I still have to work on the design, for now it’s pretty clean and simple, but my blogging resolution has begun. I have e-mailed all of the participants so far with log-in information. If you would like to participate or if you just want to follow along and need the URL, send me an e-mail or post a comment. Be sure to let me know which one it is though, otherwise I’m adding you as a participant and you’ll have to join in!
Kristine asked me yesterday to define The Resolution Project a little better. Resolutions mean something different to everyone. For me, my resolutions this year are related to self-improvement – that’s my goal. I plan to set mini-goals for myself throughout the year, because as we all know – sometimes it’s really hard to stick to something when it is just too big of a goal – but if you break it off into smaller pieces then it’s easier to manage. But for each participant, their resolutions are unique to them as individuals. So everyone’s posts will be different. It’s more about accountability and support then anything else.
I bought a digital camera last summer. I owe my parents money. I am normally very frugal, and don’t buy things unless they are absolute necessities. I have bought things like a jacket for work, or a new pair of pants. I sometimes spend money on something like a shot for a cat. The vast majority of my funds are spent on exciting things like rent, groceries, the phone bill (which I actually considered giving up a month ago because I don’t use the phone that much – but decided not to because setting it back up is a pain), car insurance, the light bill, the car registration and inspection sticker that I have to do tomorrow, the car payment, and the rest of the dental work that I have to have done this year. Any leftover money I have will go to paying them off as quickly as possible because as I have said for some time, I want that monkey off of my back. I have even let go of the dream of sending Jason to the Catholic school that I think would be MUCH better for him until next fall because I want to pay them off that much sooner. If I sent him now it would mean that I would need their assistance to make the tuition, and I don’t want to have to ask for that.
I friviliously spent some of a commission check and some of my proceeds from some soap & lotion sales this summer on a digital camera (mainly soap & lotion sale money). And … I never told them about it. Matter of fact, just last week (because I had no desire for a lecture) I told them I didn’t have one.
There. Now that we have set that record straight hopefully I don’t have to hear any more about it.
Jason and I had a lot of fun last night. We ate lasagna, watched Shrek, had fireworks, watched other people’s fireworks (from the nearby neighborhood shooting them up in the air) and watched the ball drop in Times Square on TV. As I mentioned last night, we watched more of the “Rockin’ New Year” show (where I saw Barry Manilow in the time machine!) and then it was champagne poppers (those streamer things) and sparklers at midnight here in Houston. We slept in a little late this morning and had a tasty breakfast. Just finished watching Chicken Run and soon I am sure the Playstation will be up and running. Later some Junior Trivial Pursuit is in order I think, and I’m not sure what else we’ll do. The Christmas tree may come down later today so we don’t have to do it later this week – but I’m leaving the rest of the decorations up until Epiphany.
This site is possibly on the verge of going password protected. After a year of no problems, I am suddenly being asked by people to justify things that have been posted here, and I have NO desire to do that. This is a journal. It is thoughts of the moment, and sometimes not even full complete thoughts. I intentionally don’t post some things here (gasp!) because I don’t want the reprecussions to effect other people. Now I don’t want them to effect me. It’s either that or simply censor myself, and I haven’t decided which one it will be. This journal is my cathartic way of getting my thoughts out, letting them flow, working things out mentally. It’s just the way I work through things – that’s why it resembles rambling so often – like now. Hmmm… I don’t know what I’ll do. I have some different options to consider. I dont’ care if people READ this (obviously) and it’s ok if they even TALK to me about it. Discussions are wonderful things, when they are discussions. Having my every move analyzed and critiqued is a different story, and one I am not comfortable with. Maybe that’s just it … if people would talk to me, simply discuss with me how I feel about things – instead of assuming things based on their own presumptions – life would be a lot better.