TOTAL, UTTER, SHAMEFUL FAILURE!

i found my new year's resolution list from last year. contrary to what the length of the list might indicate, i'm not even someone who really, really believes in the new year as a great time for new beginnings or anything like that. mostly i think i just like lists. and goals. last year was kind of a mixed bag of failures, successes, and things i completely forgot about. read and learn!

cook one new recipe a week
SUCCESS! i don't think i technically cooked one new recipe every single week, but i definitely made two or even three new things some weeks, and rarely didn't make anything new. so, when averaged out, i am victorious.

eat more slowly
FAILURE! after the first week of january, i don't think i ever thought about this brilliant idea again.

do some sort of flexibility training weekly
FAILURE! i get a lot of aerobic exercise, and i do some strength training, but i am pretty lazy about stretching, and i sit for extended periods every day at my computer and might be on my way to hunchbackland. i took a six week yoga class last january and february and that was a SUCCESS, but after that, FAILURE prevailed.

complain less
FAILURE! this is something i really should have worked on, but i forgot.

buy a house
SUCCESS! put that in your pipe and smoke it!

get a dog
SUCCESS! we got my favorite dog of all time, emmy. or mrs. emmy, as she prefers to be called.

give money regularly
SEMI SUCCESS! we've finally started to consistently (monthly) give money to a few things we really care about, such as duncan, our kenyan compassion child, blood:water mission, and the inn. i'm adding the 'semi' because we got a lot better at this later in the year, and there's always more to do. but i feel glad about what we're doing so far.

learn to drive a stick
UTTER FAILURE! i really really really need to learn how to do this, because brad's car is a stick and it's ridiculous that i can't drive it. and how are we ever going to win the amazing race if i don't learn? this must be added to my list for 2007.

find a way to love my work
SEMI SUCCESS! "love" might be too strong a word for my current work situation, but i am pleased to announce that it is approximately 574398574839578439 times better than my last one.

run a marathon
FAILURE! but i didn't really mean it when i said i wanted to do that last year. i want to in life. but i know that i want to have a running partner before i commit to a marathon, and until that happens, i'm not really set on this goal. i really shouldn't have put it on last year's list. i won't be fooled again in 2007.

do some house chore every day
SUCCESS! little did i know that only in our apartment did i have the luxury of not feeling obligated to do housework on a daily basis. a grown up homeowner like myself had no chance to fail at this resolution. especially one with a constantly shedding dog and a dark red area rug.

publish two issues of Awesome Times
TOTAL, UTTER, SHAMEFUL FAILURE! i wish i had honestly tried to do this, but i didn't at all. but with my current knowledge of microsoft office and other helpful software, should the newsletter ever have articles submitted again, i think i could publish them much more efficiently. if any of you Awesome Times writers are reading this now, i am accepting articles.


to sum up...
4 SUCCESS!
4 FAILURE!
1 UTTER FAILURE!
1 TOTAL, UTTER, SHAMEFUL FAILURE!
2 SEMI SUCCESS!

not so bad overall, for someone who knows they got a little carried away in their list-making. with six on the success side and six on the failure side, i'd say 2006 was a total wash. a moot point. actually, i think i did a good job. huzzah again.