New Year's Resolutions...

I hadn't really had a chance to get these written down with all the traveling between Australian towns and international cities in the past few days.  I now find myself in Burlingame, CA...  A few miles from the airport hotel we are staying in before we fly back to Boston tomorrow afternoon. 

I located a Starbucks on the Internet that is only a 15 minute walk from my hotel... So I decided to take advantage of a fully charged Macbook battery, sit down with a Caramel Machiatto and strangers...  And finally write out what I would like to accomplish in 2009.

• The Book Project. Not super top secret.  But I am participating in a writing project that has legitimate potential.  Fellatio In The Garden Of Eden is still in the works.  But a joint project is less intimidating to start with in terms of getting published.  Baby steps.  But, I plan to start and finish this book project this year.  And hopefully, someone will want to publish what we have written.
  
• Eat better.  Seriously!  I know, I had this on the list last year.  But I am sincere this time around.  I am entering a 9 year in a few months... Time to start shedding things that no longer work for me.  And there are some foods that need to be severely cut back on for health reasons. 
  
• Establish regular cleaning day each week.  I have been bad about cleaning regularly.  In 2008, our dryer broke, and we were stuck hang-drying all out clothing.  this made laundry a daunting and time-consuming project.  And it cut into time available to regularly clean the apartment. And since I refuse to hire a cleaning lady (that's for people with children - not two working adults who legitimately have time to clean), I need to be more scheduled with the cleaning.
  
• Be more scheduled in general.  I used to be ridiculously ANAL about schedules.  Since the age of 16, I kept a hand-written and color-coded day planner.  I used to get a kick out of checking things off each day.  I stopped doing that when I got married.  And after being in Australia this week, and seeing my new sister-in-law (who I really can not say enough wonderful things about - her or her family... Such incredibly lovely people) and her anal ways with scheduling things out... It brought me back to how I was when I was her age.  I have been inspired!
  
• More wine.  Okay...  I know some of you chastised me for saying I buy a bottle of wine every two weeks. I know wine goes bad after a few days from when you open it.  So I know resolve to drink one bottle every 4 days.  I will have 4 to 5 ounces each night, with dinner.
  
• No bagels. This one kills me to write.  Because we have "Bagel Monday" every week in the office.  It's usually the only bagel I have the entire week.  But once I eat the bagel, I then began to eat crappy the rest of the day. I spiral downward... At the beginning of the week.  It's just not worth it anymore.
  
• Shed unused stuff before the move.  I think there is a bit of stuff I can get rid of, before we move to Toronto in 4.5 months. I need to get on the cleaning binge!
  
• Visit two countries.  Besides Canada and America, that is.  And Australia and New Zealand don't count, even though I didn't leave them until after the new year began.

And there you have it.  Can't wait to see how I do this year!