Observe and report

So … it is now Jan. 19, well past the time when many people abandon their new year’s resolutions. It seemed like a good time to check in with mine.

• try noodling. I still haven’t found a guide.
• wear skirts more often.So far, I’m sporting a skirt once a week. That’s a huge increase from about twice in all of last year.
• go to Lacoste again (or, at the very least, drink more French wine). Check “yes” on the second part.
• speak more Spanish at home and keep practicing French. Not so much, unless cursing counts.
• acquire more chickens. I’ll start looking for chicks in March.
• clean out my pantry. I got rid of a couple of items. OK, so they were expired. It’s a start.
• stop letting my son’s superhero noises bother me. That’s an uphill battle, but I’m working on it.
• see Adam Ant in concert.I bought tickets for the Feb. 11 show. Then he had to push the tour back six months. (He’s not in rehab again.) (OK, that’s what his people say.)
• see Van Halen reunited with David Lee Roth in concert. They will be in the Southeast in April.
• visit the Brannens in Abu Dhabi. Hmmm … March or June.
• go camping at least once. Too cold right now.
• see my friend Tina’s new place and finally talk her into visiting us. Hasn’t happened.
• stop pretending I like to listen to NPR in my car. I outed myself during a class yesterday. Liberation!
• audition for a play or musical. I hear there are auditions for “Rent” in March.
• actually go out for drinks/dinner with my friends Matt, Pam, Kathy, Lee, etc., instead of just talking about it. Hasn’t happened yet.
• either part ways with my padding or to stop talking about it. I’ve been to the gym twice a week since Jan. 1 AND I made money because of it, thanks to GymPact.
• make homemade pasta more often. I made shrimp and mushroom ravioli last week.
• take a cooking class to improve my knife skills. Signed up for a class next month.
• go to more of the interesting festivals I like so much (such as the Redneck Games). The Redneck Expo and Golf Cart Rally will be held April 6-7 in Bainbridge. That sounds like a winner!
• write more, read more, talk less. I’ve written columns for the local paper, so that’s good. (What’s bad: I let more than two weeks pass between posts on this blog.) I’ve mostly caught up on my magazine reading. And I caught myself being quiet and not chiming into a conversation the other day. Progress!

So there you have it. I’ve also added one more: Learn to do the Running Man and Moonwalk.

How are you doing with yours?