I'm ringing in the New Year with one of the funniest bloggers I know! Please welcome Tracy Cliburn Georges of http://www.crazyasnormal.com. Her wacky sense of humor resonates with me and I'm betting once you start reading her blog, you'll be going back for more of this talented writer's quirky wit. Get ready to get your laugh on and leave this awesome lady some comment love.
I’ll Show You Resolutions
Keeping your New Year’s resolutions
is hard. Super hard. Like trying to hold on to an otter bathed
in baby oil. Like trying to say Justin Bieber makes great music
without laughing. Like having a political discussion without
mentioning Obamacare.
For the last couple of years I have
posted my resolutions on Facebook – because a) it helps hold
me accountable and b) I’m a narcissist comedian who loves it
when people “like” her posts (but a cute and loveable
narcissist). You are so lucky because you not only get to
see my results from last year’s resolutions - you get to be the
first to hear my new ones! (I know you’re very excited and yes
of course I will pause for a second while you go change your
underwear.)
2013 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION #1: I
will find another way to motivate my children to do what I asked
other than atomic wedgies. I was able to keep this all the way
until December 20 – but you guys don’t understand – he totally
deserved it!
2013 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION #2:
When someone says something idiotic, I will wait until AFTER they
have walked away to roll my eyes. I did it y’all! I was able
to only roll my eyes behind people’s backs. I never once had to
answer the question “Did you just roll your eyes at me?” because
I did it in secret!
2013 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION #3: You
go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me. But I am
never ever ever ever dressing appropriately for my age. I did
once. It was sometime in mid-November. And I still remember exactly
how I felt that day. <shudder>
2013 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION #4: I
will stop calling my children "Dude" because they are now
calling their grandparents that. Dude. I failed this. I
completely and totally failed this.
2013 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION #5: I
will stop trying to make everybody happy all the time because it's
literally making me crazy. And I will stop saying literally all the
time. Even though I really am literally crazy. Short story long,
I failed this one too. If you’ve been reading me for any length of
time, you’ll know I sort of fell off the face of the earth in the
fall. It’s because I didn’t stop trying to make everyone happy
all the time. And I sort of really did go crazy. BUT. Therapy - which
is an awesome and amazing thing. Best part of all? This is my
official reentry into blogging (Thanks Meno Mom!) AND I
no longer care if everyone is happy or not. Also it caused my eldest
son to say “Mom – please stop therapy-ing me,” which is still
making me giggle.
2013 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION #6: I
will stop telling work that I am late because I was fighting ninjas,
delivering a baby or helping Dr. Who disarm a bomb. I will give the
real reason, which is usually because the cats are asleep on me and I
don't want to wake them up and because my bed feels better than my
desk chair. Kept this one! I didn’t even go the zombie route. I
was brutally honest about my tardiness, even if it was “I am late
because I changed outfits seven times. But doesn’t this look cute?”
I am grading myself on a curve, because
it’s my made-up test and rules, and so I’m saying that I passed.
Obviously this whole accountability thing works. Sort of. Anyway –
without further ado, I present my six 2014 New Year’s
Resolutions! (Please hold your applause until after all
resolutions are made. Thank you.)
#1: I am totally going to stop
saying and writing “totally” all the time. Because it’s totes
annoying. I’m also going to stop saying and writing “totes”. I
may dress like I’m 21, but that doesn’t mean I have to sound like
I’m 21.
#2: I will start actually eating at
parties that serve food rather than ignoring it so that my husband
won’t have to stop and pick me up fries on the way home because I’m
so hungry I could eat a horse (made of tofu).
#3: I’m going to blog. Like a
boss. And I’m going to concentrate on my writing, not my Facebook
followers or tweet favorites. Because WWEHD? (What would
Earnest Hemmingway do?)
#4: I’m going to say “No,”
when I can’t do things and not feel bad about it. I’m not
superwoman. No one is. Not even Super Woman. For reals, y’all.
#5: I’m going to be all assertive
and stuff - if that’s okay with you. Wait. I mean I’m going to
assertive. So. In your face, yo.
and finally
#6: I will not spend all night
sitting in front of my computer at home after I spent all day sitting
in front of a computer at work. And no I’m not just saying that
because I got a notebook for Christmas and can lay in bed or on the
couch with my computer. Okay. Maybe that’s exactly why I’m saying
it.
All hilarity and guffaws aside, every
year gives us a fresh start. I normally completely squander that.
This year I’m not going to waste a single minute Well – I might
waste a few –Wikipedia have been known to steal my soul for hours.
Also, if I had not spent an inordinate
amount of time researching stuff, I never would have known that the
quote “It is never too late to be what you might have been,”
actually is non-existent and the closest match is from a poem written
by Adelaide Anne Procter and I actually like it better:
“No star is
ever lost we once have seen,
We always may be
what we might have been. “
This year, I’m not
going to be afraid. This year, I will climb mountains. This year, I
will do my best to not take things for granted. This year, I will
listen to my daughter’s entire dream from last night. This year, I
will make eye contact with as many people as I can and smile. This
year, I will understand that every time my husband says “As you
wish”, he really means “I love you.” This year, I will not
justify my complaints as “first world problems” because Sudan,
North Korea, Syria, Haiti and others. This year, I will laugh more.
I’ll love more. And I’ll breathe more.
What are you
going to do this year?
Oh. And you can
totes start clapping now. (What?! It’s not 2014 yet. Der.)
You can find Tracy
at all these places:
Please ignore the
inactivity as she is back on the bandwagon. Not literally. She
doesn’t even really know what a bandwagon is. Which is why she’s
looking it up on Wikipedia right now.
LOL! I absolutely love this post! Love the not rolling eyes resolution from 2013! :) As for 2014, they're all great. I'm completely with Tracy on No. 3 - 2014 is the time to blog like a boss! Thanks for posting this, Marcia! You started my New Year's Day with laughter & resolved determination! Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteThanks Marcia - glad I made you laugh. That's totally my - I mean - that's my purpose in life. :)
DeleteHah! You took the bait. Game. Set. Match. :D
ReplyDeleteSO glad to see you back and dedicated to blogging. You were TOTALLY missed.
ReplyDeleteAnd don't stop saying "totally", because totally is totally is "totes" is totally totes.
I totes missed you guys too. Lots.
DeleteVery funny resolutions! I have to stop saying "probs" instead of probably.
ReplyDeleteOOO yeah - I forgot about that one. Except I write prolly. Drives my eldest CRAZY. Which is actually a plus to continue doing it.... >:)
DeleteThank you for the laugh, I will have to use that eye rolling suggestion... haha :)
ReplyDeleteYou can do it! I believe in you!! :D
DeleteIt is easier in writing! But I've started already. You should have seen the icy glare I gave the man who cut me off this afternoon! Next time I'm going to do the icy glare AND honk. Because I'm baller like that.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteTracy I hope you totally have a Happy New Year, age inappropriately dressed or otherwise! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Ditto lady! And I am tota- crap - I am dressed entirely inappropriate today. Woot!
DeleteGo for it girl! And I have just changed my underwear - that is one of my resolutions for the New Year!
ReplyDeleteYour neighbor had emailed me about that....I am so glad you decided to go through with it. Proud of you Bryan.
DeleteBecause of you, Tracy, I'm actually going to resolve to *use* the atomic wedgie as a parenting tool in 2014. Thank you!
ReplyDelete(It's the best motivator in the world. Godspeed brother.)
DeleteAhhhhhhhh, the New Years resolutions. Too funny! I try and avoid them at all costs as I never follow through on most of them.
ReplyDelete"Blog like a boss" I do like!