So what are YOU doing to start the New Year off right?

First and foremost, I am cleaning out my Bloglines subscriptions. Hundreds of blogs I only skim through, some of which no longer publish, languish on my bloglines feed. It can take me several hours to read all those entries if I don't read daily, and although I love the connections I've made over the interwebs, something has to give. I've started trimming the ones that don't have a full feed - I used to follow through the links of the blogs that only had a summary feed, but with very few exceptions I don't anymore. I'm also killing the subs of those that haven't updated in over a month (with a couple exceptions for friends' blogs). If you are one of those people who keep track of your subscribers and I suddenly drop off, I'm sorry - but I spend way too much time on my computer as it is.

Later today I am going to reorganize my kitchen, if I have time -- apart from meeting a friend for an errand she is running this morning, though, I think I can fit it in before we go out for First Night Austin. Oh, and I have to pack my sweater and a lap blankie into my backpack for that, too -- wouldn't do to freeze my patootie off while listening to live music on Auditorium Shores. :D :D

2008 should see a great purge of unnecessaries from my life -- stuff that I've collected for the sake of collecting, and things that I just don't need cluttering up the place. Perhaps I'll finally get my apartment organized. Perhaps I'll lose that 100 pounds I'd like to drop. Regardless of what happens, I love the ability of a new year to give you a fresh perspective on life and what is important to you - we don't always take that opportunity to change, and sometimes we get distracted on the way, but there's always a new year down the road to refocus our energies and hopes. Blessed New Year to all!