Well we had a great Christmas in Connecticut with Megan's family. Finn's first Christmas was full of fun moments especially now that he is on the move. Crawling here and there and pulling himself up on whatever he can use. It was a full house with 6 adults, 1 kid, and 2 dogs, but that made it fun. The holidays are always better with family all around. To get to the point and why I am sure most of the people check the blog here are the photos from Christmas this year.
Megan and I talked about New Year's resolutions for 2010. We decided resolutions haven't worked that well in the past so we said we would put down some goals. Goals have some measure where you can say if it was accomplished or not. Hopefully they work better for us than the resolutions of years past. I don't know if Megan will post her list, but I am in the hopes that making them public will create the forcing function I need to get them accomplished.
Here are my 5 goals for 2010.
1. Read one book every month. I usually listen to a couple of audio books each month but haven't been reading as much as I would like or should. So this year I will attempt to read one book each month. Out of the twelve books one will be a classic in the vein of Great Gatsby or Of Mice and Men. Another will be a current literature e.g. Cormac McCarthy's The Road. The third will be a biography. The other nine will be whatever I come across.
2. Improve my carpenter skills by adding closets to the bonus room and finish the bonus room so that it can be used for something other than storage.
3. Participate in a half marathon, and actually run the whole time :-). I figure this is a better goal than just to say to get in shape. There are two possibilities for 2010 with the Marine Corp in May and the Blue and Gray in December.
4. Complete Spanish Level 1 and 2 in my Rosetta Stone program. Megan bought me this last year for my birthday. I used it for awhile and then the computer crashed. I had to rebuild and lost all my work up to that point. I never went back and started again. I would like to be able to teach Finley some phrases while he is young and can pick it up easier. It is either this or move to Mexico for a few years like my friend, but I don't think Megan would approve of that.
5. Cook a brand new meal each month. Megan and I have about 20 recipes that we rotate through in order to have enough meals for the week. We could use a few new ones so I plan to try something new each month in the hopes that we can find some that we like and add them to the rotation.
Well that is my list. I will post updates each month on how I am doing just to help keep me motivated. This will also make sure that I update the blog at least monthly.
Later
Hud
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