Sunday, January 01, 2006

Happy New Year

I don't make new year's resolutions; they just make me feel inadequate. I can give something up for Lent--forty days is doable--but wholesale changes in behavior have never, for me, been tied to the calendar. So no resolutions here.

But here's what I want:

  • less time in doctor's offices for all of us, but especially Mark

  • more time with family and friends

  • progress on writing projects

  • a beach vacation

  • one week when we can look around and say, "there's no work to do on the house" (really I want more than a week, but I'm trying to be realistic)

  • more exercise



  • What was good about 2005? Not a whole lot in the world, I'm afraid. But here are a few things I enjoyed:
  • summer abroad

  • Mariah's friends

  • our friends

  • reconnecting with family

  • knitting

  • cooking and baking

  • my $5 espresso machine from the church yard sale

  • caring less about the things that give me stress. (I know this sounds like fatalism, or obscurantism, but right now it's working, so I'm saying it.)


  • I've got fresh bread out of the oven and I'm cooking some lentils because Nigella says they're good luck on New Year's. Right now, life is good.

    2 comments:

    kate said...

    We had some lentils, too-- but I bet they go much better with fresh-baked bread! Here's hoping your new year is filled with all of the things on your list...

    Libby said...

    Thanks, both of you! It looks like we'll get #1 on the list, anyway, and that's the main thing.