Memorable Moments by Lora Cain - December 30, 2009

Submitted by Daniel on Wed, 12/30/2009 - 14:13

Opinion

New Year’s Resolutions 2010

Well, here it is again. Time to make my yearly resolutions so I’ll know ahead of time which ones I‘m going to break. Every year, my resolutions start off with, “lose weight, walk daily, take better care of myself, vow to eat better, quit having to put so much money in my curse jar, blah, blah, blah.”

I vowed to walk daily with Mayor Freeman several years ago and actually did walk with him two or three times. Then I got tired of him lapping me and circling back to see if I was keeping up. “We’re going to keep going until we get to Sonic,” he declared one day. “Are we going to get an ice cream cone when we get there?” I asked sarcastically. For some reason, he didn’t reply and just walked faster.

So, this year I hope to make resolutions that I actually have a chance of achieving and hope you all do the same.

In 2010, I hope to:
• Say “good morning” to everyone I meet, even if I don’t feel like it’s a good morning.
• Send in my column by Thursday - this one’s for you, Daniel.
• Vote every chance I get - there are a lot of citizens in the world who don’t have this right.
• Spend a long weekend with my favorite women, watching movies, ordering take out and never getting out of our pajamas the entire weekend.
• Drink hot cocoa on the cold, rainy days with my husband with no TV or radio blaring and the phone turned off.
• Visiting my parents’ grave on Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, no matter how much it hurts.
• Have patience with the check out workers at discount centers and local grocery stores; this includes being patient with the person in front of me that waits until all their items are checked out, only to dig to find the checkbook in their oversized purse and then write their check, which they do, ever so slowly.
• Send birthday cards on time – yeah right.
• Beat Kirsten at Uno.
• Find some way to get tickets to the Super Bowl to watch the Saint’s win! Who dat said they gonna beat them Saints? (If I hear one more Cowboy remark, I’m going to have to put more money in my curse jar.)
• Keep from arguing with my husband, even when he is wrong and stupid at that particular moment. (Ok baby, you need to do this for me too when I am stupid; I don’t recall ever been wrong.)
• Follow my new motto: “Live for the day, not by the day.”