Dick Clark

There was an article in the Huffington Post this week that said, "New Year's resolutions are a bit like babies: They're fun to make but extremely difficult to maintain."

My "babies" had no problem staying up until midnight to ring in the New Year! In fact, Stud Boy stayed up all night and is still going strong tonight. The other three watched Dick Clark count down 2010 in Time's Square. I, however, had to schedule a nap yesterday so I was sure to make it until midnight! I suck! 45 sucks! How did I get to be so old? In fact, a quote by Bill Vaughn sums it up nicely, "Youth is when you are allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you are forced to!" Geeesh, when did I get to be middle age?

Anyway, the Huffington Post article I was reading went on to give the top 10 resolutions to make AND KEEP in 2011:
1. Lose weight
2. Stay in touch
3. Quit smoking
4. Save money
5. Cut your stress
6. Travel
7. Volunteer
8. Go back to school
9. Cut back on alcohol
10. Get more sleep

I've considered each of these and tweaked them to fit my needs.
1. Gain weight (hopefully just in the "girls" as per the bitch mammogram tech)
2. Stay in touch (with mass texts and FB, screen phone calls better
   and weed out garden of friends on FB to a more manageable level)
3. Do people still smoke? (Who could afford it, first of all? and ewwww)
4. Save money (ummm Stud boy is going to college in 2011, is this do-able?)
5. Cut your stress (easy! don't follow through on #9)
6. Travel (I am a taxi driver! travel is my middle name)
7. Volunteer? Volunteer? (The year of the "just say no" to volunteering is approaching a decade and I am still at PTA's, PTO's, committee meetings, etc. most nights of the week)
8. Go back to school (sending one to College in 2011, I will live vicariously, thanks though)
9. Hahahahaaaa
10. Get more sleep (if I do, will it be easier to stay awake until midnight on New Year's eve?)

I think my New Year's resolution will be to stay up late EVERY YEAR to watch Dick Clark ring in the New Years. If he can live to be 483 years old and stay up every year, I can too. Screw middle age!