Dear self,
We haven't talked much lately, what with you being so charitable and only thinking of others (snort!). So I figured now was as good a time as any. With the Christmas season at hand, you're only bound to become more giving (snort!) and less self-centered (snort! snort!). So here we go ...
1. Visit your wife's family more often. The Saturday after Thanksgiving, when you played dominos until 11:30 p.m. with the PF's grandparents, her sister and her husband, it was like you had your own grandparents again. That's a feeling that can't be bought. While you're at it, visit your own family more often, Chief.
2. Eat more pizza. It's good enough, it's cheap enough, and dog-gone it, you really like it.
3. Lose weight. This may seem incongruent with No. 2, but it's really not. If all you ate was pizza, you'd get sick and not want to eat at all for a month. Wah-lah! Reduced poundage. OK, so this isn't the best plan. Guess we'll stick to making better choices and exercising vigorously more often.
4. Exercise "vigorously" more often. Heh, heh. This depends on the wife's mood, of course.
5. Don't ever wear that yellow and blue shirt again. It makes you look like a 7th-grader who couldn't get a date to the dance. Sound familiar?
6. Smell more roses. You do a pretty good job of spending lots of time and "quality" time with your better half (the wife) and your better third (the kiddo). Remember to have more fun in general and not take things so seriously.
7. Get serious. Once again, an apparent contradiction (this time to No. 6). But you know what I'm talking about. Find that new job you know you want, fix up the house, chase the dream that your mind (well, OK, so it is my fault) won't let you. Be serious, but maybe not so practical. Be serious about taking a few risks there, Spanky.
8. Stop using words like "incongruent."
9. As an addendum to No. 7, with hints of No. 6: Build that stupid boat already! You've talked about it for years.
10. Stop talking to yourself. People will begin to wonder.
Later,
T-bone
Good list, mind if I borrow it? Gonna change #9 to "write that short story or song you been wanting to do".
Hah - could shorten it and just say 1. Fix everything.
Good list. Now, may we see a picture of the yellow and blue shirt in questions?
I love the comments about spending more time with the family (both sides). Such a true statement.
Yes, you really do need to build that boat. I remember you talking about it way back when.
And I agree that you need to eat pizza more often. It's practically a weekly staple in our house because it's easy and so good!
I love the one about pizza. Everyone should eat more pizza!!
A'weigh hey and blow the man down...
(Or whatever the words to that silly Popeye tune was...)
It ain't even New Years, yet, T-Bone!
My, aren't we introspective? :)
How are ya, kiddo!?!
I find that it is when I STOP talking to myself that people begin to wonder.
Things are going great here. Married life is treating me fabulously, but I notice that I too need to lose weight. ARGH!
Hope all is well with you!
i loved the contradictions...these are CONSTANTLY IN MY MIND! when can we see the yellow and blue shirt?!