New Year, New Attitude – Maybe

If you’ve been reading for a while, you know that last year I resolved to:

1)  Not yell (loudly, anyway) at my children when they are driving me batshit crazy;

2)  Kick my peanut M&M’s addiction without the help of Dr. Drew;

3)  Drink more wine;

4)  Eat less chocolate (see #2).

Well, win some, lose some.  I’ve got a 50% success rate for 2009.   I’m no longer addicted to peanut M&M’s and I imbibed more wine, including some I thought I’d never try.  (Note to self:  While you love most items from Trader Joe’s, there is a reason why the wine is only $2.99 a bottle. Remember that.)

I knew #1 would be a longshot.  And, oh what a longshot it was.   I’m still screaming like a banshee at my children and kicking myself every time I do it.  Maybe if I drank while they’re awake, it would help. (Just kidding.)  Oh well, I guess I’d just better set aside more money in the therapy fund. (Theirs and mine.)    

I made it to November with #4, but once Thanksgiving hit, I was gulping chocolate in all its glorious forms like a parched desert traveler gulps water at the oasis.

I guess we’ll put those two back on the list for 2010, add a couple more, and hope for at least a 60/40 split this year. 

Be it hereby resolved that I, Mumma Boo, will do my best to:

1)  Stop screaming like a banshee at my children when they are driving me batshit crazy;

2)  Eat less chocolate;

3)  Write more, both on this blog and elsewhere;

4)  Actually read the books on my nightstand; and,

5)  Continue drinking more wine. (Hey, if it works, I should stick with it, right?)

Happy New Year, my friends.  May 2010 be good to you and yours.