My friend, Elle, at Elle Sees posted a 2014 Resolution Tag. I thought it would be fun to play along. Feel free to tag yourself as well.
BAD HABIT: There is no bad habit I am going to break. I will continue to eat at McDonald’s, choose work over cleaning my house, and make snarky comments about …. Wait! I DID give up a bad habit! Facebook stalking! Yes, I had an addiction to viewing a friend’s feed. Her life read like a train wreck, and I couldn’t look away. So I deleted and blocked her. Sorry, “mom-of-angry-kid”.
NEW SKILL: I’d like to learn how to cook a few more good meals. I will be a skilled recipe hunter, gathering ingredients and whipping them up in my kitchen.
EMULATE: I hope to be more like Lisa Vanderpump, and I have the new pink bra to prove it! She’s a beautiful, successful woman, wife and mother who exudes class.
GOOD DEED: I will plan many picnics to feed our new neighbor’s children. They aren’t allowed in our home, but they do pick oranges off our tree to snack on.
VACATION: Knott’s Berry Farm is our vacation destination in 2014.
LITERATURE: I’ll be reading an historical romance novel called, “Southern Wind”! The sweet, little, local author phoned me last year to create her book cover and website.
LETTER: I write a damn good letter, and cc a whole bunch of people. Heads roll when I put paper to pen. Pen to paper. So, I don’t know what letter I will be writing, or what the results will be, but I will keep you posted.
NEW FOOD: I’ve always wanted to try those lettuce filled, no,… meat filled lettuce cups. Meat and veggie lettuce wraps like you get at the Cheesecake Factory. I shall google the recipe and whip that up.
IMPROVE: I’m going to do better at… blogging? Am I? I will try!
What are your 2014 Resolutions?
Comment By: Ingrid
January 3rd, 2014 at 4:34 pm
Ah, a couple of resolutions I can relate to. I really need to try some new recipes as well. Knott’s Berry Farm sounds fun but I doubt it could beat Disney. And if I had Lisa Vanderpump’s money….??? 🙂
Comment By: Jean
January 3rd, 2014 at 8:07 pm
I don’t think Knott’s will beat Disney either, but hubby & the kiddos have never been.
Oh yes, Lisa’s money would be amazing to have and to spend!
Comment By: Ron
January 3rd, 2014 at 5:25 pm
“The sweet, little, local author phoned me last year to create her book cover and website.”
Jean, that is AWESOME! I love your book cover creation! And I had no idea you also designed websites. Talented lady you are!
Enjoyed reading your list of resolutions – especially LETTER. OMG, I can’t even remember the last time I took pen to paper and wrote a letter. And my penmanship has suffered because of it. I’ve been online for so long, typing emails, that I have forgotten what it feels like to actually WRITE. Sometimes when I write a check, I have to write another one because my handwriting is atrocious.
I don’t really make New Year’s resolutions myself. I just try to stay open to a new year; allowing my intuition to guide me through the changes that the year brings to me.
Happy New Year, Jean! Looking forward to blogging with you this year. Have a super weekend!
Comment By: Jean
January 4th, 2014 at 8:14 am
Thank you, Ron! The author had a vision, and I just helped it come to life. I’ve been helping local businesses and organizations with their websites for a few years, and find it very rewarding (and sometimes challenging).
I’m encouraging my daughters to write too. They did really well with their birthday and Christmas thank you cards. I don’t want writing to be a thing of the past.
Happy New Year, Ron! I know good things are always ahead for you. You are a ray of light!
Comment By: Amanda
January 3rd, 2014 at 5:57 pm
Hahaha… “mom-of-angry-kid.” I’ve “hid” so many people from my newsfeed on FB it isn’t funny!!
Comment By: Jean
January 3rd, 2014 at 8:06 pm
I can relate, Amanda! 😀
Comment By: Mark
January 3rd, 2014 at 6:42 pm
These sound like a good bunch of resolutions. I may have to “borrow” the prompt myself for a blog post of my own!
Comment By: Jean
January 3rd, 2014 at 8:06 pm
Sounds good to me, Mark. I’ll be by to see how you do. 🙂
Comment By: Rach
January 3rd, 2014 at 7:09 pm
I love your choice of good deed! I bet those kids will love that picnic!
Comment By: Jean
January 3rd, 2014 at 8:06 pm
I think so too! When I see how hungry they are, it saddens me.
Comment By: Bijoux
January 4th, 2014 at 6:27 am
Those were the most interesting resolutions I’ve seen in a long time. I’ve taken to reading aloud some of the more wacky FB postings on my feed to my kids (all over 18). We bond over the ridiculousness!
Comment By: Jean
January 4th, 2014 at 8:10 am
I love it, Bijoux! My hubby couldn’t believe I was deleting “angry mom”, but at least he is still friends with her. LOL!
Comment By: Luisa Doraz
January 4th, 2014 at 6:49 pm
Happy New Year Jean. Thanks for stopping in. I have been out of town and have had health issues I am dealing with for some family mewmbers. I know that 2014 will be a great year for you. You are great at getting done what you want to get done. 🙂 Best regards to your family. Keep blogging. Lots of fun to visit you. I may get back to blogging one day. lol 🙂
Comment By: Jean
January 6th, 2014 at 1:04 pm
Happy New Year, Luisa. I will continue to pray for your family, and hope that 2014 brings health and happiness.
Comment By: elle sees
January 6th, 2014 at 6:14 am
the pink bra part cracked me up! so tickled you did this!
Comment By: Jean
January 6th, 2014 at 1:03 pm
Thank YOU for inspiring me, Elle!
Comment By: Danielle
January 13th, 2014 at 7:11 pm
I like how you broke your resolutions down into these categories! Nice to have a targeted approach for each area!
Cheers,
Danielle 🙂
Comment By: Jean
January 13th, 2014 at 8:07 pm
Thank you, Danielle! I’ll have to see if I’m accomplished any of these yet.