New Year’s Revolution
That’s right! I said revolution, not resolution …and that’s what I meant. This is the year for revolting against the making of any resolution that probably won’t be kept. Come to think of it, I didn’t make any resolutions last year around this time. End of the year…..no guilt.
Okay…..so this time around I’m promising myself that I MIGHT, …YES…I said MIGHT.. do the following things:
1) Not eat at any McDonald’s restaraunt in this town until “happy meal” means healthy meal and someone else besides McDonald’s is getting “happy” everytime those “meals” are sold. The kids get fat, parents get out of cooking for their kids and “Ronald” laughs all the way to the bank.
2) Finish a painting job I started on the house several years ago. This has been on my “must-do” list so long that the ink’s starting to fade. I’m absolutely, positively going to give that project serious consideration, maybe.
3) Trim the dead branches on at least one of these elm trees out in the front yard, little by little until the only thing left to look at is the stump, at ground level. Just think of all the firewood I’ll have for next winter. And the hardest part of all this IF I do it, will be serving eviction notices to the squirrels and birds that reside in that tree. I continue to lose big branches every year so….maybe I’ll just wait another year or so. Let mother nature work on the tree a little more.
4) Choose my “adjectives” a little more carefully when someone or something pisses me off. Nooooooooo……that’ll never happen. Ever heard that phrase “talk like a sailor”? Well, I used to be a sailor but I’ll guarantee you that I was using “colorful” language long before and continue to use the same kind of language long after my association with Uncle Sam’s Navy came to an end. But not ALL the time.
5) Continue to write, say exactly what I feel like saying and try to make it at least a little entertaining for you, the reader. You know I started writing way, way back when I was in the fifth grade. Wow! That was a few presidents ago, my friend.
6) And FINALLY, secretly hypnotize my “better half” so she’ll a)automatically cook rice everytime she goes into the kitchen to prepare a meal, b) not bring home roasted chicken from the store and serve it for dinner and c) insist on washing and vacuuming her own car instead of asking me to do it. ( I could be pushing my luck on THIS one.)
So, what are YOU resolving to do differently this year…. for a few days anyway?