Wisdom Mug.

I have a little green ceramic tea mug with the following script, which I have chosen to adopt as my 2006 New Year's Resolutions:

Ten Ways to Good Health:

Less alcohol, more tea.
Less meat, more vegetables.
Less salt, more vinegar.
Less sugar, more fruit.
Less eating, more chewing.
Less words, more action.
Less greed, more giving.
Less worry, more sleep.
Less driving, more walking.
Less anger, more laughter.

I like that. Add one more to the list. A really hard one: No restaurant food. That's going to be really tough. I'm going to have to throw my entire will into lasting 30 days. From now until February 4. Everything must be prepared at home. Zucchini mushroom burritos tonight, woohoo.

But seriously, if we're going to Napa Valley (hoping it's still there!) on February 4, I'm saving all my money and holding onto every last shred of my will power, waiting for Carneros, in Sonoma. It had better live up to this!