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1. Plant an herb garden. in containers, at least....
2. Buy a 2004 Prius.
3. Grow vegetables this season
4. Paint a wall with color
5. Stick to a household budget so we can save a down payment.
6. Talk to CPA and lender, so we can start house hunting.
7. Clear out my stuff in the garage. Inconsistent progress on this one.
8. Cull the CD collection.
9. Put the wedding pictures in an album. My sister is scheduled to help me with this and the next in January.
10. Finish the wedding “scrapbook.”
11. Buy a couch.
12. Finish writing and send the thank you cards for wedding presents.
13. Upgrade the iMac.
14. Upgrade my iBook, either in pieces or with a newer machine.
15. Back up my hard drives.
Health -
this is obviously my weak area...
16. Take a walk at least once a week.
17. Get back in the habit of tracking points. Started then stopped again.
18. Drink more tea.
19. Take a yoga series class (or just go to a studio once a week).
20. Take a Pilates class (or a few).
21. Eat more vegetables.
22. Floss. Every day.
23. Keep taking vitamins every day.
24. Drink more water.
Art
25. Make a doll from a pattern
26. Make a doll from a pattern of my own design
27. Finish an art journal; start another
28. Use up all my blank canvases - not enough to cross out, but I'm close!
29. Use up art supplies
30. Organize my art group to meet once a month.
31. Buy a better digital camera
32. Take more pictures.
33. Finish both the quilts I have started.
34. Experiment with art quilts and free motion embroidery. A little, but I'd like to do more.
35. Stick to an art supply budget, so I can keep to the household budget.
36. Spend more time painting.
37. Clear out old artwork I’ve been carting around since high school.
38. Practice calligraphy. Master one hand.
39. Continue the habit of cleaning the studio between projects.
40. Try new book bindings.
41. Make more journals. Sell them.
42. Keep an accomplishment log of art I complete – pictures and notes.
43. Sketch more.
44. Take a wire working/jewelry class.
45. Keep improving studio organization.
Art business
46. Apply for Open Studios
47. Publish my web page
48. Start an artist’s blog; post once a week.
49. Stay on my art goals from the Alyson Stanfield class. I re-thought these goals partway through the year, and decided to re-group and focus my energy on other things.
50. Write a journal prompt generator for my web site.
51. Apply to show my work in Artisans Gallery.
52. Teach journaling classes in Santa Cruz.
53. Teach more beading classes.
54. Get an article published in a magazine that pays.
55. Get my art published in a large-circulation magazine (Somerset, etc.). Even better - I have work in the Somerset Studio Weddings book published in Spring, 2005.
56. Start that creativity book. Still researching and thinking.
57. Design an art marketing plan, then use it. As in #49, I'm backing off on actively marketing my work, and instead focusing on making it.
58. Register as a real business (Tax ID, bank account, etc.).
59. Take a “bookkeeping for small businesses” class.
Relationships
60. Tell Lisa I love her. Every day.
61. Make sure we have a date night every week.
62. Talk to each of my siblings on the phone or in person at least once a month.
63. Make those baby shower presents I’m 6+ months late on.
64. Have more dinner parties. We had a couple, but would like to have more.
65. Throw the 2nd annual holiday cocktail party. Planned, but decided to hold off until early spring.
66. Pet the kitties as often as they will let me
67. Visit my grandparents.
68. Give Lisa more kisses.
Self
69. Finish a journal; start another
70. Drink more tea.
71. Watch less TV.
72. Keep taking art classes.
73. Send more thank you notes (personal and business, too). Only semi-successful here...
74. Read more books (at least one a month).
75. Finish the Tech Writing certificate (one more class).
76. Be honest with myself.
77. Knit and spin more.
78. Spend less time reading email and LJ (see: read more books).
79. Balance my checkbook twice a month, instead of once. Currently, once a month is a success!
80. Practice being more positive and less cynical.
81. Be less cranky. Don’t take it out on Lisa when you are.
82. Go to Gaskells. In costume. Dance the Viennese Waltz.
83. Get to work earlier, so I can leave earlier (take the van more often).
84. Continue to improve my wardrobe with well-made clothes that fit me (see clean out closet).
85. See more live music.
86. Laugh more.
87. Play more.
88. Continue ballroom dancing.
89. Write in my journal more.
90. Get financial/investment advice from a pro (Randall).
91. Write more letters.
92. Take a personal day once in a while. Get out of the house. Have an art date.
93. Go to Europe.
94. Visit 2 friends in 2 other states.
95. Learn PHP/mySQL.
Simplicity
96. Pass on art supplies I’m not using to others who will use them.
97. Buy a Pfaff sewing machine with all the cash from selling off my stuff in the garage.
98. Give away some of my “extra” yarn.
99. Give away some of the fiber in the garage.
100. Clean my closet of clothes I don’t wear or that don’t fit (too big or too small).
101. Sell the motorcycle and the Bel Air.
102. Sell the table loom and the great wheel.
103. Consider selling the Glimakra loom; maybe trade in for something smaller.
104. Throw out junk mail the first time I touch it, so it doesn’t collect on the counter.
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