Here was what I wanted to accomplish in 2009, let’s see how I did.
In the blessed year of our Lord 2009 I wanted to….
1. Paint my daughter’s #*%! furniture! Har har ha ha heeeeee! Oh, I’m so funny, like I’m ever going to get this done.
Done, Yeah!!! The proof is here.
2. Lose 5 pounds. I would say 10 or 15, but if I set the goal low then I might actually attain it.
Puh-lease. Instead I think I gained ten or twenty…who’s counting?
3. Rip up the carpet in the upstairs hall, sand, refinish the wood floors.
Okay, so we got Ellen’s room done, sort of, there is still the trim to finish and a couple of touch ups here and there. The hall is still not finished…just shoot me please, I can’t finish a project, it’s impossible.
4. Pay off two debts.
We paid off one..and we’re pretty close to the second.
5. Increase the size of the garden.
Yep, yep, yep. Too lazy to hunt down a photo, but really the outcome of the larger garden was pretty pitiful this year.
6. Try to hatch some of our chicken’s eggs.
Well, we had a few hens get broody, but none of them every hatched an egg, although one came very close to hatching a mouse.
7. Add two turkeys and a dozen or more chickens to our flock.
That’s a big ten four there good buddy. Although, Preacher killed one of the turkeys and the other turkey took her life by jumping into the water tank and drowning one week before thanksgiving. So, yes we did add to our flock and we raised meat birds.
8. Raise 3-4 pigs and breed one of them. PORK FOR EVERYONE!
Yes! We raised 4, but we chose not to breed any of them because we didn’t have the time or facility for that many little piggies.
9. Rebuild the back stoop. During the Christmas break we’ve had two grown men fall flat on their cabooses while stepping off our porch. It’s a death trap.
Uh, nope. Still a death trap waiting for its next victim.
10. Pray more, read more, exercise more, love more, laugh more.
Well, I’d say it depends on the day.
11. Get my broken tooth fixed. I think walking around with a broken molar for two years is long enough. Right?
Nope, didn’t get it done. I made the appointment and then the dentists’ office had to cancel because one of their employees was gone that day.
12. Go get my eyes checked and for the love of sight….get some glasses! Bifocals are in my future.
Yes!! Got it done! Granny glasses!
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Happy New Year! I’m not doing Damn Ramsey but I have been paying a little extra each month towards the 2 car loans and the mortgage. I can’t stand the debt any more.
‘Fraid we’re gonna need some proof of them granny glasses ma’am. ; )
wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year! and I hope you can enjoy the “Blue Moon” this evening. We have clear skies and the moon is spectacular today.
So, are you making any resolutions this year? I became such a failure at keeping them, I quit making them.
Good job! That’s quite a lot you’ve done. Happy New Year!
Nice job on your list! Are you making a new one for 2010? I enjoy your blog and love all the pictures!
Happy New Year.
Haha! You crack me up, April!! I’m telling you, though, the tooth thing would drive me nuts. I have nightmares (yes, really) of my teeth falling out of my head. It’s awful.
Pretty darn good I’d say.
Get that tooth fixed before your suffer more pain than any birthin’ ever gave you. I know of what I speak.
You are way better than me on the glasses part too. It’s been ten plus years since I’ve had my eyes checked and I can’t see a blamed thing. I’m like Mr. Magoo. I’m pathetic. And angry. I’ve always had great eyesight! Instead I have multiple pairs of Walmart specs laying all over the house. Maybe I’ll make a visit to the eye doc my resolution.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Good luck with your resolutions this year, maybe you can just use some that you didn’t fulfill last year.
Great list! Glad you were able to check a few of the items off….=)
Happy New Year!
Very funny list !! I’m going to try to make one, me too !!
3 points should be enough for me … Beginning slooooowwly, not to be to exigent …
I loved your post, April, all your post. I come on your web site almost each day and each new post is a big piece of sun in my day.
I love your funny post and I understand when you’re down, too. We can’t be always at the top. It’s not human.
So I WISH YOU A WONDERFUL HAPPY NEW YEAR, and tell us before … your future list for 2010 !!
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Happy New Year. I never make resolutions. That way I don’t feel bad! And I’m a great starter, but terrible finisher. I think it’s a woman thing! Too many projects!
I think you still come in FAR above average, WOW! Happy New Year Phillips Family!!!
Thank you for making my day far brighter with your fun post, here-here to 2010! <3
At least you set goals. I don’t even do that so I’m not disappointed when I don’t reach them.
Way to go! I am inspired …. laughing hysterically but inspired none-the-less.
Fix the tooth!!! I’m telling you, fix the tooth!!! Don’t crowd your 2010 list with a bunch of other silly stuff like weight loss and Ten Little Piggies. Fix the tooth!!!
In the meantime, I posted a short list. I think it will cure what ails me. Maybe you, too.
Congrats on the goals you met! It sounds like you did more on your list than many people probably did. I agree with Paul though – get that tooth fixed – it can’t possibly be helping keep you in the highest of spirits!
Happy New Year!
You had a lot of good resolutions—and you got a lot of them done!
Woo hoo, you did much better than me. I lost my list the second week of January.
Mom’s always put everything after their kids!!!! Get your tooth fixed, now. I mean now, pick up the phone and make an appointmen. Then, get Ellen’s trim up before she goes off to college.
I wish you guys a very happy, fun, loving New Year!
The Park Wife
hurray for granny glasses!