With the ringing in of the New Year, we put to rest the prior Calendar. A fresh 12 pages tacked to the wall. Ah yes, The annual day of lying to ourselves & the ones we love. The ritual of making resolutions, with good intentions of course, but with no real promise of fulfillment.

With friends & family reciting resolutions, or as I like to call them pipe-dreams. (Which leads me into a whole new topic... what the heck IS a pipe-dream. I know what laying pipe is. I know what a wet dream is. Am I heading in the right direction here?) Anyhoodle, I had to dig real deep into the resolution graveyard to come up with a lie, errr, resolution, that I actually held true to. Damn. I got nothin'!

Thinking back on my resolution of 1998...I had just purchased my first home. I proudly declared I would make double payments every month. There was NO WAY I was going to pay that amortization rate. Hell no. January 2008, I paid exactly $100 extra in my payment. Ok, well, not exactly double, but...We did just come off of Christmas.

So in February, surely it would be different. A double payment would be no problem. In February, I paid exactly $20 extra in my payment... Well, ya know... February is a short month. It's not like I had a full 30 days. Ok, so you see where this is going. To this day, I have never made a double house payment. I think I gave up somewhere around June. Ya know, with Father's Day & all...

The next major failed resolution would be in 2002. I was on this clean-kick. Yeah, what a freak, right? (I knew I had a serious issue when running out of bleach threw me into anxiety attacks.) My resolution was to never leave dirty dishes in the sink. Like EVER.

The problem with this resolution was that it was MY resolution and not the family's resolution. Quite frankly, not even the smallest of the children gave a rats-ass about mom's sanity during this clean-kick of mine. It might have even been comic relief for them. I suspect they might have been slipping clean spoons into the sink from time to time just to see my reaction. WHO LEFT THIS SPOON IN THE SINK??!!

The real kicker, I would actually bleach & Brillo the kitchen sink every night before bed. (My God, I'm a freak!) Somewhere mid-spring, I fell asleep on the sofa before doing the dishes. Woke up at midnight & said 'ahh screw it'. I'm pretty sure I've never purchased a Brillo pad since then.

So...with those feeble attempts at keeping a promise to myself & failing immensely...I figured this year should be the doozy of all resolutions. The one resolution that even I, in all of my weakness & self deception, cannot betray.

I resolve to maintain my current level of internet activity including, but not limited too, blogging, face booking, e-mailing, surfing and last, but certainly not least, shopping. I mean, after all, It's not like it's leap year or anything. Cheers!