New Year's resolution

Dan groaned and left the kitchen, knowing that if he didn’t comply, Tyler would drag his ass back to the party, which would probably cause an enormous scene. “So… What next?” PJ asked, smiling. “Oh! I know, we should do New Year's Resolutions!” Louise exclaimed, clapping her hands together excitedly. Phil smiled and nodded as he got up to go get note cards from his and Dan’s office. Five minutes later, he came back carrying a package of index cards and a handful of multi-colored pens. “At my house, we used to sit at a table and write down our resolutions on note cards and then say them out loud afterwards. So I was thinking we could do that now,” Phil smiled and handed out the index cards and pens before going and grabbing a seat at the kitchen table. Everyone got quickly to work, Dan noticed, yet he couldn’t think of a single thing. He eyed the guests, noticing each of their little mannerisms. He noticed Tyler giggling to himself in the corner of his eye while he was writing. Dan then turned to look at Phil, who was writing rather quickly. His curiosity grew as Phil smiled a tiny bit to himself. What could he possibly have…

There needs to be a resolution revolution! The time has come, we must stop making promises in the flesh, we cannot keep. We must start seeking God on what pleases Him, and find out what His will for our lives is. We can proclaim all day and night that we are going to lose more weight, stop addictions, stop gossiping less, or find a mate. In truth, we can do none of those things in the flesh, which is why our New Year 's resolutions tend to fail. Its the same every year, WE make a plan for…

Many people want to turn a new leaf whenever the new year starts. They will have new dreams, want to accomplish better goals in life, and will have new enthusiasm. Some goals could be losing weight, learning a new language, writing a new book, or streamlining their financial help. It just happens to be that people find it hard to lose their old habits. There are many factors that influence why many people fail to continue their new year resolutions. Some fear that they will not be able to…

As soon as November appears on the calendar I get so excited, it symbolize all the important Holidays my family get together and have a wonderful time. I can smell the aroma of the food, I can feel the love in the air, and most of all hear the loud laughter and see huge smiles. November all the way to the New Year its nothing but great times with my close friends and family; we have nice traditions for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve/Day. Yum! I can smell the Cajun flavored turkey…

“We wish you a Merry Christmas, and a happy New Year!” The special time of the year is slowly approaching. What a better way to celebrate “the best time of the year” than by attending the annual Hopeful Christmas Party. The Hopeful Christmas Party is an organization which assists the needy people within the community by giving them an opportunity to eat food and giving them gifts. It is an all-day event that has intriguing activities, delicious food, and more. The Hopeful Christmas Party will be…

technology was being introduced at the same time that I was starting. It also happened to be one of Dillard’s most prize possessions because of the competitive advantage it gave them compared to other retail stores at the time. During orientation we were shown how and when to use the different avenues that this system presented. This new system allowed Dillard’s employee’s to look up stock availability not only within the store but also in stores nationwide, price check, ordering details among…

December 24th isn’t just Christmas Eve, it’s also National Egg Nog Day. Egg Nog is a chilled, sweetened, dairy-based beverage traditionally made with milk or cream, sugar, whipped eggs, and sometimes rum, bourbon or brandy is added too. It is a beverage severed around the holiday season, it can usually be found on store shelfs a little before Thanksgiving but only is available until New Years. There are a few ideas of where egg nog first came about, but it is sort of a mystery. The name “egg…

with them on a farm, my small, silent family, they were some of the only people I truly knew. The same faces I saw every day at my school were not the people I truly bonded with. It was my brother, my father, and my mother. I could almost hear the slow wind outside. It reminded me I was to go away so soon. I looked at those around me. I realized they were not silent because of embarrassment or not knowing what to say, but rather because they knew exactly what to say. That became my…

The contract explains what is expected of the students when there is a conflict between them and another student. There are three steps the students take when finding a resolution to the conflict. The first step is stop (calm down), the second step is slow down (agree to solve the problem), and the third step is go (problem solve). The stop light in the classroom is a visual reminder. . I think it is important for students to know at the beginning of the school year how conflicts will be…

EDMONTON - Lawyers have brokered a tentative deal to settle part of a class-action lawsuit filed over an E. coli outbreak and the largest meat recall in Canadian history. The lawsuit is against XL Foods Inc., which operated a meat-packing plant in southern Alberta during the tainted beef recall in 2012. Rick Mallett, a lawyer for the Edmonton law firm behind the class action, said the settlement is to cover refunds to consumers for products that were recalled. He said the proposed $1-million…