Resolute

      Well, the New Year is upon us.  2011 was a great, pretty low key year - no moves, no births, no real major life changes that I can think of.  Even our New Year's Eve was more low key than it has been - probably ever.  We went to waterfront park, enjoyed some lattes (fair trade, organic, soy) and watched the fireworks, then hung out at home with friends (and wine) and watched the Ball drop.  The highlight of the night was when we saw our picture on the ToshibaVision screen in Times Square - one of our friends had tweeted it in!

Yes, it's a poor quality cell pic, but it was on the big screen in Times Square New Year's Eve!

      There was little to no talk of resolutions.  I don't do resolutions.  Ok, I sort of do, but only in a very small way.  I perfer to focus on improvement.  Not, I will do X thing Y times better, so sweeping loose weight or quit smoking resolutions (um, mostly because I don't want to loose weight and I don't smoke . . .).  I think Jo really captured it in her resolutions post.  If you haven't read Outta Jo before, you need to start.  She is awesome.  She is a real life friend of mine who I deeply admire.  She is a Doula in NYC, mother to an unbelievably adorable little girl with another little one on the way.

       The long and short of it is that I plan on this year being better.  Life is about growth, and as such every new step should be a step forward and every year should build upon the last.  And I was content just to leave it at that.  Until, as I mentioned in The End is Near, I read Karen and Katherine's recent  Project 52 posts, and my love of listmaking and fantasizing about things I don't actually have time to do got the better of me.

       So here it is, my Project 52.  Don't expect any regular updates to it.  You'll be lucky if you see a year-end address to it, but I'll be doing it nonetheless.  These aren't resolutions.  They're not even goals.  They are things I want to do in 2012.  Some of them I won't do.  Some I'll change my mind about.  Some will be good ideas, and some might not.  We shall see.

1.      Conduct an Ethical Eating Discussion Group

2.      Write at least 2 posts per month on the Professional Blog

3.      Get rid of all the junk in the spare room

4.      Visit a cemetery

5.      Invite friends for dinner at least 6 times

6.      Create a page for my Compassionate Life steps

7.      Compassionate Life Step 1

8.      Compassionate Life Step 2

9.      Compassionate Life Step 3

10.  Compassionate Life Step 4

11.  Compassionate Life Step 5

12.  Compassionate Life Step 6

13.  Compassionate Life Step 7

14.  Compassionate Life Step 8

15.  Compassionate Life Step 9

16.  Compassionate Life Step 10

17.  Compassionate Life Step 11

18.  Compassionate Life Step 12

19.  Plant a Witch’s Herb Garden

20.  Call Grandma once a month

21.  Call a friend I haven’t talked to in a while every month

22.  Send Thank You cards

23.  Re-do my resume

24.  Implement an entryway organization scheme

25.  Begin the patent and/or marketing process for one of MacGyver’s inventions

26.  Clean out closet

27.  Start cementing details for the 5 year Re-wedding

28.  Put up a Meal Plan display

29.  Go camping

30.  Figure out the bills

31.  Go to the Doc for my knees

32.  Give blood

33.  Copy Katherine’s “Things I Want to Remember” Posts

34.  Send Holiday cards.  On time.

35.  Finish Flintstone’s baby book

36.  Update/Frame/Hang new Family Pics

37.  Create the webpage for my office

38.  Finish restoring Cheap Wine and Cookies

39.  Surprise clean MacGvyer’s Truck

40.  Have at least one Mommy/Daughter day a month

41.  Maximize the success of the Tax Center and the Tax Center Marines

42.  Earn my Green belt

43.  Read 12 books

44.  Have jaw surgery

45.  Pack away Flintstone’s baby things

46.  Switch to homemade hair products for at least a month

47.  Spend more time in the garden

48.  Do more Isometrics

49.  Create Consumer Law Fact Sheets for the office

50.  Nurture contacts for the civilian transition

51.  Learn more about herb uses

52.  Buy more ethical products/fewer unethical products

       What are you expecting in 2012?  Want to join up with Project 52?  Just click the link above and hook up with Karen's linky.