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By: JEANNE BRAGG, Post Columnist

Posted: Sunday, January 3, 2010 8:34 am

It’s that time of year again when we reflect on things we did (or didn’t do) during the past year and things we hope to do differently (better or worse) in the new one.

We have fortunately had a wonderful year, welcoming our first grandbaby. We also had a sad one, saying goodbye to a beloved “grand-dog” (Abbey) but welcoming a new one (Holley).

We have survived a year with good doctor’s reports. Others have not been as lucky. Friends are facing serious health issues. Others have been struck by the ravages of tornadoes, displaced from their homes and lost loved ones. I guess we all take our turns.

I have enjoyed the Christmas season so much. It took three days (at a leisurely pace) to decorate the house, and while my decorations are simpler than before they are my favorite ever. I don’t even feel like taking anything down yet. I might even follow the tradition of my Cuban friend Silvia and leave shoes under the tree up until Jan. 6th to see if the visiting Wise Men leave any treasures.

We left town for almost a week to visit our grandbaby (in New York) and loved coming home to a house with Christmas lights on. I told daughter Anne she’d better never invite us to NYC unless she plans for us to come (who can pass up seeing the baby in NYC with a free room)?

This trip was our Christmas gift to ourselves and was among the most wonderful ones we’ve ever exchanged. I’ve been to New York after Thanksgiving but nothing compares with being there the week before Christmas. There truly was magic in the air (which I’ll write about someday).

It was fun to visit the Pond (skating rink) at Bryant Park (and Rockefeller Plaza) and see the windows on Fifth Avenue. We strolled the baby in frigid weather back down Fifth Avenue again the morning we left just to experience it again.

Honoring an unwritten resolution, we got rid of a lot of “stuff” in 2009.

We had our basement painted, and without making a conscious decision, Tommy and I both started pitching things (string for a weed eater long gone; seed packets from four years ago; broken hose reels, etc). About halfway through the venture Tommy said he thought he felt the whole house rise a foot. I plan to continue further down that path this year, along with a continuation of last year’s plan not to buy anything I don’t need.

I did well in that department, too (well---except for the new Christmas garland around the front door). My freezer is becoming bare, and I can see that an empty shelf or two there may be in my future.

I don’t really intend to make other resolutions. I’ve said before the main reason I don’t make resolutions is because I rarely keep them, so why disappoint myself?

I’m 64 years old and don’t need any more tasks to take on nor reasons to beat myself up. I realized recently that the person I am now is probably not going to change much before I die, and while I hope to improve in some ways (pretend like my deadline for this article is Monday instead of Wednesday, pray more, eat healthier, etc), no drastic changes are going to take place around here.

I do plan to make fewer lists, take more naps, read more books, spend more time wasting time and watch more TV.

I hope you’ll join me.

‘Til next week.

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By: elguapo on 1/5/10
Jeanne- Your Cuban friend is right. Everyone knows, or should, that Christmas isn't over until the wise men show up.

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