Then I was back to normal and read D.C.’s comment and started laughing all over again! Thanks you two! I think I’ll add that to my New Year’s resolution – make sure I get in a good laugh every day! It keeps us young(er) and healthy.

And Like Kellie I need to lose weight. I gained 2 kilos this past year and I’m adamant about getting rid of them. (Okay 4 – 5 lbs, but it sounds better in kilos!)

As Katie mentioned, last year I decided the time I spent on exercise could be better spent on writing instead and the results were not good. (See previous paragraph!) So exercise more is on my list this year.

(Just a side note about Kevin’s comment on Cornish hens, no, no, no! The size is all wrong, they’re too small and look like, well, exactly what they are – a poussin whose life was shortened!)

My goal this year is to finish my WIP! I made a comment recently on Miriam’s post that sounds much like what Kellie said. I, however, was not exaggerating. “I was taking out a comma, then putting it back in, putting a word in, then taking it back out…I would rewrite a passage, let it sit for a week and then realize it was written better before I rewrote it. What can I say…there comes a time to stop and let another pair of eyes read it.”

I could continue, but it’s late (3 a.m. here in Paris) and I’m already breaking that first one to go to bed early!

I agree with what has already been said about trying be be more health focused in my choices (though it seems I am the odd one out here since I need to lose weight). But, for me, it is going so much farther than just considering food and exercise. At the risk of sounding selfish, my top goal is to think about myself more and what will make me happy instead of depending on other’s happiness to define what kind of person I am. Another goal is to get out of Tennessee. I’ve lived here all my life and finally have reached a point that its possible for me to leave. Also, I need to realize that there is no such thing as the perfect manuscript and stop revising the whole thing every time I rethink where a comma may or may not need to be (exaggeration, but you get the idea).

These are only a few of my goals, but I will save you the full list of how I plan to reinvent myself in the next twelve months. I wish everyone the best of luck on their lists, whether they are resolutions or goals.

I’d like to read Omnivore’s Dilemma and clean up my diet, add running back into my routine (gave it up to have more time to write), finish at least one publishable story (it can be short but it has to be expandable) and enjoy the outdoors more often.

Besides those objective things, I want to improve my attitude, to truly be thankful for all I have, even when I don’t get something I want in my timing. To learn from others, to trust in my skills and abilities and to keep going so that one day I can write something that resonates with readers and maybe challenges the status quo.