I should be thinking of Christmas this time of year. But we do not have a tree and having nothing Christmas up around here. When we look out the windows however people around us have up Christmas lights. I live now within walking distance of a Catholic church. I could walk to Christmas midnight mass without a problem. Plus I am in Florida so I do not have to worry about ice, snow and cold. I bet the mass will be in Spanish. Too bad it is not the old days and the mass would have been in Latin for all. OK OK I could follow a mass in Spanish. Do not bet money that I will go to mass. I bet I will be on the Internet.
What I do think about this time of year is the New Year that will be here soon. It will soon be 2008. I love the fresh start.
I have been making new year resolutions since I was a teenager. (I think when I was a teen my number one, two and three were not to masterbate any more. Those got broken fast.)
I did have success sometimes. Back in the 1980s I was eating six or seven candy bars a day just at work. I tried to stop but could not. When the new year came I made a resolution not to eat candy bars and in fact I made a resolution not to eat sweets. I went six or seven months with out eating sweets. Then one night I was making my rounds in the hospital and a nurse said Jim I made this candy have some. So I had a piece of candy. Then later.. I went.. oh shit.. and I went to the candy machine and got a candy bar and I was back eating candy and sweets. I know that is dumb. It is sort of an all or nothing thing with me.
It was the same when I was a kid and I went to confession. I would come out of confession and walk out of the church feeling great. I would feel like a great weight had been lifted off of me. I would think OK I confessed my sins and told God that I would not sin again and I am clean and pure. But the feeling would not last long. Because the first time I did anything "wrong" then I felt like OK it is over and I am a sinner. Remember I was Catholic and I could sin by thought, word and deed.
What are my resolutions for 2008?
The first one is the same as most of you each year. I want to lose weight. I am at 210 pound. Half of my life my weight was 115 pounds. I was skin and bone. Then for a major part of my life I was 160 pounds. I did not get on a scale for years and I got on and bang I was at 190 pounds. Now I am at 210.
I want to get to 190 pounds and stay right there. I would love to be at 160 pounds but I do not think it will happen. If I do not eat I can lose 10 pounds pretty fast. But if I eat anything I put it right back on.
I have some medical conditions with my heart. At this point life is not worth living. I can not do anything. Any effort and I have bad chest pains. I am weak and tired all the time. I do not want to live much longer with this condtion. So in 2008 I want to have the condition treated and I think it can be fixed and I think I can go back to working and living my life.
I am not sure how much longer I will be in Florida. The cost of living is very high. I love the weather and the beaches and life here but I can not afford it. So during the time I am here I want to get out and see everything and check out everything. FL is a great place. Miami has a lot of great places and beaches but it is like a third world nation. Yes visit Miami FL for vacation but unless you speak Spanish and have a good deal of money do not move to FL and live in Miami.
I want to visit and see Washington DC. I have a daughter that lives in DC and she has invited me to come for a week and check out DC. I hope I can do that soon. (The pope will be in DC in April and that would be good to see DC and the pope.) I would like to go after I get my heart problems fixed so I can enjoy the visit.
I am sick and tired of Windows and I would like to just get away from using Windows. That is my goal for 2008.
I would like to get mobile. I do not own a laptop. I would like to replace my desktop with a laptop because I looks like I am always going to be moving. I would like to get mobile with a cell phone or PDA. I want to have the ability to have the Internet when I am out and about.
I want to do a much better job with ShowMeBlog and Howard's Notebook. I am not happy with the content, the grammar or the spelling. I see a lot of great blogs and just want people to feel the same way about my blog when they visit.
It does not have to happen during 2008 but sometime I would like to have my own place very near the beach. I would love for it to be near the FL space coast. I would love to walk out on a patio and see a space launch. I would love to see it and monitor the transmission with a scanner. I would like to put that video and audio on the Internet live and streaming.
I would like to have a two bedroom place and always have one bedroom ready for a visitor. I could have a family or friend come and visit for a few weeks or a few months. That would be great to say come visit I got a bedroom ready for you.
I want a digital camcorder. I want to start making more professional videos. I have made some videos, I have about 40 on YouTube, but they are not very good. I would like to make some state of the art videos. I would like to make something that would surprise people.
I want during 2008 to get a ham radio again and get back to my hobby of ham radio.
What about you guys anything you want to do for 2008?
