The Domestication Project

I’m sure you’re dying to know how I’m doing with my 2010 Goals. Looks like I’ve made progress on 16/27. Here’s an update:

1. read eli a book every day – We’ve been pretty consistent with this, although he’d still rather eat the books than follow along.
2. write more letters
3. call someone every day (stop being a hermit) — Have called someone every day this week.
4. be purposeful about date nights with nathan, especially after baby2
5. have someone over for dinner at least 2x a month, once we’re in our new house
6. pay off all debt except for mortgage (including car) — Chipping away.
7. establish business as an event pianist — Have continued to practice my wedding music and am playing a wedding in April.
8. tithe regularly — This one is non-optional, so I won’t really be updating on it so much as just DOING it.
9. exercise 5 days a week, even if just a 5-10 minute walk — Started the year off rocky, but worked out 5x last week and have had a good start to this week as well.
10. be able to do 10 chinups again — This will definitely not happen until sometime AFTER I have this baby.
11. continue to do yoga @ least once a week — Have been consistent with this one so far.
12. restrict sugar consumption to weekends (…mostly)
13. travel to a new state (preferably california!)
14. explore museums in raleigh + charlotte
15. learn to use the manual settings on my camera — Dug the camera manual out of storage, but this barely counts as progress.
16. more books, fewer movies/tv shows — Am definitely reading more, but certainly not watching any less TV while N’s gone.
 Currently reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
17. volunteer at local pregnancy center at least once
18. turn off my computer for one full day every week
19. be organized — I bought my planner and have been trying to write things down as soon as I plan them/think of them. So far, so good.
20. learn basic arabic grammar and alphabet — Signed up for an arabic course! It starts next week.
21. cook through a cookbook – I chose my cookbook: How to Eat Supper. More on it later.
22. find the perfect roast chicken recipe/method — As I said in my previous post, I’ve tried one so far + loved it!
23. cook vegetarian 2 days a week so we can afford to eat ethical/healthy meat — This one is pretty easy to do with Nathan out of town. I eat mostly vegetarian when he’s gone.
24. have a designated day for each household chore, and DO it
25. not move anything into my new house that isn’t useful, beautiful, or meaningful — Have already begun going through our apartment, throwing out and donating unnecessary items. When I’ve finished here, I’ll get to work on our storage facility (ominous music)
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26. sew SOMEthing
27. plant an herb garden and not kill it