arrived

2013 has arrived.  And I sit here writing this blog post while avoiding the cleaning and dusting and scrubbing that needs to be done before we have friends over for supper tonight.  Yup - that's me - procrastination at its finest.  I really could have had the whole house scrubbed from top to bottom in the time since I have been awake this morning.  Instead, the vacuum sits in the living room, with couches to be vacuumed (darn cat hair), furniture to be dusted, dishes to be done and bathrooms to be scrubbed.  I have actually written several blog posts in the past few months and saved them as drafts yet to be finished and published.  I'm good at that.  Having ideas and my head and things to do and yet they never get done and time passes on.  Like 2013 has arrived and the first month is more than half over and the days and time just keep moving.  Wait that all sounds so morbid and depressing.  Maybe I should erase it and start over...nah.

While I hate New Years Resolutions because I can never keep them and they just seem like something a person tries to do for one whole year and then they can be done with it - I might have a few of my own.  Although I don't really think of them as resolutions having a new year upon me seems like a fresh start and a good time to aspire to new heights and dreams.  Okay that sounds like my "resolutions" are dramatic and awe-inspiring.  They are quite far from that.  Ahem - without further ado - my life "resolutions" 

- Recycle.  While we have curbside recycling and most of my cans and milk jugs get in the recycling bag under the sink there are still things that could be recycled that just get thrown in the trash.  I want to think twice about everything that gets put in our trash can and think if maybe it could possibly be recycled.  I want our recycle can to be more full than our trash can each week. 

-Compost.  We have a yard.  We have a pile of dirt/grass in the back corner that when we dug up our yard the summer we moved in was to become our compost pile.  Instead it is still just a pile of dirt and grass.  I know nothing about a compost pile except what kinds of things I can put on it.  I will have to get a book from the library about compost for dummies.  So there it is - throwing my garbage in a pile in the back corner of the yard.  Quite the resolution huh?  

-Water.  Drink more of it.  End of story. 

-Have more friends. What I mean by this is not be such a loner.  Invite more people over to the house.  Have more planned dinners and game nights.  Put myself out there for people to come into our messy house and have fun.  Life is messy.  (as I sit here typing that I see more crumbs and dust under the couch that are staring at me) sigh.  

-Write more blog posts.  Even if they are random and just a rambling of my crazy mind and boring life...write more blog posts. And publish them too. 

Alright well now that I've just typed a random post instead of just saving it for later I will hit publish.  And then I can feel good about one of my "resolutions".  Oh and since we are having friends over tonight - I get 2 points today!  A blog post and friends.  whoo hoo!  Adios for now.