An update...

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I have decided to provide a progress report regarding my six New Year's resolutions that I presented to you earlier.

1. Empty my cats' litter box three times a week.

  This one was a terrible disaster this week.  On more than one occasion I thought to myself, "Bob, you need to clean out the cats' litter box."  Sadly, I was overcome with laziness and only did this once this week.  This may not seem like a very big deal to you non-cat-owners, but I have 2 cats and a relatively small litter box for them.  I can't imagine flushing my toilets only once a week, but maybe I'll should try that, just so I know how it makes the cats feel.

2. Organize my Star Wars toy collection

  I made a little bit of progress with this one.  I purchased some small plastic Tupperware-type containers to help store some of the small weapons and other assorted accessories.  I previously was using some small plastic bowels from Ikea that I had found in our kitchen cupboard, but apparently the kids needed them for food or some such.  I think these new Tupperware-type plastic storage containers will work nicely.  They are about the size of a standard shoebox, but only about 2 inches deep.  The lids snap on very tightly, which is what drew me to purchase them in the first place. 

3. Cook more

  Saturday, I made my first recipe out of my new Bobby Flay cookbook.  It was a Spanish-rubbed chicken with a parsley and mint sauce.  It was pretty tasty.   Brady was not a fan at first, but after pouring some salt on it, he said it was pretty good.  The best part about cooking was that Hana did the dishes, which is my job when she cooks dinner. 

4. Reuse the same cup several times rather than get another cup dirty.

  On Saturday, I was watching the Colts-Jets playoff game and went upstairs to get another Coke Zero.  I then realized that I left my cup downstairs.  So, instead of getting a new cup, I actually walked back downstairs and got my old cup and then went back up for more soda.  In retrospect, I should have just taken the 2-liter bottle back downstairs with me…what was I thinking?!?  I am making an effort here, but it is not as easy as I thought it would be. 

5. Get more sleep.

  No real progress here… I did actually try to go to sleep at 11:15 last night, but stayed up playing ipod games until 1:30, which leads me to #6.

[s]6. Obtain three stars on every available level of Angry Birds on my ipod[/s]

  After trying to get three starts on a few levels this week, I was unsuccessful and actually went to youtube.com where you can watch videos of people achieving a 3-star score on every level, so you can mimic what they do.  After doing this for a couple of tricky levels, I decided that I had hit a new low in my life by doing this.  I have since shifted my focus to "Tiny Chef" and "Mega Jump".  I am officially crossing #6 off of my list of resolutions.