Goals for 2010 - Update #1

So, my father-in-law asked me recently how I was coming along with my 2010 [and beyond] goals. Here is my list again with my comments in red:

• Read through the whole Bible
• Get certified to foster again - we are working on this now
• Begin the adoption process
• Print black and white photos and get them framed for my b&w project - this is on hold until we sell our house (it's not wise to put more holes in the wall to hang pictures when we'll just have to take them down before we put the house on the market).
• Eat something I’ve never tried before
• Build a snowman - COMPLETED on 2/12 [my birthday] when it snowed about an inch at our house
• Go visit Angie in Denver
• Go out west with David and Brad - our trip is scheduled for the end of May 2010!
• Learn how to oil paint
• See the Grand Canyon - our trip it scheduled for the end of May 2010!
• Volunteer somewhere
• Go to Disney
• Christmas carol at nursing homes on Christmas Eve
• Get better at photography
• Work on our photography website
• Buy an antique
• Paint our whole house (inside)
• Go see Samford (basketball) play an away game - COMPLETED 2/27/10 we played Appalachian State in Boone, NC...and saw TONS of snow at the same time
• Plant a garden
• Do some canning with the vegetables grown in my garden
• Be successful with a compost pile
• Send thank you notes for things I wouldn’t normally send them for
• Get better at sewing
• Keep my car clean - so maybe this isn't possible, I might just remove this from the list
• Make my own laundry detergent – COMPLETED 1/9/2010
• Make my own dish washing detergent – COMPLETED 1/4/2010
• Make a piece of jewelry
• Lose 25 pounds
• Spend Thanksgiving camping somewhere
• Drive to NC to cut down our Christmas tree
• Camp at Oak Mountain - COMPLETED 2/19 to 2/21
• Learn to speak Spanish
• Buy an old/ugly piece of furniture and refinish it
• Eat more fruit and vegetables
• Cook at home 5 nights a week
• Go see Samford’s football team play FSU at FSU (fall 2010)
• Get our house ready to sell
• Move out into the country
• Write a letter to our 3 Compassion kids quarterly
• Get some chickens (once we move to the country) for fresh eggs
• Create a blog to sell the things I make
• Knit a scarf (and actually finish it)
• Give handmade Christmas presents
• Make some more bird houses