Happy New Year!

Tomorrow is New Year’s Day; a day of optimism and new beginnings. My track record with New Year’s resolutions is perfect – fifty-one years and not one resolution kept. Why try again? It’s the optimism and an inherited stubbornness I’ve never been able to shake. Why fight it; embrace it.

First and foremost, I need a job. I’ve been working part-time since returning from China, but I need a full-time position. Many aspects of our lives are in limbo until we know where I’ll be working.

Next, we need a home of our own. Since returning from overseas we’ve been staying with our daughter and her family. It’s been a good situation and we are thankful, however we would like to move on before we overstay our welcome.

When I find work we’ll know where to find a home. Once we have our new home, we will know where to look for a new church. We haven’t wanted to get involved with local church, only to up-root and move on after we are settled.

Here’s the hard one; the one I deal with year after year; the one that has my resolution record perfect so far; I need to lose weight. I need to keep it off. I need to get healthy. I need to stay healthy. This is the year. I’m going full-on optimistic and having oatmeal for breakfast.

There you have it, my publicly stated New Year’s resolutions. Stay tuned and see how I do.