madameblogalot

If you read my Honest Scrap post, you know that I do not make New Year’s Resolutions. My husband on the other hand has decided over the last few years that he would like to make his New Year’s Resolutions a practice in self-control. I am not talking about the general “I’m going to lose weight” or “I’m going to exercise more”. No, these are very specific and almost masochistic in my view!

For the year of 2006 he gave up ice cream. For a whole year. Now this is his favorite thing and he would eat a lot of it every night. So I guess in giving it up for a year it was more healthy for him and saved us some money too! Then in 2007 he gave up M&M’s. This is his second favorite treat and what he turned to in ‘06 in lieu of ice cream. So, for 2008, he gave up both M&M’s AND ice cream! (Trust me, he cannot wait until 12:01 am Jan. 1, 2009!!)

He was not sure what to give up in 2009. He thought about all chocolate. But that is just going a little too far. I mean, that is crazy in my book! By the time it February comes around, all that Valentine Chocolate could just do a person in! But anyway, he knew that might be going a little too far, a resolve he was not sure he could keep. So he has gone with a whole new line of thinking. One of the guys he works with at church challenged him to stop saying “Whatever!” He uses it as a standby phrase for many occasions and I guess this guy gets tired of it. So, we’ll see how well he can do with his 2009 resolution!