One more week

Well there's one more week in winter and I've putting everything on that list on hold. I've been busy with the museum and moving my mom down to Florida (and not finished yet). So this winter list of mine… it's dead. I've given up on actually doing all 50 things on that list but I'll humor myself and just check on this list.

✓ 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… it's actually colder since my mom moved out.

8. Sort through family photos

9. Sort through genealogy

✓ 10. Take pictures of winter… tried but it never seemed that wonderful.

11. Watch the movies nominated for awards… totally failed with this one!

12. Take classes; Calculus, Physics, maybe French?- scratched.. replaced with posting something every day.

✓ 13. Have winter sleepovers… just one.

14. Work on my thesis journal

15. Read at least 5 books… only read 1.

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… I went to Florida twice.

✓ 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… I didn't gain any inches.

36. Stop worrying about the future… failed again, I'm worrying more than ever.

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.