Happy New Year!

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.