The theme this week at Mama Says Om is uberlist. Here's my list of hopes and dreams for 2007.
CREATE: Sew kitchen curtains
CREATE: Organize craft storage
CREATE: Try knitting
CREATE: Make photo albums
CREATE: Take more photographs
GEEK: Redesign website
GEEK: Back up hard drive
GEEK: Learn a little bit about website design
COMMUNITY: Donate time and money to a cause I believe in
COMMUNITY: Write my Congressional representatives about
issues that are important to me
COMMUNITY: Explore church communities in Charleston
FAMILY: Play more
FAMILY: Yell less
FAMILY: More music, games and artwork; less TV
FAMILY: Listen more carefully to Claire before responding
FAMILY: Take Claire on photo dates with her new camera
FAMILY: Enroll Claire in a dance or tumbling class
FAMILY: Send birthday cards on time to my friends and family
members
FAMILY: Call my parents twice a week
FAMILY: Send my grandmother one card or letter a month
FAMILY: Get a family portrait
FRIENDS: Throw a party here before we move
FRIENDS: Send small gifts to friends on a whim
FRIENDS: Meet Jamie monthly for margaritas
FRIENDS: Stick with book club, then join or start one in
Charleston
GREEN: Recycle
GREEN: Switch to safe cleaning supplies
GREEN: Buy more organic foods
GREEN: Eat less meat
GREEN: Buy (and use!) canvas bags for grocery store
HOME: Sell house in Nashville/find new home in Charleston to
rent
HOME: Declutter our home; only move things we love or use
HOME: Get rid of the freaking mice
LOVE: Connect with Ron everyday in some small way
LOVE: Have a monthly date night
LOVE: Give Ron some solitary time at least twice a month
MONEY: Get some money into savings
MONEY: Reduce credit card debt
PERSONAL: Get annual physical
PERSONAL: See the dentist. Aw, hell. See the dentist TWICE.
PERSONAL: Run a 5K
PERSONAL: Buy myself some new clothes
PERSONAL: Do some centering activity (prayer, meditation,
yoga) everyday
PERSONAL: Create a personal space for reflection
PERSONAL: Get a bikini wax (not Brazilian)
PERSONAL: Play the piano more often
PERSONAL: Get a tattoo (still looking for the right image)
TRAVEL: Meet friends for vacation in the Carolinas
TRAVEL: Take one trip by myself
TRAVEL: Visit tourist spots before leaving Nashville:
Country Music Hall of Fame, Opryland, Hatch Show Print
TRAVEL: Visit Asheville, North Carolina again
TRAVEL: Go canoeing
WORK: Find and train my successor for work here
WORK: Find a job in Charleston?
WRITING: Write at least five times a week here
WRITING: Continue to build a community at The Soccer Mom
Vote
WRITING: Write the weekly themes for Mama Says Om
WRITING: Explore writing for print publication
META: Trust my instincts
META: Grow spiritually
META: Be more respectful to the earth and her creatures
META: Forgive more easily
META: Love more deeply
META: Live more fully
Wonderful list, Nicole. I love the "give Ron some space twice a month". I need to remember that, too, for Mr. Flinger.
Seriously, fantastical list. Happy New Year!
Posted by: Mrs. Flinger | January 01, 2007 at 11:54 PM
What a brilliant list! I'm totally stealing a few of these items, yo.
Posted by: Elaine | January 02, 2007 at 12:32 AM
love your list. i almost added, "get a bikini wax," to my list, but was afraid it might gross people out. but, now that you've added it to you list, i'm going back to revise mine. ;)
Posted by: beautifulmess | January 02, 2007 at 06:40 AM
Wow! That's a big list - good luck. If you do all of those things you will really be on the right track. New beginnings seem to be your theme these days!
Posted by: Carol | January 02, 2007 at 08:47 AM
That is an awesome list! I'm still in denial it's 2007 already...
Posted by: Linda | January 02, 2007 at 01:35 PM
your list is incredible - as are you! Happy New Year, and good luck! Let me know when that Asheville trip and vacay in NC are ready to be planned!
Posted by: amy | January 02, 2007 at 06:00 PM
When my family was in Nashville in February we went to the Country Music Wax Museum.
I highly recommend it. It's a hole in the wall basically and Jason kept saying, "I have no idea who any of these people are" but I got a great picture of myself "next to" Patsy Cline.
Not REALLY next to. They have these big glass shields. I guess so you won't molest the wax figures or whatever.
But it's still cool.
Posted by: That Chick Over There | January 02, 2007 at 06:16 PM
That's a great list Nicole! So congrats is in order, you got NC? That's great right? That's what you wanted. I have an uncle in NC who moved from San Jose and he loves it there.
Posted by: Waya | January 02, 2007 at 08:49 PM
Si, si on the monthly margaritas my blog sistah in the 'hood. You know weekly would be OK by me.
Great list...I'm working on making some little, but positive, changes every day.
We went to church Sunday and today I went for a one mile walk at lunch rather than get sucked into blogging. That's a start, right? ;)
Of course I also polished off our Christmas cookies just now.
Posted by: Jamie | January 02, 2007 at 09:49 PM
Oh my goodness, I'm exhausted just reading your list! All are fantastic goals, and if I really thought about it, I would have a list just as long. I think I would just get intimidated by the length and feel overwhelmed. I do particularly like the attention you pay to your hubby and have made a mental note to do the same with mine. :)
Posted by: Raybelle | January 04, 2007 at 09:58 PM