Well, it’s that time of year again – the time where everyone looks back on the year that was and decides they need to lose weight.

Sure, I probably could stand to drop a few pounds. But that’s just one of the reasons that I don’t like New Year’s resolutions – if I really needed to lose weight, why wait until Jan. 1 to make a change in my lifestyle? But even a New Year Scrooge like myself can’t escape the allure of listing off a few of the things I’ve resolved myself to do sometime within the next few months.

The other night, I realized that I had quite a lot of work to do in my apartment in order to prepare for some visitors I’m hosting this weekend.