the 2010 list

Thirty-3 goals for a new + 33^rd year

Hangovers from 2009 that I think are worth putting down again this year include:

1. Bake homemade bread at least once

2. Move out of Sarnia

3. Organize movie nights in honour of New Zealand, Bangladesh and Paul Newman

4. Continue to stretch my shoulder and arm to wellness

5. Make a NZ rock mat

6. Crosswords @ night

7. One me-date per week

And new ones:

8. Start saving for the Girls’ 40 – seven years to do it

9. Only take the trips I really want to with the people I really want to be with – it’s not worth going somewhere with someone just because I think I should

10. Celebrate the 19^th every month

11. Get the wedding albums completed and a print blown up for the house

12. Frame our remaining prints – Croatia and the B.C. stones

13. Reinstate the ‘Friend’ Jar

14. Hope that it snows again so I can cross-country ski and snowboard @ least once more

15. Reduce the dairy

16. Stay committed to running and swimming and yoga

17. Try to explore Kundalini on a deeper level or auyverdic medicine

18. Another article published

19. Surprise Jasmine @ least once this year

20. Go to a wicked out door concert

21. Make a point of relaxing with the Hub

22. Read a book a month

23. Start a favourite phrase and word book

24. Homemade wedding gifts

25. More phone and less e-mail

26. Chip away at laser eye saving

27. Chip away at the ideal wardrobe list

28. Honour Adie, Jaye, Em, Kate and Jobu

29. Make a birthday calendar

30. Practice my rhythm with the Hub outdoors during the warm weather

31. Take the Hub to the cottage as much as possible to windsurf

32. Give energy and care to myself

33. Indulge in massage as much as I can afford

the 2009 list

Fly-by. That's this week's theme with work-work, freelance-work, tea with my Sarnia lifesaver, the treadmill and meetings. But now it's Friday night. The Hub and I watched The Cove (and I also multi-tasked with laundry, dinner, belated Christmas gifts and weekend plans). We are in bed with the Hub tucked into 'his spot' (which is the crook of my right arm) and I'm finally opening my neglected journal. The last entry dates August 16, 2009 and I'm ashamed at my neglect of the pen. The Hub asked if I would promise to pick it up more often, to return to my daily practice, and I asked back: where do I find the time? I just need to make it...

...so in review of 2009, when on January 4, I set 32 goals for my 32nd year...this is how I did:

1. I got my EU passport

2. I cross-country skied once a month (while there was snow)

3. I savoured homemade soups and stews

4. I continued to run and swim

5. I painted my toes and waxed my eyebrows (consistently)

6. I continued to stretch my arm and shoulder to wellness

7. I ran my second half-marathon

8. WE GOT MARRIED in an intimate celebration of two in Europe

9. I started this blog

10. I saved our empties money and made a donation to a local food bank

11. I made lots of homemade jam - blueberry and raspberry

12. I borrowed books from the library

13. I made a mix CD for Jasmine (but not Peter)

14. WE HONEYMOONED IN CROATIA

15. We saved lots of money (because of living in Sarnia)

16. I had many fun visits with Jasmine and Rio

17. I actually got prints from all our digital photos made

18. I indulged in massage as much as I could afford to

19. I laughed with my girls

What didn't get experienced:

20. I stopped taking myself out on Artists' Dates (about August of last year)

21. I stopped exploring rewarding career opportunities

22. My 'Bounce' manuscript is in a drawer

23. The second 'level' coat rack never got assembled (but I bought the old level and brass hooks)

23. I don't do a crossword a night as I use to

24. I didn't watch any Paul Newman movies

25. While the old dresser was bought, I never refinished it in the spring b/c of lack of space

26. The NZ rock mat still hasn't been made

27. I haven't organized an India movie night with my Bangladeshi photos

28. I haven't organized a NZ movie night

29. I haven't attempted to bake homemade bread

30. We are still in Sarnia (21 months and counting...)

31. There isn't a morning ritual of writing and warm lemon water....

...but there is another year. Welcome to 2010.

(print by MaryKateMcDevitt via Mint)

a new year

It's my favourite month of the year and a new year at that. January is making lists, starting out on some new projects, celebrating my birthday, enjoying the snow and cross-country skiis.

Over the next couple of days I'll be posting some photos from our Eastern Township holiday escape and sharing my 2010 grow and enjoy list.

(Illustration by Julia Rothman via Design Sponge)