NYE

NEW YEAR’S EVE AND THE STRANGEST ENDING TO A YEAR I CAN REMEMBER IN THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS.

FIRST OF ALL THE TEMPERATURE ON THE PORCH IS ONLY 36 DEGREES AND THERE ARE SNOW FLURRIES BLOWING IN THE WIND. NOT ENOUGH SNOW TO ACCUMULATE ON THE GROUND, BUT SNOWING NEVER THE LESS. IN FIFTEEN YEARS WE SAW SLUSH ON THE PICNIC TABLE ONCE, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE’VE EVER SEEN SNOW IN MOHAVE VALLEY. I KNOW THIS BRINGS A SMILE TO YOUR FACE, BUT IT IS NOT MAKING US SMILE AT ALL !!!

 

SECOND, AND AS STRANGE AS SNOW IN THE MOHAVE VALLEY IS THAT WE HAVE THE DAY “OFF”. I CAN’T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I HAD NEW YEAR’S EVE OFF WORK. NOTHING SPECIAL PLANNED, MAYBE A COUPLE OF COCKTAILS THIS AFTERNOON, AND BIG POT OF CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR AT HOME.

LAST YEAR’S RESOLUTION WAS TO LOSE 40 POUNDS. I STARTED OUT GREAT AND LOST 25 POUNDS BETWEEN JANUARY AND MAY 1ST. I THOUGHT I HAD IT MADE WITH ONLY 15 POUNDS TO LOSE OVER THE SUMMER. DIDN’T HAPPEN, I ACTUALLY GAINED 10 POUNDS BACK. MUST HAVE BEEN THE NEW GRILL, THE EXTRA BEERS OF SUMMER, AND A MONTH OF EATING FRESH GULF SHRIMP ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND. SO IN 2015 THE GOAL IS TO LOSE 25 POUNDS (AGAIN). I DUG MY PEDOMETER OUT OF MY UNDERWARE DRAWER AND 75,000 STEPS A WEEK IS THE GOAL.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY !!!