Someday I'll be........: Happy New Year!

Saturday, 1 January 2011

Happy New Year!

I don't really tend to make resolutions as they never seem to stick. This year instead, I am making a list of things I would like to achieve. It's a work in progress, so I'll be adding to it as the year goes on.

One thing I'm hoping to do is to complete a photo a day project. I first started this back in 2007, but made it to the October before giving up. I started again in 2008 and managed a whole 365 photos, which I love looking back on. So...I decided to try it again. I'm not going to beat myself up too much about the quality of the photos, so I'm thinking most of them will probably be 'snaps'.

I was excited to start and even stayed up till midnight to take today's photo. I'm really proud of it!

Happy 2011 everyone.

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My life with MND1 January 2011 at 22:29
I saw this picture on Facebook - it's lovely.

Happy New Year to you and your family. Hugs xx
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To do....

2012
I'm rolling some of these over from 2011 and adapting others. We'll see how I go!
1) Blog more regularly!
2) Go to the gym more regularly
3) Take Cara for a day trip to London
4) Go for afternoon tea
5) Complete 1/2 marathon in September!
6) Take Cara to Disneyland Paris
7) Pay off credit card
8) Complete a quilt
9) Go on a night sleeper train
10)Lose weight!

2011
As 2010 closes, I am beginning to look to 2011 and, instead of making New Year's resolutions am more thinking of an 'ambition list'. Some things have been on my 'to do' list for a long time. Others are just things I want to achieve. I'm hoping that recording here will 'encourage' me more!

1) Blog at least once a week - failed miserably!
2) ~~Complete Photo a Day project for 2011~~ 396 photos to represent 365 days.
3) ~~Open a bank account for Cara~~ Think she's got more money saved than me!
4) ~~Close bank account no longer used~~
5) ~~Pay off student loan~~
6) ~~Pay off catalogue bill~~
7) ~~Pay off store card~~
8) Pay off credit card - Hmmm. Still working on this one!
9) Read at least one book a month - fail. I did read a fair few - especially when I discovered the Kindle app for my phone!
10) Go to the gym at least three times a week - didn't manage this for the whole year, but I did for a fair while.
11) ~~Buy an external hard drive and back up lap top~~
12) ~~Enter ballot for tickets for the olympics~~ So, I didn't get any, but I did apply!
13) ~~Go on a family picnic~~
14) Finish making (at least) one quilt (of the many that have been started) - still many unfinished!
15) ~~Play Pooh Sticks~~ Went to Pooh corner and tried to play Pooh Sticks. It was very dry though!
16) Buy a dress for the school prom - didn't go to the prom, so didn't need a dress!
17) Watch four 'classic' films I've never seen before - fail. I did join Love Film, but I didn't watch any classics!
18) Go for afternoon tea - will definately try this one this year!
19) ~~Go camping~~ Went with C and my nieces. Had a fabulous time. They keep asking me when we can go again!
20) Write our wills - fail. I guess the thing on this years list will be to sort out the divorce as opposed to the wills!
21) ~~Go to the theatre~~ saw The Jersey Boys
22) ~~Go to a London market~~ Went to Greenwich Market a few times as well as Borough Market. Loved it!
23) ~~Take Cara on a train~~ We went on the Tenterden Steam train with Nanny and Grandad - brilliant!
24) Run a mile in 7 minutes (last achieved c.1999) - fail. I focused on running 1.6km which I managed to do in a time I was proud of. This year the focus will be on distance as opposed to speed!
25) ~~Get a gait analysis done~~

I'll add more as I think of them!