I am finally finding the time and courage to face my blog again. Hello! It's been a while old friend. I re-read my resolutions for 2011, and surprisingly I am not doing so badly. There are some hits and some definite misses, but the beauty of October is, there is still two months to finish the rest. Here's an update:
1. Work to either change my habit of procrastinating or to accept it. I haven't decided yet. I am still undecided... but I still have 2 months.
2. Feed my family really well. Okay,so I may have missed the mark on blogging at least 2 new recipes a month, I have been trying new recipes, and I will release them in a volume. As far as Olivia's explorations in the food world, she is now a full fledged eating machine. Despite my best efforts to introduce her to things like tofu and veggies early on, she has inevitably become her own person, with her own, very picky tastes - sigh.
3. Write. Epic fail.
4. Enjoy the hell out of my last 4 months of maternity leave. I want to spend as much time as possible with my sweet little babe. Reading her stories, playing guitar for her, and generally loving her to bits! I want to keep on volunteering. I am currently working in the nursery at church, helping with worship services and working at the community thrift store. Check, check, double check!
5. Get out and do stuff. I feel like there is still some room for improvement on this one, but I have been making a concious effort, enduring some rather painful community events, along with some awesome ones!
6. Give my dreary blog a face lift.
7. Facebook less and face time more. This has been done, but I am still missing some of my amazing Calgary friends. Now that we are living in the sticks we don't see them as much as we would like.
8. READ... CHECK!
9. Walk and cycle more. Yes, I got a chariot this summer, so we did some biking late in the season (mainly errands and grocery shopping) and we get out for a walk at least twice a week now that I am back at work.
10. Support local business as much as it is feasible to do so. Check mark!
11. Play, listen too and enjoy music as much as I used too. This includes expanding my record collection by at least 3 records off of my must have list this year. Woops, there are still two months left.
12. Grow something for my family. Well, I had the best of intentions, but mainly I ended up growing food for the creatures small and furry. For the 6 weeks of summer we ate more lettuce than we could stand, and then the local wildlife discovered my garden and engorged themselves on beans, beet tops and baby zucchinis. In the end, the only harvest that I really enjoyed were the lettuce, parsley and tomatoes!
13. Get more involved in my church community. Ugh, check this one to a fault. I am now the Children's Ministry Coordinator at my church, and have not been to an entire service since May!
14. Channel my inner domestic goddess again! I miss her!... I still haven't found her yet. We had some wonderful new neighbours move in next door and she frequently reminds me that "housekeeping never keeps, hugs and kisses do!"
15. Find some sort of employment that makes a difference in the world. A vocation where I can make the world a better place for at least one person, and also recieve a paycheck. Again, I have overcommitted myself. I now have three jobs and am interviewing for my fourth tomorrow. Clearly I am going to need to make a decision if I get this job tomorrow, but I love all of my other jobs so much.... even though the paycheck thing isn't really there yet.
16. UGh....
Can I add number 17 to my list of resolutions in October? Well I just did.
17. PRAY.
i will be change. i will live change. i will embrace the world as it changes. i will be the change i wish to see in the world. with my own two hands.
