Rather than make a list of resolutions, I decided to revisit my 100 things list. And hey! Those are some good ideas. Although what was I thinking on some of them? Hanglide? Really?
I am impressed I've managed to cross off a few without really trying too hard. So, perhaps, for 2009 my goal will simply be to try to accomplish more of my 100 Things. I am going to aim to at least accomplish 5 of these things for next year. Annnnnd go!
(Note: I've crossed out the ones I've accomplished and I'm bolding the ones I think I can do in 09)
1. Remodel my kitchen, doing a small part of it myself (most likely the floor)
2. Train my dog to play dead3. Get married
4. Read Moby Dick twice
5. Do karoke 6. Speak French conversationally
7. Live in another country
8. Make out in a waterfall
9. Run for local office
10. Really learn HTML code11. Design a real website for my blog 12. Scuba dive
13. Visit Alaska
14. Sew something for my house
15. Write and record my own album
16. Learn to flamenco dance
17. See the pyramids
18. Host a formal dinner party with fancy china and crystal
19. Have custom letterpress stationary made just for me
20. Get published one (or more) of the following: The New Yorker, Vaniety Fair, Esquire, The Atlantic
21. Learn to paint
22. Have and raise children
23. Organize my closets and keep them that way24. Learn to enjoy cooking 25. Break a world record
26. Tour Western Europe
27. Go back to Eastern Europe, explore more
28. Learn how to make a fire in my fire place29. Grow an herb garden and a cutting garden
30. Get to know my neighbors better31. Set a budget and stick to it32. Beat Ralph at Wii Tennis on a regular basis
33. Find a sport I like
34. Write a book and have it published
35. Chronicle my mother's depression from my point of view
36. Act on stage again37. Stop picking my nails38. Take photos every day for 1 year, post online, do not use camera phone
39. Buy a digital SLR camera and learn to be a better photographer
40. Volunteer at a women's shelter 41. Be comfortable speaking in public
42. Turn off the TV for an entire month43. Learn to play the piano
44. Change my own tire45. Make a quilt
46. Return to Austrailia and explore the Great Barrier Reef
47. Go the Kentucky Derby, sport a giant hat
48.
Buy a second dog, train them well
49. Take Gidget for a walk every single day for one month 50. Go on a camping trip with my boyfriend, sleep under the stars51. Dance on a bar
52. Cook a gourmet meal
53. Stay at a Four Season hotel, lie around in the robe all day, eat room service
54. Pay my dad back all the money he's let me "borrow" over the years
55. Eliminate all debt56. Buy an original piece of artwork57. Take a cross country road trip
58. Find a job that makes me feel like I'm making a difference each day
59. Visit all seven continents
60. Visit all fifty states
61. Ride horses on the beach at sunset with the man I love
62. Ride side saddle
63. Write my movie
64. Read to elementary school kids on a regular basis65. Make a cake with fondant icing from scratch
66. Elope (either to get married or to renew my vows)
67. Meet Hillary Clinton
68. Own a place on the water with a dock and a boat
69. Live in the same city as my childhood best friends again
70. Live in a foreign country with my kids long enough for them to have an accent
71. Hanglide or skydive
72. Save for my retirement
73. Be comfortable parallel parking
74. Learn to raise just one eyebrow at a time
75. Participate in a public dance off and win
76. Help the puppy not freak out when I leave77. Tour Italy
78. Build a wooden structure mostly by myself
79. Work out regularly80. Own a store and sell awesome stuff
81. Ride a camel, elephant or giraffe
82. Build a time capsule with my kids, dig it up when each one reaches a life milestone (graduating from college, getting married, etc.)
83. Hear my song on the radio
84. Learn to make my grandma's chicken and dumplings
85. Avoid pizza for three months86. Ride in a hot air balloon
87. Actually mail holiday cards to all my friends and family88. Swim with dolphins
89. Learn to snowboard well
90. Learn the Ava Maria and sing it at my grandmother's funeral
91. Adopt a rescue animal92. Visit Holland when the tulips are in bloom
93. Smoke pot just once
94. Do a back flip on the trampoline or a front flip off a diving board
95. Master the back handspring
96. Be able to do the splits again97. Backpack through Europe and then return later and visit Europe with money
98. Volunteer at the Ronald McDonald House again
99. Write and publish a children's book
100. Raise my daughter(s) to be a woman more self confident than myself, someone who can kick ass and make a fabulous cookie
101. Live happily ever after