Married In Ohio

Happy New Year! The first days of a new year is always a good time to reflect back on the past year and make resolutions for the year ahead.

Here’s last year’s resolutions and how I did.

1. Have oral sex with California Girl every time she trims her pubic hair. I’ve had this one on my list for several years, including last year. California Girl started going completely bare in July and, as a result, started shaving every day. So, while I had the “breakfast of champions” as much as in previous years, I ended up farther away from the goal.
2. Get to a point where I can stop worrying about my weight. I hover at the upper end of the “ideal range”. I’d like to lose enough so that gaining a couple of pounds won’t affect which zone I’m in. I haven’t lost the ever elusive 5 pounds; but I do worry less about my weight. I’ve been maintaining my “normal” weight for many years now so I don’t worry about it quite so much.
3. Get more money. The Boy will be starting college soon and we are so not ready for it financially. I don’t know what else this means yet but I know that status quo will not suffice. I did get a pay raise which is not too common in these times; especially in the field that I am in. It’s not nearly enough but every little bit helps.
4. Do better at the “homeowner thing”. I didn’t always cut the grass as frequently as I should have; especially in late spring and early fall when the kids were busy with sports. The great drought of 2007 made this one easy. Our grass is still alive; but it didn’t grow nearly as fast as usual.
5. Live large. Party hearty. This one is periodically on my list. Sometimes I become too focused on work and other things to enjoy life like I should. There’s always another job but I’ve only got one family. The summer was good; but I worked like a dog the last few months of the year. We were able to purchase a very much needed new vehicle. And, I’m still on Christmas vacation so all in all I’d say I did OK at this one.

And here are my resolutions for 2008.

1. Have oral sex with California Girl every time she trimsshaves her pubic hair. I’ve had variations of this one on my list for several years, including last year. It’s a bit more challenging, which is part of the fun, now that she shaves her pubic hair every day.
2. Do something extra special for California Girl. This year, we will celebrate our 20^th wedding anniversary. There’s going to be a lot of changes with The Boy going off to college and The Girl learning how to drive; but I don’t want to lose sight of the one person who’s always been there for us all. I’ve got some Ideas; but, obviously, I can’t mention them here.
3. Post to this blog more frequently; and visit other people’s blogs more regularly (and earlier in the day). I know that blogging is a hobby and sometimes real life gets in the way; but the intermittent posting and sporadic commenting that I have been doing recently is a symptom of the (dis)order in my life in general. I need to slow down and accept the fact that I can’t do everything all the time.
4. Do better keeping things neat and clean around the house. I’m an incurable neatnik; but recently, I’ve developed some bad habits that I don’t particularly care for. I’m going to make an extra special effort to break them
5. Live large. Party hearty. This the last year that the four of us will all be together. I really want for it to be a memorable one.

P.S. I was going to post this yesterday but I was too busy doing nothing in particular.