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Getting organized in 2015

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Whew!

It took me weeks to wrest away this column space from my co-workers Linda McThrall (editor of Let’s Go) and Bob Burns, one of our reporters.

As you may recall, they hijacked this space back in December to write a Christmas column about me.

For years I’ve penned a “Twas the Night Before Christmas” column, a cheap knockoff, really, of the classic poem written by Clement Clarke Moore in the 1800s.

Of course I localize it and have to select someone to be “Santa Claus” in my version of events.

It came up in casual conversation one day over lunch that it would be funny to have me portrayed as Santa Claus on a Harley, but I couldn’t really write that myself in the interests of keeping my inflated ego under zeppelin proportions, could I?

So to their credit, Bob and Linda took it upon themselves to pen a witty and creative column that made me chuckle – and I hope you did as well.

Since then?

It’s been a busy few weeks trying to get my life organized again.

While I’ve never been a big fan of New Year’s Eve celebrations and the whole “resolution” thing, I do secretly look forward to taking down the Christmas stuff, which prompts a “winter cleaning” of sorts – similar to “spring cleaning” that many homeowners undertake in the Midwest and East Coast.

So I start tackling piles of stuff located in my office here at work, my home office, the garage, the closets, etc.

Call it my annual cleansing rite, if you must.

And I know I’m not alone out there – the tons of stuff dropped off at the local Goodwill store in recent weeks attest to this Fountain Hills (and likely national) phenomenon.

Now if I could only keep up this organizational plan of attack throughout the year – small piles at a time – then I wouldn’t feel so burdened come New Year’s Day to start dusting, sorting, throwing out, giving away, etc.

Maybe 2015 will be the year. And if not, there is always next year, right?

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Speaking of next year, that’s the new mantra of the Green Bay Packers following their staggering overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks Sunday afternoon in the NFC championship.

Decades ago when the Packers weren’t so good, there was a ubiquitous bumper sticker floating around Cheesehead Country – “The Pack will be Back.”

Following the giant cheese meltdown Sunday – more like a fondue, really – the Pack can only hope they’ll be back next season.

I know all the Seahawks fans are saying they actually won the game, but we all know better than that. True Cardinal fans were rooting for the Pack since the Seahawks are hated right up there with the Cowboys and 49ers.

The 49th Super Bowl to be hosted out of the University of Phoenix Stadium suddenly became less interesting, but like a dog that returns to its own vomit, I’ll be tuned in but still bummed out over what could have been…