday. If we do not walk 2500 steps each day, call me. Okay, also on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we will carry a notebook in which we will write down everything (no cheating) we eat. We are NOT counting calories, we are simply getting honest about what food goes in our mouths and how much we are moving each day.

4. We will sit at the dining room table 2 nights a week as a family.

5. We will take the animals before the end of the month and get them rabies shots. (something like $7.00 at local animal shelter)

 6. We will replace the batteries in the smoke alarms and get a carbon monoxide detector. ($25.00 at Lowe's )


   When I was a teenager, I had a studio apartment and lived alone. I had these pictures of supermodels on the bathroom door. I looked at  their make-up, their clothes, their hair. I idolized those girls. I wanted to be THAT pretty. I wanted to be able to walk in a restaurant and get free food and have fabulous friends and just be all around glamorous.  It was easy to let their shiny faces get me depressed and keep me in sweats and tee shirts. It still is. What I have learned is that if I get up with a good attitude, brush my hair, and put on some half decent clothes, people do stop and respond. It is about attitude. Maybe we will never be supermodel thin or gorgeous...but a few good sales, a few good haircuts, and a love of self with a selfless heart can make us supermodel cool this year. Take care of you because we always say..." Well, when the kids move out I want to..." Take care of yourself now. All my love.