A New Year

2012 has been good to us so far. No work (until tomorrow), lots of football, and enough time to make some delicious foods and spend QT together - what could be be better? So far we've made chicken & spinach enchiladas, crock pot orange chicken, pulled pork, and even apple cinnamon doughnuts! When my busy season heats up in February and March, I'm hoping to spend a few hours each weekend to throw together a meal that I can take to work for lunches. I'll be eating take out for dinner for 2 months straight, so ideally I'd like some homemade food every day. I also recently discovered the website Pinterest, which has become my new obsession. It's essentially a place to organize and store bookmarks but also allows you to browse everyone else's bookmarks, so it's a great way to find new recipes and craft projects. Maybe next summer I can actually implement some of the DIY projects, but for now it's really fun to browse and get ideas.

Of course with it being the new year, I've also taken some time to think about what I want to accomplish in 2012. I'm not one for setting one "new year's resolution", but it's a good time to think about attainable goals for the upcoming year. So here's what I've come up with:

1. Continue getting into better shape and improve my distance running. I'd like to run another 5K this spring and a 10K by next fall.
2. Get out more! Explore San Francisco and the Bay Area. Okay so this is probably not going to happen until April - but I'd like to go to a concert or two, bike to Sausalito, visit museums, try new restaurants, kayak, and go hiking often.
3. Try a new food at least once a month. I'm the queen of sticking to the foods that I know I like, but I probably should experiment more.
4. Learn how to sew. I've wanted to learn ever since I was little - even getting a sewing machine one year for Christmas which has literally sat in my closet at home for 10+ years since I could never figure out how to thread it. So if I actually take lessons, maybe I'll finally be able to do it!
5. As always, save money, make friends, and show Jordan I love him :)