I thiunk I’ll start with the commercial. Now a word from Resolve carpet cleaner. Love the love, Resolve the mess!
This being January, Linda says this is also part of this year’s Just Jot It January, or #jusjojan for those of us in the know…
We stayed in last night and were asleep before midnight, even with the fireworks outside. In case you were wondering.
How many of you watched some of the New Year’s Eve celebrations in your town or city last night? Did any of them feature a local news person going around and asking people what their New Year’s resolution would be? I always want to hear someone say "I’m going to start smoking and gain weight."
Really, New Year’s resolutions are no good, unless you keep them small and achievable. Resolving to give up all social media, for example, is hard to do. Instead, try something like "I’m only going to spend one hour a day on Instagram (or whatever)." Or "I’m only going to check Facebook once a week." Start with something small, and expand it as you master a level. Once you’ve mastered doing Facebook just once a week, kick it down to once every two weeks. I gave up Facebook for Lent one year, and it really showed me that I could do it.
I could launch into a treatise about chord resolution and voice leading, but I won’t…
The Sound of One Hand Typing 
My one word for the year is “connections”. It is achievable.
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Best of luck in the new year!
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NY resolutions – meh! I have mini-goals, you know one step at a time.
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That’s the way to do it, to have a plan and/or mini-goals and stick to it unless changes are warranted.
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Small and achievable is the way to go. Meatless Mondays is a good example. For Catholics, it used to be meatless Fridays. Hey, maybe I can do Facebook Free Fridays. I’ll have to think about that.
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I truly believe that one day Mark Zuckerberg will be punished for “crimes against humanity” for Facebook…
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Gave up Facebook entirely almost a year ago I think. Life got much better. I’m contemplating my other resolutions…
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I keep Facebook and Twitter mostly for my family, because most of them haven’t figured out how to comment here. I don’t spend any appreciable amount of time there…
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Happy New Year! I too always think of that Beatles’ song when I see “resolution” 🎶🥳
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Which do you prefer, “Revolution 1” from the white album or the single?
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Not sure I’ve heard the single!
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Here’s the single….
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Loved that, John! Thank you!
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I almost went with resolve carpet cleaner myself. It was my first thought which flowed into an Orbit gum commercial that I often overuse before I decided I better switch gears quickly. I like the idea of small achievable goals in favor of sweeping resolutions that I never keep. The fireworks were back in full swing as were the downtown festivities. I was reading when the midnight barrage began but it was over quickly and I got some much needed sleep. Happy New Years to you and Mary!!
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Those Orbit with the British girl are hilarious. Are you talking about the “lint licker” one?
You start out small with a project and write out a whole list of what has to be done, then you can do it by steps. If you realize you need other steps, you can just add those as you go along. it’s like a software projecty in some ways…
The kids in the neighborhood shot off all their fireworks by 11:30. It was nice, actually…
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Yep, it’s the lint licker commercial. There are others of course but that one stands out.
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That one is hilarious…
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Happy New Year! Fireworks all evening and most of the night!
As for the advert instead of using Resolve for all things dog mess why not train the dog 😜😂😂😂
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Dog looked a little young, in all fairness, but even so I’d keep him out of the living room after that.
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And the bedroom, Ruby dosen’t get on any furniture ever and we clean her if she gets dirty before she comes in 🤣
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We stayed up to “watch the ball drop” (yes, I know I could have seen it at 9 pm but come on!). Toasted with a glass of champagne and then I went to bed and read for a while as usual. Stayed in bed until 9:15 this morning, totally not usual. Hoping this year is spectacularly abundant for all of us. Happy New Year John and Mary!
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In Chicago, they’d show the ball drop in Times Square, then an hour later see all the local festivities. Kind of fun,actually.
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No resolutions here John, just the desire to get a dog sooner rather than later.
Fireworks here started around 6pm and some were still being let off at 1am. Happy New Year
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They actually stopped earlier than usual here. They must have run out….
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Your eve sounds kind of like our eve. At midnight I was awakened by several minutes of massive fireworks all around us. My wife said she never heard them. She was sedated by the margarita she had at dinner and the champagne we split later on. After 12 I drifted back to sleep to the sound of the fireworks. Then up again at 6:30. I really wanted to sleep late this morning. Apparently sleeping late is something I can no longer do.
I’ll skip on the resolutions. Never did them and don’t think much about them.
Arlee Bird
Tossing It Out
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I’m the same way. Resolutions are quickly forgotten when they’re mde on New Year’s Eve.
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