I spent most of yesterday thinking about two things, what I wanted to write about in this blog, and why were all the parades and college football games moved to Monday?
Forgive me a little rant. On New Year’s Day, each year, January First, I expect to roll out of bed, make some coffee, and turn on the TV to watch the Tournament of Roses Parade, and then a whole bunch of football games. So yesterday morning, I woke up, made my coffee, opened my paper, and clicked on the remote, only to see... Newt Gingrich, not covered with a gazillion tiny cornflowers and poppy seeds or whatever.
Hmm, wrong channel maybe? Click! What's this? An Infomercial? Click! More Standard Sunday Morning Stuff. Hmph. I wanted to see marching bands and Palomino Ponies fahcrissakes, not Meet the Press. 
It is at times like this that some personal affirmations are in order.I love Change. Change is Good. I embrace Change. (Okay, okay. That may qualify as a list.)
Today, I am happy to say, finally feels Iike New Year's Day. I got up, drank coffee, went for a walk in a brisk Nebraska January wind, came home to a warm breakfast while watching, yes! Palomino Ponies. Marching Bands. Huge floats covered with thousands, no, millions of flower petals!
At lunch, I started watching College football. As I write these words, I am still watching College football. I expect to spend the rest of the day... Watching College Football. It is a joyful activity for me, even when my team loses.
I'll segue now back around to where I started on this. New Year's Resolution Lists, or my lack of them. Here is a little pearl of wisdom I'll drop in your lap, dear reader, dear friend. A little bit of common wisdom that is so wise it is often mistake for cliché. Every day is New Year's Day. Every day is a day for a list. So here's my list for this New Year, and for every new year:
Laugh more.
