The New Year, The New You

January. The time of year when everyone is focused on bettering themselves. I have absolutely loved perusing friends' theme words for the year and reading about resolutions. I have found a lot of inspiration from them. I too have chosen a word, but no matter how hard you beg in the comments, I am keeping it a secret. Because that's how I roll. And maybe I haven't chosen a word, just kidding, I have. Just kidding, I haven't. No. I have. Not. But Yes. Seriously.

We had an FHE on goal setting the other week. Everyone set goals and then I threw away the papers a couple of days later. Guess what my goal was? Yes. Tidy the house more, thereby throwing away everyone else's goals. Hazaa! That worked out so well!

There is one in our family, however, who is taking his resolutions to heart. Diesel. Apparently, his goal was to eat healthier. He doesn't speak English, so I am just guessing at this. But it seems pretty obvious. Today I glanced out the window to see Diesel munching an apple. Yes folks, an apple. I took a couple of pictures while I ate my cookies and doritos for lunch.

Diesel: "Hey everybody in the house, look at this awesome red ball I found out here!"


"What is that intoxicating smell? Delicious! And so on track with my new vegetarian lifestyle!"


"Yum. I am the weirdest yet healthiest dog ever."

He ate four.

What? How's that? You would like to know how a bunch of apples ended up in the backyard to be consumed by our vegetarian dog? Oh. Right. Well, it's NOT because we pitch apples at the cats who come to drink Diesel's water (and by AT I mean NEAR, just to scare 'em a little). Because in addition to his vegetarianism, Diesel has, it seems, adopted a complete hippie lifestyle by also pledging to be a peace-lover and no longer chase cats. Instead he has taken a vow to cower, act scared of them, and let them drink his water whilst he meditates on the meaning of life. But that is not why the backyard is peppered with apples. Because we would never do that. Just kidding, we would. But we didn't. Yes we did. Not. Just kidding, we did. No. Yes. Never. ish.

Either way, I think the world would be a little better if we all took a page out of Diesel the Hippie Dog's book. More apples, More love, More meaning of life. (I think I should probably order that in vinyl for my wall, don't you?).