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Saturday, January 1, 2011

My 2011 Resolutions: Goober Edition


Well, that title may be a little misleading, seeing as how I have no intention of posting a 'Serious Edition' of New Year's Resolutions. The 'real' ones are both predictable and personal - you know, read scriptures more regularly, drop a couple pounds, budget more wisely, and so on. This list is more sharable, more achievable, and (arguably) more beneficial to my life.



1. Memorize all the lyrics to every song from 'Newsies'. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm pretty close. I can belt out 'Santa Fe' with no problem and 'Carrying the Banner' is pretty straightforward, but I'd just like to polish my renditions of the other songs - you know, make sure I've got all the lines in the right order and such.


2. Re-read all seven books in the Harry Potter series before 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One' hits the dollar theater (I'm guessing I have a couple more months). Here's my dilemma, though, should I only re-read half of book seven? Will that make the movie more of a cliffhanger if I haven't just re-read the book's second half? Still pondering, open to input.


3. Watch more TV. I know what you're thinking: "Jana, don't you already watch a pretty decent amount of TV?" And the answer is "Yes I do." Which is why I think this resolution should be a pretty easy one, which is good because it's a two-parter. Part one: continue to catch up on earlier seasons of current/off-the-air shows. This last year I did this with Glee, Bones, Castle, and the Nanny (don't judge me!). I really love Nathan Fillion on Castle, so now I think I'll go with his cult-hit show 'Firefly'. I'm not usually into sci-fi, but it's only like 13 episodes (plus a movie) and I've heard it's amazing. Part two: watch more shows with my boys. Usually I use 'Handy Manny' to give me a chance to blog/shower/etc but Clyde really loves it when I cuddle with him on the couch and we watch together. . . and those 'Imagination Movers' guys are pretty hilariously cheesily entertaining :).


4. Wear a different outfit to church every week. For at least four months straight . . . that's, what, 16 or 17 weeks? This is already somewhat of an unofficial goal of mine, and the thirteen skirts and six dresses in my closet should make it pretty easy. I should be clear that I am not at all any kind of fashionista, but I do love getting dressed for church (lest everyone conclude that I am incredibly shallow, I also love the religious aspect of church as well, you know, worshipping and learning and such).


5. Recapture my goober-y youth via old resolutions. When I was in elementary school, I used to write with my left hand as often as possible to cultivate my ambidextrous-ness. (I was verrry jealous of my left-handed cousin David. It looked so cool to eat cereal and hold the spoon with one's left hand). When's the last time I wrote something with my left hand? Well, probably only like a year ago, but still! I clearly need to get back on that. I also need to re-focus on my efforts to perfect my English accent, something I put a lot of time into when I was younger. (Oddly enough, the previously mentioned cousin David is married to the lovely, British Kym. Maybe next year I'll resolve to go to law school, as both of them have!)


6. Help Chuck get more excited about the awesome-ness of the 'Magic Laundry Pile'. As I explained in a lengthy text message to my dear Courtney the other night, I love sorting laundry. I love putting dirty laundry into the washing machine. I love putting clean (wet) laundry into the dryer. And I even (mostly) love taking clean laundry out of the dryer and laying it out onto my bed, all ready to be hanger-ed and hung up (this last step is because I do not iron. Ever). Unfortunately, that's where the love affair ends - soooo close to the whole process being over! So instead I let it stack up (still nicely laid out) and call it the Magic Laundry Pile. It's magic because if you're looking for a certain shirt, it's probably - magically - in that pile! So far Chuck has not responded very enthusiastically to the MLP, but I think if I try hard enough, he might understand its allure. Or else I'll have to add 'put away laundry quicker' onto my 'serious resolution' list. . .


7. Some mini-ones: Let go of more inhibitions. I'm pretty good at not worrying about what other people think and such, but I could be better. Reach out more. Comment on more blogs, send random happy texts, mail people cards just to say hi, etc. Have more dance parties with my boys. Finish grieving about Finn and Rachel's break-up on Glee. Send Chuck a scandalous note in his lunchbox every now and then to replace the normal 'loveyou/haveagoodnightatwork/besafe' sentiment. Let Clyde unroll the window in the car more, even if it is flippin' freezing, because it brings him so much happiness. Try not to say 'I told you so' when he (hopefully) quickly rolls it back up :). Video tape Will dancing to the 'hot dog' song from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Make a tie-dye t-shirt. Go to Utah at least as much this year as I did last year (which means eight times!!). Say a silent prayer of gratitude every time Will runs towards me and says "Ugggg!" aka 'hug'.

Happy 2011 everyone!! Feel free to keep me accountable for keeping these goals :).

11 comments:

Judy said...

Love your list. I'm going to copy some of it and use it for my own. Right now I'm commenting more people's blogs. Also, the key to bright, color-staying tie-dye is to soak the shirt (pre-dye) in soda ash, which you can buy at Quality Art off of Chinden.

Shawn AND Chelsey said...

good luck on your resolutions! i think you made some pretty great ones!

p.s. i never iron either. i don't think we even own an ironing board!!! :)

Leslie said...

Great fun! Ditto on the ironing thing. I would like to say I can blame it on lack of space or on a small ironing board, but even if I moved into a mansion and had a whole room for ironing, it likely wouldn't get done.

Ben and Courtney Hugo said...

Jana, I loved this. It totally made me laugh. I think I will make a new years resolution to watch more TV too. And I am SO GLAD we had that conversation about laundry:) And I'm thinking if you are going to make 8 trips to UT this year, at least a few should be before we leave in April.

mama izatt said...

I think the theme of the next talent show should be Newsies! I love that movie. Let us know when Harry Potter comes to the dollar theater...that may prompt a trip to Boise (It left Elko before we had a chance to go), and you can show off your British accent. I have always been jealous of anyone who can do accents and voices. Which somewhat explains why I am terrible at learning to speak a foreign language.

jayna said...

All I have to say is...
"Gotta get more papes!"

Janssen said...

For what it is worth, HP 7, part 1 covers more than half the book.

david said...

I totally forget the HP story line by the time the movie's out so it's all new to me. Which also means I don't get bogged down by forever complaining, "I can't believe they left [x] out," or "That was absolutely not in the book."

Andrea said...

"AAaaaoooo mistah Fletcha!" Hahahaha The Nanny? That's hi-larious. But I'm not judging. We all have our guilty pleasures. For example, I watched all four seasons of the O.C....

Cathy said...

I used the "open window" bit in the car as a "shock treatment" for Sloan's nonstop crying one time. You know - kind of a take that! attempt at freezing her out. Now she cries and cries just to get me to open the window. She LOVES it. We drove for about an hour the night after Christmas between McCall & Boise in freezing weather with it open. Think long & hard before succombing to this one.

Love the list, by the way. :)

cassie said...

my husband and i LOVE Nathan Fillion!!! we like firefly ALOT! i say you should check it out. its pretty awesome. my husband converted me to the way of sci-fi. haha never thought i would enjoy it.