Goals --per Susannah's request

Susannah, my daughter, has a tendency to be mean-spirited occasionally. She suggested that I do a goals blog because she is always amused by my efforts to set goals for myself. I suspect that she and Adam, her husband, share this amusement.

For years, I used to post my goals on the bathroom mirror or the refrigerator to remind myself what my goals are. Mind you, I seldom met my goals but somehow, it was comforting for me to post my goals.

So what are my goals for this coming year? Hmmm. I could probably set my annual goal of losing weight but that's a real stetch goal especially when you love chocolate and buttered popcorn as much as I do. I could try to blog daily but I am too fond of reality television and would miss Survivor, the Biggest Loser, the Amazing (Greatest) Race, not to mention Stylista following Top Models. I could try to exercise daily but when I wake up, I have to catch the news, drink 1.5 cups of coffee, make 1.5 trips to the bathroom, and then talk to my daughter on the phone while she drives to work.

No....I must have realistic goals that will inspire me and others. So here goes:

This upcoming year:

(1) I'm going to be the best grandmother that I can be to Anderson. I'll buy a web cam for me and Suz and introduce myself to him daily as he and his mom bathe. Aah-HA, Suz --you are reading this.

(2) I'm going to be the best wife to Bob that I can be. I'll listen to his stories, learn to play chess, and ignore the small blue packets of sugar substitute that he leaves all over the kitchen. I'll try to view them as a crumb trail and follow them as if I'm heading out for my newest adventure. Wonder where they will lead?

(3) I'm going to come home from work at 5:00 pm. Just last night, I came home early and then talked on the phone to doctors until 8 pm. But I was home. By the time, I got off the phone, poor Bob was snoozing it up a storm.

(4) I'm going to recruit a neurosurgeon. My boss has promised me a bonus and that's a worthy goal. Who did I talk to last night? Two neurosurgeons.

Do you see where this is leading??? If you give me a goal, I'm a goner. For example, Susannah told me that a good gift for Adam would be a red and white striped shirt with the Bama logo on it and they found one at Steinmart. What did I do? Within 15 minutes of hanging up, I was at Steinmart's, combing the men's section.

I know it's sick. So that's really my 5th goal. (5) I'm going to have no further goals.

Well....maybe just one.......I plan to be in bed everynight with Bob by 10 pm. Oops, I think I've just missed that one, too.

Read me later......toodles