Resolve

Jumping back even further...
I am not one for making my New Year's resolutions public.  Reasoning: 1. embarrassment (I have so many "basic" things I should be doing and am not) and 2. accountability (If I put it in writing, or make it public, then I REALLY have to do it.)  This year, I decided to bite the bullet and do it anyway- even if it is two months later. :)

Determining a resolution was not all that easy, mind you.  Pray/scriptures/FHE, those don't count.  I resolve to do better at those every week.  Same with exercise/eat better, yell less/love more, and so on.  No, this resolution had to be the perfect balance of simple, attainable and measureable.  So let it be written:

I resolve to brush my teeth (and my kids teeth) every night.

(I'll wait for your gasps of shock to subside.)  Yes, I should be doing this already, but let's face it.  Some nights I am just so relieved that it is bed time that getting three kids in their beds and asleep is the ONLY priority.  An episode of American Idol/a Jazz game/ or something similar later, you can pretty much check me out for the count as well.  With precious few hours (or even minutes) until the first nightly wake up call, even one minute of plaque scrubbing can be grewling.  Necessary, yes I know.  Hence the resolution.

So let it be written, so let it be done.