So Many Things To Do!

I don't like resolutions, because I never keep them.  But there are a ton of things I want to do.  So for 2011, I want to accomplish a whole lotta stuff in 365 days...Clock starts at Midnight!

1)  Get the camper across state lines.  Preferably to hook up with one of my blog buddies and meet face to face!  How fun would that be??

2)  Hellooo...bag my first deer.

3)  Get my heirloom seed order completed and get with the seed saving program!

4)  Sweet talk Pig Pen into digging me another garden.  Bribery will ensue.

5)  UFOs.  Get them done!  There are many!  Golly, I actually found my circular needles last night.  And I was afraid I wouldn't remember how!  After all, it's been TWO years since I played with them.  Hey!  I found my lonesome sock yarn!!!  But for this one, first I had to unravel the spaghetti! 

I added an inch to this little unfinished object but then stopped because I don't remember the decrease:

6)  For Christmas, my MIL got me this fantabulous book and I want to make a king size sampler block quilt for our bedroom. 

I need 56, 10" blocks.  I made one the other night and it didn't go so well.  So, I have 56 more to go! :o) One a week and a few extras thrown in, right?!

7)  Redo bedroom to match awesome said quilt.

8)  Finish Chicken Coop and get the girls into their new home.

9)  Paint Living room.  It's the only room in the house we haven't done 'something' to.  Oh wait, we hung 2 random pictures.  It's a horrid room.

10)  Organize both pantries and take good stock of what I need to have on hand in bulk items.

11)  Teach someone, anyone...how to garden, can, preserve...anything to spread the 'bug'.  Any volunteers???  I have a burning passion to hand it down.  I think it would be fun to get a hold of a bunch of younger folks too.  Wouldn't that be neat?

12)  Get fence around garden done.  Well, that's really a Pig Pen thing.

13)  Insist that once a month, we have a date night.  How's that for setting the bar "low"?  Not asking much, just asking!  He works too hard.

14)  Learn how to shoot a bow.

15)  Keep better records of harvests.  I thought I did alright here, but sometimes things get away from you. 

16)  Grains.  I need to research this and consider what we can do in this area.  I think it is worth an effort.

17)  More bees!  You would be surprised how fast that honey goes!  However, I will not be chauffeuring any this time!

I wonder how many of those things will actually get done???  I am sure there are many other things I need to learn, master or expand on.  But ya gotta start some where, right?

To all my wonderful family and friends -old and new, I wish you a very Happy and Safe New Year!  I am so glad my SIL, Jen, kicked my pants and got me blogging.  If it weren't for her, I would have never met you guys!  You have all been such a great group of folks to consort with and my life is richer for having met you!  There is not a day that goes by that someone doesn't make me laugh, cry or think about what a wonderful life we share!  Thank you for opening your lives and sharing with us all!

Happy New Year!!