New Years

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. Christmas Eve, afternoon was at Mom's with her side of the family, then after I did chores at home with help from Kris on stalls, I was back at Mom's for a bit then off to see my Sister M.J.'s. New Years was pretty calm, dinner with a few friends, a movie and in bed by 11:45, because I had chores to do the next morning, getting up early seven days a week with do that to you.

Kris had Cheyeene come in for me the Sunday after Christmas. I fought Kris on it, but Kris seems to know when I am about shot and could use a break. I spent the day getting caught up on stuff. Changed the oil in the pickup at Chris's. Watched a little football and did some cleaning inside.

While at Chris's in between changing a oil filter and checking the score of the football game. Chris said to me. "I am not a big fan of New Years resolutions, but I am making a small one to be a better person this year." I was suprised and told him I thought he was a pretty good person. He just felt that he had room for improvement. I think Chris is right on. We all have room for improvement in our lives and if we keep it simple, focus on ourselvs instead of others. Then we all can do our part in making this world we live in a little better. Chris has been like a brother to me and has never let me down, but we have also had those heart to heart conversations about what is tearing him up. During one of those conversations some wiley, good o'l boy made a comment to him about fixing what he could fix first. I hope this works for him and his family.

Now did I make one??? Nope!! Well, kinda. Personally I think making New Years resolutions is stupid as hell. It is like telling everyone you quit smoking. Better make dam sure you have stopped for good, before you start shooting you mouth off about quitting. What I have decided to do is make better use of my time. Make every second count. Do a better job of preperation of the coming days and weeks. I have tendency to get a lot on my plate and start selling myself short. Some of that comes from working with Terry and Kris all these years and they tend to try to cram ten pounds of crap into a five pound bag. I think if I have a more of a open mind and think more like they do, then the rest of fluffy, feel good, stuff I want to happend in 2011 will happend.

And Yes Mom it does start with a clean, organized home first.

Happy New Year everyone

Kody