If I put my resolutions out here for all to see, do you think that I will have a better shot at meeting them? More than likely, I will have to print them out and post them all over the house in order to succeed.
Here are some things that I want to accomplish:
1. Continue to catalog pictures and stories of my family (see Saturday Stories). Make cds of the pictures for all of my brothers.
2. Successfully make all 52 things I have listed for my new "Make Your Own Monday" feature.
3. Make more visits to your blogs.
4. Lose 10 pounds.
5. Follow a better exercise regimen.
6. Read 10 books. Got any suggestions?
7. Plant a garden...a great big one! (this won't be my first, just my first in AZ)
8. Find at least 5 things each day for which to be truly glad. (a little Pollyanna-ish, but needed)
9. Encourage my children to do more things for other people. (start by example)
10. Get my right shoulder back to normal (I go in for an MRI as soon as my insurance oks it)
11. Find some of the things I have been missing since my move....which means unpacking and repacking anywhere from 5 to 15 boxes in the garage.
12. Making time to play the piano again....learn a few new pieces.
13. Grind more grains and use them in my cooking/baking. And while I am on the subject of grains, has anyone noticed that all-purpose flour is no longer what it used to be? Has anyone noticed that it contains barley now? Has anyone noticed that their baked goods aren't turning out as well? I had some 25lb bags of great flour....100% wheat. Now that they are gone, I can't find any more. What happened?????
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Just here via T13! I had no idea about the flour. In my defense, due to a malfunctioning kitchen, I haven't been able to bake in quite some time.
What kinds of books do you like?
I haven't noticed the flour either, but I'm in NZ. Good luck with all your resolutions. Happy 2010.
boy is that shitake stuffed above a healthy recipe yummo sandy
Good luck keeping all of your resolutions. Happy New Year!
It's always an exciting couple of days coming up...
May the worst of the year be forgotten by the promise of the good things to come during the next.
May all the best of the last year grow in the next.
Happy New year
I'm not sure what you like to read, but I recommend the authors Janet Evanovich and Jane Smiley for January.
I was not aware about the thing with the flour as I don't cook much, but that is quite interesting.
I think those are most definitely do-able.
A great book selection for you: Weeds Like Us. I did a review of it here http://keepingup-lilibeth.blogspot.com/2009/09/weeds-like-us-book-worth-reading.html
It's an amazing book and if you e-mail the author he will respond to you.
I wish you...
love and luck and so much more on the auspicious occasion of NEW YEAR'S EVE and 2010.
May all your resolutions and dreams come true!
hugs!
Didn't know about the flour...will look.
As for books These are my top 3 from 2009
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Help--don't remember the author but high on the lists
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Whether you manage them all or not, I hope you have a great 2010!
Hope you had a wonderful holiday and have a happy new year! Have a great Thursday 13!
Hope you enjoy my potentially offensive Thursday 13 this week!
Good luck on all of these. They all look like really good ideas.
Somewhere I read (I think it was 6 changes dot com) if you make your goals/resolutions/intentions public you're more likely to keep them.
Good books...Time Traveler's Wife, the Twilight series, the House of Night series, Fearful Symmetry are a few that come to mind.
Yep, sounds familiar :)
Happy New Year to you :)
Admirable list. As for #11 - I soooooooooooo understand. LOL in fact just tonight was looking for my favorite cheese slicer. Have a wonderful New Years.
If your family likes scallops, they are the easiest things in the world to make. It took less than ten minutes--the rice took the longest (we did long grain jasmine, but Minute Rice would make it quicker).
I've been thinking about 2010 resolutions. Number one is: No dieting. To heck with it. I'm a grandmother, and I'm eating my waya through 2010. :-) I wish you and yours a delightful New Year.
I would highly recommend reading:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It is a fabulous book...the best I read in 2009! Hope you enjoy it.
I should do this too, to keep myself on track, and accountable!
As far as books go...I really liked "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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