Not only that but it is time for another.... LIST!!!!
My point with the list....
1-to get me through one the hardest times of year (i.e. cold winter, gray and post christmas blues)
2-To help me serve others and stay close to God (I miss that since our run of Savior of the World is now over)
3-to help me take some time for myself and do the things I have been putting off
So here is the list:
Things to do before Easter Sunday 4/4/10
1-Learn to knit with knitting needles and make something ( I am taking a two part class with my mom and knitting is harder than it looks, but I feel so legitimate doing it)
2-Go sledding (but I need to find snow pants first, blast!)
3-Go cross country skiing ( I heard it is better than snow shoeing. But I don't know where to go)
4-Finish the first draft of my book (it is a young adult novel and this is the one item that stresses me!!!!)
5-Read a complete book of poetry (it is Bright Wings a book of bird poems!)
6-See Alice in Wonderland when it comes out in the (yeah for Tim Burton!)
7-Go ice skating at the Gallivan Center (it ought to be real cold, so I am scared)
8-Have a dinner party (any excuse to be social)
9-Go to a hockey game! (yeah for winter sports!)
10-Learn to play a song on the piano
11-Find a new recipe and make it for John and I for dinner (did that one tonight... yummy nutty breaded chicken tenders and special orange-cranberry sauce)
12-Find a new recipe and make it for someone else (anyone got good dessert ideas?)
13-Keep a gratitude journal, one thing each day. (my favorite so far is the day I was really grateful for peppermint ice cream)
14-Get a haircut (I already did and I have bangs again! whoa, was that a good choice?)
15-Go to P.F. Changs for their famous lettuce wraps (Did it and I was not nearly as impressed as the ones I had from Cheesecake Factory)
16-Learn about my family history!
17-Go on a nature walk (when the air is better)
18-Each school day, write one thing I learn from the kids at school
19-Watch Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea
20-Give up something for Lent (This is always a hard one. No, I am not catholic but I love the idea of sacrificing something. It has been suggested I give up hot chocolate but that might be too tough.)
21-Get a vegan hot chocolate at the Hatch Family Chocolate Co. (did it and it was well worth it)
22-Carve jack o' lanterns in watermelons. (I miss halloween)
23-Read the church's magazine The Ensign cover to cover for Jan. Feb. and March (this has already helped me keep some spiritual perspective while being stressed at school)
24-watch the edited, Hot Fuzz (I finally saw Shawn of the Dead this past October and I am ready for some more british humor)
That is it. I am trying to be pro-active with the list items this time because my book will take most of the time I have until April.
Here is to a year of making the most of the snow and the early spring as it inches forward.
