All the cool kids are doing it...
Out with the Old...
2010 in Review:
Summary: So glad this year is over. Ugh.
Last year's resolution: House Plants
"Sounds like a silly resolution, I know, but there are no plants in my house right now. I am bad at remembering to water them, but my goal is to have something growing in every room so that I see them all the time. Also, I need to get a watering can. It's also part of the “save money” goal as well, since I love flowers and buy them often; I'm hoping to replace that with a flowering plant. I will have to learn what flowers seasonally so I can rotate them out, and I have to do all this with the flowers that are not toxic to cats, so it will require some research. There are a LOT of plants that are toxic, according to the ASPCA."
Result: I have four plants currently mostly alive. The herbs were a no go, and I managed to kill a cactus by underwatering it. Surprisingly, the African violet seems to be thriving. I'm going to say B- on this one.
2010 Goals
...In with the New!
2011 Resolution: Procrastinate Less!
I realize this sounds kind of vague, but here is a case in point of what I am talking about: this year I let my packing room get really messy and let the desk in my office pile up with papers that needed to be filed and other stuff. I stressed about both of these areas to the point where I had to keep the doors to both rooms shut at all times. It took me 30 minutes to clean up the packing room, and one workday to clean off my desk. Six months of feeling bad about it could have been so easily avoided! So my plan is this: put stuff away. Unload the dishwasher. Put the laundry away. Just less putting tasks off.
2011 Goals
And I'm using this post to count as TWO of the 30 day meme:
Day 28: This year, in great detail
Day 29: Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Only 1 day left to go in this meme! I will finish it! (see how the less-procrastinating thing works!*g*)
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2010 in Review:
- January: Had a carpal tunnel flare, had to go back to physical therapy, bought a Wii.
- February: Played in my first K-Swiss singles league, K & I took a trip to Charleston.
- March: Went to a Shawn Mullins concert, my Mom had a stroke
- April: Went to Coachella, K & I broke up, I got an iPod Touch.
- May: My team won our ALTA division & went to the playoffs, Mom got out of rehab, I had a tree removed, went to Missouri for my niece's high school graduation.
- June: Took my first business trip of the year, my aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer, my brother had a bike accident and punctured his lung.
- July: Went home to Missouri for the fourth, ran over a kitten in my driveway :(, had my first polo experience.
- August: Took a work trip to Vegas, my parents visited for a weekend, took a work trip to Calgary.
- September: DragonCon, Adam Lambert concert
- October: Trip to Hawaii and Alaska, went to zombie apocalypse for Halloween.
- November: Made the playoffs in K-Swiss, went to Iowa for my cousin's wedding, my parents & sister came to Atlanta for Thanksgiving.
- December: Had jury duty, was eliminated from K-Swiss finals in Round 16, went home for the holidays with the cat in tow.
Summary: So glad this year is over. Ugh.
Last year's resolution: House Plants
"Sounds like a silly resolution, I know, but there are no plants in my house right now. I am bad at remembering to water them, but my goal is to have something growing in every room so that I see them all the time. Also, I need to get a watering can. It's also part of the “save money” goal as well, since I love flowers and buy them often; I'm hoping to replace that with a flowering plant. I will have to learn what flowers seasonally so I can rotate them out, and I have to do all this with the flowers that are not toxic to cats, so it will require some research. There are a LOT of plants that are toxic, according to the ASPCA."
Result: I have four plants currently mostly alive. The herbs were a no go, and I managed to kill a cactus by underwatering it. Surprisingly, the African violet seems to be thriving. I'm going to say B- on this one.
2010 Goals
- Hang living room curtains that I bought in August. Result: Done!
- Continue working on budgeting and saving my money, learning to control how I use my credit cards, etc. Result: My top 10 expenses were: Mortgage, Home Maintenance, Travel, Dining Out, Automotive Expenses, Utilities, Telphone, Groceries, Electronics, & Gifts. Eh. I did okay this year, but not awesome. I am still working on it though!
- Finish the college sweatshirt blanket. Result: Nope. Haven't even touched it.
- Finish my France sabbatical photo album. Result: Done!
- Continue augmenting my fitness routine with walking and working out on the Wii I plan to buy soon. I would like to lose 10 pounds and/or fit back into my clothes better (some of my jeans are now too tight to wear.) Result: I started out well, but then it all fell apart. This one is solidly in the no go category.
- Post one non-meme, non-tweet related post to LJ each week, and go back through and tag things better. Result: I'm going to call this one a win! I don't know that I posted every week, but I have 79 entries tagged "It's not a tweet" and I did go back through my whole journal and retag things.
- Try out one new recipe a month. Result: Eh. I did try out some new recipes early on in the year, but I would say that after June I didn't cook much.
- Mail cards to my family on their birthdays and anniversaries. I used to be really good at this but have been slacking for the last few years. Result: Completed! It was expensive though. Cards are not cheap!
...In with the New!
2011 Resolution: Procrastinate Less!
I realize this sounds kind of vague, but here is a case in point of what I am talking about: this year I let my packing room get really messy and let the desk in my office pile up with papers that needed to be filed and other stuff. I stressed about both of these areas to the point where I had to keep the doors to both rooms shut at all times. It took me 30 minutes to clean up the packing room, and one workday to clean off my desk. Six months of feeling bad about it could have been so easily avoided! So my plan is this: put stuff away. Unload the dishwasher. Put the laundry away. Just less putting tasks off.
2011 Goals
- Walk a mile every day. Not to say that I won't walk more than that on occasion, but I am both holding myself to getting on the treadmill every day and at the same time giving myself an out for the days I don't feel like really working out.
- Paint my office.
- Finish 2010 scrapbook. So much for 'as you go' scrapbooking! I made it through May.
- Finish 2005 (I think - now I'm suddenly not sure where I left off) scrapbook.
- Hang shelves in the bathroom closet.
And I'm using this post to count as TWO of the 30 day meme:
Day 28: This year, in great detail
Day 29: Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Only 1 day left to go in this meme! I will finish it! (see how the less-procrastinating thing works!*g*)
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