2012 Resolutions

Happy New Year!
These are my goals for 2012:

Purchase no more sewing supplies until:
Sew up lyrcra skating skirts or dress up skirts
Sew up cotton bolt for skirt for me
If I can find an instructor, work with them to make myself a pretty, professional and wearable dress

Purchase no more knitting supplies until:
Scarf for Kaidi is finished
Hand spun skein from Amber is knitted up
Sweater for Chris is at least started
Make hat and booties Sharla's daughter

Take a glass blowing class

Make either more limoncello or another liqueur or make bitters (them make bottles for them!)
Take Siebel distilling course if it is offered

Get accepted into either the MA at Hood or the PhD in Georgetown or other program


Get a tech certification
Reevaluate my career path and re-orient towards tech work that I LIKE.

Reduce the amount of stuff in storage. Again.
--get rid of entertainment center for sure, and possibly the butcher block
--do something with the kimono, even if it means giving them away
--reduce xmas ornaments, probably farm out some things to Matthew and Emily
--get rid of some more books (at least 25)


Take a first aid/CPR class

Continue to maintain weight at 115 or drop more weight
Get an instructor certification for hula hooping
Compete in figure/physique show
Run at least 2 10ks
Run at least 2 half-marathons
Run a 5k with someone who's never done one before
Volunteer as a race marshall for a race (or two)
Learn basic figure skating (crossovers, stops, etc) then sign up for basic speedskating course


3 club juggle. Again. For real.
Burlesque show (if they take middle-aged ladies, LOL)

Get an article/short story/etc published somewhere

Get on Chris to get his CD's ripped
Set up centralized server for all our music and such and cloud-based backup system for house (contingent on buying a house)
Ditch outdated software

Transfer investments to advisor's small, independent company