Saturday, January 26, 2008

It's time to get started.

Heath and Fitness

1. Lose 33 pounds
2. Maintain above weight loss
3. Cardio 6 days a week
4. Strength train 3 days a week
5. Build step and set up aerobic space
6. Kayak 2 times a week in summer
7. Drink 1 cup of green tea daily
8. Eat as much local and home produced food as possible YEAR ROUND
9. Find a food dehydrator
10. Use said food dehydrator in late summer and fall


Financials

11. Put $100 a month in savings
12. Save $100 a month for vacations
13. Pay $650 on mortgage monthly
14. Finish personal budget analysis and create 2008 expenses


Knowledge

15. Learn to ID ten weeds
16. Learn to ID ten trees
17. Learn to ID ten wildflowers
18. Take French class three sessions a year
19. Finish Maigret book
20. Read Louis XIV book
21. Read Québecois book, Le Pays au bout de fleuve
22. Learn French departements, regions, major cities, rivers mt. ranges on map
23. Read 5 more books in French
24. Spend 2 weeks in France
25. Spend 2 weeks at immersion school in Québec City
26. Learn world countries and capitols on map
27. Read new translation of War and Peace
28. Read new translation of Anna Karenina
29. Read La Belle France
30. Read The Story of French
31. Re-read The Seven Ages of Paris
32. Watch one program on France 5 a week
33. Finish Sixty million book
34. Read first twenty unread books in collection
35. Read second twenty unread books in collection
36. Finish film list
37. Find new film list

Fun and Travel

38. Visit 5 new state parks in Vermont
39. Visit Hildene
40. Visit Ethan Allen homestead
41. Visit Chimney Point
42. Visit Montshire Museum


Love Myself

43. Floss twice a day
44. Brush teeth 3 times a day
45. Massage legs at night
46. Do breast exam monthly

Love my Critters

47. Work steers twice a week as weather permits
48. Brush steers once a week
49. Take steers to 4 -5 events a year, other than the fair
50. Place in top six for each event at the fair
51. Trim goat hooves once a month

Dans la Cuisine

52. Make bread weekly or semi-weekly
53. Make soup weekly for 8 months (optional in summer)
54. Master mozzerella cheese
55. Master semi-ripened cheese
56. Build cheese and milk business to $250 a month


Make it Better

57. Do dishes every night
58. Wash kitchen floor once a month
59. Make bedside table - grain paint?
60. Paint and grain door for front room
61. Take down gross white paper and paint walls
62. Dust and clean all books
63. Go through unframed items and frame 10 of them
64. Assemble and sort photos (actual ones)
65. Sort and cull digital photos
66. Explore digital photo archive/photo album
67. Clean and organize upper hall
68. Clean and organize lower hall
69. Re-arrange bedroom with clothes rack


Extend

70. Volunteer for 5 events
71. Research history of house
73. Call elected officials if it really truly matters to me


The Great Outdoors

74. Plant more carrots, cherry tomatoes and beets
75. Grow cabbage for sauerkraut and kimchee
76. Make sauerkraut and kimchee
77. Make new raised bed herb garden
78. Re-do veggie garden paths
79. Keep gardens weeded and mulched
80. Apply compost spring and fall

Love my Sweetie

81. Hot tub together twice a month
82. Tell her I love her twice a day (at least!)
83. Listen without reacting right away
84. Practice not pushing her buttons
85. Think of at least one thing to appreciate and thank her every day

Business Matters

86. Update website once a month
87. Clean and organize finishing room
88. Keep on top of monthly cash flow projections
89. Practice patience and don't panic
90. Approach work with a positive attitude

This and That

91. Make one queen size quilt - even if I sew it by hand!
92. Make a new website for Ben's Mill
93. Get/find/make new porch furniture
94. Fix up the chairs in the barn (see above!)
95. Go on 5 different hikes in Vermont
96. Hike 5 peaks in the White Mountains
97. Make or use cards we have for occasions in 2008
98. Re-do steers fence to permanent
99. Move compost pile
100. Paint chicken house door with linseed oil paint
101. Check this list weekly!