resolve this

I'm borrowing (again) from my friend, Katie, who celebrates a New Year's birthday and who did a similar post last week. She revisited her 2008 resolutions and updated her 2009 resolutions. I figure I might as well admit to my utter failure of the past year and fess up to my 2009 resolutions publicly for the world to know.

Here's what I wrote last year in gray and my success or lack there of in red:
1. Stop DVR-recording reality tv shows (American Idol, America's Next Top Model, Big Brother, etc.). Scratch that: Stop watching reality tv shows all together. They consume me when I do and usually I should be doing something besides viewing such trash. Well, I did stop DVRing them...but I know I did watch the majority of American Idol. I didn't watch America's Next Top Model AT ALL, and only watched the summer series of Big Brother, not the mid-year couples version, which I thought was lame.
2. Hang up my clothes instead of acquiring a nice pile in the corner of my room. This drives Ben nutso, and I suppose it's a carry-over from childhood. I'm a big girl now with a tiny teeny closet full of empty hangers just waiting for companions. It should also cut down my ironing, which I hate and thus resolve to do less of this year. I'm going to say this was a success; I tried to hang everything up within one or two days of wearing. My closet is still small--and getting smaller with each new clothes purchase--but I think hanging up has become a habit.
3. Swear less while playing Guitar Hero. Pretty much that's it. Yup. Well. I definitely swore less while playing Guitar Hero because pretty much after my Winter Break last year I rarely played Guitar Hero. I do remember that when I played Guitar Hero in the assembly at school I didn't swear once!
4. Play less Guitar Hero because it's turning out to be reality TV's replacement. Definitely a success. My life during Winter Break was consumed by this game, but after returning to reality, it became an infrequent occurrence.
5. Eat less bread. Or no bread. Whichever becomes easier. Ha. Nope. I'll just admit, I love love love bread. I've eaten less since being pregnant, though...not sure why.
6. Acquire all of my old roommates current addresses for next year's Christmas card, which I actually will take time to put together next year. (if you're an old roommate, or you know an old roommate's address, e-mail me!) Not only did I not get one old roommate's address but I also didn't even send out ANY Christmas cards (except for the e-mail version I sent on Smilebox, which only made it to one or two old roommates).
7. Sew. My sweet mom Hubert got me a sewing machine last year for Christmas and I've neglected it. I resolve to make....something cute. I think I looked at the sewing machine a few times. I feel really bad about this one. I may re-resolve this one again this year...
8. Stop being a pack-rat. Seriously, I don't need to save the greasy napkin from the restaurant I ate at on my birthday last year. Who cares? I threw away SO much stuff during the summer to make some space in my office. I say this one was a success and it feels GREAT not to have all that extra stuff to find homes for.
9. Call Zeus "devil dog" fewer times. I most definitely did this. He's mellowed (a teensy-tinsy bit, anyway), and when he's 'cute' I kind of like him.
10. Live in the moment and be happy about what my current life is. Can't say either way on this one. I think this is a life-long challenge of mine...

For 2009, my resolutions are (I'm keeping the list way small this year, folks):
1. Learn something new: I am going to learn to sew. I'm currently making plans to sew the baby nursery bedding, and by plans I mean--I've purchased material and have the pattern, much closer to starting than ever before. I unburied the sewing machine and am going to make a permanent home for it in my office. I also want to learn to crochet.
2. Read two non-master's degree related book each month. I think this will be easy with my new obsession: the Sony Digital Reader.
3. Go to the temple once a month. This may become difficult after the baby comes, but I still have a few child-free months to waddle my way to one of many near-by temples.
4. Check Facebook less. Blog-stalk less. I'm talking way less, people. Like, way, way, way less.
5. Become more self-confident & get out of my comfort zone. This is hard, but I'm determined.

And that's it. I won't be offended if any of you check up on me and my 2009 resolutions; my goal is to still be on top of the 5 by the end of the month.

Happy 2009.