31 Things…
- Become more aware of what I eat, where it comes from, and how it affects my health. (Read Eating Animals). I did read Eating Animals, along with The Omnivores Dilemma, and I saw a couple movies too-they all made me want to stop eating meat, (at least factory-farm produced meat), which I did for a few months...until I got pregnant and was craving meat...
- Run at least 5 races (5K or 8K). (The next one will be the Race for the Place 5K to benefit St. Lawrence Place, February 6th). I ran the Race for the Place 5K, the St. Patty's Day 5K, the Get in the Pink 5K, and the Crawdaddy Dash 5K...then I got pregnant, so that was the end of racing season for me...I almost made it to 5 races!
- Video tape my grandmother cooking some of her best dishes, (the ones she can’t write down the recipe for since she ‘just throws some things together’). I am actually scheduled to do this on Saturday--we are making biscuits from scratch and Bierocks-- a German meal that my family LOVES, and only she knows how to make!
- Video tape my sister giving birth to her second baby…(no NatGeo shots, just document the event). Didn't get to do this because her 2nd baby, Taylor, came way to quickly--I wasn't even at the hospital yet!
- Create something new at least once a month—(sew something, write something, cook something, make something). Don't know for sure that I fulfilled this goal every month, but here are some examples of things I did "create" this year: my first-ever knitted scarf, currently working on a knitted baby blanket, a baby!, new cookie recipes, took some pictures with my new Holga camera, made a Gingerbread house with my nephew...
- Take a road trip to Washington, DC. (Been wanting to go back for a couple years and just haven’t gotten around to it; Aunt LeAnn, here we come!) This did not happen, and I'm sorry it didn't before I got pregnant, but we will still make it to DC soon, I hope!
- Call friends who live out of town; at least one a month. Again, probably did not happen...I am really bad at calling friends (hence the goal)...
- Get a pedicure at least every 6 weeks; the money saved by not doing so is not worth the embarrassing-looking toes. I think this one was accomplished. I have nicely pedicured toes right now :)
- Volunteer somewhere new. I am thinking of getting a Meals on Wheels delivery route. I did get a Meals on Wheels Delivery route, and I love it--I see the same people each month, and it is so rewarding!
- Train my dogs to walk civilly on leashes. And then take them on regular walks. James and I started working on this last week--a work in progress, for sure!
- Wear sunscreen more vigilantly. (Can’t promise I will not sunbathe, but I’ll at least wear SPF 15 when I do). I have been very vigilant about sunscreen, especially since I got pregnant.
- Start a new book club—yay! Well, it started, and then fizzled...made some great new friends through the book club though! Maybe we'll start it back again!?
- Entertain people at our house at least once a month; whether it be a small dinner party or a party party…it just makes me happy. Not sure if we accomplished once a month, (being pregnant makes entertaining not seem so appealing, especially in the first few months for me)...but, we did have at least 3 parties at our house and a few smaller dinner parties as well.
- Frequent the Columbia farmer’s markets more often—the State farmer’s market and the All Local one. I went to the Local Farmer's Market almost religiously until I got prego...love it!
- Read East of Eden; a classic, and one highly recommended recently by a friend. Still haven't finished, but it's still on my bedside table; about halfway finished...
- Forgive myself and move on for not being able to finish Atlas Shrugged. Done.
- Figure out how to re-design the look of my blog and do it. Done.
- Learn to bake bread. Done--definitely not perfected, but another work-in-progress.
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- Make something using the immersion blender that we registered for and received for a wedding present. I made a cauliflower/almond soup--it was pretty good :)
- Organize my recipes. Halfway done.
- Take more pictures. Done--with Holga and digital camera. And now we have a new Zumi video camera which I love!
- Save up for our next big vacation…which will hopefully be somewhere in Central America, Europe, or back to the West Coast… Not done--instead, our current savings will go into a 529-College Savings Plan for baby Jones. We did get to go to my friend Annie's wedding in Frisco, CO this summer though--that was a fun vacation!
- Buy more fresh flowers. I bought some from the All Local Market back when I was going regularly...need to start doing this again!
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- Write more. I have been writing in a journal to the baby--my thoughts and feelings since I've been pregnant, that I'll someday share with him.
- Do something spiritual at least once a week. Working on it--sobriety and pregnancy have increased my time for prayer.
- Eat more fresh fruit and veggies. Done--except the 3 months at the beginning of the pregnancy when I couldn't even look at a veggie.
- Plant (and keep up) an amazing spring/summer garden. Done. Mostly due to my husband's diligent work.
- Call my grandmother at least once a week to hang out. Done. We had lots of fun dinners and chats--this weekend we'll cook :)
- Learn to knit. Done--thanks to Lara Winburn!
- Patronize local art, theater, restaurants, music, etc as much as possible.(The Nickelodeon, Columbia Museum of Art, Trustus Theater, etc...) Done. I went to LOTS of movies at The Nick, and we saw Rent and Reasons to Be Pretty at Trustus. We also got a 8-ticket package at Trustus for the upcoming season for Christmas :)
- Forgive myself if I don’t accomplish all of these things this year :) Done.
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