Moose Hunting Resolutions

1) Write Stuff

2) Lose Weight

3) Eat Better

4) Tone Up (more exercise)

5) Quit Procrastinating

I'll have to expand on and figure out exactly how I'm going to do those things, but at least I have a place to start. Moose hunting is a great place to make resolutions as you have lots of time to sit and think as you remain perfectly still, waiting for a moose to appear. There is actually nothing else "to" do but think. Much better than those resolutions made in a tipsy state New Years' Eve, which don't tend to last until dawn.

To hunt pretty much anything, you go out in the wilderness, either well before it gets light and wait for the sun to come up, or in the afternoon, and wait for the sun to go down.

There is an eerie quality about those times, when everything looks like a moose or a bear in the semi-darkness. There are lots of weird noises at those times: Hoots, screeches, scratchy noises, yips, leaves rustling or crunching, branches cracking. Keeps your blood flowing. There are lots of recognisable noises as well: planes, trucks, logging machines, 4 wheelers, chain saws, shots in the distance, shots much closer. The forest can be a very noisy place.

I didn't have to write down quitting smoking, as we quit smoking (again), September 3 of this year. Myself and smoking (cigarettes & otherwise) has a rather long history, going to back to the first cigarette my Mother stuck in my mouth at age 13. I'll go into that later, as we go through the book together, which it is getting time to do.

I thought that I would share a bit of who I am with you before we got going and will continue to do so as we go along.

This week, my 20 year old son is home from college for reading week. He's not doing much reading. I have hardly seen him as he is just waking up when I am finishing my grooming schedule and crawling in the tub at about 4. He doesn't go to bed until 3:30 am so I guess it makes sense. When he does get up, he eats dinner and then plays "rock band" with his 27 year old brother, who just moved back home 6 weeks ago after a 5 month wayward affair with a 40 year old in Toronto. They think I'm weird to be in bed by 9:00 pm, but I'm up at 5:30 am, so we are just on different shifts apparently.

The next post will be a review of the Introduction of the book "Will I Ever Be Good Enough?".