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25 things I’m going to do while unemployed
So I don’t have 25 yet, but I’m working on it. Trying to get through a bit of this each day. [Ed Note: One year on I still haven’t made it through all these (14 out of 25, just big ones left I guess)…/feelingsorryformyselfandgetoffyourassDina]
1) Ride the Minuteman Trail w/ L.
2) Train for and finish the century in the Rodman Ride for Kids (you can sponsor me here).
3) Finish, rip or otherwise dispose of everything on my needles. (Ed. 1/2010: Almost there, I only have two things to figure out as of now.) [Ed 8/2010: still have that one thing, and a few new ones, but I think I’ll cross it off anyway.]
4) Finish my first “quilt”
5) Make something for D & R’s wedding.
6) Make my podcasting chapter KICK ASS. (Not sure what happened to this, but I think the books off.)
7) Try at least 5 new recipes. I’ve actually been making lots of new stuff, but I can’t remember all of it.
- Whole grain pancakes w/ blueberries YUM!
- New Mexican Green Chili
- Dimply Plum Cake (based on Smitten Kitchen’s version )
- Red Enchilada sauce for chilequiles (or as Bill calls them chilikillers)
8) Go to the Alamo. There is no basement btw.
9) See the bats in Austin.
10) Use new Kitchen Aid Food Grinder. The burgers we made were astounding. I highly recommend switching to your own groud meat.
11) Use new Kitchen Aid ice cream maker. Spumoni FTW!
12) Make our own sausage.
13) Learn to can or otherwise preserve more food.
14) Make something for J & T’s wedding. [Ed 8/10 well they just had a baby…guess that didn’t happen…will figure out something]
15) Clean the carpets (not looking forward to this, but it’s beyond time).
16) Paint the bathroom. I think I’m going to go boring and cover the green (which is a color I love, but it doesn’t match our towels) with a cream or chocolate brown. Our tile is mauve-y/pink so I guess any of those colors would make a Neapolitan bathroom. Bathroom is now a boring cream, but w/ the brown towels and pink tile it’s a sundae everyday.
17) Prep for, and run a half-marathon. Date is March 20th. Let’s see if the leg holds out. (BTW I’m using PodRunner Intervals as a training plan for now. That will get me to a 10K, after that I’d love suggestions for good music to run to.) [Ed. 8/10 FAIL: Time to try again. Starting from scratch]
18) Figure out my next move. This deserves a post of its own, but that might or might not happen, I have lots of ideas and options.
19) Go snowshoeing again.
20) Start piecing this quilt.
21) Make the two shawls requested by relatives. Easy-peasy stuff, one will be a Clapotis and I haven’t decided on the second.
22) Read several books on vegetable gardening.
23) Plan next summer’s garden.
24) Get my groove back.
25) Get a job.
