Last year’s zaniness — from broken ankles to trips to Hawaii — meant no New Year Resolution for me. Looking back to the end of 2008, I had a few fairly vague ones …
1. Be fit: A true cliché, I know, but … Continue with the 1,500 Miles to Nowhere program. Continue karate. And … yes, start tracking calories again, convenient tool or not. 200 lbs. by 1 June, 185 by the end of the year. Next year, no question about whether 36s need to be exchanged!
Alas, two years later, my weight has bobbed back upward, not quite to where it was at some point, but the 36s are still a scosh tight. I will work on this.
2. Be photographically organized: Continue with the photography conversion and updating. All 2009 photos, four additional years at my discretion will get uploaded and online in a single place.
I haven’t been good at this, either. I’ve got most of 2010 in place, but am still not caught up on 2009, let alone four other years.
3. Be blogicly up to date: Movable Type to the current version and all features working once again.
Hey! I’m on WordPress! And all up to date! Take that, Bainbridge Scholars!
4. Be genealogical: New! Get my genealogy research back up and running … one of those outstanding “projects” that never seems to quite get traction.
Wow. This was completely off the radar. Sadly. I don’t see it getting back onto it this year, but …
So we’ll do a repeat on #1 and #2. To which I’ll add:
3. Finish my NaNoWriMo novel. Come on, I’m not that far from the end! MUST WRITE.
4. Stay in touch with my daughter. As she goes through added changes, physical and educational and emotional and all that, it’s going to be a challenge. I’m going to need to change my parenting parameters, bump up the patience, and make sure that we remember we are family.
5. Support Margie. The past couple of years have been difficult work-wise for her. Her job is a good one, but it’s been pretty intensive hours-wise. I want to do more to support her when she needs to be working, and encourage her to not when she needn’t.
If I can get 3 out of 5 here, I’ll feel pretty darned good.
Happy New Year, all!