New Year's Eve eve

Well, it's resolution time again. I'll have to pull up my crazy brave list of goals from last year and face the music. Beliefnet has a great list of tips for making simple but effective resolutions, one of which is don' make too many. Now that's advice I can make use of.

January Wrap Up and a look ahead

Woohoo! I made my my goal of biking or walking to work or shopping twice AND biking or walking twice for pleasure. In fact, I more than made my goal of walking for pleasure, taking walks twice a week instead of twice a month. I've also been successful in keeping up with houswork, including cleaning and sorting the medicine cabinets. (Okay, I only got to that last night after supper, but I DID it.) And I combined walking with another goal of going to church at least once a month. The four of us hoofed it the whole 8 mile round trip and rewarded ourselves with a lunch at Park Pantry.

Speaking of walking, the family has a tentative plan of climbing Mount Whitney this August, assuming we get passes through the lottery. I've come across a great description of the hike with tips and warnings that may help me visualize my way to success. I also need some camping time, maybe out to Anza Borrega to see the wildflowers. Things to do include desert hikes to a slot canyon or a palm oasis or PCT oak trees. And a nice meal in Borrego Springs to ease back into civilization

Triple Digits, Baby!

In case you haven't noticed, this is my 101st post for 2009! Some of my goals for 2009 are falling by the wayside, but I have managed to hang in there with my blog, my organic self-watering pots (2 more weeks and the first tomatoes should be ripe!) and my novel. Setting up a home office and finding a new job are still on the back burner, but hey, the year's only half over right? Now that I've got the momentum going with the blog, I'll have a little more time for the serious stuff.