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Original Message
"Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by mrc on 12-27-08 at 10:40 AM
Announce them here.1. Stalk motormouth more often.
2. Have more madcap fun with Zombs.
3. Rearrange Boo's cutlery on a weekly basis.
4. Use the strikeout feature more often. Nothing is less exciting on my list more fun.
5. Lose five pounds by spring break.
6. Watch Grease 2 for the 200th time.
A Slice of Manga
Table of contents
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Estee, 10:54 AM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Dakota, 11:32 AM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,anotherkim, 11:35 AM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Gothmog, 05:44 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,anotherkim, 10:44 PM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,grit, 08:41 AM, 12-31-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Gothmog, 01:38 PM, 01-01-09
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Bebo, 11:45 AM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,samboohoo, 12:45 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Bebo, 01:12 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,adricharlie, 03:13 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,samboohoo, 04:52 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,anotherkim, 02:44 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,J Slice, 12:37 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,cahaya, 02:12 AM, 12-29-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,samboohoo, 12:44 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,mrc, 12:57 PM, 12-29-08
- Boo's Two,samboohoo, 12:48 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Boo's Two,Bebo, 01:13 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,adricharlie, 12:50 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Bebo, 01:15 PM, 12-27-08
- Got a book suggestion for you, Bebo,moonbaby, 02:48 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Got a book suggestion for you, Bebo,Bebo, 04:09 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Got a book suggestion for you, Bebo,adricharlie, 04:12 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Got a book suggestion for you, Bebo,Silvergirl1, 07:19 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Got a book suggestion for you, Bebo,CTgirl, 10:01 PM, 12-28-08
- In that case,moonbaby, 03:28 PM, 12-29-08
- RE: In that case,CTgirl, 09:41 PM, 12-29-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Molaholic, 12:51 PM, 12-27-08
- Gotcha,cahaya, 05:16 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,skye, 01:04 PM, 12-27-08
- I'm with Skye,Breezy, 02:33 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,motormouth, 02:36 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,mrc, 01:01 PM, 12-29-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Starshine, 03:23 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,vince3, 04:49 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Gothmog, 05:45 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,DearAbby, 05:49 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Gothmog, 05:50 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Molaholic, 09:04 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,PepeLePew13, 09:14 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Starshine, 03:44 AM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,bullzeye, 11:41 AM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,DearAbby, 05:47 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,zombiebaby, 06:34 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,mrc, 01:02 PM, 12-29-08
- No resolutions,jbug, 07:35 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Max Headroom, 08:25 PM, 12-27-08
- Update.,Estee, 08:35 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,J Slice, 08:54 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,PepeLePew13, 09:13 PM, 12-27-08
- Ahem.,Estee, 09:23 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Ahem.,Starshine, 07:39 AM, 12-28-08
- RE: Ahem.,Estee, 09:37 AM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,skye, 07:06 AM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,J Slice, 09:38 AM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,vince3, 09:22 PM, 12-27-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Bebo, 08:37 AM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,vince3, 09:51 AM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,bullzeye, 11:45 AM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Max Headroom, 09:12 PM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Molaholic, 01:02 PM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,HobbsofMI, 01:06 PM, 12-29-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Snidget, 08:45 AM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,CTgirl, 10:05 PM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,anotherkim, 01:47 AM, 12-29-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,samboohoo, 08:53 AM, 12-29-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,anotherkim, 10:07 AM, 12-29-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,samboohoo, 10:34 AM, 12-29-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Dizwiz, 08:54 AM, 12-29-08
- Facebook definately!,zombiebaby, 10:20 AM, 12-29-08
- Joined Facebook,Snidget, 08:36 AM, 12-30-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,CTgirl, 09:57 PM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Max Headroom, 10:28 PM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,CTgirl, 10:44 PM, 12-28-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,agman, 07:49 PM, 12-30-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,qwertypie, 11:44 AM, 12-31-08
- Cold Turkey,CTgirl, 01:29 PM, 12-31-08
- RE: Cold Turkey,qwertypie, 02:52 PM, 12-31-08
- A resolution,cahaya, 01:11 AM, 12-29-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,geg6, 09:14 AM, 12-29-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,thndrkttn, 09:15 AM, 12-29-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,ARnutz, 10:24 AM, 12-29-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,mrc, 05:14 PM, 12-29-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,cahaya, 00:48 AM, 12-31-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,ginger, 12:01 PM, 12-29-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,Colonel Zoidberg, 08:50 PM, 12-29-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,EMTBGRL, 05:17 PM, 12-30-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,dragonflies, 11:57 PM, 12-30-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,mrc, 11:24 AM, 01-01-09
- Hallmark picked some out for me,Snidget, 08:36 AM, 12-31-08
- RE: Hallmark picked some out for me,Asrai, 01:07 PM, 01-01-09
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,tallgirl, 02:28 PM, 12-31-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,mysticwolf, 09:50 PM, 12-31-08
- RE: Resolutions for the New Year,kathliam, 12:34 PM, 01-01-09
Messages in this discussion
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Estee on 12-27-08 at 10:54 AM
1. Reach 25,000 MCR points and not spend them on the TV.2. Clear out at least a third of my DVD want list.
3. Get through the winter in something faintly resembling one piece.
4. Plasti-seal most of the windows in the apartment and see if that does anything for my heating bill.
5. Use every feature on my new phone at least once.
6. See Coraline.
7. Throw a Last Day Of Dubya party thread, if someone doesn't beat me to it.
8. Beat Starcraft II. (Conditional: Blizzard has to release it first.)
9. Buy a new computer sometime during the summer.
10. Emotionally prepare for the Mets '09 collapse.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Dakota on 12-27-08 at 11:32 AM
1. Show up on time for Loser Lodge next season.
2. Get to Nashville to meet Arkie and one or two other people I know down there.
3. Clean out my closets and get rid of stuff I never use/wear.
4. Try not to mentally re-write all those Netflix movies that don't turn out the way I want.
5. Try not to say "where do they get these women" during Rock of Love III and "don't they ever watch this show" during Survivor.
Agman Dressed Me
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by anotherkim on 12-27-08 at 11:35 AM
1. Workout like a fiend so i can look good when I turn forty in March and when I go to Europe in April.2. Arrange a high school reunion of some sort with my other almost-40 and just-turned-40 friends.
3. Get my knee fixed once and for fricking all.
4. Do a better job with lesson planning at school.
5. Cook 'real' dinners four nights a week.
6. Start saving money to fund my restalyn and botox fund (after I spend all my extra money on leather in Italy).
7. Get Mr. Kim out of nursing school and into a nursing job.
8. Find the floor in my closet.
9. Blog at least once a week.
10. Start that 'real' writing I've been meaning to do.
Kimmah Says
--I guess this post should inspire me to get up off my slug arse and go tackle my shitodo list for today.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Gothmog on 12-27-08 at 05:44 PM
4. Do a better job with lesson planning at school.If you're anything like me, making even one actual lesson plan would constitute an improvement.
I graduated from the Educational school of Making-Up-This-Sh!t-As-I-Go. Summa Cum Laude.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by anotherkim on 12-28-08 at 10:44 PM
We are now required by the director of schools to turn in our lesson plans each week--complete with corresponding standard. Theoretically these should mirror what we actually do, although mine have only been about 40 percent correct so far. It was the last three weeks of the semester, though, so there was much catch-up and wrap-up being played.
--Hey! I bet you saw me at graduation--I was the valedictorian with the 4.0 majoring in Fly-By-the-Seat-of-My-Pants with a minor in Hey-This-Would-Be-So-Much-More-Interesting-With-Some-Markers-and-Glue-or-Some-Music.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by grit on 12-31-08 at 08:41 AM
I graduated from the Educational school of Making-Up-This-Sh!t-As-I-Go. Summa Cum Laude.I knew it! You must be my daughter's 10th grade honors English teacher, Mr. Pitt.
a berry nice sigpic from agman
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Gothmog on 01-01-09 at 01:38 PM
Close! I do in fact teach 10th grade honors English.
Wasn't Mr. Pitt Elaine's boss on Seinfeld? I always wondered what happened to him.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Bebo on 12-27-08 at 11:45 AM
LAST EDITED ON 12-27-08 AT 11:46 AM (EST)1. Play Spoiler Island next year.
2. Get half a clue so that I can friend more OTers on Facebook and Goodreads. (I know you're out there, I just can't find you!)
3. Look in the thesaurus for new and interesting ways to say RTFG.
4. Get rid of some of those massive paper piles in my house.
5. Watch enough Netflix movies so that Mr. B doesn't pick on me for not using our membership. (I'm watching "Once" today. Watched "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" last night. I'm getting an early start on this one.)
6. Not ban my own mother, just threaten to do it. (This is a standard on the list each year.)
7. Feed my children things other than mac and cheese and chicken nuggets.
ETA #7 after reading Kimmah's list.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by samboohoo on 12-27-08 at 12:45 PM
I'm going to play Spoiler Island too. And be involved more in spoiling.And I'm gonna feed my child something other than Lunchables "Little Pizzas."
Tis the season.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Bebo on 12-27-08 at 01:12 PM
My kids eat a lot of pizza too. We're in the delivery area for Papa John's - they know us well. But not as well as the folks at Bob Evans, who know us by name.There's just something about smiley face potatoes.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by adricharlie on 12-27-08 at 03:13 PM
I wish we lived near a Papa Johns. They are almost my favorite. The only pizza I like better is Alfy's which we don't live near either. Maybe it's a good thing though money wise....
Courtesy of Tribe....
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by samboohoo on 12-27-08 at 04:52 PM
Ahh, Bob Evans. Also known as the "Pancake Store" for us. Three pancakes, no whip cream. Sometimes he will eat all five, sometimes even bacon.Very picky eater. Very. His eating is one of my resolutions as well.
Tis the season.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by anotherkim on 12-27-08 at 02:44 PM
I'm going to play spoiler island again, too, but I refuse to get sucked into reading all the spoiling. I enjoy the show too much when I don't know for sure what's about to happen. Kimmah Says
--I need to use Goodreads more often, too. I hadn't even logged in since May until today. Sheesh.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by J Slice on 12-27-08 at 12:37 PM
Quit the damn cigarettes.
I do it all the different ways.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by cahaya on 12-29-08 at 02:12 AM
Just to say, you're not alone!
Ragtop Ride by foonermints
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by samboohoo on 12-27-08 at 12:44 PM
7. Steal one of Boo's upcoming standard two-fors. Tis the season.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by mrc on 12-29-08 at 12:57 PM
That should be #1 on my list. A Slice of Manga
"Boo's Two"
Posted by samboohoo on 12-27-08 at 12:48 PM
1. I will loose enough weight to go from tankini to bikini, which should also be enough not to get a scolding at my annual doctor's visit.2. Find one hour of "me" time in every day.
Tis the season.
"RE: Boo's Two"
Posted by Bebo on 12-27-08 at 01:13 PM
I'm gellus - I consider it a good thing if I get one hour of me time a month.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by adricharlie on 12-27-08 at 12:50 PM
1. Setup a budget and actually stick to it.
2. Find something fun to do while the kids are with their Dad. (This is my first weekend alone and my only plan so far is grocery shopping....alone )
3. Exercise more and lose some weight. Nothing drastic, I just want to feel better about myself.
4. Read more, watch TV less.
5. Get a bed for my room so I can stop sleeping on the couch.
6. Learn to cook more things from scratch.
Courtesy of Tribe....
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Bebo on 12-27-08 at 01:15 PM
Need any suggestions for #4? That could also help you on #2. Join goodreads and I'll pass along way too many ideas.I don't know what's come over me...I'm such a friend whore today. As evidenced by this post and all the Facebook friend requests I've sent today.
"Got a book suggestion for you, Bebo"
Posted by moonbaby on 12-27-08 at 02:48 PM
and anyone else looking for a good read:The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Finished reading it last week, what a good find-I picked it up because I used to deal with a client from Guernsey now and then and I was curious about whatever history the book might touch on. A character rich and absorbing read.
As far as resolutions go, I make the usual- one of which is to reduce time spent on the computer. I'm afraid if I join goodreads I'll be sucked in even more
"RE: Got a book suggestion for you, Bebo"
Posted by Bebo on 12-27-08 at 04:09 PM
Thanks for the suggestion. Goodreads actually gets me off the computer - I look at my long list of books to read and realize I better get to work on it!
"RE: Got a book suggestion for you, Bebo"
Posted by adricharlie on 12-27-08 at 04:12 PM
Okay...I joined goodreads and clicked on some books that I've read. I then kinda looked at the groups on there and played with the trivia....now what? I did add a neat thing to my myspace page too.
Courtesy of Tribe....
"RE: Got a book suggestion for you, Bebo"
Posted by Silvergirl1 on 12-27-08 at 07:19 PM
Sounds like a good book, Moony, so I looked it up and found this excerpt.For my resolutions:
1. Eat better.
2. Get some more sunshine and exercise.
3. Enjoy life more.
4. Control my stress more.
5. Read more good books.
If I do 1 and 2, I think I will see an improvement in my weight. I'm not using the dreaded "D" word this year.
Agman, 2008
"RE: Got a book suggestion for you, Bebo"
Posted by CTgirl on 12-28-08 at 10:01 PM
If you're not going to join goodreads, keep on mentioning books on OT. I've liked many of your suggestions!
"In that case"
Posted by moonbaby on 12-29-08 at 03:28 PM
I'll also recommend the Odd Thomas series of books by Dean Koontz -quirky, a little scary, and fun to read http://oddthomas.deankoontz.com/
"RE: In that case"
Posted by CTgirl on 12-29-08 at 09:41 PM
Thanks moonie! Keep 'em coming!
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Molaholic on 12-27-08 at 12:51 PM
1. Continue my practice of not making resolutions.
"Gotcha"
Posted by cahaya on 12-27-08 at 05:16 PM
Now that there is a resolution.
Smurfy snowy holiday present by agmanNew Year is a good time for a revolution.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by skye on 12-27-08 at 01:04 PM
* Enjoy the new relationship without over-analyzing it to the point of sabotoge.* Maintain my 30 lb weight loss.
* Take the pile of clothes off the treadmill and start using it again (see above).
* Pay off one credit card and cut it up.
"I don't think witchcraft is a religion." G.W. Bush
"I'm with Skye"
Posted by Breezy on 12-27-08 at 02:33 PM
1. Maintain my 30 pound weight loss.
2. Pay off credit cards and cut them up.
Brokenhearted in green and gold.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by motormouth on 12-27-08 at 02:36 PM
1. Come to OT and play more often.
2. Find a stalker.
2. Update my blog more often.
3. Lose 10 pounds by summer, not including anything I might have gained in the last two days.
4. Make more time for friends.
5. Cook more meals at home.
6. Shop less. <-- destined for failure but it's the thought that counts. Flashy sig by RollDdice 7. Get mrc's phone number.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by mrc on 12-29-08 at 01:01 PM
You should pursue these goals with steeled determination.A Slice of Manga
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Starshine on 12-27-08 at 03:23 PM
1/ Lose at least four stone.2/ Not to get stressed about things I cannot do anything about.
3/ Up the old self confidence level
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by vince3 on 12-27-08 at 04:49 PM
I think I know how much that is (and it's a chunk), but for those of us using either pounds or kilos, could you translate?
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Gothmog on 12-27-08 at 05:45 PM
LAST EDITED ON 12-27-08 AT 05:46 PM (EST)1 stone = 14 lbs. 4 stone = 56 lbs.
that, or one seriously messed-up kidney
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by DearAbby on 12-27-08 at 05:49 PM
Boy, are you quick! Reminds me of all the simul-posting during Survivor Office Pool.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Gothmog on 12-27-08 at 05:50 PM
Was it good for you?
I'm the master of the simul-post.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Molaholic on 12-27-08 at 09:04 PM
And something else of note -- the plural of 'stone' is 'stone' (unless you're talking about small pieces of rock, then it's 'stones').Ain't English English wonderful? (Do Canadians use 'stone'?)
Fred's got groove, Gort has feet of stone
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 12-27-08 at 09:14 PM
Nope, we don't use 'stone' when it comes to weight.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Starshine on 12-28-08 at 03:44 AM
And we only use stone when it comes to peoples weight!Another one of those "This is how it is" things!
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by bullzeye on 12-28-08 at 11:41 AM
I think it is strange we continue to use "pounds" vs kilos when we are speaking of weight. I don't think in terms of of "gallons", or "miles", and never think in terms of "Fahrenheit" (I actually had to look up the spelling!), but never use the metric equivalent when it comes to weight. I wonder why that is?
Made by Maroonclown; resurrected by Agdude.
Now that I think about it - I also use "feet" and "inches" when referring to height.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by DearAbby on 12-27-08 at 05:47 PM
4 stone = 56 pounds = 25.4011727 kilograms
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by zombiebaby on 12-27-08 at 06:34 PM
1. Get a job.2. Start paying off our debt.
3. Get our lives in order...meaning clean house, organize and pay cash.
4. Go out on a date with DH at least once this year. Meaning no kids, dinner and maybe a movie. Going to funerals does not count.
5. Photograph more and more. Try to learn more of the technological aspect of it.
6. Watch Lost.
7. Poke MRC.
Chillin' with Arkie
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by mrc on 12-29-08 at 01:02 PM
*poke*
Bunnies eat nerds.
"No resolutions"
Posted by jbug on 12-27-08 at 07:35 PM
I have no need to make resolutions.
DH says I'm already perfect
Slicey took out the wrinkles '08
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Max Headroom on 12-27-08 at 08:25 PM
1. Celebrate the 2008-2009 Toronto Maple Leaves Leafs' Stanley Cup victory with Pepe and byoffer.2. Celebrate the Phillies' 2009 repeat World Series victory with Estee and J Slice.
3. Celebrate the Giants' 2009 NL West championship with Molaholic.
4. Celebrate the Yankees' 2009 AL pennant victory with monsty.
5. Celebrate the Colts' Super Bowl XLIII victory with bullzeye.
Another catchy agman siggie
"Update."
Posted by Estee on 12-27-08 at 08:35 PM
11. I resolve to bring Max's children halfway to orphanhood. (I should probably start early. There's going to be a line.)
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by J Slice on 12-27-08 at 08:54 PM
Re #2:So... how would you like your legs broken?
I can do it with a tire iron, or we can do it a la Misery, with a sledgehammer to the ankles.
I do it all the different ways.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 12-27-08 at 09:13 PM
Can I help with a hockey stick? I'm particularly adept at aiming for the ankles dating back to my years in junior hockey.
"Ahem."
Posted by Estee on 12-27-08 at 09:23 PM
Line forms behind me.
"RE: Ahem."
Posted by Starshine on 12-28-08 at 07:39 AM
Season of goodwill over then?
"RE: Ahem."
Posted by Estee on 12-28-08 at 09:37 AM
There's a fundamental assumption in your question which I don't quite understand.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by skye on 12-28-08 at 07:06 AM
or we can
>do it a la Misery,
>with a sledgehammer to the
>ankles. Actually in the book it was an axe.
"I don't think witchcraft is a religion." G.W. Bush
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by J Slice on 12-28-08 at 09:38 AM
I'm going by the movie.The horrifying, horrifying movie.
Besides, sledgehammers are fun!
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by vince3 on 12-27-08 at 09:22 PM
RE #5: First you gotta get past Sunday in one piece. Then they have to become Road Warriors to even get to the Super Bowl. Then we'll see who the NFC brings to the party before we'll talk about your victory party.......If it's not me, emy, Glow, Geg and Bacon for the Steelers, it'll be AKim and her Titans that'll be the teams with the best chance to stop you, because I have high doubts about the capabilities of the AFC West winner, whether it's San Diego or Denver........
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Bebo on 12-28-08 at 08:37 AM
Don't count my Panthers out yet.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by vince3 on 12-28-08 at 09:51 AM
Your Panthers are a part of the NFC dogpile. I have no clue who's coming out of that mess.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by bullzeye on 12-28-08 at 11:45 AM
5. Celebrate the Colts' Super Bowl XLIII victory with bullzeye.Just put me out of my misery and shoot me now ok?
Made by Maroonclown; resurrected by Agdude.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Max Headroom on 12-28-08 at 09:12 PM
There's no need to shoot you-- the Dolphins took care of it for me.
An agman creation
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Molaholic on 12-28-08 at 01:02 PM
3. Celebrate the Giants' 2009 NL West championship with Molaholic.
(please shift one digit right for "jints #1")
2008 National League West Champions
SharTribe’s Springtime SigShoppe © MMVIII
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by HobbsofMI on 12-29-08 at 01:06 PM
The Maple Leafs wining the SC is almost as possible as the Lions wining the SB.
GO WINGS! 2008 Stanley Cup Champs!
sig JSlice and by IceCat, and bobble head by Tribephyl
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Snidget on 12-28-08 at 08:45 AM
1. Get below 140 pounds this year. Only 20 to go, so it is a year later than I was hoping for.2. Cook something new from all these cookbooks I have once a week.
3. Get some sort of social networking page. Facebook or MySpace, Facebook looks more my style. Any suggestions or hints on how to get started?
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by CTgirl on 12-28-08 at 10:05 PM
Most of the teens and Gen Y kids I've talked to like Facebook better than Myspace because it has more controls over who and what people can see.I have a facebook account. It's very easy. Go to Facebook.com, log in and add whatever info and pics you want. Facebook can search your address book to see if there are any matches. Several of my friends had Facebook accounts that I didn't even know about. I listed my high school and college so that people could find me and I've heard from three friends from high school that I hadn't talked to in over 20 years. Have fun!
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by anotherkim on 12-29-08 at 01:47 AM
facebook is more for grownups. myspace is more about layout templates, music, graphics and the like. facebook doesn't give you all that 'freedom', which makes it much more appealing to the more mature crowd. it is also much harder to just randomly find people. Where there were maybe ten people my age from my high school on myspace there are forty or more on facebook and new people adding every day. it's a great way to find friends from the past. it doesn't feel as juvenile as myspace does.
Kimmah Says
--I used to hate fecebook, but now I'm hooked.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by samboohoo on 12-29-08 at 08:53 AM
Congrats on the weight loss. I would like to see 140 this year myself. Only 25 for me to go. Perhaps we should be 140 buddies.Regarding Facebook, I am undecided. While I will agree with Kimmah, I think, about it being more grown up, it's still very "My Spacey" to me. And it can be a lot of work. I am a very sporadic facebooker. Maybe if I were there more often, I would like it more.
I like my blog.
Tis the season.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by anotherkim on 12-29-08 at 10:07 AM
put me in the 140 club, too, please. I'm not sure I'll ever get there--it's been 25 years or so--and I'm not sure that I will even like how I look at that weight since my face looks skeletal at 150, but I'd like to find out and make the call from there.
Kimmah Says
--I guess an important first step would be laying off the Christmas cookies, wouldn't it?
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by samboohoo on 12-29-08 at 10:34 AM
Yep, I long to have someone say, "Boo, you look too skinny." I would be happy to give you some of my chubby cheeks.
Yes. I have forced myself - especially since I cannot do any cardio right now. Hopefully I can at least get back into the pool in about two weeks.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Dizwiz on 12-29-08 at 08:54 AM
I am HOOKED on Facebook, and am turning into quite the friend whore. If you join, pm me and I'll be your friend! (You too, Kimmah, Bebo, or anyone else.)
"Facebook definately!"
Posted by zombiebaby on 12-29-08 at 10:20 AM
It's like you are given permission to eavesdrop! Yet it is still private enough that just people you allow to listen in!I love it and have reconnected with many people since then.
Please anyone who needs my name PM me and I will gladly "friend" you! There are a bunch of us on there.
Chillin' with Arkie
"Joined Facebook"
Posted by Snidget on 12-30-08 at 08:36 AM
Anyone that wants to friend me can send a PM.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by CTgirl on 12-28-08 at 09:57 PM
Does writing your resolutions down help make them happen??!! 1. Lose the weight I gained two summers ago when I injured my foot.
2. Quit drinking diet coke (this has been a goal for too long that I can never succeed at!)
3. Beat my time from last year in our local triathlon and learn how to pace myself so I can climb (on my bike) to the top of this big-ass hill in town.
4. Figure out what to do with the rest of my life: go back to work and/or go back to school and/or figure out something to do to give back to my community.
5. Go back to reading one good piece of literature or non-fiction in between every mind candy book I read.
6. Make plans to see two old friends who live less than an hour away but haven’t seen in way too long.
Dash Away by Agman - bobbled by Tribe
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Max Headroom on 12-28-08 at 10:28 PM
4. Figure out what to do with the rest of my lifeThat would be a good resolution for me as well.
Headbanger by IceCat, siggie by agman
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by CTgirl on 12-28-08 at 10:44 PM
Too bad we can't just ditch everything, drink beer and go to baseball games (and of course that would call for a few peep meets too!)
An Agman Nation Creation
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by agman on 12-30-08 at 07:49 PM
>Too bad we can't just ditch
>everything, drink beer and go
>to baseball games (and of
>course that would call for
>a few peep meets too!)
>
Now that's a great Idea!!!
Smokey'smom hits it out of the yard
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by qwertypie on 12-31-08 at 11:44 AM
*sits next to fellow diet coke addict*I drink a hellastupid amount of the stuff.
Are you going to go cold turkey, or wean yourself off gradually? I think I may have to go the cold turkey route.
Other resolutions
Keep off the weight I loss since summer 07 (30 pounds) and lose the last bit to get under the 140 mark. I did for a brief shining moment, but I was doing the fast/cleanse prep for one of those horrid tests so I don't think that counts. People actually pay for cleanses? *boggle*
Work out at least twice a week. And I found a dance moves class that go on when DD is in school, and has the flexibility so I can make up a class in another location if I have to miss.
Get some meaningful (OK any) employment outside of my house that will allow me to have adult conversation.
Cook at home more
Spend less
Get washer/dryer fixed or replaced.
"Cold Turkey"
Posted by CTgirl on 12-31-08 at 01:29 PM
A few years ago I stopped buying cases of diet coke and just would buy a 20 oz. bottle once a day when I was out. I figured 20 oz. was better than 24 oz (or 36 oz on a really hot summer day). I haven't really been able to get down to none at all. It's amazing how I go jonesing for it (especially on a day when I'm snowed in and can't get out, lol!)The price of a 20 oz. bottle has gone up a lot in the past two years too (from $1.09 to $1.79!) so I figure the money I spend on diet cokes in a week exactly works out to the cost of a manicure. I love getting manicures, but I hate spending the money when I know I can do it myself. So I'm hoping that will help motivate me. Plus I'm going to keep rereading the part in the book, "Skinny Bitch" where she talks about how diet coke is poison!
P.S. My dryer is 20 years old give or take a little and it squeaks horrendously when it's on, but it still works so I'm holding on until it dies!
"RE: Cold Turkey"
Posted by qwertypie on 12-31-08 at 02:52 PM
My dryer is about that old (we inherited it when we bought the house). It works about 2/3 of the time, but I have to lean against the door and listen for the heat to kick in. It has no handle so it is held closed with a child fridge lock and duct tape. Unfortuantely, the laundry room may have been built around the washer dryer (it certainly was around the deep freezer)so it is going to be a challenge to get the pair out and new ones in. It will involve taking apart two shelving units and clearing out all the clutter and doing some serious bribing of the delivery guys
"A resolution"
Posted by cahaya on 12-29-08 at 01:11 AM
To do things at least a little better than I have been.I need to every day as DW recovers for at least a few weeks and our college-junior DS moves from Indy to here with us. DW registers for public fall kindergarten in March, so it's going to be an eventful year coming up.
Smurfy snowy holiday present by agmanYup, I'm a (usually lazy) papa!
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by geg6 on 12-29-08 at 09:14 AM
1). Lose 5 pounds. And get more toned. Losing the 5 would go a long toward the toning because all I really need to do both is up the exercise ante. 2). Keep up my reconnection to my dreams of my youth. It took turning 50 to discover that those dreams still matter and weren't just youthful naivete. 3). Blog more often. Or just write more often...anywhere. It gives me pleasure and makes me think more clearly. And clear thinking is truly a worthy goal every year.
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by thndrkttn on 12-29-08 at 09:15 AM
LAST EDITED ON 12-29-08 AT 09:15 AM (EST)1. Lose weight and get back down to where I was before the "move to Charlotte" meltdown. (I am soooo pissed at myself. I worked so friggin' hard to lose that weight. I looked and felt great. Then we moved and things completely fell apart.)
2. Learn how to use my camera. I bought the Canon Rebel XTi and still treat it like my point and shoot.
3. Stop watching so much television. Gah.
4. Get outdoors more often. For Pete's sake, I live in a warm climate, I should be outside all the time!
5. Embrace Charlotte and North Carolina. My mother has a cross-stich that says "Bloom Where You Are Planted." I need to employ that thought process. I'm *still* homesick and need to get over it already.
6. Make some new IRL friends. I made some poor choices for friends over the past year. Really poor choices. Liars and manipulators do not make good friends. Eff you, Meg! (This chick has the same moral compass as Lacey from Rock of Love.)
7. Be more patient. I snap much too easily.
8. Love on Bear as much as possible. The old boy doesn't have much time left.
Proud member of The Tribe.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by ARnutz on 12-29-08 at 10:24 AM
1. swoop
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by mrc on 12-29-08 at 05:14 PM
Check. I'm a mAGMANimous ruler
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by cahaya on 12-31-08 at 00:48 AM
Mate.
A royal agman creation
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by ginger on 12-29-08 at 12:01 PM
I always liked my dear departed friend Bruno's list (hey, he made it to 87, don't snigger):1. Eat more red meat
2. Eat more saturated fats
3. Get less sleep
4. Exercise less
5. Build up on that drinking
He used to say "increase smoking" too, but eventually his doctors convinced him to quit.
I don't make NY resolutions because I find them easier to break than other promises to myself. I think this year the goal is to hang on to job and help Sneetch find one once she graduates (!!!) in May.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by Colonel Zoidberg on 12-29-08 at 08:50 PM
1. Write a Big Brother fanfic.2. Make my host more exciting than the Chenbot. (Hey, I have to have one I can definitely stick with.)
3. Actually finish said fanfic in a reasonable amount of time.
4. If an attractive female Survivor changes her hairdo mid-season, keep my lips zipped about it, especially within a week after failing to notice my own wife's new 'do.
5. Only sic Rocco on people who really deserve it. Unfortunately, the rest of them will be facing down with...
Mario!
Pictures of the new little demon to come later.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by EMTBGRL on 12-30-08 at 05:17 PM
Announce them here. 1. Make peace with the USPS. *snort!*
2. Finally have foonermints and I make it to Gordon Ramsey-land! (I really would love to!)
3. Accept all assignments at work, and be thankful to get them. (I love my job!)
4. Purchase a motorcyle and successfully complete the CHP course and license. Get promoted at work. (yes, they're related.)
5. Read the Harry Potter series. Finally!
6. Make it possible for my daughter to be an exchange student next fall in England.
7. Arrange as many "pitch" meetings as possible, and at least one sale --
8. Address that ol' graduate student loan debt. Be savvy in my ability to pay off the interest and the principle, and make more than a small dent. (geg? any pointers?)
9. Keep my ZERO credit card balance and not own a credit card.
10. Try not to complain, and find the positive instead.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by dragonflies on 12-30-08 at 11:57 PM
1. Clean out my home office. This could take me all year.
2. Get a handle on my eating habits, and try to lose weight by combining better eating habits with increased exercise using the WiiFit we got. Not by running and slipping on ice like a friend did yesterday. He blew out his ankle and needed emergency surgery.
3. Get my workload at work under control, so I can grow my position.
yeah, boring, but I'm working on a 4th one.
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by mrc on 01-01-09 at 11:24 AM
Can you come clean out my office?A Slice of Manga
"Hallmark picked some out for me"
Posted by Snidget on 12-31-08 at 08:36 AM
http://tinyurl.com/6aq742
"RE: Hallmark picked some out for me"
Posted by Asrai on 01-01-09 at 01:07 PM
That was cute, Snidge!
Face time with Slice
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by tallgirl on 12-31-08 at 02:28 PM
I've been doing this - writing them down every year since 2004. It has helped me reach and maintain some goals. Here goes for 2009 (It will be my time):1. Meditate at least 6x per week
2. Work out minimum of 2x per week
3. Weigh 155 or less for one month (I got to my goal this year but couldn't maintain so that's what I'm trying for)
4. Get 5 or more PDU's (Professional Development Units for PMP Project Management Professional so I can maintain my status for 3 year period)
5. Travel - at least twice - already have yoga retreat planned for end of January
6. Get new contract/job in my field
7. Take care/pamper myself more
8. New relationship/love
9. read more/less tv - especially channel surfing
10. go out more
Complements of Snidget 2008
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by mysticwolf on 12-31-08 at 09:50 PM
1) Survive.2) Thrive.
3) Let go, and hang on.
4) Live.
5) Look for good.
6) Find at least one "happy" wherever, and whenever.
Together thanks to Glow
"RE: Resolutions for the New Year"
Posted by kathliam on 01-01-09 at 12:34 PM
1) Actually post on OT rather than just lurk, and try to reestablish some of the friendships I started and enjoyed before I dropped off the face of the earth.2) Try to read at least a few of the books reviewed in '1001 Books to Read Before You Die' instead of re-reading the same books over and over again. (Granted, it helps if there is enough lag time between readings so that I can't exactly remember the ending three pages into the book, but still, I really need to expand my literary horizons.)
3) Come straight home after work more nights than not, instead of stopping at the local watering hole. Cook at home more often, 'cos you know what?, I'm just as good a cook as DH is.
4) Try to write in my journal every day. My sister is right, writing things down helps me work out my problems and makes me feel better.
5) Decide once and for all what I want to be when I grow up.
Happy New Year to all, and my wishes to you for a safe, happy, and healthy 2009!!