Happy New Year!

Can you believe it is 2011 already? This year will be five years since I graduated from college. It will be ten years since 9/11. It is no longer the first decade of the new millennium. It will be 42 years since man first walked on the moon! Of course, I wasn't around back then, but I'm told it was a sight to behold and it has now been over four decades!

I told Michael my New Year's Resolution last night. It's a good one. Ready for this? This year my resolution is to...floss! It's perfect. It will only take a 30-60 second commitment each day. Perfect for a semi-commitment-phobe like me. Sorta weird, I know. But I read somewhere that flossing can increase your life expectancy. I researched a bit more today and it turns out the simple act of flossing everyday is thought to add 1.5-6 years to your life. Spending 60 seconds a day could add 189,216,000 seconds to my life.

While researching I came across the website livingto100.com. It has a life expectancy calculator. My answers scored me 91 years! Not too shabby. It said most people score in the late 80s. Check it out. If you aren't too scared of the results. I redid the calculator this evening, being a little more honest about my poor nutritional habits and sweet tooth, and actually increased my score to 92 years. The number one thing that would increase my number (adding 5 years) is to increase exercising. Changing my eating habits only added 2.5 years, for multiple changes combined. So New Year's Resolution #2: work out. It was going to be work out, eat healthier and sleep more. And while I will probably strive for all three, I have now been told working out is the the best way to add years to my life. So, starting tomorrow, I am getting up off my couch, doing something physical, and then coming home to a rewarding bowl of ice cream. ;)