Another Old Lang Syne

Well, it is now 2006. I should go ahead and put that on about 50 checks in my checkbooks since I will write 2005 and have to cross it out until about July if I don't.

With discussion of the new year approaching, recently a friend who has had some ups and downs this past year sent me this link to a good but melancholy Dan Fogelberg song, Same Old Lang Syne
play the plug-in melody--it is beautiful. (Easiest w/ IE, FireFox have me problems)
http://users.cis.net/sammy/syne.htm

2 of my new years resolutions:
learn to dance Hip-Hop
brush my teeth with the other hand

what are yours? Post under comments.

well, i did it--i forced myself to put my new ebay purchase, mtv hip-hop aerobics tape in and i moved the sofa and stumbled around on the floor for a while. Then i switched to a more old fashioned Kathy Smith step aerobics tape i got at goodwill or someplace. It is very warm today but 100% humidity--very foggy (the bamboo loves it)...i have the windows open but am really sweating. I am stopping short of the full tape with the excuse that if i am too sore to do the tape tomoorow i will lose ground on my new found determination to get back in to the groove of pre-hurricane fitness.

I do feel better already--more energized. And boy do i need it--this place is absurd--looks like a bomb went off. If a stranger comes to the door, they might call the dept of human services. Or sanitation dept or looney bin men. Computer parts strewn about everywhere hasn't helped either.

Comments

Anonymous said…
One of mine is to visit my sister in Gulf Shores as soon as I can be of some practical help working without being in the way- will work for Alabama peanuts.
From, Guess Who
4:24 PM
Anonymous said…
I just saw on tv that Richard Simmons is releasing his newest dvd - Supersweatin Party Off the Pounds, full of great '80's hits, like "Like a Virgin", "Mickey", etc. Don't you think this would be better than hip-hop?
6:56 PM
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