Schultz Party of Four

Much like childbirth, the assembling of a 200-page Blurb book last-minute is pain that is quickly forgotten. One would think after last year's insane rush to beat the shipping deadline I would have learned my lesson. I even made a New Year's Resolution to progress little-by-little through the year...did I keep that resolution? Ha.

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In fact, before the holidays get in the way lets just review how pathetic my resolution keeping has been:

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1. Let the people I love know that they ROCK. I tried, hopefully they felt it, this will be a carry over to next year - its a good one.

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2. Cook more - include children. They aren't making anything french yet, but at least they can properly break an egg (sorta) and measure (sorta).

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3. Keep to our budget vigilently. Thanks to my gallbladder going bust, thus went the budget.

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4. Complete a triatholon. I'll blame this one on the gallbladder, too.

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5. Continue to develop my sugar cookie skills. Certainly have not explored this to the extent I had hoped. Haven't had a cookie cutter out in six months. Sigh.

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6. Work on our yearly Blurb book monthly. Fail. But here it is, all done. (At least a preview of the first few pages).

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7. Pottytrain the little one. SUCCESS. Finally one I can check off with a resounding - you betcha!

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8. Pass the PE (Professional Engineer) exam. Postponed until April (types while biting nails...)

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9. Learn to sew. Fail. I'm not precise or patient enough for this one. At least not yet.

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10. Get the children to sleep, everynight, alone, all night. Success. Except for the "alone" part. But at least its on our floor and no longer our bed.