The World According to Guinness: New Years Resolutions

Sunday, January 4, 2015

New Years Resolutions

I spent all last week working on my New Year's Resolutions. It was tough! I know that having Goals are real important. (I'm not sure why, but my mom says so, and she's usually right.)

Some of my resolutions are not just for me, but are for my Mom & Dad because I think they can use some help with theirs.

So I wrote down my resolutions for 2015. (OK, so I can't write. I typed them on this computer though. So there!)

GUINNESS' NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS:

#1. I will not eat my bed. Nor any cushion that serves as my bed.

Mom keeps my pillow in my cage, and I like to go there sometimes. Cages are nice places. You can feel safe and comfy. But if I eat my pillow, it won't be as comfy. So I'm going to promise for 2015 not to eat my pillow.

#2. I will make new friends whether they are like me or different from me. Like the ones I met last year.

I told Mom that if I make new friends, then she needs to, too. And she's already trying. She joined a Book Club and goes to these Women's Club meetings. (Maybe she said Happy Hours. I'd like a Happy Hour. At Always Unleashed, they call those Yappy Hours. Is she going to Yappy Hours without me? Maybe I don't want her to meet new people after all.)

#3. I will keep Mom & Dad healthy.

I've been looking at the TV adds, and everyone is trying to lose weight for 2015. But I won the 6th Annual St. Louis Post Dispatch Cutest Pet Contest and I'm cute the way I am. I don't need to lose weight. But I will make sure that Mom & Dad keep to their 3 mile walking schedule every morning. ('Cuz I'd be really sad if we didn't do it.)

AND, I'm going to help them get back into Yoga. I heard Dad say that he wanted to do Yoga again. They have classes up the street at the Rec Center. But I know lots of Yoga moves and I'm working up a program for them. I'll share that with you next week. I really like that I can help Mom & Dad be healthy.

#4. I will follow the rules.

If I've learned anything, it's that if I do what I'm told, then good things happen. And when I screw up, I get stomach aches. ("member the golf glove? If you don't, look at my post "Thanksgiving BellyAche ".

#5. I will do something new and fun next year.

I talked to Mom about this one. I want to make a difference in a kid's life, or maybe make a Grandmother happy. She said that if I would agree to take some classes to be certified as a Therapy Dog, then we could do those things. Maybe I could have kids who don't like to read, read to me. I would really like that. I could learn all about Harry Potter, if a kid would read that to me. (Mom told me about Harry Potter, but she already read all about him -- in French -- and I don't know French. So I would rather have a kid read to me about him so I could understand.)

And guess who is teaching the classes? My old friend, Brad Jaffe from Dogological.com who thinks I'm the Bees Knees. (What is the Bees Knees?)!

#6. I will get lots of sleep.

Sleep is good for health. It's good for everything. Everybody should take a good nap every day. I'm working on Mom & Dad so they will join me everyday for a nap. I think Dad agrees with me. But we're still working on Mom.