New Year's Resolutions


  1. Get rid of clutter. I did get rid of 5 bags or recycling paper today and 4 bags of trash, along with a bin filled with recycling stuff too. It still doesn't look like I did anything. I hope to get rid of at least 5 bags of trash next week.
  2. Read my books. I have had books laying around for ages that I haven't read. This year I should read them. I want to donate a lot of them, so that I can have less stuff.
  3. Try to have a better garden this year. Last year a tree fell on my garden and ruined it. I did get some stuff out of it, but it would have been much better. I also planted some things too late. I want to plant some Korean melon, pumpkins, hubbard squash, and peppers, among other things.
UPDATE:
The garden didn't turn out well overall. I had to work at Kmart and I was too tired to do much in the garden. I had squash bugs that ate my vines and green worms that ate my cabbage. The kale turned out OK. 
I still have stacks of books to read. heh.
I still need to get rid of stuff, but thankfully I did get rid of a lot of things.
Oct 14, 2016

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