Laurie: Let’s get right to it.  I said I would do a couple of things last year on January 1^st, and here it is the end of the year and they remain  undone.  They really weren’t terribly difficult things like finding a cure for a deadly disease, ending world hunger, or stemming the tide of global warming.  They were all things easily within my control, and yet I have failed.

elizabeth: 2009 was not my banner year for keeping some resolutions. Not in the category of starting a new blog with you that people really seem to resonate with. And not with coaching people to realize their own greatness. I have been so bloody busy with Coaches on the Edge and my own coaching that I forgot to take care of moi.  It could have been January 1^st or yesterday. I just wake up and there I am in the corner being ignored like a ferocious dust bunny. They don’t like to be moved. And obviously I didn’t want to move either…from my computer chair. I feel like my butt is a factor in the area of global warming. It has been blocking the sun from Nova Scotia to your hometown in that southern state of your mind. But neither of us has failed. We just have overlooked a few things while plowing ahead. We could have done worse. A lot worse.

Laurie: My closet remains jam-packed with clothing that I once again neglected to take off the hanger in 2009.  I know there are naked people out there who would make far better use of these clothes but I just might have a need for that pumpkin-colored cardigan where I have to roll up the sleeves because they are too long.  And those one-(okay, maybe two) size-too-small pants are my incentive to stick to my diet.  And the socks that will no longer fit in the sock drawer?  Hey, a coordinated girl never knows when those terry green striped cuffs are going to look davoon sticking out from under a pair of slightly tight pants.

elizabeth: I hardly shopped this year (yes, the economy tanking is my fault) but we’re coaches, and that is like being close to homeless except we do have closets to put our clothes in as opposed to a plastic bag.. I say hold onto them –they always come back in style and my Betsey Johnson’s knitted hot pants with the far out Aztec-inspired designs are coming back. Of course, if I wear them, I might bring on the second coming.

Laurie: This time last year I was so sure I could easily master one of the many machines hooked up to my television that I am sure can transfer a DVR recording to a DV.  The red light on the electronic device that peeks out from the glass case mocks me constantly and challenges me to just try to figure out what the heck it’s for.  I did manage to locate the manual and remote for the machine (does that count?) but I still don’t have a clue what the glorious capabilities of this mysterious contraption are.

And unfortunately this is nowhere near the end of the list of my goals and aspirations that seemed so infinitely possible a mere year ago.  But hope springs eternal, and I really have to go get started on my 2010 resolutions.

elizabeth: I am going to give myself a break and take Eleanor Roosevelt’s advice (not about men), “Do one thing every day that scares you.” I look at those words every day and think about all she accomplished in her life. And she didn’t even live near a Starbucks or a T.J. Maxx.  I have a funny feeling that 2010 is gonna be our year. So I am getting out of this damn chair and I am going to rehearse my acceptance speech. “I’d like to thank all the medium-sized people…”

Here’s to a great 2010!

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