Okay, so it is January 3, 2010. Have you broken your new year's resolution yet? I am happy to report that three days in, I have not. I know that you think that my new year's resolution is to lose weight. While it is true that I want to lose more weight in 2011, that is not my resolution this year. Actually, my new year's resolution is to learn how to play the ukulele.
I suppose I should explain. This year I bought my wife an Ipad for Christmas. This was about $640 over my Christmas budget for her. When I bought the Ipad, I knew that I was going to be jealous--very jealous--and my suspicions have been true. I can hardly stand it any time she picks that stupid thing up. It drives me crazy. Anyway, as I said, I knew I would be jealous, but I also knew I couldn't buy two Ipads. So, I thought long and hard about something I have always wanted, but never gotten, that is under $50. As if sent from heaven above, and I surfed the Internet while ruminating about this vexing issue, an ad appeared for a ukulele on sale for $35. I remembered a childhood dream to play like the Hawaiian greats and my gift problems were solved.
Now, ever time Emily picks up that Ipad and I am tempted to either steal it away from her and play with it myself, or throw it out the window deep into the woods behind my house, I just tell her I am going to go practice the ukulele. Given the amount of time my wife spends on that machine, I have gotten about 200 hours of practice in since Christmas. Nevertheless, I can only play two chords and I really can't switch between the two chords well. I tried singing "Clementine" yesterday and found I cannot sing and play a chord at the same time either. Who knew the ukulele could be so hard?
Anyway, the resolution for this year is to practice every day, and so far, I have done it. Why, you may ask, am I not resolving to lose weight? Well, I think the reason is because that is what I did last year. Plus, now that I am Living the Life, I am not on a diet, I am on a "lifestyle." So really, with my lifestyle, weight loss is going to be natural--at least, I hope it will be! If I haven't lost anything in a month, maybe I will give the ukulele up and go back to writing my book on the Fad Diet Diet.
1 comment:
I don't have any real resolutions...although I do hope to comment regularly on your blog and find subtle ways to sabotage your "lifestyle"...cause...it's just so much fun. : )
ps. i am thinking nothing is worth the cost of listening to daily ukulele practice. if emily decides to give up the ipad,let me know.
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