I think my favorite Gilbert and Sullivan is “Pirates of Penzance” but close in my heart for the amount of fun I have had working two different productions is “the Mikado”. And, of course, we screwed around with I’ve got a little list<\/i> but I can’t think of many productions that don’t add a little local flavor to that song unless they are purists of which I know three companies that perform G&S without changing a word and try to keep to the sensibilities of the time.<\/p>\n
Anyway, that song has been playing through my head for the past week. I seem to have the Eric Idle version on permanent replay. But strangely it has morphed into things that I want to do in the New Year. I have had a hard time writing anything down. I don’t know why writing something down makes it more real for me, I just know that it does.<\/p>\n
I know the percentage of NYR that go down the tubes within the first month is rather high.<\/p>\n
I know that life changes have to come in stages rather than trying everything at once.<\/p>\n
But I also know that I started the wheels on some of this last year in anticipation of this year.<\/p>\n
Last year I did a 101 in 1001 list and got next to nothing done on it (or so I think because I haven’t looked back at the list and I might be pleasantly surprised.) I know I started a bunch of stuff but my follow-through just sucked rocks.<\/p>\n
So this year the list is not 101 things long but it is still a little lengthy so I am going to put it behind a cut.<\/p>\n
I am grateful that I did put this list out here so it will become more “real” and motivate my follow-through.<\/p>\n
\n1. Exercise in some form each and every day. Just get my butt off the couch and do something more active than I have been. Be that sit-ups or bowling or full out at the gym. Just something to get my metabolism moving and possibly the endorphins back into wack.<\/p>\n
2. When typing, rather than going to spell check when that evil red line shows up, I will see if I can correctly spell the word without help. I know how to spell and I also know I have gotten lazy about spelling correctly which I need to be able to do.<\/p>\n
3. I will participate in my child’s continuing education. This includes doing homework with her, reading to her, encouraging her to learn things, participating as a PTA parent in our school, and volunteering in the school library.<\/p>\n
4. I will complete the challenges and swaps I signed up for including two that I should have and didn’t complete last year, the Discworld Challenge, and the Penny Doll challenge. I shall do at least one swap and one challenge for the Harry Potter group or drop the group next year since I am not participating. I will get things done a week before the convention rather than the day before or even at the convention. (which means I need to get cracking for Farpoint).<\/p>\n
5. I will exam all the Internet communities I belong to and trim down the ones that I am no longer interested in or participating in. I will spend less time on the Internet and chatting with others on the Internet and talk to the people in my house more often<\/p>\n
6. I will seek out opportunities that I know exist to earn income including the dolls, puppets and writing. I will set up an esty site this year and possibly try to sell a puppet on E-bay or through my website. I will work on promoting me this year<\/p>\n
7. I will write up that un-named project that Peter and I have been passing back and forth. I will write one comic book script this year just as an exercise in how to do it. If I can sell it, all the better. I will write at least an outline of the two books I have been working on and at least one of the three short stories I have started.<\/p>\n
8. I will write in my private journal once a day as a head cleaning exercise. I also will give myself permission to pamper myself once a week in some fashion. I will take time for myself and not feel guilty about it.<\/p>\n
9. I will read more this year. That is a habit I have fallen out of since I had Caroline and I really need to get myself back up to my old speed. So 52 books is my goal this year.<\/p>\n
10. I will clean and sort through the clutter. I will start in the Kitchen and then move through the house organizing the house so that on New Years Eve of this year, I can say that I know everything I have in my house (with the exception of the attic). I will also sort out the garage so we can get the car back in there.<\/p>\n
11. I will add a least 7 of new recipes to my repertory. I could create these or learn them but I want to add to what I can cook. I will bake bread from scratch at least once this year.<\/p>\n
12. I won’t let deadlines rule my world and make me feel guilty if I am doing something else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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