Resolutions/Goals

I don't normally do resolutions, but I think I'll try this year:

1- Write more! If I want to be a novelist I have to write. Going with that- keep up with the local writers I met during NaNo!

2- Get better about my eating habits- probably consult a nutritionist.

3- Get more exercise.

4- Get everything prepped and save money for the move to Ireland.


( That 'first sentence of a non-meme post' Meme )

Priviledge Meme...

From bubblesbrnaid (and since seen on every one of my friends journals): statements that apply to me are bolded, additional comments by me are asterisked and posted beneath. (make that numbered…)

Father went to college 1
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college 2
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor 3
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers (class as in socio-economic or what? One of my teachers also taught my mom. And on a socio-economic level I would put them at about the same I guess.)
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
Were read children's books by a parent 4
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18 5
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively
Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs (costs after scholarships)
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
Went to a private high school
Went to summer camp
Had a private tutor before you turned 18
Family vacations involved staying at hotels 6
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18 7
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
There was original art in your house when you were a child
You and your family lived in a single-family house
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
You had your own room as a child 8
You had a phone in your room before you turned 18
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
Had your own TV in your room in High School 9
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16 10
Went on a cruise with your family 11
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family 12

1 Father started college, but dropped out to help younger siblings make their way through. He’s still one of the smartest guys I know.
2 Mom’s dad insisted. He’s a Chemistry PhD, and all his kids were GOING to go!
3 See Elder Brother J and SIL M (attorneys)
4 Only one on one time I felt like I got from mom, so I was determined not to learn how to read for myself!
5 I took baton as a young’in, then piano and ballet for about a minute.
6 There were 6 of us and flying pricey, so we drove most everywhere, and overnights involved low cost (for 6 people) hotel/motels.
7 With this one I went with the ‘bought’ bit, my parents never bought used clothes for us, but I did get a lot of hand-me-downs from my sister.
8 Well, not as a little girl, but by the time I was 8-9 (I think) my sister got her own room, which meant I got my own room.
9 Well, once all the sibs were at college, and Elder Sister M didn’t need the TV they bought for her first year of college… I ended up with a TV in my room and two VCRs. Yeah, I don’t know why two.
10 I was 4 (to be 5 in less than a month) and we were heading to Florida to see the grandparents for Christmas. I recently learned from my mother that she had been concerned about how I would react- and I leaned back in my chair after take off, grinned and said “This is the life.” *laughs* Oh Little Anne…
11 Boats = Bad. It’s quite simple.
12 In terms of actual dollar amounts, no, aware that the heat was kept ‘low at night’ so as to not have the bill go through the roof- yes.



The list is based on an exercise developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. The exercise developers ask that if you participate in this blog game, you acknowledge their copyright.



(Yes, I was privileged, in many ways. Though I have to say the greatest was in the quality of my parents and siblings (even if I didn't always realize that). )