A 2012 list

I waste a lot of time on the computer - especially Facebook. I could be more productive, but at the same time, I really don't mind all the time I waste either. :) Life is way too busy and fast so a lot of downtime for myself is a good thing.

Anyway, so to add to time on the computer, I thought I'd make this time productive by both keeping up with my soaps online and writing out my 2012 to-do list.

I'm a list-maker. I prefer to do it the old way too: on paper. And I'm making it public as a way to keep myself accountable. Not that I'll even get it all done - since the last yearly to-do list didn't get completed until a year later. :) But eventually it did get done, so I'm not beating myself up about it. I'll add more on as I remember fears I need to overcome or things I've always wanted to do or hadn't thought to do .. or need to do.

• Find a new place to go hiking.


• Put my head completely under water at least 5 times.


• Have dinner alone.


• Make a new recipe at least once a month (that's 12 new meals this year).


• Organize Toccoa's paper things since birth.


• Send a card or letter to someone once a month through snail mail.


• Keep a daily (weekly if not daily) journal of Toccoa's life. I did this the first year and stopped.


• Organize all my photos and burn to CDs and clean out computer and hard drive files.


• Declutter and get rid of things (everything and everywhere in the house) -- and live simply!!


• Watch my portions.


• Find time to play piano more often.


• Spend quality time with each of my nephews and niece and parents.


• Make a music video of Toccoa singing.


• Take a train ride.


• Go rock climbing.


• Make desserts for Dave at least 3 times (that's just once every 4 months - c'mon, surely I'd be able to pull that off!).


• Take a sewing class ... and make something Toccoa can actually wear.


• Pay off my student loans off before summer.


• Go on a weeklong vegeterian meal plan at least 4 times during the year.


• Cut a pineapple.


• Eat 10 food items I've never eaten before.


• Take Toccoa to 5 new places for tours or museum outing.


• Put monies into a credit union.


• Take a class - any kind of class about anything.