Happy New Year!

Song Lyric of the Day:

If I ever leave this world alive / I’ll thank ya for the things you did in my life / If I ever leave this world alive / I’ll come back down and sit beside your feet tonight / Where ever I am you’ll always be / More than just a memory / If I ever leave this world alive

Flogging Molly / “If I Ever Leave This World Alive”

11:27PM.
Happy New Year!

Hard to believe it’s now 2008. God, I’m old. After a great last night of 2007 with Caren, her boyfriend, and Rich, I had a great first day of 2008. I saw P.S. I Love You with my sisters (and cried through the whole thing – go see it!), told Rich how much I love him (on account of feeling incredibly sentimental today; see: P.S. I Love You), got a hug from my mommy, and was productive around the house. Oh, and I once again hit Steve & Barry’s – they still have the everything-in-the-store-is-$8.98 sale going on. Today $58 bought me a pair of jeans, a pair of khakis, a pair of track pants (for house lounging), a long-sleeve Henley shirt (also for house lounging), a beautiful crocheted scarf, and a black quilted light jacket. Not too shabby.

Anyhoo, in the spirit of making new year resolutions that will hopefully not be broken too soon (if at all), here goes. This year, I will do my best to:

• Get back in shape
• Swear a lot less, if at all (this is a perennial on account of my potty mouth being an inherited trait)
• Write at least a paragraph of my book every day (that way I can feel that much more accomplished when I churn out a page or more), which will help me to
• Finish another chapter of my book so Rich can pony up that Pottery Barn desk he promised me
• Spend more time with my family
• Be more tolerant, patient, and forgiving (also a perennial)
• Create and stick to a budget
• Journal every day
• Cut way down on fast food, including not value/up/biggie sizing it
• Get a lot more organized when it comes to house paperwork (so many things to file…)
• Take at least one photo a day
• Save up and buy that digital SLR I dream of, which will help me to
• Take a photography course
• Set up an Etsy shop for my photos
• Read a lot more books
• Whittle down the towers of magazine piles I have all over the house
• Finish home improvement projects we’ve had in limbo forever
• Clean Mo (my Xterra) so he once again gleams like the top of the Chrysler Building
• Work up the nerve and make the time to be a Big Sister
• Try at least one new recipe a month
• Attend at least one film festival (I’m eyeing Tribeca or Toronto)
• Buy a mountain bike so I can enjoy rides with the hubby
• Punch up my wardrobe (now approximately 25% from Steve & Barry’s)
• Wear skirts and dresses outside of special/formal occasions
• Be a better person all around
• Bonus resolution: finish the year-end blog posts I started and abandoned the last few days on account of enjoying my vacation so much

Best of luck with your own resolutions, and here’s to a great 2008!