A New Year Wish From
Melinda Curtis
Harlequin Superromance Author
The holidays have come and gone! Where did 2005 go? Here’s my list of ideas to increase help you keep pace with things.
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Makin’ a List. Something my in-laws taught me several years ago was the power of a yearly to-do wish list. This makes great dinner conversation with my husband and kids, especially on New Year’s Eve. What do you want to do next year? Buy a new car? Visit Disneyland? Hike your local mountain trail? Learn a new language?
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Auld Lang Syne. When each of my kids were born I bought a journal. Once a year, I drag them out and write down the year’s highlights for each child, as well as what was going on in the world that year. Now that they’re older, they enjoy reading about themselves and what was happening in the world while they were "kids" - LOL!
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Do What You Love With the Ones You Love Day. Our family is often so busy, we miss out on the things we’d like to do. For example, my husband never seems to get to a movie before it disappears. Over the holidays, we spend one day “doing the movies” for him. That might mean watching 2 movies in the morning on video, going to the bargain matinee and then a date movie at night. What’s the harm, as long as you don’t eat too much popcorn?
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Downsize. I spend hours after Christmas and during January going through all our closets, cupboards and - eke! - the garage. Why would I subject myself to such pain? Because a family of five collects a heck of a lot of clutter! And let's not start on the issue of food storage containers and missing lids...
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Have a happy, healthy and abundant 2006!
Melinda Curtis
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