I'm sitting down to write this at my computer, while listening to an operetta in the background. This summary of my activities of my first day of the New Year follows...
1. Made a "To Do List" for projects for later in the day...
2. Massaged a hair restorer into the scalp after conditioning and shampooing...
3. After taking a whirlpool to relax aching joints...
4. After cleaning a guest room closet and set of drawers...do I really need those old sets of t-shirts and garments?
5. After cleaning a dining room drawer that no one ever opens except me to add to it, filled with local "things to do" brochures.
6. After perusing 24 architecture magazines that were accumulating in the TV cabinet...a donation to the architecture program in a local college will be a better use for them than storing them...
7. After sorting through the sets of rolls of drawings from architecture projects during the last 24 months...I didn't really need to keep outdated drawings of the projects that are not going to be built. Meanwhile, I organized the current projects for easier access in the new year...
8. After taking down the interior and exterior Christmas decorations and boxing them for storage in the garage...
9. After bagging some plastic flower arrangements that were just accumulating dust, and that also can find a better home thru a Goodwill donation...
10. After sorting the wine pantry to place he bottles in order of receipt so that the older ones can be consumed sooner than waiting for a "special day"...
11.After reading the Sunday paper...
12..After having a seafood dinner at a regular family favorite restaurant with friends and family to celebrate the New Year...
13.After taking a whirlpool at the beach after a late afternoon 30 minute rest on a chair facing the ocean...
14.After checking daily e-mails and returning and placing "Happy New Year" calls...
15.After a pasta carb replacement snack...
16.After taking a sauna and swimming two miles in my gym's 25-meter pool...
17.After a pre-workout protein shake...
18.After stopping by a car dealership and test-driving the newest version of my car that markets for twice what I paid for the current one two years prior (its technology is impressive...no keys...and lots of user-friendly (possible maintenance nightmares!) "conveniences")...
19.After placing the key received in the mail from the dealer to see if it was the correct one to win a new auto...it was not, but I did get a consolation prize, flashlight...
20.After having an outdoor brunch (it was a gorgeous South Florida day...with many groups of passing cyclists enjoying it) with Mom after attending church (conveniently the New Year's Holy Day falls on a Sunday!)...
21.After oatmeal and green tea and fruit to start the day...
22.After five hours of sleep...
23.After posting photos on, and checking Facebook New Year's entries...
24.After returning from a house party at a waterfront home to watch the spectacular City 30-minute fireworks display from its dock...while driving back, I was able to call friends in the western "time zones" to wish them the best for 2012...
25.After watching the countdown and (Lady Gaga) "Ball drop" at Times Square while toasting to the New Year with friends...
26.After a salmon salad dinner at a local favorite Northern Italian restaurant...
27.After watching my college lose in an exciting New Year's Eve Bowl while drinking some red wine...
28.After having a bowl of chicken soup at a local deli with Mom...
I want to take this opportunity to wish any of my "blog" readers a healthy, happy, and successful New Year...
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