THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, January 17, 2020 Page 9 Another New Year, Another Winter By Virginia Ruane C hristmas and New Year’s are over, and I’m sure many of us are happy. Now we have that extra weight we so quickly gained during the holidays. We have to get rid of it as soon as possible. While I do not have the weight problem, many do. Also, too many sweets are not good for your health, and that is the category I’m in. So good luck to everyone with their New Year’s resolutions! (Including myself.) On the last visit to my doctor, as I was leaving his office, he said to me, “Watch those sweets!” Why on earth did he have to say that? Those words stayed with me and helped me to come up with a New Year’s resolution. I would have dessert once a day – at dinnertime – none at noon. So far it is working out pretty well. It really is a sacrifice, since where I live their desserts are very tempting and delicious. That’s my 2020 New Year’s resolution, to eat only one dessert a day. Let’s see how long that lasts? Another event which, to me, signals the New Year and the plunge into the long, dark winter, is the putting away of the Christmas decorations. Recenton the closed-in front porch. People would blow their horns as they went by in approval. Now, I have a little table Christmas tree (a cute, not silver, one) and am happy as can be. When thinking of the long winter, the ice and the snow, why not dwell on the good things. February is a short month and has the best skiing, sledding and ice skating. Think ly, when I was putting my small “fake” Christmas tree away for another year, it brought back a memory I would like to share with you. This is going back about 50 years ago, when “fake” Christmas trees became very fashionable; my husband and I decided to buy a fake Christmas tree. We picked out a shiny silver, icy looking tree with beautiful, bright red bulbs. We placed it in the living room with great pride, and we were very happy with it. But when the kids saw it, they were not happy with it at all. We even had a beautiful lamp with rotating colors shining on it. But no good – they wanted their old-style tree. So, of course, we went out and bought a real tree and put the beautiful silver one WE WORK FOR YOU! * Have your car repaired by Real Manufacturer Certiified Technicians * An I-CAR GOLD CLASS SHOP Highest Certificate in the Repair Industry * Premier Insurance Co. Collision Repair Shop for Geico, Liberty Mutual, Metlife, Progressive and more! * Over 30 Years of putting families back on the Road Safe & Fast! * ATLAS Stands Behind All Repairs with a Limited Lifetime Warranty 1605 North Shore Road, Revere * 781-284-1200 Visit us at: www.AtlasAutobody.com or call (781) 284-1200 to schedule your appointment today! of the final days of February and March; look for the first crocuses and Easter bonnets, and no more big snowstorms (hopefully). Look for the silver lining of the winter season. Personally, I prefer the warm summer days over the cold winter nights. However, whether you love the winter or not, I wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year. Virginia Ruane is a lifelong Malden resident, Please send comment or suggestions to virginiaruane@aol.com.
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