Right so I completely missed out on June's update.
1. Read More, nothing special, just reading.
2. Pay attention to my blog and post more - already started
3. Join BlogHer
4. Attend BlogHer 2011, wherever it is
5. Do what I need to do to get off one of my medications
6. Go to the Zoo - Spoke to a friend, we are going to go once the weather warms up.
7. Make a better attempt at brushing Gimli more than once a week
8. To achieve this, setup a grooming table in the laundry room - Started looking at grooming tables and reached out to a carpenter friend of mine. Will be able to make a better decision in a few weeks.
9. Start expanding the list of meals that I can cook from memory
10. Start branching out and cooking different things, planning is key and laziness is no excuse - Started planning out our dinners a week in advance, we'll see how this goes! This has worked out amazingly well. We aren't wondering what to eat every day and our grocery bill has shrunk as we only buy what we need for that week's meals.
11. Eat more fruits and veggies
12. Cut my hair, and not just a trim either, goodbye long locks.- I did this! See the post here: Hair today, gone tomorrow.
13. Get a 2nd corgi - This is on hold. We met with the Cardigan breeder and while the older puppy she had was lovely, she was reluctant to adopt her out. Oddly enough, I didn't feel the warm and fuzzy feeling with regard to the Cardigans, I think I'm a Pembroke lover after all. Mike and I decided to leave it at that. I was in touch with Gimli's breeder and she plans to breed this year, so there's that to look forward to.
14. Learn to walk two of them properly
15. Improve Gimli’s recall
16. Make a Pooh Bear gingerbread house
17. See The Lion King stage show -we went in June. This was an amazing show! It was true to the movie and some of the scenes, like the wildebeest stampede was well done. If there's ever a chance to see this play, go see it.
18. Continue with the No Complaint experiment - ongoing
19. Take more visits to The Arboretum and see our coyote friend again - Gimli and I went again on 4/30 now that the weather is better. It was only for about 1/2 hour, but this is totally something I can see myself doing every week or every two weeks.
20. Get off my butt and be more active -I've totally lapsed on this one. I plan to pick it up again in a few weeks.
21. Play with Gimli in the snow - went out with him in February when we had snow, had a great time romping and wrestling in the snow.
22. Try to make a snow ‘animal’
23. Get more sleep - I'm not quite there yet though, but this is slowly starting to get better. I find once I get into my spot in bed and on the pillow, I'll sleep straight through to morning, which is great for me!
24. Read Brene Brown’s book, The Gifts of Imperfection and apply it to myself
25. Woofstock? - we went in June, see the post here - Woofstock 2011!
26. Parasailing @Castaway Cay - not happening as its cost prohibitive.
27. Discover local restaurants in my city
28. See the Tim Burton exhibit- Saw this 2/26. I found myself wondering what other things Burton would have done if time and space warped and he met Walt Disney himself.
29. Go to the Animal mass with Jeannie
30. Make it to Trinidad to introduce Mike to the rest of my crazy family, hopefully I'll still be married by the time we return.
31. Go to the Winter Walk with your dog - Unfortunately, this was canceled due to a lack of attendees. I am still on record and they've said they will try to hold it again in Feb/March etc, so we'll see. If they choose to hold it again, I will definitely attend.
32. Start a new job - started Feb. 1st
33. Eat at a Summerlicious restaurant
34. Write a letter to Queen Elizabeth II for her birthday and include pictures of Gimli. -Sent it out before we went on vacation. And I got a response!
35. Lose anywhere from 5-10 lbs, I'm 122 lbs now. Its deliberately vague as I'm really only striving to look better in my clothes. I'm unsure if 5 or 10 lbs will do it, so starting off small. - am back to the drawing board on this. I've gained back what I lost so I have to start from scratch to exercise more.
36. See Rammstein again - Went on 5/8 and we had an awesome time, post coming!
37. Go to the Dog Jog - Went 3/27, had a great time! See post here: First Annual Dog Jog
38. Stop playing that soul sucking MMO that Mike and I started together, but I've been left in the dust - Officially canceled my account. Have uninstalled and surprisingly I don't feel any need to return to it. See my post about it here - Siren Song.
39. Do the Toronto Zombie Walk and bring Gimli along with us. I had aspirations of going in 2010, but it didn't happen. I feel this year will be different and I'd like to do it!
40. Take a Photography class this year.
41. Speaking of photography, I was looking through my pictures tonight and I was saddened there aren't more pictures of Mike and I. This needs to be rectified.
42. Start going to the Spa to get regular massages, budget permitting of course.
43. Sign up for the 5k walk at the Scotia Bank marathon later in the year. - Mike and I signed up along with my mom and brother and we are going to start training for it soon!
44. Return to the Church. This has been gnawing at me over the past few months and I keep telling myself to do it, but I haven't yet. It seems whenever I put things down on this list, they start getting done, so here it is. - Working on this one. Tried to go to Confession a few weeks ago, but couldn't find the priest at the Church. Determined to go back though and try again.
45. Start learning German - I have wanted to do this for a long time and I feel this is the year to do it. I ran through the trial version of Rosetta Stone and I actually picked up a few words/sentences. Once our money situation levels out, I'll definitely order the first 2 Rosetta Stone levels and get started. Soon I'll be able to actually sing the songs as opposed to wondering what they mean!
46. Train Gimli to listen - Based on my post regarding Gimli's atrocious behavior, we've started him on a training class. We've only been to one class thus far, so I cannot really say much, but it is my hope it will help him to focus on us more and to ignore distractions. I've seen some improvement since we've been doing our homework each night, but we have a way to go.
40. Take a Photography class this year.
41. Speaking of photography, I was looking through my pictures tonight and I was saddened there aren't more pictures of Mike and I. This needs to be rectified.
42. Start going to the Spa to get regular massages, budget permitting of course.
43. Sign up for the 5k walk at the Scotia Bank marathon later in the year. - Mike and I signed up along with my mom and brother and we are going to start training for it soon!
44. Return to the Church. This has been gnawing at me over the past few months and I keep telling myself to do it, but I haven't yet. It seems whenever I put things down on this list, they start getting done, so here it is. - Working on this one. Tried to go to Confession a few weeks ago, but couldn't find the priest at the Church. Determined to go back though and try again.
45. Start learning German - I have wanted to do this for a long time and I feel this is the year to do it. I ran through the trial version of Rosetta Stone and I actually picked up a few words/sentences. Once our money situation levels out, I'll definitely order the first 2 Rosetta Stone levels and get started. Soon I'll be able to actually sing the songs as opposed to wondering what they mean!
46. Train Gimli to listen - Based on my post regarding Gimli's atrocious behavior, we've started him on a training class. We've only been to one class thus far, so I cannot really say much, but it is my hope it will help him to focus on us more and to ignore distractions. I've seen some improvement since we've been doing our homework each night, but we have a way to go.
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