Resolutions for 2007
1. I will not use clichés in my writing, speech, or thinking. Like, for instance, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
2. I may still use colorful sayings garnered from the Southern branch of our family in my writing, speech, and thinking. Like, for instance, “Uncle Billy was so tight he wouldn’t pay a dime to watch a gnat stretch its ass over an elephant’s head.”
I acknowledge that I may be thrown out of finer establishments and more refined homes for using these colorful sayings.
3. I will cultivate peace between warring nations, peoples, landlords and tenants, dogs and cats, cats and their stepmothers, and all other living creatures.
Much to their chagrin, they were caught being good, and charitable towards one another.
Whaddya think you’re lookin’ at, biped?
4. At some point in 2007, I will finish this sweater, which is so lovely that I can’t imagine why I didn’t complete it earlier.
The delightful Bristow from Knitty.
5. At some point in 2007, I will finish said sweater and this currently extremely unpromising-looking afghan.
6. At some point in 2007, I will finish said sweater, and said unpromising-looking afghan, and make mates for these:
They’re tired of being single, frankly. When the glove joined Match.com, I knew something had to be done.
7. For the first time in my life, I will attempt to design a sweater for myself. I have begun in a perfectly orthodox fashion with this little swatch, proving that I am only foolhardy up to a point.
To save time, and potential public humiliation, take time to check your gauge.
8. I will not buy more Malabrigo. I will not buy more Malabrigo. I will not buy more Malabrigo.
9. I will continue to live my life according to the wisdom of Collette: “You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
10. I will drop a dress size before my wedding in June, but only if I contract tuberculosis.
And finally, in considering the arrival of the New Year, I’m afraid I cannot improve upon what Rainer Maria Rilke wrote: “And now let us welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.”
Happy New Year everyone!
January 1st, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Happy New Years to you too! See, and we told you not to worry about losing your derelict truck!
Great resolutions. I’m sure they’ll all stick!
January 1st, 2007 at 2:10 pm
2 – ROFLMAO!
3 – Oh god…the pictures, the pictures! Absolute perfection – and you caught it!
6 – By this time I’m hysterical.
10 – ::falls over, totally helpless::
Thanks for a great start to New Year’s Day, Ellen. Happy New Year!
January 1st, 2007 at 6:10 pm
My goodness, I had no idea that you had succumbed to second sock/glove syndrome in such a fashion!
The Malabrigo swatch looks gorgeous. Ah, the siren call of a new project… I am feeling it myself.
January 2nd, 2007 at 11:33 am
Glad you liked the swatch, Sarah. I do, too. Those cables seem right for the yarn and I like the little constrasting edge. (You may have noticed that I tend to be drawn toward that particular detail…). About those singleton items: I think it is not so bad when you consider how many pairs of socks and gloves I HAVE finished.
And I swear there was a genuine reason for each abandoned project. Well, except for the blue gloves.
January 2nd, 2007 at 4:19 pm
I don’t think ‘Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’ is a cliché; I think it’s a proverb. It’s OK to use them.
And please don’t drop a dress size for your wedding: I made a wedding dress for a friend once and her brother died in a hang-gliding accident a few weeks before the wedding: every time we had a fitting she was a bit thinner. It was dreadful. Eat well and look radiant. Happy New Year, too.
January 2nd, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Love your goals. I have a resolution to get my list of resolutions out and posted by the end of this week.
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January 2nd, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Helen, it’s a proverb if you say it in French. But when New Englanders say it in English, trust me, it’s a cliché. But I do agree that proverbs are good things and not to be expunged.
And let me reassure you: I’ll only drop a dress size if I contract tuberculosis. But more seriously, I’m sorry to hear about your friend and her brother. How terrible for her to have such a tragedy happen…any time, but especially before her wedding.
Kimberly, we’ll be waiting for those resolutions…
January 8th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Why should you drop a dress size when Alex loves you the way you are? You’re already perfect, my friend.
January 9th, 2007 at 10:41 am
[…] I refer you to Resolution No. Nine of my original resolutions list, something along the lines of doing foolish things and doing them with enthusiasm. […]
January 12th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
[…] In a concerted effort to keep Resolution No. Seven, I have gotten a start on my self-designed sweater. […]
January 19th, 2007 at 9:15 am
HI Girls,
Somehow I stumbled upon your blog in an attempt to find something else on the web.. and being of the “side track” nature I read and totally enjoyed your resolutions .. and am sure that if you stand by them all there has to be some sort of reward at the end of that rainbow or at least a mention in the “knitting who’s who” list, under Amazing !!. Having been a knitter (aka: fiber-holic) as long as I can remember I can attest to a closet (and the better part of a room) full of yarn stash and half finished/ just started “old friends” that will long outlive most of us. I have a dear frend who is in her 80’s that says we can not leave this place until we use up our stash and finish our projects .. so I keep shopping and starting things … will check back from time to time to read your and further enjoy your blog ..
All the Best
Deb
Handmadeinthehills.com