Happy New Year!  I’ve got a feelin’ it’s gonna’ be a good year.  At the end of the Christmas holidays, I usually struggle with the thought of taking down the Christmas tree and putting away the decorations.  Packing up all the fun memories, happy feelings and kindness that everybody shows at Christmas time into a box and putting it on a shelf until next December.

But not this year my friends!  Bob Hope once said, “My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?”  Every so often, I find myself coming back to Bob’s words.  I know we can have those magical feelings all year.  Although, I wasn’t very gracious the day after Boxing Day when the old saleslady at Sears told me the Jockey socks were not “Buy 2 Jockey Socks Get One Free” and that Jockey was exempt from the sale. 

I don’t think she had any appreciation how hard it was for me to climb up the display and bring her back the metal sign that read, “Buy 2 Jockey Socks Get One Free.”  She sniffed then pointed her bony finger to the infinitesimal fine print in the right hand corner of the sign that read, “Sale ends Dec. 24/09.”  Well who knew?  I told her that next time I’d whip out my handy Martha Stewart pocket magnifying glass so I wouldn’t make that mistake again.

Guess I’ll have to loosen the lids on those boxes a little bit more.  See you next Tuesday.   

PROGRESS REPORT:  My new healthy lifestyle begins today!  I have a frig full of leafy green vegetables.  Check out Dr. Oz’s Blubber Busting Workout.

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