Resolutions

Okay - my first resolution is to blog more often. Not that what I ramble on about is important or anything, it's just a question of follow through. I started this, I should stick with it. So look for more posts.

Next of course is to improve my health. Getting back to work seemed to trigger my fast food frenzy again. And we all know from various sources now that fast food 2 0r 3 times a day isn't good for any body. And especially not my body. So, I'll chart my progress here. So far - only breakfast remains a problem...I need more breakfast foods in the house so there's no excuses to go out.

Another resolution is to finish a couple needlework projects. One project was started when my son joined the army - the first time. He served 6 years, discharged and re-upped - and the project isn't close to finished. It's the metallic thread - that stuff is just crazy to work with, and there's so much of it in this picture I'm cross-stitching. The other project is also cross stitch, on black fabric...I need great lighting for that, and maybe new glasses. It will be the easier of the 2 to finish though.

That seems like a good start for now. Don't want to get too carried away with the self-improvement thing.

New topic: Have I mentioned how much I love the internet and all the wonderful things you can find there? My favorite Harry Potter news website started doing podcasts. Not wanting to miss a thing in the Harry Potter world, I found myself downloading i-tunes (at the time I had no i-pod) and subscribing to not just 1, but 2, podcasts about the books. And while exploring i-tunes I found podcasts featuring book reviews by NPR radio. The only problem with listening to those is that I want to READ every book they talk about. I also found a some political podcasts that I enjoyed listening to in the run up to the election. And lastly, I found another podcast about another book series - Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time - that has provided much enlightenment about the complex plots in this 11 book (and not yet finished) series.

Podcasts led me to MySpace - because everybody has a page there. Even my kids. I created a very lame page, mostly so I could post "I'm watching you here - love Mom" on their pages - as a joke of course. I've only dipped the tip of my big toe into the MySpace waters. As my minimalist page would indicate.

Then there's Wikipedia - an amazing resource for just about anything you could ever have a question about. That's definitely moving up on my frequently visited web sites count.

The most amazing thing that I'm most grateful for is the ability to chat in real time with my son while he's stationed in Iraq. That he can be there, and we can still have little chats about day to day things is so wonderful. Even just a quick "hi Mom!" lets me know he's okay.

So, yeah, I love the technology that has brought us to the point where everyone can ramble on in a blog that maybe nobody or everybody will read, video of things you can't believe are posted practically before they happen, and there's always a group of people out there somewhere that shares your interests.