Dr. Walker Daniels: "I firmly resolve to get a girlfriend and enjoy a life full of love, passion, and hot romance this year!"

Dr. John Dixon: "I promise to become even more grouchy, curmudgeonly, and scowling than ever before.  I haven't had a woman in ages; not even one date, so of course I'm grouchy; what do you expect?!?!"

Mike Kasnoff: "I will always wear my reflective day-glow orange raincoat every time I going walking at night along the highway."

Lily Snyder/ Rose D'Angelo: "Well, you know I'm just a kid from Jersey who never even believed in resolutions, unless they involved fun.....oh wait, I'm the mother of three and a wealthy woman with a husband who loves me and......no, my Paul tried to kill me, didn't he, but I still love....I don't know if I can make any resolutions what with all this confusion about my sister's death and....oh, sure you can, Lily, just go ahead and put your mind to it......don't push me Rose, I can do this....."  (I think it's best that we don't bother Lily for a while with this resolution business.)

Chris Hughes: "I resolve to always carry a condom with me all the time no matter where I go."

Katie Peretti Frasier: "I'm going to put Simon in my past where he belongs, since he's dead, and concentrate on a new future in the new year with a new man."

Henry Coleman: "Although I love being a nanny to Parker and Sage, and harassing Jack Snyder in the process is just icing on the proverbial cake, I am going to get myself out there this year, find a real job, get a girlfriend OR a boyfriend depending on some personal decisions I need to make, and I am going to set Oakdale on its ear.  Maybe an older, extremely wealthy woman needs a companion/escort?"

Margo Hughes: "You know, I haven't given my husband Tom nearly enough attention over the past year, and he's becoming a real dull boy.  So I promise that this year I will be more attentive on the home front; after all, our boys are gone, right?  They're not giving us any trouble...."

Alison Stewart: "I will always listen to my mother from now on, and do whatever she thinks is best for me."                   

Jennifer Munson: "My mother is not going to get on my nerves anymore!  I resolve to not let her meddle in my affairs!"

Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl Mitchell Grimaldi: "I think I might as well resolve to join a convent for as much action as I'm seeing nowdays."

Will Munson: "I'm going to get my act together and try out for the baseball team at school, which I never seem to attend anymore.  I'm going to start looking for a girlfriend is Lucy Montgomery too old for me?   In any case, I'm going to at least focus on acting my age, not being so needy all the time, and trying to have a normal life."



Dr. Bob Hughes: "I'm going to be more careful about whom I hire; those serial-killer-doctors are just not good for hospital business."            

Hal Munson: "I'm going to solve every crime in Oakdale, and do it without Emily's meddling in police business."

Holden Snyder: "I promise that the next time my wife tells me she's okay, I will not agree with her then walk out and leave her all alone. I'm the one who's supposed to rescue her, not Dusty Donovan."

Tom Hughes: "I pledge to sit in my office and pretend I'm invisible until I get involved in some romance, crime, and intrigue."

Paul Ryan: "I am going to exorcize my parental demons once and for all!  No more visions of Daddy for me, and no more interference from my mother!"

Aaron Snyder: "I think it's time for me to stop being so gullible; it is not a good combination when paired with unprotected sex."

Emily Stewart Munson: "I pledge to give Hal all the help he needs fighting crime."

Lucy Montgomery: "I am going to cry and mope until I get Aaron back."           

Rosanna Cabot: "I solemnly resolve to trust my dear husband, just as long as he is in my line of sight." 

Jack Snyder: "I have GOT to make my wife realize that nothing went on between Mitzi and me; I mean, come on, wanting Mitzi over Carly?  You think I'm stupid, just because the Oakdale PD can't seem to solve a crime to save itself?  Don't answer that."           

Barbara Ryan: "I am going to accept that my children are all adults or teens, and they don't need to be suffocated under my all-encompassing and manipulative love; or maybe I'll just save that resolution for a future year.  After all, my children's lives would be an absolute mess without me right now."

Carly Tenney Snyder: "Let's see, I have my G-man, I have a house and two cute kids, I'm not working.......I need some excitement back in my life!  I've seen what happens to women in Oakdale who get everything that I have right now, their lives turn as boring as all get-out!  I hereby resolve that boredom will never happen to Carly Snyder!  NEVER!"        

Craig Montgomery: "I promise to behave, straighten out my personal life, never keep another secret from my wife or daughter what?  Why do I have my hands behind my back?  You think I have my fingers crossed?  Well, that does it, you can forget any New Year's resolutions now!"      

Dusty Donovan: "Get away from me with your stupid resolutions!  The only resolution I'm making is to find the low life who killed Rose, and I hope it's Paul Ryan!"

Well, I hope this has inspired you to make your own New Year's resolutions list, and that it includes watching ATWT every day.  The new year has already seen some big changes, and more are on the way, according to headwriter Hogan Sheffer.  Did you see his letter thanking the fans and telling us what to expect in 2004?  You didn't?  Well, I'll have it all here next week, along with a few observations of my own.