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Did you make any?

Nope.

I don't make resolutions per se, but would like to walk more and watch more films at the pictures. Maybe I should stop buying books and dvds until I've got through the ones I already own

No I didn't make any. I did once contemplate something like Desley suggested but gave up on it as the obvious madness that it is :-)

I didn't make any as such but I'm aiming to get more sleep this year and try and keep my flat more organised and tidy. Hopefully the first will make the second easier!

Jim wrote: "No I didn't make any. I did once contemplate something like Desley suggested but gave up on it as the obvious madness that it is :-)"

You did so! I read them on Jonathan's blog!

They may cancel each other out, though.

I wanna get more stamps in my new passport in 2015.

It's so empty!

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Jim wrote: "No I didn't make any. I did once contemplate something like Desley suggested but gave up on it as the obvious madness that it is :-)"

You did so! I read them on Jonathan's blog!

They may cancel each other out, though. ..."

funny that ;-)
Mind you Jonathan promised us he'd put our names before a readership that was educated, erudite and even errant. Nice to see he's a man of his word.

✿Claire✿ wrote: "I didn't make any as such but I'm aiming to get more sleep this year and try and keep my flat more organised and tidy. Hopefully the first will make the second easier!"

Might pinch that, sounds a good plan

Only one: to finish writing this current book. Mind, I've said that at least once a week for the past three months.

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "✿Claire✿ wrote: "I didn't make any as such but I'm aiming to get more sleep this year and try and keep my flat more organised and tidy. Hopefully the first will make the second easier!"

Might pin..."

Feel free :)

Take your time and do it right, David.

As fast as you can.

Jim wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "Jim wrote: "No I didn't make any. I did once contemplate something like Desley suggested but gave up on it as the obvious madness that it is :-)"

You did so! I read them ..."

So many charmers in this group.

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Take your time and do it right, David.

As fast as you can."

Lol I agree with Patti here :-P

I've not made any in years I might this year but it's unlikely :-)

I made the resolution to start drinking real ales again instead of lager: cheaper, tastier and I drink them more slowly, so I won't stick away so many :)

Actually that's a good resolution Andrew. Certainly some years ago I decided I was only going to drink Beer that was worth drinking.

No one doing dry January, then?

My birthday's slap bang in the middle of January on the 17th, so going dry never appealed...

And cheers, Jim! I fell out of the cask ale habit after a few too many trips to pubs who don't keep their beers properly and serve them with that distinct orange squash flavour of cleaning fluid...

Patti (baconater) wrote: "No one doing dry January, then?"

Probably don't drink enough to make a difference ;-)

Certainly not enough to need a month off

Andrew wrote: "My birthday's slap bang in the middle of January on the 17th, so going dry never appealed...

And cheers, Jim! I fell out of the cask ale habit after a few too many trips to pubs who don't keep their beers properly and serve them with that distinct orange squash flavour of cleaning fluid... ..."

That is not good. I find one of the pleasures of going for a meal with family is to have a nice pint of decent beer with it as well.
Problem is I meet up with mates in London sometimes and then decent beer can be a struggle, but even London is getting better (but no cheaper :-( )

Patti (baconater) wrote: "No one doing dry January, then?"

A dry January? What's the point of that?

I can't see the point, personally.

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I can't see the point, personally."

I can think of many health benefits! The NHS suffers because of out-of-control drinking.

On a less serious note, my resolution was to stop swearing. I got to twenty past midnight on January 1st and thought 'f**k it'.

Well, I didn't resolve not to swear in my head!

Yeah, all those fcuking drunks clogging the health services, eh Jonathan? ;)

Nevermind. I have private health insurance. :)

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Yeah, all those fcuking drunks clogging the health services, eh Jonathan? ;)

Nevermind. I have private health insurance. :)"

When they say that drink is responsible for such and such a percentage of hospital admissions, I often wonder whether they include maternity

Oh Jim.

Sex is always on your mind, isn't it? ;)

Having just been scanning 400 ewes it was more the after effects that I was interested in :-)

I have decided to drink less white wine
and
to drink more red.

Going well so far!

I also made a vague resolution to walk to work more often, particularly as TfL just stuck up their prices again. I've been back to work two days, and walked both of them. On a roll!

I'm going to read more, though that's something I avoid when I'm working on a book. So, I'm going to read a lot more before the work commences. I really must finish A Memory of Light. I'm only partway through, and it's been on hold for a year already. Not an ideal way to read a book, especially a beast like that.

Smugly delighted to say this year, for a change, I won't have to put 'lose weight' as we've been doing the 5:2 diet since June and I'm just 3 pounds off target weight!
Think I need to have a 'keep everything organised and tidy' resolution though. Lets see how long that lasts!

Well done with the weight loss Karen!

I've broken my resolution to only work my contracted 3 days by working 6 this week. I have no willpower!

David wrote: "A dry January? What's the point of that?"

An old friend of mine always did February as it was shorter. Still, no point at all.

I make the same resolution each year: criticise nobody, complain about nothing.

I'm doing better than I usually do ... but I suspect that's because I've spent most of January in bed with a cold.