New Year's Resolutions For 2017

(Subjective Poem)

New Years comes around way to soon each year.
There is so much to do and never enough time.
I usually don’t make resolutions because –
I NEVER have been able to keep them.

I wish for many improvements in my life.
For starters I want to start working in the yard again.
But that is not all.  The usual things come to mind like: 
Eat healthier; lose weight, which I have given up on,
And get back to the basic things that I love doing, 
such as: writing poetry, painting pictures,
playing with Photoshop, taking more photographs,
and enjoying my senior life even with 4 children to raise.

There are some resolutions that I really should work on,
such as:  Potty training the toddler and baby –
Being consistent at following through 
with consequences , even when I am tired,
when the teen and pre-teen  skip tidying, 
say naughty words, pick on each other, 
or try to get out of chores.

But I have decided, instead to make 
New Year’s Resolutions
That I know I can keep. (Is that cheating?)
I resolve to:
1.	 Never climb down in the huge sinkhole again.
2.	 Stay off of the children’s twisted slide.
3.	I won’t speed down the hill on the John Deer mower.
        (I’m not sure I can keep that one.  Lol)
4.	I won’t climb trees without a ladder.
5.	I won’t watch any X-rated movie except: 
             The Passion of Christ, Shindler’s List, 
             And the Pirate Movie with Gena Davis,
6.	I will not eat hominy.

That’s about it!  Happy New Year!  (This was fun.)

12/26/2016

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 1/10/2017 8:51:00 AM
I especially loved your list at the bottom! Cute and funny! Congrats on your win in my contest, Dane!
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