I've been inspired by lovely ms. hula to create a list of things to do in this year.
- enjoy a concert or two {yes!}
- rehab the art studio {not even close...}
- plant more peonies and dahlias for armloads come summer {accomplished the "more" part, maybe not so much "armloads"...}
- inspiration wall {done.}
- send gifts for no reason {working on this...}
- enter a photo contest
- have a dinner party
- photograph a baby or a baby bump {oh baby w}
- the dressing room {almost there.}
- make strawberry cupcakes {I think lemon french macarons meet this criteria nicely.}
- see a movie at a drive-in
- teach simon a trick {he uses his indoor voice...well, sometimes.}
- sit in the sand and be with the ocean
- finish the dining room {fini!}
- get a photo of the giant woodpecker
- make a quilt
- explore two american cities
- purge and donate {does this ever get completed?}
- visit two museums
- go to the zoo
- see the milky way {fabulously so: lying under a bowl of stars with my cabinmates, squam lake lapping at the pier and loons crying in the distance.}
- read three classics
- do more yoga {so yes!}
- hike crabtree falls
- summer backyard party {does one husband and three dogs make a party? I think so.}
- ride my bike
- buy a piece of art
- make a piece of art {lots and lots and lots...}
- start/join a book club {did it. love it.}
- foreign cinema {some.}
- sundays at the flea market {some.}
- cook a meal worthy of le creuset {working on this...}
- have a picnic
- rollerskate
- write a poem
- travel abroad
- teach {loved it but did something even more important: learned.}
- belly dance
- make paella
- meet a new friend {yes!}
- reconnect with an old friend {and yes!}
- make a valentine for my valentine {oui!}
- a yard circled in jasmine and honeysuckle {getting there...}
- lighten up {I think so.}
forty four, I'm happy to meet you.