Happy New Year!

A New Year Resolution, Linnie Style:

1. Resolve that you have gained as much of the "Newlywed 25" that you intend to gain, and that you are going to be more calorie conscious and lose some weight in 2011.

2. January 1st: Go out to breakfast with your husband. Order a breakfast that includes a biscuit and gravy, Denver scrambled eggs, and fried potatoes. Don't forget to split a Southern Pecan Roll with your husband. Take a walk in the cold so that you feel like you did something about that breakfast you ate.

3. January 2nd: Eat leftovers from breakfast the day before. The calories don't count the second day. Eat pizza for lunch since it is your brother-in-law's birthday. Feel virtuous while you eat the chocolate cake and ice cream because you only ate one moderately sized slice of pizza. Forget about the apple slices and caramel sauce. Eat Taco Bell for dinner because you are ravenous by the time church gets out. Your husband will remind you that calories don't count on the holidays. Broaden the definition of holiday to include all birthdays of friends and relatives, even if they are distant or deceased.

3. January 3rd: Celebrate how well you are doing with your resolution by eating a few bites of the Pecan roll that is calling to you from the take-out box on the table. Exercise for 10 minutes and vacuum the floor. Pat self on the back for the strenuous work out.

I think it's going to be a good year, folks!