Fitting, I think, that the 'ten things' chapter should be chapter ten. If you haven't thought of your own ten things then you better get cracking because the holidays are almost over.
Here are my ten things:
1. Sing all your favorite Christmas carols, preferably more than once. Check. Although not really more than once.
2. Eat lots of food, preferably of a high fat content. (It's winter. We need to store up fat to keep warm.) Check.
3. Do a one thousand piece jigsaw puzzle. (Make sure it is a good picture. There is nothing worse than looking at a crappy image for long periods of time) Almost check.
4. Be sure to eat twelve different kinds of Christmas cake (one for each month ) so as to be sure to have good luck in the coming year. Crap. Haven't even started # 4. Looks like it might be an unlucky year. Although come to think of it, even in my youth (back in the day when people actually made fruit cake) I don't think I ever managed to find twelve different pieces of Christmas cake (aka fruit cake), and I have made it into my fifties. (Supposedly you could do this because people would invite you to tea over the Christmas holidays and if they were worth their salt they would offer Christmas cake with the tea. I actually almost managed it one year, if you can believe it.)
5. Write thank you notes to all who gave gifts. (double and triple crap! I need to get on that)
6. Watch your children play so much Assassin's Creed that you aren't sure that they can have brains left in their couch potato heads. Check, check, and check. Maybe that will make up for my shortfall in 4 and 5.
7. Pick up the pieces of glass from the smashed Christmas ornament that went flying and hit the window when the gray cat leapt manaically from the top of the tree. Check. sigh.
8. Stay in your pyjamas for as long as possible on a given day despite snide remarks about the slothfulness of your behaviour. Be sure to nap at least once on this day too. Super check.
9. Care for the sick. Unfortunately... check. (Although truth be told, I'm not really a very good carer.)
10. Drink alcohol with your friends. More than once. More than twice if you can. Happily...CHECK!
There. Get busy. Make yours.
Oh wait:
10.a. Avoid making New Years Resolutions. At all costs. Pointless endeavour, really. (check)
10.b. Avoid all things work related for as long as you can. This one is very important. There is no point in ruining a perfectly good vacation with anxiety and stress. Big check on this one.
Here are my ten things:
1. Sing all your favorite Christmas carols, preferably more than once. Check. Although not really more than once.
2. Eat lots of food, preferably of a high fat content. (It's winter. We need to store up fat to keep warm.) Check.
3. Do a one thousand piece jigsaw puzzle. (Make sure it is a good picture. There is nothing worse than looking at a crappy image for long periods of time) Almost check.
4. Be sure to eat twelve different kinds of Christmas cake (one for each month ) so as to be sure to have good luck in the coming year. Crap. Haven't even started # 4. Looks like it might be an unlucky year. Although come to think of it, even in my youth (back in the day when people actually made fruit cake) I don't think I ever managed to find twelve different pieces of Christmas cake (aka fruit cake), and I have made it into my fifties. (Supposedly you could do this because people would invite you to tea over the Christmas holidays and if they were worth their salt they would offer Christmas cake with the tea. I actually almost managed it one year, if you can believe it.)
5. Write thank you notes to all who gave gifts. (double and triple crap! I need to get on that)
6. Watch your children play so much Assassin's Creed that you aren't sure that they can have brains left in their couch potato heads. Check, check, and check. Maybe that will make up for my shortfall in 4 and 5.
7. Pick up the pieces of glass from the smashed Christmas ornament that went flying and hit the window when the gray cat leapt manaically from the top of the tree. Check. sigh.
8. Stay in your pyjamas for as long as possible on a given day despite snide remarks about the slothfulness of your behaviour. Be sure to nap at least once on this day too. Super check.
9. Care for the sick. Unfortunately... check. (Although truth be told, I'm not really a very good carer.)
10. Drink alcohol with your friends. More than once. More than twice if you can. Happily...CHECK!
There. Get busy. Make yours.
Oh wait:
10.a. Avoid making New Years Resolutions. At all costs. Pointless endeavour, really. (check)
10.b. Avoid all things work related for as long as you can. This one is very important. There is no point in ruining a perfectly good vacation with anxiety and stress. Big check on this one.
Possibly why you haven't had all the luck you might have liked?????
ReplyDeletejust saying....
...can't fight the good luck gods you know.