Happy New Year Everybody!

Well NYE has come and gone and I must say that this year was the first time in a very long time that I woke up on New Years Day without a headache and a fragmented memory of what happened the night before.

Traci, the girls and I had a movie night at our house, we watched Enchanted, which of course is a princess movie which works well since I live with three of them.  Dad gets overruled when he wants to watch James Bond, Star Wars, or my all time favorite the Thomas Crown Affair.  So princess movies it is!

As I laid on the floor cuddled up with my girls I quickly realized that this was by far the very best NYE I had ever had!  Being there with them was all I needed.  Everything was perfect. 

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed myself when I rocked out on NYE, we all did.  But there reaches a time when ringing in the new year puking in bushes, getting your head closed in a car door, and passing out with a lit cigarette in a recliner just doesn't seem as much fun as it used to be.  The past few previous NYE I had drank my weight in whiskey and dominated Band Hero with our good friends in Concordia.  Apparently I do a pretty mean rendition of "Santa Monica" by Everclear.  Do I think I will do it again, maybe the band hero, but I try to not puke in public anymore, and I quit smoking a long time ago.

My goal this year is to strive to be a better father, husband and man.  I think we can all strive to be better people to one another.  This world is a tough, angry place...one less angry person would do the world a lot of good.

So with that being said I have compiled a list of things I think would make 2013 a better year!  Drum roll please!

1. Stop fighting with your baby mama or baby daddy on facebook.  No one besides your family, and the court system give a sh*t if that person is a worthless dead beat, dates skanks/thugs, or just bought a 90 Toyota Tercel, but still hasn't paid child support.
2. Quit looking for sympathy on facebook, sure people may tell you to "stay strong" "your day will come" or "You are the world's greated person" but really they are silently hoping you stop posting about how lonely, broke or horny you are.
3. Eat better and exercise.  Yep everyone has this resolution at some point, very few of us keep it, and then we spend the rest of the year being made because we are fat.  Get a simple plan, and stick to it, before too long it becomes a routine.  Trust me I know from experience its tough to do...it took Traci roughly 3 years to get me to care about my health.  I do now, and it feels great. 
4. Eat more vegetables
5. If you are over the 30 years old and don't have a record deal...you probably never will.  Give it up and get a real job.
6. Smile a little more, even if they glare back at you..just do it.  I was startled when we moved to Concordia how many people wave at one another as they drive by...its old school kindness...I like it.  Keep it up or start doing it.  I sometimes do it while I am working in bigger areas in Kansas...most of the time I figure those folks are trying to figure out for a good 20 minutes if they knew that guy that just waved at them.
7. Go outside more, put down the video games, the remote, the computer whatever.  Go outside and get some fresh air...heck maybe talk to someone face to face instead of over text message, email, or battling them on some online video game.  Human interaction is a necessity, and we are lacking that greatly.
8. Try a little harder, do something outside your comfort zone...or just get a job. 
9. Don't be so serious, everytime I turn around someone is bent out of shape and offended by something said by someone else.  We are by far the most sensitive generation to ever inhabit this planet.  Lighten up you self absorbed babies.
10. And finally...just be good to one another.  We are all in this together.

Good luck in 2013!