How are those New Year's resolutions going?

Here are my 2010 resolutions:

1) Eating healthier and exercising more. This is a continual quest for me and my Honey Sideways Sam. I am definitely guilty of not getting enough sleep which adds to snacking in the middle of the night, poor digestion during the day, and not enough body "down time" to maintain a healthy fired-up metabolism. If this is one of your resolutions then you may want to view this slide show of 24 tips on how to loose weight without really dieting.

2) Selling my Mom's Barbie collection on eBay. Haven't started this one yet. No, I don't have the Barbie dream house in the photo. I never had a dream house when I was little because they didn't exist yet back when I was playing with Barbie. (Yes I had one Barbie and one Skipper and they dated/married my blond haired scar faced GI Joe with the orange jump suit, not Ken!)

3) Having exchange students live with us. We had our first student, May from Tokyo and she couldn't have been sweeter, more fun, or smarter. We really lucked out with May as our first resident student. Our second student, Ipek is from Turkey and we will meet her later this week. We are really looking forward to it!

4) De-cluttering our home. We make strides on this front all the time, but I'd still like Nate Berkus from the Oprah show to to tackle our garage for us. Pleeeease!

5) Complete those pesky "What if one of us dies?" plans; like our Medical Advance Directive, updating the deed on our properties, buying life insurance for me (Sam is already insured) and making sure both of our names are on all of our bank accounts and not just as beneficiaries. Well, I did order the Five Wishes forms back in January, but they have yet to be filled out.

I'll check back with you at the end of the year and we'll see how I've done by then.

What are some of your resolutions?

Happy HNT! Bobbing for Blondes

Happy HNT! What I love about this picture is the bodiless doll floating in the tub with me. Until I saw this photo, I never knew I was distructive with my toys. Do I remember the beheaded beauty? No, not a flicker of recognition. The toys I most remember from my youth include my GI Joe - I have the one with blond hair and the dueling scar. He only has one military uniform and that's his parachuting gear. I mostly dressed him in Kens clothes much to his chagrin. He dated Malibu Barbie with her bendy arms & legs and she dug his rugged good looks. I have a Chrissy doll with red hair of course. And I have several Topsy Turvy dolls and their cars with the road maps to drive them upon. I also have my PEZ collection which started when I was about 6 and has continued to this day. I'll dedicated a future post to them. Let's not forget the Kiddles and their charms. I even have one in her perfume bottle. I can say have, because I have a Mom who saved everything for me. I guess it was pretty easy for her 'cuz I'm am an only child, but she gets major points for helping them survive the 2 thousand mile trek from Chicago to LA when we moved in the late 70's. Do you have a favorite doll or toy from your youth? Or is there a toy you wish you still had?