I resolve

As you all know, it took me three years to fulfill the krispy kreme new year's resolution. Frankly, I kinda miss it now. It was so easy to just roll over the old resolution to the new year. Now, I've found myself wandering about, staring at the sky, wondering what I should resolve this year.

I know, I promised WS Random that once I worked off the krispy kreme resolution I could turn my attentions to more weighty matters like not killing people or world peace.

There is the ever popular "do better" or "be better at" resolutions - but those are so easy to fudge. It would be all too easy to justify my declaring the goal met through momentary assessment of "more" or "better."

No, a resolution needs to be something concrete. Something you can walk away from while smacking your hands and saying "well, that's done."

I thought about my notion that I should learn to tame smoke in my quest for perfect bbq. But, that takes a whole lot of fire and experimentation. How do you know you've actually accomplished it?

I thought about snagging a ringer like "make pot roast." But, since I probably will test drive my new crock pot with a pot roast, that's not much of a challenge.

And, then, while sitting on the loo it came to me. For years now, I've been talking big about redecorating the bathroom. I think 2007 is the year to do it.

So, My new year's resolution is to strip the wall paper and repaint the guest bathroom. Perhaps even get all happy with a shelf or two. And hey, this would be a great one to roll over too.