Monday, January 1st, 2007

New Year's non-Resolutions

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2007 is only a few hours old (Utah time . . . not quite here yet Hawaii time), and it is already looking pretty . . . exciting? busy? adventurous? for us. We have the possibility of grad school, the pretty definite plan to move half way across an ocean and most of the way across a continent, the changing of the jobs (for Micah), and the little matter of welcoming a little person into our little family, which means we are going to be *gulp* parents. Because we have so many life-changing events built into our year already, I don’t feel a need to make any resolutions. And, honestly, I haven’t subscribed to the idea for a few years already.

Even so, there are a few things I would like to do this year. The first one is to learn about babies. This is a good idea and not at all impractical or impulsive because we are actually going to have a baby and I’m going to learn about them one way or another. I have spent some time learning about pregnancy, labor and delivery, but I hear that the fun really begins after all of that is over. I’m specifically interested in what babies can do and how I can turn my baby into a super-genius over night. It will save me a lot of frustration if he learns to talk by the time he is two months old, and I hope to have him potty trained soon after that. Any insights about how I might do this are appreciated.

The other learning experience I am seeking out this year has to do with beans. Mom Heiselt likes beans, we learned recently, and after getting her some bean cookbooks for Christmas my curiosity has been piqued. I’ve never really been a fan of beans and the extent of my “cooking” with beans is seven layer dip, but I’ve noticed that the dishes with beans I’ve had lately have been quite delicious. I admit this is slightly impulsive and more doomed to failure than the baby goal so I’m going to leave it to Mom Heiselt to be the Bean Queen. I’ll be satisfied if I learn how to make one tasty dish to add to our diet.

Best wishes to all of you in 2007. We’ll keep you posted on our year, baby, beans, and all.

Hint: people who leave the first comment are cooler.

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