Yet another year down; they seem to fly by the older I get. So that sucks.

New Year's Eve was spent eating Chinese food and playing Rock Band 2. Oh my god, how much fun is that game? My family knows how much I love to sing, but Chris has rarely heard me since I'm pretty shy. He has seen me naked, seen me give birth, yet singing in front of him paralyzes me. Go figure. The kids hear me all the time when I'm driving. So at first I stuck to playing the drums and guitar, which were really fun, but I desperately wanted to take the microphone. However, every time Chris would put the microphone to my face when he was singing, I collapsed with nervous giggles. Finally, I sang along with Becca on a song and really liked it. Then, after a couple of strawberry daquiris, I was on the mic by myself and LOVING IT. If you know me at all, you will be SHOCKED to know that I belted out "Roxanne" by The Police and got 100 percent! Never mind that it's a completely inappropriate song to be singing while the kids are playing; I DON'T CARE. I sang! Out loud! Very loud! And on key! That was a RUSH. I was beet red and nervous perspiring, but I had so much fun. Best game EVER.

I took some pictures of the family playing the game, so you won't find me here. However, I'm sure Chris and his mom will have some extremely embarrassing pictures of me on their blogs sometime soon (links to the left).

( LET'S ROCK! )

Lauren has a really nice voice, although she doesn't believe it (I have no idea where she gets THAT). And I got the biggest kick out of hearing Becca (who is only ten) sing The Who's "Baba O'Reilly", especially when she belted out the words "It's only a teenage wasteland - they're all WASTED!" Awesome.

So it's the time to make resolutions. I don't usually make them, because I always break them. However, there are a few I do plan to keep:

Get back to Weight Watchers and lose these last ten pounds or so.

Get a basic physical and try to get the stupid depression/anxiety under control for once and for all.

I always get my yearly gyn check-up and mammogram, plus I have an appointment with a dermatologist for a skin cancer check (many nasty sunburns as a kid before we knew sunshine was dangerous).

Actually start using the treadmill again.

Better sleep habits! Quit staying up until 2 or 3 am. I may be nocturnal, but most of the world isn't, so I need to adapt them them and not the other way around.

And I make this resolution every year, but don't always keep it: read at least 100 books. I only made it to 80 this year, which was seven less than last year. I've already finished Book #1 for 2009, so I'm off to a good start. I've been keeping a yearly book list since 2007. I really wish I had started doing that back when I was a kid.

( Here is the list of Books Read in 2008: )

Well, it's 2am, so obviously I'm already breaking my resolutions, but it took forever to put the book list together! I'm counting Monday as the first day of keeping resolutions. I hope everyone has a great year!