New Years: It's Like Doing Laundry

New Year's Eve, New Year's Day -- it's like doing laundry and some light house cleaning.

It's out with the old (i.e. dirty socks and the like) and in with the newly cleaned and folded. It's getting rid of some dust, a few old newspapers and putting away holiday decorations to make the house look clean and orderly in some fashion.

I like this last week of the year only so that we can say good-bye to this past year and hello to a "new" year. Good, bad, indifferent --- time to say "See ya 2011 - it is what it is - and let's get on with a new year". Almost like a new beginning , ya think?

I offer no resolutions, no promises and no seriously deep thoughts about the meaning of New Years -- save for just one notion.

I took a little power nap earlier today for about 10 minutes and daydreamed of the Exumas. No, it's not a dry skin condition or a moisturizing lotion. It's a destination spot in the Bahamas about a 2-hour, 40-minute flight out of Atlanta. I read about the Exumas in a sailing blog (www.exuberantsailing.blogspot.com/.)  I daydreamed that it would perhaps be a great spot to end an old year and start a new one. Maybe....just maybe...I'll give into temptation and get a last minute package deal to the Sandals Resort there in the Exumas. How delightful would that be?

A Delightful New Years To All!