{"id":19125,"date":"2021-01-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=19125"},"modified":"2021-01-01T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T06:00:00","slug":"2021-resolutions-alfies-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2021\/01\/01\/2021-resolutions-alfies-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Resolutions – Friday 1st January 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2021 Resolutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s time for those all important 2021 resolutions. Let\u2019s face, sitting there at home, you\u2019ve had plenty of time to think about them. Why don\u2019t you use comments below to commit yourself to three? That way, you\u2019ve made them public and, when the hangover has worn off, you\u2019ll still be able to remember what they are. Obviously you can make them as easy as you like. However, they ought to be a little bit challenging otherwise there doesn\u2019t seem any point. You never know, you might just benefit from the process. Here are all of ours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilma\u2019s Resolutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It seems fair to start with myself. I know I\u2019m perfect really, but I\u2019m the sort of perfect where there is still a little room for improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. I will not bark at Mum when she\u2019s on the phone. That\u2019s going to be tough as I do like to join in, but I think it would be the one she would most appreciate.<\/li>
  2. I will go downstairs ahead of Mum, as she\u2019s asked me to. That one is because I was getting pretty close to pushing her downstairs in my enthusiasm. She thought it was all getting a bit risky.<\/li>
  3. I will give up my spot on the bed just as soon as Dad comes home. That\u2019s going to be tough. I love sleeping snuggled up to Mum.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Shadow\u2019s Resolutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Oh you\u2019d have laughed. When I asked Shadow what her resolutions were going to be I learned some new rude words. In basic terms she does not think she can be improved upon and at her age should not even be asked. I sat some distance away from her to make the following suggestions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. She should not get Mum up before six in the morning.<\/li>
    2. Shadow should bark less \u2013 an awful lot less. Mum said she\u2019d especially like Shadow not to bark close to her ear.<\/li>
    3. She should bounce less. Now, I know you may see bouncing as a good thing and part of her natural exuberance. It\u2019s just not that simple. She\u2019s got a bad leg and bouncing really isn\u2019t helping it to get better. We\u2019re not holding out much hope of her taking any notice.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Aristotle\u2019s 2021 Resolutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Ari looked a bit disappointed when we asked him to commit to some things. He was rather hoping no one had noticed he was there and that he would get away with it. When pushed he reluctantly agreed to the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. He will spend more time in the office and not constantly ask to go back to his own room.<\/li>
      2. He will increase the amount of exercise he does. Unfortunately, he didn\u2019t want to commit to an actual figure. Both he and Shadow are up to eight circuits of the yard and increasing by one each day.<\/li>
      3. He will lose a couple of kilos in weight. If he can do number two he\u2019s rather hoping this one will be the natural result without him giving up treats. We shall see.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Anyway, that\u2019s the three of us. Then there is Mum. Mum always sets resolutions and at least in theory tries to achieve some of them. Here are Mum\u2019s top three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Mum\u2019s Resolutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
        1. Mum will exercise for at least twenty minutes three times a week on top of any normal walks we have. I think her idea is something more vigorous although some of the walks she and I have would count. The time she walks with Ari and Shadow tends to be rather slower.<\/li>
        2. She will lost weight. I did ask her to tell me how much, but funnily enough she wasn\u2019t willing to make that public. She has written it down. We will see.<\/li>
        3. She will help me to make the remaining changed needed to all the entries of this diary. We\u2019ve got back to July 2019 so far, but that means there is another thirteen and a half years to go.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Well that\u2019s all of ours. What are yours?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Wilma is recording the 2021 resolutions for the household. If you make them public, it’s far harder to forget what you intend to do.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[63,161,27,93],"class_list":["post-19125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wisdom-and-experience","tag-aristotle","tag-resolutions","tag-shadow","tag-wilma","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}