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Resolutions are Doomed to Failure

It is hard to believe that a new year is already underway. It seems like yesterday that we were all stressing over the Y2K and now, as if suddenly, we’re a bit closer to the end of the decade.

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I did everything I was supposed to do to usher in a prosperous new year. I simmered a crock pot full of black eyed peas with hog jowl and cooked a kettle full of collard greens.. Plus, we went to my sister’s house and ate some of hers, too. I should be covered with luck. I doubt that it will do any good, though.

We even found time to visit my mother in law where I was shocked to find that she did not eat any greens. If you have read my earlier blogs, you know that she is the most superstitious person I know. She did eat canned black eye peas which in my book are not the same as dried. I told her so, too. She simply dismissed my comment knowing that I was no match for her superstitious wisdoms.

It is because of her that my wife refuses to wash clothes, clean house, sweep, or perform any other domestic tasks on New Years Day for fear that it will mean she has to do it all year long. “What’s wrong with a little housework throughout the year?” I always ask. Nope, not going to happen! The clothes are washed and the house cleaned the day before but NEVER on New Years day.

I have been accused of being a pessimist and perhaps my accusers are right. Maybe I just set my expectations low to avoid disappointment. The optimist, on the other hand, is always looking for great things. It would seem the optimist is disappointed a lot more than the pessimist. I am a coward to disappointment.

But, I have made a new year’s resolution to be more optimistic. I am certain, though, that I will break it.

There are other things I hope to do during the year.


  1. Attend at least four bluegrass festivals (I am sure, however, that gas prices will be so high I will reluctantly not attend as many)

  2. Practice the guitar more frequently (I know I will fail at this.  After 30 years of playing, I have yet to receive a record deal. Besides, I have heard me play and I know why.)

  3. Plant a bigger garden. (This I will surely do because I have never planted a garden that the bugs and weeds did not enjoy.  More for them and more for me!)

  4. Start an exercise program.  (Is hoisting a beer from the cooler to the lips considered good for the biceps?) (I suppose I could run, rather than walk, to the buffet table)

  5. Stop eating so many fried foods.  (I will if there is a nuclear holocaust and chickens are wiped from the face of the earth)

  6. Re-new my passport.  (Ok.  I will probably do this but I doubt I will use it since terrorist like to kill Americans abroad.)

  7. Be kinder. (This would be easier if people, in general, weren’t so irritating.)

  8. Vote. (I will but I am sure my candidates will not win.  They never do.)

I was going to do ten but why add more pressure on myself. Plus, it is two less things to fail.

Maybe you will have better luck with your resolutions. I doubt it. Even so, have a happy new year.

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Posted on Jan 03, 2008 - 02:13 PM by Larche Hardy
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The life of any News Director is stressful most days... so, when the weekend rolls around I find myself on the back roads of our bountiful and beautiful part of the state looking for bluegrass music, interesting things to do, and, of course, fried chicken. I will try to share some of these "finds" with you. There are a thousand stories left to be told or simply remembered. Don't expect to find them all here; maybe just a little stroll down memory lane or maybe a little skewed insight into topical issues.
Larche Hardy,
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