Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat?

I can remember when Holidays were special. I grew up in a small town, and when a Holiday came around the entire town shut down - the gas stations, the grocery stores, the dress shops and the restaurants - and everybody spent time with family and friends. But that's not the way it works anymore. Nowadays, some businesses stay open even on Christmas and Thanksgiving. We've even turned many Holidays into an excuse to shop and buy things ON SALE. Holidays don't seem so special anymore.

Take New Year's Day for example. I used to love watching the 4 big college bowl games on New Year's Day. Now the bowl games start right before Christmas and last for 3 weeks. Tonight is the BCS Championship game, and I don't even care. It's the last bowl game of the season and it seems almost anti-climactic to me. It's like number 10 of 10 and the Holidays are over and everyone has gone back to work. Ho hum.

I know that Holidays are what you make them, but sometimes I miss the old days.

Sydney, Australia celebrates the New Year.



UPDATE: After watching this, seeing the New Year's fireworks in Sydney is going on my Bucket List.

I don't know why I woke up at 5:30 this morning so full of energy. Maybe it was because the last day of the year was hanging over me, and I was determined to catch up on a year's worth of good intentions. By 10 AM I had cleaned out my closet, my chest of drawers, done a load of laundry and dusted the house. I'm also trying to finish up transferring my music to the PC. Tomorrow my plan is to reformat my Desktop PC while Bill watches football. I hope I still have the energy by then, but I have a sneaky suspicion I'm going to have to have a nap (soon!) if I want to stay up to ring in the New Year.

Happy New Year to all my friends and family. We made it through another one, and as I kick the tires on the old year I see we did it none too much the worse for wear. I love you all. Hope you have a safe and Happy New Year and the next year brings much happiness and many good things.

Resolutions:

Worry less and laugh more
Read more and spend less time on the computer or in front of the TV
Eat better and devote more time to exercise
Criticize less and love more
Spend more time with all of you
Finish up that bag of peanut butter cups :-)