As our kids grew old enough to know that something special was happening on New Year’s Eve, they became more and more persistent about wanting to participate. Some years we took them to see fireworks, but that is typically a COLD endeavor here in New York. Other years we have gone to parties where kids were […]
As I sit here wondering what to write about I am struck by my increasingly large case of writer’s block. A kind of block that is case specific to this time honored tradition we call, “New Year’s Resolutions”. Resolution by definition means, “A course of action determined or decided on.” A New Year’s Resolution according […]
A few of years ago I had hit my highest weight ever, even heavier than when I was nine months pregnant, pre-eclamtic and swollen to the hilt! So I set out to drop the weight. It helped that I had just had braces put on my teeth and thus my mouth was often to sore […]
I started these New Year’s Resolution Posts in 2010 on a whim. I made it my goal to read Gone with the Wind. I did that wish ease. Then in my New Year’s Resolution Post 2011 I decided to try Sophie’s Choice. I am having less success with Sophie’s Choice. I tried reading it earlier […]
My New Year’s Resolution for 2011 was to read Sophie’s Choice by William Styron. My progress is much slower than I would like I am only 38% done). There are three main reasons for this. The first reason is simply that I am not finding the time to read. Between homeschooling the kids, keeping up […]
My New Year’s Resolution for 2011 was to read Sophie’s Choice by William Styron. Needless to say I am a little late in getting to it this year! I started out very enthusiastically in January or February but did not get very far in the 6 weeks I had the book on loan from the […]
This past January I posted about New Year’s Resolutions. I had pretty much forgotten about the post until I started searching my blog for all the things I had posted about Gone With the Wind. In January of this year I made it my one mission for the year to read Gone With the Wind. […]
I have recently been catching up on my blog post reading, and came across multiple writings on resolutions for the New Year. Resolutions are not really my thing as I always have this image of dusty treadmills and weight benches used as clothing hangers! Anyone who knows me realizes I could stand to loose about […]
For New Year’s Eve 2008 we were given the opportunity to do something different. Rochester was celebrating it’s 175th Anniversary with a big kickoff bash on New Year’s Eve. The Bach Children’s Chorus was going to be singing downtown and a special ball full of wishes was to be set on fire downtown. The chorus […]