Happy New Year

Well it has been a while since we have done anything for new years, but this year someone in the church invited the whole church over for a party, kids included. We sent Amanda with some of her friends but us a 2 other couples decided to forgo the mayhem and hang out at MW's house which is 1/2 mile down the road. I went to the store and bought goodies for the big boys and rented a movie for them so that they could have a party of their own while we were gone. We packed up Luey since he is not old enough to stay home and MW's son is about his age. We rang in the New Year in our style, which was quietly and peacefully with just a few good friends.

Nothing looked more miserable than freezing to death in Times Square with hundreds of thousands of intoxicated people.

Resolutions have never been something that I can ever remember doing. I think that I may have said one here and there but not seriously. I love to hear what other people are hoping to accomplish, most of the ones I heard this year have to do with health or diet issues. I think that one of the reasons that I don't do New Years resolutions is that I am always striving to do something, whether it is eating better, reading more, or just figuring out a way to be a better parent. I have to be inspired to change and that just doesn't seem to happen for me at this time of year. There is one thing that I would be inclined to declare as a resolution and that would be that I want to practice my tactical shooting and really make this into a hobby, for 2 important reasons. The first is that this is something that Nate and I could enjoy together and gender isn't relevant to success. The second reason is that I lack personal hobbies, when people ask me what my hobbies are I have none to mention. I have interest's like cooking and reading but those are the only two. I read a Dad's resolutions somewhere in this blog land that I thought were so sweet. "Praise abundantly, criticize rarely, smile warmly, frown seldom, laugh heartily and cry freely."