I was reaching for creativity, but practicality snuck in too, so this list is a mix of the good, the annoying, and the scary, in no apparent order. All things I'd love to do/get done/try this year. If I actually manage to get any of them done, there's a good chance I'll bore you with the details.
- Find a snow hat that I actually want to wear and that does not make me look like a man.
- Take a photography class.
- Read 12 books (one per month - this one is a gimme, I hope).
- Plant an herb garden.
- Go the Science Centre.
- Print and frame photo of Nanny R.
- Make a chore schedule.
- Get a massage. Or two.
- Create an emergency kit for the truck.
- Put up Caleb's wall word.
- Print and hang photos.
- Order and install door for basement.
- Photograph sunrise on Lake McDonald.
- Call my family once a week.
- Organize the dreaded pantry.
- Make a Blurb book of Glacier Park photos.
- Make a Blurb book of Italy photos.
- Make a Blurb book of Christmas 2010 photos.
- Make a Blurb book of 2010 photos (I will be keeping Blurb in business, if this works out).
- Make some art work for my office space.
- Donate blood.
- Visit Yellowstone Park and see Old Faithful (have done, but not with camera or kids).
- Photo-a-day of Caleb in March.
- Photo-a-day of Sadie in May.
- Get a MAC makeover.
- Make kitchen art.
- Get a real Christmas tree.
- Do a fun Q/A with Sadie.
- Focus on encouragement.
- Find a work desk.
- Buy a new swimsuit. Ugh.
- Photograph a stranger (but not one in a swimsuit). Scary.
- Sew something fabric-y.
- Photograph a line of wash (something I've always wanted to shoot).
- Photograph Sadie with a bunch of balloons (something else I've always wanted to shoot).
- Find a new kitchen table (so we can invite people over and no one has to sit on the floor).
- Organize the dreaded hall closet.
- Photograph the family all together at least once a month.
- Frame Sadie's postcard.
- Put up real curtains in our bedroom.
- Make some pickles.
- Finish my Dad's Christmas gift.
- Get the next one ready BEFORE Christmas.
- Fly a kite.
- Go to the movies. Just Derrick and me.
- Go on a hike. With kids.
- Go snowshoeing. With kids.
- Send birthday cards to my family.
- Finish painting the bedroom patches (fun, fun, fun).
- Put Sadie in swim lessons.
- Start a collection.
- Plan a date night every week.