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Annette George, owner of the Soup ‘R Market, picked up the list of her New Year’s resolutions:

1. Replace cracked glass on the meat cooler.

2. Walk two miles each morning before work.

3. Lose 15 pounds by summer.

4. Take a class in Spanish.

She thought about the kind of person she’d be at this time next year with all those things done, and it made her smile. Then she looked out the window at the snow and crossed off number two. “Each morning” was just too…too, inflexible. It’s always best, she thought to make promises you can keep.

Annette tapped her teeth with the pencil.

The Spanish class wa...