Wade’s New Year’s Resolutions
Posted by Wade King on January 2, 2009
It’s resolution time. For those who can’t come up with their own resolutions, or who want to peep into my sordid life, I submit the following resolutions, along with how some of them can be accomplished. From losing weight to catching muskies, I know I probably need a game plan to bring these to fruition.
#1: Lose 20 pounds of belly insulation. How? Mike Huckabee’s show on Fox gave me the solution one day. In his “ask me anything” segment, a woman asked him how he lost so much weight. His answer was twofold: First, if it comes through your car window, don’t eat it. Second, if it didn’t exist a hundred years ago, don’t eat it. Brilliant! Think about it.
#2: Improve attitude. My daughter recently returned from an ice fishing trip with me. Her characterization of the trip, rather than “wow, we caught some nice sunnies!” was “boy did Dad swear a lot at his equipment.” Oops. Bad Daddy. This shouldn’t be hard to accomplish, as long as I stay away from cheap tools and poorly-built equipment and vehicles.
#3: Catch a good muskie. I shouldn’t need any help with this one. Just prayer and time on the water. Maybe I can make a deal with God related to swearing less and being a better example to my daughters.
#4: Finish all projects I have begun or identified as a necessary project. This would include building a hutch for our computer desk, putting in a sump pump, replacing our water heater before it craps out, finishing a fillet knife project begun last year, reloading several hundred rounds of ammunition for various bang-sticks, and painting our back door.
#5: Learn more about fly-fishing, including tying some flies. I have my father’s vise and some of his equipment, but so far my only accomplishment has been a Freakishly Bright Yellow Rubber Leg Bass Chugger on a Ridiculously Large Hook. Since bass will bite on a beer can with treble hooks (no, really!) I think I need to expand my repertoire to trout flies.
Enjoy the new year, and make your own resolutions! Stealing mine will probably damage your karma or something.
I think there is a little bit of these in all of us Wade. Sounds good to me, I’m in! Except for the whole negotiating with the Big Guy upstairs - that one you’re on your own.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:05 am
Thanks for sharing, Wade. I found a little humor in your resolutions. You will have to keep us posted on how it all comes along during the year. Happy New Year!
January 3rd, 2009 at 3:25 am
Those are awesome - and pretty dang funny! I’m for the catching a musky - maybe I’ll include catching a sturgeon too. Oh, and bow killing an elk. And while we’re at it, I’d like to nail a nice mule deer. And I want to be less greedy this next year….no, scratch that last one - I want to draw a spring bear tag, too.
January 5th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Regarding losing weight. I’ve lost about 40 pounds in the last six months and I’m still losing. The two things that worked for me, portion control and exercise. A lot of us aren’t realistic about how much we eat and how big a serving should be. Once you start looking at that, you realize that you’re eating a great deal more than you think.
As for my resolutions, the big one this year is to get some projects I care about, like the OBS, a little further off the ground.
January 5th, 2009 at 10:18 pm