Get your kicks in 2006.
I'm back to Kelly for 2005, but I wrote a freaking book & art directed the photos & made all the tech drawings myself, and all that came after the list, so spiritually, I'm practically an Andrea. So there. Top of the list is to quit being such a fatass drudge.
Current tally: 35
Health & Beauty Habits
1. Set up and use yoga room ($)
2. Get back to goal weight
3. Eat green vegetables with dinner every night (keep freezer stocked for vegetable emergencies)
4. Take vitamins & drink plenty of water
5. Get an annual ($)
6. Only 2 sloppy stay-in-pajamas-all-day days a week, hopefully not consecutive
7. Actually wear my fancy underwear
8. Don’t eat after midnight
9. Take better care of skin, teeth & hair
10. Get up by 11 at least most of the time, even if I didn't go to bed until 6am.
Other Habits
11. Take the Herman on a nice long walk when the weather is fine
12. Keep a notebook and pen in kitchen drawer and record recipe when we accidentally make something delicious
13. Negotiate a reasonable division of labor so place stays clean and I don't go mad with rage; get help with cleaning once a month if at all possible
14. Use knitting album
15. Take in recycling monthly
16. Use sourdough starter
17. Reward self with treat every time I meet a deadline (hopefully, this will work better than "don’t procrastinate")
18. Archive old data to DVDs & make a backup monthly
Fun
19. Take a day trip somewhere new 1ce a month.
20. Prom ($)
21. Play Scrabble online with Sue 2ce a month (?)
22. Meet up with Sue twice ($)
23. Periodically run errands somewhere other than Topeka
24. Small vacation with Ron ($)
25. Put all my CDs on my iPod
26. Attempt spinning, maybe take that Yarn Barn class with Kelly Sue($)
Web/Writing
27. Finish all the odds and ends of book ($)
28. Expand/update Harveyville Project site
29. Update some aspect of one of the sites each week.
30. Submit 6 patterns to yarn companies & knitting magazines/sites
31. Naughty Needles site ($)
32. Convert FP to database ($)
33. Spell check Housewife & Frying Pan
34. Thrifty Knitter ($)
35. Add blog software to DH
Smallish To-Do Items
36. Sharpen knives
37. Label linen closet
38. Clean up, replenish & finally return Kelly Sue & Matt’s gocco.
39. Set up an area for laundry supplies to prevent constant spills
40. Clean and stain dog food stands to match bedroom furniture
41. Computer solution
42. Fix the drip in the kitchen sink ($)
43. Label fridge shelves
44. Get maid certificate for Sue ($)
45. Install and use leash hook
46. Install and evaluate a motion-sensor light switch ($)
Biggish To-Do
47. Fix up a reliable computer & internet connection in bedroom
48. Get a pet for Herman ($ for adoption/neuter/shots + food)
49. Defrost upright freezer
50. Organize and label pantry, discarding or using anything aging ($)
51. Spend time each day acclimating Herman to Sugarfoot
52. Fix lock for wardrobe & replace ($)
53. Dominate yarn
54. Paint inside bedroom closets
55. Repair carvings and attach to wardrobe and bed ($ for clamps, unless I'm clever)
56. Plant an herb garden ($)
57. Add tabs to mark favorite recipes in cookbooks ($)
58. Talk to an expert about organizing business non- vs. profit or both ($)
59. Plant windbreak along one side of property ($)
60. Set up office with green furniture
61. Paint office
62. Paint bedroom
63. Clean and organize janitor closet
64. Host an open house/community feed ($)
65. Host a knitting workshop
66. Host a cooking workshop (something like stock & big basics or a holiday sweets thing)
67. Make each model & knitter a print from book ($)
68. Blow up and frame old Harveyville prints ($)
69. Follow up with traps and water treatment ($)
70. Start composting again! ($)
71. Scan & return Dick’s yearbook
72. Organize bedroom built-ins to increase capacity/use; buy or install additional hardware as necessary.
Planning/Research
73. Contact Larry re: summer program
74. Invoostigate raising chickens
75. Invoostigate alternative/conserving energy options
76. Invoostigate insurance options
77. Invoostigate health insurance
78. Find energy-efficient replacement for mongo light bulbs
Merchy/Grubby
79. Have calendar ready to print Oct. 2. Keep costs low enough for wholesale.
80. Send out promo copies of calendar ($50)
81. Organize, inventory & label merch area
82. Seal merch to keep it all nice and organized and pristine
83. Devise clever and ambitious book promotion plot
84. Send out some kind of coupon to all 2005 orders
Crafty/Buildy
85. Make hat I discussed with Jason
86. Kiki shrine ($50)
87. Make leopard summer quilt
Crushingly Overwhelmingly Huge To-Do
88. Unpack
89. Overhaul filing cabinet
90. Clean Eskridge grade school building
91. Clean Eskridge high school building
92. Submit 6 grant applications
93. Update kitchen to satisfaction ($1000)
Spendy
94. Replace crappy upstairs microwave ($35)
95. Buy my own gocco ($120)
Monies—Frugal Habits
96. Have an big all-day cooking day once a month or so
97. Plan meals and shop accordingly
98. Limit trips out of town to 4x/month
99. Set up bread maker and use as a matter of course
Monies—Projects/Tasks
100. Make a reasonable budget and refer to it often to maintain a sense of shame/reality even if you can’t follow it completely
101. Get rid of 500 things on ebay
102. Keep better financial records
103. Pay off credit cards again
104. Take credit cards out of wallet.
105. Add credit to Money
106. 2 residents