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New Year. Ch-Ch-Changes.
Posted by Simple Dude | Posted in House, Lady Friend, Work | Posted on 03-01-2013
Every year we strive to be better people than we were the previous year and every year we fail. Ok, I guess I’m only speaking for myself when I say that. Maybe you don’t fail. Maybe everything you wish for comes true and everything you set out to achieve comes through. Lucky bastard.
Exactly.
Fine, I can’t say I fail every year, but over the course of my life I’ve tried to make various improvements via resolution from one year to the next… with mixed results. Things like losing weight or getting into better shape. Or finding a job I love that pays a million bucks per year while only requiring me to work about 20 hours each week.
I have written here in the past about making New Years Suggestions as opposed to resolutions. Suggestions are different than resolutions in that if you don’t stick to them you don’t have to feel any guilt. Not that you should feel guilt over a failed vow to cut back on the chocolate or stop “nagging” your spouse so much. I mean, if they’d listen to you once in awhile you wouldn’t have to nag right? Sheesh.
But for once I think I succeeded in making my life better in 2012 than it was in 2011. Think about three of the major things in a person’s life: their house, their job and the one they love. In each case I made an improvement.
No I didn’t dump my Lady Friend for a younger model…. I’ll get to my improvement regarding her later.
But we did buy a new house together. A house that’s much bigger than the town home we were living in up until June. We’re very happy here and it didn’t take long at all for the place to feel like “home” to us.
I also got a raise at work. Not the big raise I was hoping for (or deserved) but at least it was something. And at the end of the day I like my job so I’ll probably stick around for awhile.
That brings us back to the Lady Friend. This was the last major change 2012 brought me, having happened just last week. We got engaged. Yep, I am going to make the Lady Friend an honest… Lady. At this (ahem) later stage in life we decided a small, very simple ceremony is best for us. And we plan to have it this summer, probably early June.
So I guess 2013 will bring another new change with her too. I won’t be able to keep calling her my Lady Friend will I?
Better start thinking of a new nickname…. Wifey? Ball And Chain? Better Half? The One Who Tells Me To Stop Farting So Damn Much?
Yeah… that one might be it. Thatreminds me… she got me a hilarious present for Christmas. I’ll try to take a photo if it and share it with you next time.
SD
Congrats! Looks like 2012 was a good year, which only means 2013 will be even better!
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Posted on: Jan/3/2013@8:34 am
Such sweet terms of endearment. Congratulations to you!
Posted on: Jan/3/2013@8:50 am
Congrats! Just don’t call her The One Who Poops In The Toilet!
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Posted on: Jan/3/2013@8:51 am
Congrats on the engagement.
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Posted on: Jan/3/2013@9:18 am
Congratulations. Change is, after all, part of this thing called life. You’ve had quite a year my friend and 2013 holds much promise for you and yours. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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Posted on: Jan/3/2013@9:40 am
My condol… I mean CONGRATS! That’s great SD!
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Posted on: Jan/3/2013@9:53 am
Congrats! Looks like you’ll be having a great 2013. Keep working on those nicknames though
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Posted on: Jan/3/2013@10:35 am
Congrats! The most common nickname would be ball and chain. You need to come up with something original. Like “The Undertaker” or “The Warden”…something to that effect. lol
Sounds like you’re off to a good start for a better new year!
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Posted on: Jan/3/2013@11:25 am
Thanks for all the nice words… and suggestions. Workingdan… you’re on to something there. I’m like The Warden for sure.
Simple Dude recently posted: New Year. Ch-Ch-Changes.
Posted on: Jan/3/2013@12:59 pm
Congratulations.
This year I won’t fail. The changes are happening almost naturally. I am not worried about failing my resolutions.
Posted on: Jan/3/2013@2:02 pm
Congratulations on the engagement. It’s good to be able to look back on a year and see that forward motion.
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Posted on: Jan/3/2013@6:31 pm
Big news, CONGRATS! Looks like 2013 will be an even better year!
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Posted on: Jan/3/2013@8:23 pm
Congratulations!!! When a person has a big scare like an approaching apocalypse, one recognizes more clearly who is important. Of course, once the apocalypse doesn’t happen most people tend to forget again but then, most people don’t write a book about said apocalypse, either.
Much laughter and love to you and your lady.
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Posted on: Jan/3/2013@9:21 pm
Congratulations, SD! Sounds like 2012 was a good year.
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Posted on: Jan/3/2013@9:32 pm
Congrats, my man!
You definitely didn’t fail in 2012, that’s for sure.
You should refer to her as “The Simple Dudette.”
And tell her I said congrats as well, because she got a really good guy.
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Posted on: Jan/4/2013@3:26 am
@Youngman: I like the way you think. You can be assured I won’t let her forget she got a really good guy… ha.
Posted on: Jan/4/2013@8:19 am
Big congratulations SD. I am so very happy for you and Lady Friend.
As for what to call her in the future, how about a simple “Mrs D”?
Or even Lady Love
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Posted on: Jan/4/2013@2:06 pm
I don’t recommend calling her the ‘old lady’.
My husband tried that once.
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Posted on: Jan/5/2013@11:05 pm
Longtime reader, first time commenter: CONGRATS!
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Posted on: Jan/8/2013@8:57 am
See I read the most recent post before coming back to this one and now my comment there sounds like jackassery since you already talked about the change in Lady’s nomer! Gah!
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