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December 22, 2023, entered in Constance LaFrance's Funny New Year's Resolutions for 2024 Contest~~placed 1st

**not to start lying in wait to exact revenge on those who cruise down my little street late at night playing outrageously loud rap music, jarring me awake and sorely testing my Christianity~~ **not to check out a 500-page library book, read 50 pages, lay the book aside for two weeks, then have to start over because I forgot what I read~~ **to start systematically throwing some things away and organizing what I keep so that, when I’m gone, my folks won’t be forced to spend six months slogging through reams and stacks of STUFF wondering Why did she keep THIS? . . . How could she do this to us?! . . . I REALLY need to toss my old diaries. (I haven’t always been a sedate old lady!) **to stop falling asleep sitting almost straight up in my rocker recliner, causing me to awaken three hours later temporarily paralyzed from head to toe **to stop staying up too late on Saturday nights, causing me to get so sleepy at church on Sunday that my head droops forward or~~even worse~~back, then jerks violently into place, mortifying me.

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Date: 12/31/2023 11:50:00 PM
Congrats. Thanks for sharing this. Joyous New year to you and your family. God bless you.
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Janice Canerdy
Date: 1/1/2024 9:28:00 AM
Thanks so much, Beata. Happy New Year! Janice
Date: 12/31/2023 1:07:00 PM
Congratulations with your win. I enjoyed reading your creative/fun write with a good ending. Happy New Year... Write More In 24...........................
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Janice Canerdy
Date: 12/31/2023 6:42:00 PM
Thanks SO much, Paula. Have a blessed new year! Janice
Date: 12/31/2023 9:13:00 AM
Oh, I like this Janice...so, so true - and funny! Congratulations! :)
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Janice Canerdy
Date: 12/31/2023 1:04:00 PM
Linda, thanks a million! Janice
Date: 12/31/2023 6:24:00 AM
Janice, congratulations on your win in my Funny New Years Resolutions contest, your poem was fun and I liked it a lot, Happy New Year, Constance
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Janice Canerdy
Date: 12/31/2023 1:03:00 PM
Constance, thanks SO much for sponsoring and for my win! Janice
Date: 12/23/2023 5:57:00 AM
Your thoughts resonate in goodwill and aspirations of 2024. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, Janice.
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Janice Canerdy
Date: 12/23/2023 6:45:00 AM
Thanks so much, Vijay. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Janice
Date: 12/23/2023 4:34:00 AM
Your take on this contest made me smile and you summed it up really well Janice..
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Janice Canerdy
Date: 12/23/2023 6:44:00 AM
Thanks so much, Silent One! :-) Janice
Date: 12/22/2023 8:18:00 PM
Lol good ones Janice, best of luck with them. Merry Christmas to you and your family and a happy new year.. Tom
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Janice Canerdy
Date: 12/23/2023 6:43:00 AM
Tom, thanks so much. I hope you and yours have a great Christmas and New Year. Janice

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