I had every intention of embracing this New Year.  Just like most people, I wanted to go into 2011 with a clean slate.  But I think my slate was more literal. Last weekend my list of “slate cleaning” activities was packed full — take down decorations, clean the house top to bottom, do the recycling, [...]

I’ve never been much on making New Year’s Resolutions. I hate the idea of setting myself up for failure. But then I got to thinking…why does it have to result in failure and why does it matter? So I’m setting a few “goals” for myself this year, not resolutions because the word “resolution” just leaves [...]