instead of making my typical new year resolutions to exercise more and eat healthier, i've decided to make a list of things i hope to accomplish this year. this is actually the geek's idea. i think he knows that the exercise-eat healthy thing never lasts very long. resolutions just aren't as motivating for me as, say, needing to fit into a bridesmaid dress or a bathing suit. since i have neither a wedding or a trip to the beach in my near future, there's nothing compelling me to change my habits. the geek's exact recommendation was, "how about stuff you want to eat or cook this year?" i figured i could broaden the list beyond food; afterall, there is more to life than just eating...or so i'm told.
my 2010 list of things to do:
- learn how to make sukiyaki
- read the chronicles of narnia (loved by the geek and most of the world; i must be the only person who could not get through 'the magician's nephew')
- find the perfect meatloaf recipe
- get the geek to try kimchi
- go on a vacation
- see wicked
- teach the dog to pose for pictures
- revive the container garden
- finish my dissertation (i have a feeling this will be the hardest one to get done)
- learn how to make a shepard's pie
- learn to cast off and finish the scarf i started 3 years ago
- cook 2 recipes from the 'ultimate slow cooker' magazine that i just got in the checkout line (maybe i should add 'not buy anything i find while standing in the checkout line?' i am such a sucker.)
- find a recipe for british flapjacks
- learn how to make a banoffee pie
- make a polish porcupine ball ornament that is actually spherical
- see the panda at the national zoo before he's deported returned to china
- volunteer somewhere (i am such a lazy slacker lately)
- make something with the galangal i bought on a whim
- improve my thumb coordination so that i can run and jump my way through the new mario game with the geek (i currently spazz out and hit the wrong button all the stinking time)
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