Time to REASSESS

As a rule, I am not a fan of New Year's Resolutions. I don't remember ever making one that mattered...

But I do think January is a great time to RE-ASSESS.

Everything.

Big things -- like car insurance. We've had the same carrier for 40 years. It was going up ANOTHER $200 a year for 2012. So John called and had a "reassessment". Guess what? It went from $2800/year down to $1580! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? I guess that was well worth asking a few questions, eh??

Little things -- like where I keep my "good dishes". During the holidays, when I get them out for almost every meal -- I realized that putting the stack of good plates BEHIND the seldom used soup tureen makes NO SENSE. So I switched them around and now the plates are MUCH EASIER TO GET TO...

Kids are way better at this than adults are. Lillian skipped through her "dinosaur" stage in about 4 months -- then she was OVER IT -- and on to Disney Princesses....

Whereas, my Ronda has spent many years working in her kitchen on Christmas Day to cook a big turkey/ham dinner -- when her family would much rather eat cookies and pizza and play with their new stuff...

"Glee" isn't my favorite television show anymore...so I need to reassess Tuesday nights...

The blender on the top of my island still has the sticker on it, even though I never did get into those healthy shakes like I intended. I haven't used it since 2008. It needs to go to the back of the pantry...

It was a sad day when I realized I no longer needed a mini-van. After years of driving my two boys to and from baseball practices and activities, and hauling all the stuff necessary to run a fabric store -- They grew up and I started working from home...so a compact car would be fine from now on...

The MOMENT Elliott moved out of the house, John turned his bedroom into a Man Cave...with his computer, television, Lazy Boy....well, you can imagine...

You name it -- and it NEEDS TO BE REASSESSED. The appliances in your house, the bra size you've been buying for the last 20 years, who does the grocery shopping at your house, whether or not you can throw away the old VCR...

Technology?? Don't even get me started about the TELEPHONE or high speed internet...ugh...If you don't frequently reassess those two things, you are bleeding money...

So, even though I don't do New Year's Resolutions -- I'm trying to get better at reassessing. Hey -- once you get started -- it's fun...and it's a VERY FREEING THING....

My bedroom has a wallpaper border. ('nuff said)...