New Year's Resolutions and Babies: Easy to Make; Hard to Deliver

Yep, it's that time of year: absolutely no open parking spaces at the gym. You'd think people would actually choose to park far away from the entrance in order to add a few more notches to that shiny, new pedometer they got under the tree last week, but it doesn't work that way. New year's resolutions are as old as Baby New Year himself and broken as much as a Kardashian condom.

Year after year I make the same resolutions as everyone else: eat less crap; burn more calories. I don't really write them down or say them out loud, but they dangle there in my hippocampus for the first few weeks of January until I forget that I meant to not order cheese fries and blow off Body Pump for a pedicure. But as Popeye put it: I am what I am. Which reminds me, eat more spinach... and olive oil (or is it Olive Oyl?).

This year I'm going to try something new. Instead of making the same old short-lived promise to myself, I'm making three resolutions I think are actually keepable.

1. I will take a risk and do something outside of my comfort zone. I actually might try to drive over my nemesis, the Bay Bridge, but since my hands literally started sweating as I typed those words, I'm definitely going to need some backup ideas. I'd like to try skeet shooting. Or stand-up, perhaps? Maybe a new hair color is more my speed. But definitely something this year. And I'm up for suggestions.
2. I vow to finish a decorating project in my own home. You know, the shoemaker's children and all that? This one might be a little more challenging than #1, but since we just got a new washer and dryer, I'm thinking the laundry room is already on its way. It's small and I'm in there a lot so I think the payoff will be definitely worth it. 
3. I pledge to watch more TV. I'm not sure this is possible, but I will definitely give it my all. Having multiple premium channels and renewing Netflix and Hulu should help. The DVR has been purged, my remote has new batteries and I'm looking for recommendations. 

And you know that I'll let you know how it goes.