With the new year I've decided to add my new year's resolutions to my list of 50 things to do this winter.
✓ 1. Read A Christmas Carol before Christmas
✓ 2. Make a winter garland, to keep up all winter
✓ 3. Watch holiday movies for Christmas
✓ 4. Enjoy New Year's Eve
✓ 5. Eat Hoppin' John on New Year's Day for good luck
✓ 6. Watch the Winter Olympics! February 12, 2010
7. Warm up the apartment
8. Sort through family photos
9. Sort through genealogy
10. Take pictures of winter
11. Watch the movies nominated for awards
12. Take classes; Calculus, Physics, maybe French?- scratched.. replaced with posting something every day.
13. Have winter sleepovers
14. Work on my thesis journal
15. Read at least 5 books
16. Make soups
17. Make Shepherd's Pie
18. Make hearty dinners: brisket, baked ham, etc
19. Drink hot cocoa
✓ 20. Have afternoon drinks, Guinness
21. Have afternoon tea
22.Go see the Dead Sea Scrolls while they are in Milwaukee
23. See, in person, a Matthew Harris Jouett painting (he's a relative from way back when)
24. Travel, even if it's for school visits
✓ 25. Enjoy the first real snow
✓ 26. Stay in bed a little longer
✓ 27. Send grad applications in and put the worry to rest
28. Enjoy giving tours at the art museum
29. Go ice skating
30. Have movie nights to stay warm
31. Buy more hats
32. Scarves, hats, coats, boots, layers, & sweaters!
✓ 33. Take long hot baths
34. Clean up & get organized (again!)
35. Try not to gain pounds over winter
36. Stop worrying about the future
37. Explore my surroundings
38. Stop procrastinating by making deadlines
39. Enjoy having most of my family in the same city for the next few months, because that all will change soon.
✓ 40. Find 10 more things to do this winter
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS (for healthy living)
41. Eat more dark greens
42. Have fish 2 or 3 times a week
43. Walk a half hour everyday (on top of regular exercise)
44. Breathe deeply for 5 minutes every day to help reduce stress
45. Eat more quinoa
46. To reduce salt intake, use more spices
47. Eat a better breakfast and lunch everyday to eliminate unhealthy snacking
48. Work on a sleep schedule
49. Eat more avocados to increase happiness
50. Eat more strawberries, guava, bell peppers, and oranges to boost vitamin C intake & fight brain cell damage.
