{"id":135,"date":"2015-01-01T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2015\/01\/happy-new-year-what-are-your-resolutions.html"},"modified":"2015-01-01T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T11:00:00","slug":"happy-new-year-what-are-your-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2015\/01\/happy-new-year-what-are-your-resolutions.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year!  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Yeah, last spring I was down to \u201close 5 pounds\u201d but then over the summer and fall gained back what I had lost, plus an extra pound. \u00a0Lesson learned: \u00a0I have to exercise more consistently, eat snacks and sugar way less often (though I can\u2019t give it up entirely), and, no, a 10 minute bike ride to the ice cream shop and 10 minutes back, at a 7-year-old\u2019s pace, doesn\u2019t balance out an ice cream cone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Write that article that I have in my head, and shop it around to the less-technical professional\/ retirement policy publications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Get involved in the local Republican Party organization. \u00a0Illinois had some pretty lousy candidates for the 2014 election, so I just couldn\u2019t get excited, and, of course, in 2012, our primary was so late it didn\u2019t make a bit of difference. \u00a0But I should at least answer for myself the question of whether there\u2019s anything that one can do at the grassroots level \u2014 besides give cash to one\u2019s preferred candidate, to fund their NH and Iowa campaigns. \u00a0(And does that cash make much difference, compared to the deep pockets of the establishment funding their preferred candidates?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And, of course, then there are the usual parenting resolutions: \u00a0stay on top of the middle son and his homework, help the youngest invite more friends to play, watch out for the oldest\u2019s use\/misuse of technology, and more date-nights with my husband.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>What about you?<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or do you eschew making resolutions? 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