Resolutions

New Year’s Resolutions are what you make of them. Some people take them very seriously (that’s their to-do list for the rest of the year), and others do them just for fun (let’s see what are all the things I won’t do this year either). For me, they are an excuse to get together with friends and kick-off the year on a good note.

For the past 3 years I have hosted a “New Year’s Resolutions Party” at my house with all of my girlfriends. The very first year I went out and bought a fishbowl and filled it with colorful pieces of paper with typical resolution ideas. At the party, all the guests (only women are invited) are provided with a notepad and a pen (Heaven knows I have accumulated enough Sheraton notepads from training sessions over the years), and then the process begins. What we do is pass the bowl around, and each person reads an idea out loud. If the idea sounds appealing, the guests can write it down on their notepads and the bowl keeps moving on. What’s great about it is that these ideas spark all sorts of conversations, and you know the party is going GREAT when we even forget who has the bowl because there is so much chatter going on.

The first two years we would sit on the floor on blankets and cushions, but now that I have a marvelous sectional couch, and a futon I haven’t gotten rid of yet, we were able to sit in a square-shape and have all the food in the middle. It was really great to see friends who had never come to the party before having a great time and connecting with the other girls. I can’t get enough of the sound of my friends having a good time with some of my friends whom they never met before.

In case you were wondering, here are the ideas that made it into my list:

• Spend less money on eating out
• Read more books for fun
• Go to Church with my next door neighbor (I’m getting a Church buddy!)
• Go to Zumba class at the gym (recommended by my sister-in-law)
• Continue going to the gym 3 times a week
• Get my teaching license
• Go to a psychic (this one might need revision)
• Stick to my healthy diet
• Help more people with finances (on a more professional basis)
• Get a curly perm (YEAH!!! Will get one done with my sister-in-law in March!!!)
• Watch less TV
• Spend more time with my sister, Tina Fey
• Call my mother once a week
• Go in business with my sister-in-law (she’s a great crafter, I’m going to help her sell it online)
• Learn from my friend how to spend as little money as possible in clothes and groceries

I wish I could think of clever names for my sisters-in-law. One is a very artsy elementary school teacher (that’s the one that I’m getting the perm done with), and the other (younger) is tall and gorgeous and a total free spirit. I think I’ll name the latter Dharma, from Dharma & Greg. But I’m having trouble with the former… I’ll think of something.

Good luck with your resolutions! I know I’ll need some with mine 🙂

ina

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