Today is, as Anya would say, a day for a happy cake. For the first time since we received all that snow the weekend BEFORE CHRISTMAS, we were able to drive the car all the way from the street to the house!
This will, of course, but a damper on the Loafkeeper Diet Plan. But it also means we can get the microwave we bought the other day from the Home Depot clearance section out of the car and into the house.
Like most folks, I ate way too much over the holidays and gained a couple of pounds. It’s okay, though, because I am following the (soon to be patented) Loafkeeper Post-Holiday Diet Plan. It’s not quite as simple as my famous Snickers diet, but it still seems to be working.
Loafkeeper Post-Holiday Diet Plan
Step 1: Buy a house with a very long, winding, hilly driveway.
Step 2: Wait for tons of snow followed by several weeks of below freezing temperatures.
Step 3: Do not clear the snow from your driveway.
That’s it! If you try it, let me know how it works for you!
Using skills honed when writing performance plans for folks in my group at work, I decided to put together some measurable, finite goals for all us here for 2010. Some people were more cooperative than others, so I may have had to make some stuff up on my own.
Dad
+ Quit complaining
+ Help Mom paint the bedroom by Mom’s birthday
+ Get the floors done
+ Finish painting the kitchen
+ Fix the microwave handle
+ Build a pond and waterfall in the yard
Mom
+ Sew Carol a knitting needle case before the end of January
+ Get three estimates for bathroom remodel
+ Make winter pajamas for Anya before September
+ Make two jumpers for Anya
+ Work on Craig’s afghan with Carol
+ Finish Carol’s bathmat
Craig
+ Do well in school
+ Learn to juggle flaming torches
+ Teach Chewy to run an agility course
+ Bench press 300 pounds
+ Write memoirs
+ Join a woodwind ensemble
Carol
+ Finish Anya’s year 1 scrapbook
+ Finish Anya’s year 2 scrapbook
+ Enter something in the county fair
+ Work on Craig’s afghan with Mom
+ As a family, go on a hike or camp once a month
+ Complete a 5k walking race
Andy
+ Finish the plant room
+ Finish laying the floor, putting in the trim, and painting the “hallway” area of the basement
+ Refinish the floors in the sun room and Anya’s room
+ Take a beginner’s blacksmith class
+ Finish prepping the wood for the kitchen / living room floors
+ Get the generator fixed up
Kenny
+ Make a five course meal from scratch
+ Paint a picture for Carol
+ Learn to play the guitar
+ Go on a date with the captain of the cheer leading squad
+ Get an A in English
+ Ride across the country on a bicycle
Anya
+ Ditch the diapers
+ Learn colors
+ Learn shapes
+ Learn to ride tricycle
+ Paint a picture for Mommy
+ Learn to play the bongos, eukelele, and recorder