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So, as most of you know, it's 2006. How did you spend New Year's Eve? I spent it working.

Although the last few months of 2005 were superb, I'm happy to leave the year behind and see where 2006 takes me.

I've read a lot of blog postings poo-pooing lists of New Year's resolutions as wastes of time, recipes for failure and/or crushing disappointment, etc. To each her own, but I like the idea of listing goals for the new year. When else am I going to do it, after all? So, among my resolutions:

• Drink more water.
• Invest no more time than is absolutely necessary on defective people.
• Nurture my genuine friendships.
• Make an appointment with an allergist (much to my horror, I have become both a Sneezer and a Sniffler, and that won't do).
• Try to change that which displeases me and accept, or at least not complain about, that which I cannot change.
• Exercise for an hour each day (I logged 55 minutes today, and roughly one-third of that was spent jogging. *pats self on back* *winces in pain*)
• Buy and use a pedometer.
• Vacuum the apartment once a week, even though my new place has Berber carpet and is therefore unvacuum-trackable.
• Devote more time to the piano.
• Look into getting a guitar and teaching myself to play it.
• Eat more fruit.
• Learn how to cook something other than eggs, brussels sprouts and stir-fry.
• Sing to young Simon more often.
• Read more new fiction.
• Get rid of the mother-fracking ants that have taken over my apartment.
• Learn how to file my nails properly and take care of my cuticles. And all that.
• Send Christmas cards.
• Invest my money.

What's your top resolution this year?