Checking in on those New Year's Resolutions

I'm not going to lie, I'm failing miserably on my New Year's Resolutions.  This really shouldn't be much of a surprise as I've never been a fan of resolutions anyway.

I tried really hard with my photography project.  Remember, taking one photograph a day for 365 days.  I was going along just fine taking photos of the Steelers Gnome, but then I just kinda lost interest.  Actually, I'm going to blame the cold weather and stupid Comcast (remember when I had no Internet for days) for my failures at this goal.

As far as the dressing more appropriate for work.  Ha, that's tough one, I'm usually crawling around on the floor in the computer lab installing equipment or dragging cables around to dress nicer at work.  Who knows, maybe I'll have a change of heart on this one and put some effort into it.

Okay, okay enough of the excuses.  Let's really be honest.  My main hang up is my love affair with TV.  I can't get enough of it and it is super easy to sit down on the sofa and just zone out.  I know, I know, this is absolutely terrible.  I really need to adjust my lounging time and make more of an effort at the things that really matter.

We'll see how things go.

What is going on here?

Eck!!!  Sorry all for not posting more regularly, damn life gets in the way too often.  Hopefully, I can be more attentive with this blog by trying to blog on a more regular basis.  Now, onto the real business at hand.

What is going on in this world?  I can't seem to figure it out.  I mean I understand that the economy is in the tank, the world is collapsing around us, and the republicans are already calling for President Obama's head.  What I don't get is what the heck is happening in my community?  Just over a couple of weeks ago only two houses in my neighborhood were for sale.  Now all of a sudden, we have six houses on the market in my neighborhood.  What is taking place here?  I can't put my finger on it.

I would have guessed that anyone in the Bush administration or party would have skipped town by now and I really don't think these families are in dire straights on their home mortgages.  I also suppose that maybe they think time is on their side and they might as well get their houses on the market and let them sit for a while in the hopes of selling sometime in the next year or two.  I give them mad props for trying to sell their homes during our current recession, but I haven't seen this many homes on the market in my neighborhood since the peak of the housing market about five years ago.

The other thing that I don't understand is that surprisingly there are people looking for homes in my neighborhood.  Almost every weekend we get more than our fair share of onlookers driving around to see the houses that are for sale.  Unfortunately, they are just looking, as none of the houses have moved off the market yet.

I just don't get it, I'm totally perplexed.