Quick Takes--New Year's Edition

Ringing in 2011 with a few miscellaneous quick takes...

1. Today is 1-1-11. Pretty cool, huh? Looking forward to 11-11-11 also, of course.

2. Last night we had fun celebrating New Year's Eve with treats and root beer floats. See...

3. I was thinking about making new year's resolutions, and a couple of things came to mind. Imagine my dismay when I checked out my resolutions from 2010, and they turned out to be the exact same things I was thinking about for 2011. #@&%*$(#!! Whatever. New Year's resolutions are stupid, right?

4. This week the kids and I have been geeking out just a bit and having a sci-fi film festival, watching Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, a moonwalk documentary, and, tonight, Star Trek. Back in the day, I was a bit of a sci-fi fan; it was one of my favorite short-story genres to write in, even. (What a little nerd I was!) We had fun watching the movies. The only problem was Battlestar Galactica, which I should have previewed. WAY too racy for my sweeties, in my opinion, and a bit too scary for JPD. Especially since he was quite surprised afterwards when I clarified that the movie was not true! Yikes! No, JPD, evil robot people with blinking red uni-eyes are not trying to destroy mankind! The next morning, he watched the moonwalk documentary three times in a row in the van, and I think we both felt much better.

5. Anyone else get a Swiffer duster from their husband for Christmas? No kidding! Come on...you know you're jealous!

6. The little boys and I have been swimming most days this week at the health club. Fun fun fun. :) And Mommy got some workouts in too!

7. I love the week between Christmas and New Year's; it is always so peaceful and relaxed. I must say that we've been eating, drinking, and even sleeping a lot. Most of the snow has melted from our two days of warm weather; now it's freezing again (and I mean Wisconsin freezing!). I'm sad that vacation is over, but I've also had enough of all this slacking. I'm ready for the new year to begin! I can't even imagine what we'll be up to this time next year. Really...could be anything. Will Bill find a job? (Will he try?) Or will I? Will we move? Will we have another baby? Will we have a great sadness, such as we had in 2010 several times over? Will we manage to do something cool (like have a grownup-only getaway, maybe, for a night or a weekend) for Bill's 50th birthday next fall? All I can say is...stay tuned!

+JMJ+ Thy Will Be Done!!! +JMJ+