[ ...resolutions! ]

sooooooo...it's that time again to say goodbye to the old year & write a list of things that i'm going to attempt to keep hopefully longer than a week! i really don't know why i keep writing new years resolutions ~ i think i hope every year that this with be THE year that i'll keep at least one of them!!

so lets see:

i'm going to have the usual ones:

drink more water & take my vitamins...

drink less alcohol... is there any point in putting that on it's making me miserable & the new year hasn't started yet!!

make my kids eat more organic & or healthy foods... hopefully this will be more than me hiding jars of baby food vegetables in pasta sauce!

oh & try to put the washing away before it turns into mount rushmore, that way my socks might stay in pairs ~ i have no idea where half the socks go... all i can say is i'm thankful that humans only have 2 feet & we don't have to wear them in summer!

keep the house tidy.... mmmmmmmmm basically i'd like to be a domestic goddess

keep daydreaming about being a domestic goddess! (i have to put something on there that i can definitely keep!)

i'd like to 'de~clutter' too... i have no idea how to do this... but writing it down is a good start right?

make sure i send cards for everyone's birthdays... that kind of slipped last year.

surround myself with positive energy (sounds exhausting!!)

decorate the spare room

go on regular 'date nights' with the hubby. (& use a ridiculously small bag that has no baby items in it!)

i s'ppose it would also be nice if i went to bed earlier... but how am i meant to do all the other stuff & manage that!!

& the old chestnut... loose some weight. my husband was watching some tribute rock thing on tv the other day & annie lennox was on it. she looks AMAZING!! i had to look up her age... she's 55!! still not sure i like her hair-do but her figure is great! i remember being at school singing that song of hers with my friends ~ something about an angel, when we were meant to be doing cross country running, we were probably walking!! i'll give the weight thing a go...AGAIN... but i'll wait till the 2nd, my fridge has got too much good stuff in it at the moment... i love it!! it's like the fridge on tom & jerry. & lets face it.. in the words of bridget jones... I will always be just a little bit fat. ...




as long as we are healthy, happy, have clothes on our backs & food to eat that should do it!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

***UPDATED!! [ i can't get in my package! ]

***UPDATED EDIT BELOW ORIGINAL POST:

sooooooo... i buy oscar a toy for his birthday... & need dynamite to get the packaging off!! why oh why do all these packages need to be wired up with 3 million pieces of wire & plastic bits & pieces. is this some sort of ploy to make extra jobs?

all i know is that it makes my life really difficult when you have a 4 year old unable to contain his excitement while i'm untwisting as fast as i can to free the object from it's box!!

that is someones job to twist all those wires... & i swear whoever twists them - twists them the opposite way you'd go on purpose!!

the packaging i detest are those plastic 'shells' that are impossible to open without the aid of a circular or chain saw! & those so & so's are sharp! i wonder if they make these like this so, god forbid, you need to return it you've opened the packaging.

some flat pack furniture gives spanners or allen keys with the bag of nuts & bolts to help you put them together... these boxes should be giving mini wire cutters!

there should be new labeling too ~ instead of 'assembly', it should read 'dis assembly' required!!

***UPDATED!!!!

soooooo... i still can not believe this packaging!! it was christmas day yesterday so we had a 'few' items to remove from their boxes! WOW!! ok so there were the expected 2 million twisty wire ties, industrial tape & cable ties but this is a first for me... we got oscar & flynn a truck each that actually had to be UNSCREWED from their boxes, but not with a regular sized screw driver an unusual little one!! it took around 10 minutes to get everything out.

but finally.... we received matchbox vehicles & they have it right... it was secured in the box but was very easy to remove without any tools! HOORAY!!!

[ ticket...! ]

sooooooo... i was driving oscar to nursery school this morning & to his delight we pass a police car that had flashing sirens. he said that's like the one that stopped you & gave you a ticket...... i replied mmmmmmm yes (didn't really want to be reminded of that little incident..) oscar then asks 'was it a good ticket?' i reply no darling... police don't give out good tickets!

then i got to thinking... oscar's a genius! (of course!) wouldn't it be nice if the police gave out good tickets for once. ma'am i saw you driving really well & you let that other person out... here's a 'good ticket'! maybe they could be gift certificates!!

& maybe they should have different colored lights for 'good tickets' ~ say red & green for the holidays.... that way you can avoid that horrible sunken feeling when you get pulled over!!

just a thought!!...