Thursday, January 19, 2012

summer goals revisited in the dead of winter

Remember all those summer goals I planned to accomplish.  The fact that I never posted about them shortly after summer ended should tell you something about how I did. 

A re-cap:
1. Work out 5x a week.  Yes!!  Maybe a week or two with 3x but made up for it with a few weeks of working out everyday. I only wish I could say the same about the Fall.
2. Sort through recipes and make some kind of binder/organizational system. Nope. Threw out the unwanted and stashed the rest in a recipe box, unorganized.  
3. Make vegetables the main dish of the meal 2x a week.  Gotta maximize on all the fresh summer veggies. Sort of. Yes, when I was cooking for the two of us.
4. Read in a different spot other than my couch or bed once a week.  I've got some cafe spots already slated: Velo Rouge, Blue Danube,Tartine, Bazaar.  I need some outside spots.  Not even close, but I did read a lot on various couches on both sides of the continent.
5.  Study 3 books of the Bible.  Starting with Hebrews.  Yes! 
6. Plant herbs on our balcony.  Ha! Bought herbs already planted.  Turned out to be cheaper than buying all the stuff separately.  The thyme and rosemary still live on!!  Basil and lavender not so much, but maybe they'll come back for a visit in the summer.     
7.  Make some homemade ice cream (sans ice cream maker).  Gotta find a recipe.  Browsed for recipes and that was it.    
8. Say YES to summer dresses week.  Wear a dress/skirt everyday for a week.  I LOVE summer dresses and have too many sitting in my closet feeling unloved because of our cool weather.  Gonna try and scope out the weather forecast for a warm week or succumb to wearing lots of sweaters and leggings along with them. Yes!!  I have a bunch of bad iphone pics to prove it, but not worth posting.  
9. Take a picture every hour of a normal or fun day.  Yes!!  This was fun.  Enjoyed looking back in my phone at them, so here they are.  This day had a mix of normal and fun!!  
Prepping for dentist appointment
Dentist
Still there
Found out I needed a root canal
Sorting through mail
Lunch with Gene and our Maryland friend, Connie, in town for a visit
Burritos!!
Blue Bottle and Miette at the Ferry Building
Bay Bridge Viewing 
Took Connie to Twin Peaks
Shopping for glasses with Gene
Dinner with friends at Nopa.  Forgot to take a shot before we started eating, I guess.
Over half of these people don't live in SF anymore.  BOO!! We miss you.  
Pie!!
Meal Planning
Bible Reading
10. Make my own wedding photo book.  Nope.  Started in the summer but finished on Nov 30th.  Just in time for the Christmas presents!!!!!   =)

So I certainly didn't accomplish everything, but it would have been way worse if I hadn't set any summer goals at all.  Looking forward to Summer 2012 goals, but it's way too early to be thinking about that now.    
The end.  


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