Me, Late? Never!

I've been intending to post my "New Years Resolutions for 2009," but I haven't quite gotten to it. This is not because I am chronically tardy, though I am chronically tardy. This is because I am not a good decision maker. I cannot decide what to resolve to DO this year!

There are the two things I WANT to do this year. I want to learn how to knit baby's hats and shoes, because they would make great gifts and just be a good skill for a mom to know. My mom just learned how and she's knitting Micah slippers and I'm a little jealous. The other thing I want to learn to do is to sew. First, I'd like to sew bags, because bags are oh so cute, and if I can do that, then I'd like to figure out how to sew lounge pants. Because check out these lounge pants. I bought them for way too much money last year and I never want to do that again. Instead, I'd like to sew a pair. Wouldn't you?

But then there are the two things I NEED to do. Which are simple but NOT easy. Be on time (I am regularly about half an hour late everywhere I go, which is acceptable if you live in Italy, not so much here in the good old USofA), and go to bed on time. Which is about two to three hours earlier than I currently go to bed. It's not an easy habit to break!

And then there are the two resolutions that I'm already doing. The first one is to read through my chronological Bible. And I'm going to be easy on myself here - the goal is to read through the Bible, not necessarily to read through the Bible in a year, though I intend to try. This is one of the thirty things I am going to do before I'm thirty and two-and-a-half years goes by faster than you think.The second thing I'm already doing is simply embracing this season of life, even though if I could have it my way, I'd change a few things. Instead of focusing in the things I'd change, I'm going to focus on the special opportunities living in this season of life brings. It turns out it's a lot more fun to live that way, and I think in the end, there will be fewer regrets!

So, yeah...I could do ALL of these. It wouldn't be that ambitious of me. But I do hate to set myself up to fail. Being on time AND going to bed at a decent hour just seems like too much change for one year, what with all the other changes upon us.

(Speaking of...I'm not writing much about the inaguration because there isn't much to write about - the media is bubbling over with joy and ecstasy to the point of embarrassment and there's little more to say. President Obama can give better speeches than he gave today, but oh well, apparently it will still end up etched in stone. His daughters looked absolutely beautiful and oh SO happy, it actually did bring a smile to my face, and Micah, who watched with me, positively had a crush on them. He kept pointing out the "girls!" every time they came across the screen. I didn't so much get the poem, nor did I enjoy the final prayer. BUT...all that aside, I will pray for our new president, because, democrat or republican (or, ahem, neither), black or white, capitalist or socialist or somewhere in between, we will all stand before the one true Judge someday and be held accountable for our actions. "The king's heart is like streams of water in the Lord's hand; He turns it wherever He wishes" (Prov. 21:1). If we really believe this, than none of us have any reason to 1) worship the ground that poor man walks on, or 2) despair. We are in good hands. It's 2009, and all is well.)