q: what will you do differently this year?

a: nothing. i'll continue to get serious about my diet starting monday, then blow it the first time i have dinner with the girls. i'll buy the shoes i don't need, the dress i won't wear, and the workout videos i won't use. i'll continue to drink too much coffee and eat too many french fries. i'll live for today, forget the past and make the same mistakes -- and i will love every second of it, because my flaws make me me!

from real simple magazine this month. while i myself have a long list of "to do's" this year, i love this way of looking at the big oh-ten. living well and doing better are all in the eye of the beholder.

one thing i am adding to my list -- being happy with things just the way they are, laundry in the machines/toys everywhere/trashy tv/rowdy dog/cold house/unorganized closets and ALL.