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Things I want to do in 2010
1. Throw a mimosa brunch for my friends.
2. Edited: Spend a night in College Station with Mike.
3. Take a few steps in the right direction of starting an organization that provides resources, encouragement and support to new moms.
4. Put together a book of memories I've been meaning to make for a special someone. (Purposefully cryptic!)
5. Run a 5K, then a 10K, then a half-marathon.
6. Host a holiday ornament exchange and cookie decorating party.
7. Make great strides in being the kind of friend who remembers and acknowledges birthdays better.
8. Edited: Introduce Kyle to family he hasn't gotten to meet yet.
9. Own a great pair of investment jeans.
10. Take a vacation, no matter to where or when, with just my husband. We've earned it.
11. Read at least 20 books. I can't remember the last year I did this. (2004, maybe?)
12.Write all my addresses into my file box.
13. Buy nightstands for our bedroom.
14. Edited: Let only good, genuine things motivate me more often.
15.Throw Kyle a kick-ass birthday party(making the invitationsand a banner by hand)
16. Make fitness and health a priority.
17. Buy a pretty dress (like this or this or this) and wear it out on the town, with my husband on my arm.
18. Continue creating awesome, fun and inspiring content on Style Lush. (With the help of the incredible writers.) Also, host a Style Lush dinner at BlogHer 2010.
19. Make a dentist appointment.
20. Make crab cakes, chicken masala andcinnamon buns (from scratch).
21. Look fabulous at my 10-year high school reunion.
22. Buy some art for our (bare) walls.
23. Take Kyle to an A&M football game.
24. Learn to drive a stick (uh, this has been on my goals list for years; time to buckle down!).
25. Watch The Wire.
Added:
26. Make (with my own hands) an advent calendar for Christmas 2010.
27. Start planning a 2011 family reunion.
28. Buy a wall map and get to filling it with map pins!
29. Spend time volunteering at Jonathan's Place.
30. Finish my blogroll.
31.Go to the movies alone.("It's Complicated")
32. Make Kyle's baby blanket (from his old clothes.)
33. Stick to a budget better than years past.
34. Learn to properly pronounce the word 'Worcestershire'.
35. See all the nominees for Best Picture (Oscars).
36. Discover a new artist/band once a month. (January: Eric Hutchinson
37. Eat at 10 new restaurants this year. (1. Brio, 2. Jack's Porch 3. La Duni)
38. Get a bikini wax.
39. Enroll and finish a boot camp class, through our local rec.
40. Take Kyle to the Fort Worth zoo.
41. Read one classic book and watch one classic movie.
42. Take a cooking class at Central Market
43. Go to a concert.
44. Take Kyle to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens for one of their summer events.
45. Make all items on the top ten of the Food Network's 50 Best Recipes of 2009
46. Take a dance class.
47. Visit one new state.
48. Count to ten before speaking when frustrated/upset/angry.
Post Of The Day
- Drowning in Kids
"I have noticed since december i have been unfollowed and unfriended by most of my local acquaintances. I have noticed parents being more protective of their kids around my kids."
It doesn't take much to be afraid or, rather, to teach fear. It takes much more to teach kindness. I'd rather you judge me like mad for how I'm raising my son than to ever teach him to avoid people with flaws.
What I've Recently Seen
- It's Complicated
Really cute, although a little long. Also, I don't find Alec Baldwin nearly as charming or funny as the rest of the world. I do find both John Krasinski and Hunter Parrish charming enough to make up for him, though. - Up in the Air
I just loved this movie and although no two hours spent with George Clooney could ever be considered bad, it was smart, funny, different, refreshing and sad all at once. Anna Kendrick is fantastic, too.
