new year's resolutions (only a little bit late)

ok so yes it is more traditional to make new year's resolutions at the beginning of the new year, and then blog all about it then and there. it is now the end of the first month of the new year so its about time to blog all about it. (life has been a bit busy this month...thanks in part to those afore-mentioned resolutions)

Resolution #1 - Recycling

doing what little part I can do to save the world. we bought some recycling containers...no more would the excuse that my building doesnt have recycling containers hold up. I grew up in a house where we recycled EVERYTHING my parents canceled the trash after the kids went off to school since as my dad likes to say "mom washes all our trash and its piled up in the garage" waiting for to be taken to the recycling center.

then kansas city stopped accepting glass at the recycling center. so in grad school once a month I'd haul my parents glass bottles back to columbia and leave them at the curb. it looked like me at my roommates (who never actually had a single party) threw a rocking classy party with all the best beer on a regular basis.

then I came here...and threw everything away despite the fact that my city taxes pay for curbside recycling and I drive by the city recycling center everyday on my way to work. well now I have joined the ranks of garbage washers everywhere. saving the world, one juice bottle at a time.

Resolution #2 - Church-a-Lurch

again always as a church goer. sunday mornings with my mom and siblings, then off to notre dame and sunday night in my pj's in the stanford chapel, then off to dove drive and up early for church with linds. and then sunday morning church turned into sunday morning groceries while other people were at church.

this week marks week three of my sunday morning church pilgrimages. (it would have been four...but we took an ohio excursion MLK weekend) an hour on the el then off to church and brunch with claires bears then an hour on the el back home. a good four hours of break time from life. (and some good food)

Resolution #3 - Reading, Bedtime, and work-free weekends

I worked hard last year. many late nights and not much else. This year was better. and now even better. work-shmork. now 9 o'clock reading time and 10 o'clock lights out. (ok this one hasn't gone so well. but I have been asleep by 11 most nights, and 10 on many, and I currently have several books checked out from the evanston public library)

so there it is. three resolutions a little late. there could be more. like after school walking club, taking time to get in touch with long lost friends, and conquering the dirty dishes pile on a more regular basis...but 3 sounds better than 6 and no one wants to see pictures of my piles of dirty dishes (which amazingly dont actually exist)