Yay for 2024!

Resolutions for 2024

Read 45 books

52(ish) Saturdays project

 

What I'd Like To Try

My book binding kit

More cross country skiing

Curling

Crafting meetup at Buffalo Ridge Brewing or Brookings Fiber Arts group

Printing

Learn to make gifs

Identify the trees in my yard and the neighborhood

My 2023 Resolutions

Read 40 books Read 44!

Firsts from 2023

Seeing the Northern Lights!!

Going to Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks with Heather and Christina

River tubing with Mariah

Visited the Minneapolis Sculpture Park

Experienced the Sandhill Crane Migration with Mom

Hosting a holiday music jam at my house

Making book skirts

Being on a SuFu Circuit Relay team (with book skirts)

Wreath decorating class with Erin

Got a Halloween costume (skeleton hoodie) for Olive

Submitted paintings for shows at the Madison Area Arts Council

Visited the Jolly Green Giant in Blue Earth, Minnesota

Joined the Great Outdoor Store Pathfinders group

Hiking with Bren in Colorado

Favorites from 2023

Getting my bedroom repaired (I love the new paint!)

Girls' Adventure Trip with Heather and Christina

My hammock, particularly reading over my lunch hour with a La Croix 

More camping with Olive 

Riding to pie with Mariah

Going on a bird-watching hike with Mom 

Book swap at Running Book Club (complete with haiku tag) 

Hooray for 2023!

 My 2023 Resolutions

Read 40 books

What I'm Looking Forward To

All Creatures Great and Small Season Three

More Snowshoeing

Celebrating Ice Cream for Breakfast day again

What I'd Like To Try

My book binding kit

More Instant Pot recipes (starting with Chicken Vindaloo)

Meal prepping with Erin

2022 Resolutions

Read 40 books - read 41!

Make a new recipe every month - I made several new recipes but not one each month

Firsts from 2022

Cross Country Skiing

Running with Olive

Snowshoeing with Olive (four times so far!)

Camping with Olive

Olive's first road trip (to Lawrence and Hutchinson)

Matching Christmas Pajamas 

Prairie Surfing

Being a volunteer photographer for a race (Glacier Hills Ultra)

Glassblowing\

Making ghee and Chicken Biriyani (the ghee was more successful)

Hosting a Solstice Soup Party with Erin

Making home insurance claims (for the derecho)

Carrying a petition

Pink highlights 

Favorites from 2022

Getting back into running

Running Book Club

Kids Trail Race at Tuthill 

Puzzling with Grandpa over Thanksgiving

Lawrence trip!!

Celebrating ice cream for breakfast day

Cooking and baking with Erin

Stand-up Paddleboarding lessons with Brenna

Trail Sister Gathering with Mom

Here's to 2022

 My 2022 Resolutions

Read 40 Books

Try one new recipe a month

First time making breakfast on my grill

What I'm Looking Forward To

Hiking trip with Christina and Heather

Going to Colorado for Madison and Clayton's wedding

Using my paper binding kit

Me in Merkel, Texas

What I'd Like To Try in 2022

Cross-country skiing

Hot stone massage

Snowshoeing at Oakwood Lakes State Park

Take Olive snowshoeing

Go to Hello Hi in Sioux Falls

Part of the Trail Sisters group on our trip in Wyoming

2021 Resolutions

Read 35 Books - Success!

View from my tent, Ryan Park Campground, Medicine Bow National Forest

Firsts from 2021

Hiking at Curt Gowdy State Park

Camping at Medicine Bow National Forest

Medicine Bow Peak

Adopting a puppy on my own

Training a puppy

Went to Abilene (and Merkel), TX

Knitting my first adult-sized hat

Framing and hanging a lot of stuff on my walls

Going to Lincoln, Nebraska

Making breakfast on my grill

Participating in the #Warm4Holidays challenge and making hats to donate

Getting my furnace filter wonkiness fixed

Haircut (and highlights) before and after 

Favorites from 2021

Getting my haircut and finding my current stylist

Bourbon Maple Syrup

Covid-19 vaccine (Johnson & Johnson) and booster shot (Moderna)

Olive

Olive sleeping (and not wreaking havoc) 

Added: Some of my knitting projects from the last two years (way more than previous years!)

Thank goodness for 2021

Last year's post never made it up because I had to say goodbye to my dog, Callie, right at the new year. 

As a record, I'm posting the version I had saved in the drafts. 

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My Resolutions

What I'm looking forward to

Covid-19 Vaccine

My next haircut (whenever that is)

What I'd like to try in 2021

Snowshoeing at Oakwood Lakes State Park

2020 Resolutions

Read 30 books - success! 
Do another Photo 52 project
Continuing my gratitude journal - more success! 
Doing a 20/10 (from Unf*ck Your Habitat) most days of the week

Firsts from 2020

Living in a global pandemic

My dad passing away

Made a galette
Made ginger rhubarb jam
Rode on the Elroy-Sparta Trail (Wilton to Sparta section)
Hiked in Wildcat Mountain (name?) State Park in Wisconsin
Knit with three colors
Living the work from home life (since March 13th) 

10 months without a haircut (and longer hair than I've had since junior year of high school)

Buying hair clips

Wearing a mask inside other buildings/stores

Tea Advent Calendar

Favorites from 2020

Getting a television (after a few years of not having one and then having a HUGE old one before that)

Used books and secondhand cardigans (I just keep buying them)
Cinnamon graham crackers
Adding feeders to the back deck and watching the visitors (Downy Woodpeckers are my very fave)
Ordering groceries online and curbside pick-up
The Art Assignment
Pahla B's Walk/Run workouts

Welcome, 2020!

My Resolutions
Read 30 books
Do another Photo 52 project
Continuing my gratitude journal 
Doing a 20/10 (from Unf*ck Your Habitat) most days of the week

What I'm looking forward to
Trip to Boulder, CO (next week!)
Framing and hanging some of the prints I have
Doing more yoga videos at home

What I'd like to try in 2020
Snowshoeing at Oakwood Lakes State Park
Ice skating at one of Madison's outdoor rinks
Sledding in Madison

2019 Resolutions
Read 30 Books - Success!
Continue my gratitude journal - more success!
Photo 52 Project - and I didn't do this one at all. 

Firsts from 2019
Going to London
Eating blood sausage, roast bone marrow, and sticky toffee pudding
Camping at Oakwood Lakes State Park
Camping at Big Sioux Recreation Area
Going to Door County, Wisconsin
Camping at Peninsula State Park (Wisconsin)
Making popcorn (and quesadillas) on a camp stove
Keeping up with the dishes (since September)
Buying a grill (happy birthday to me)
Buying a garage door
Going to a Pound class
Going to the Mayo Clinic for Dad's surgery
Being in an article for the ACLU's magazine
Participating in the music jams my dad organized at Sundog Coffee
Helping my dad put in the door to the garage (the regular door, not the garage door)
Watching the D38+2 riders come into town
Being flooded in (all roads from my house blocked by floodwater, thankfully my house was fine)

Popcorn, cheese, and apples at Peninsula State Park

Favorites from 2019
My electric tea kettle
Going on two early morning runs in London and feeling like I had the city to myself (running a figure eight in St. James Park and crossing the Thames a few times)
Getting to see the Oliver Jeffers show at LAZinc in London
Riding my bike to my friends' houses (and getting to use my new bike lights after my birthday)
Listening to the Weezer cover album with all the windows down as we (Vaughan, Mark, and Emily) drove out to go snowshoeing at Lake Herman

From my run in St. James Park

Welcome, 2019!!

My Resolutions
Read 30 Books
Photo 52 Project
Continue my gratitude journal

What I'm looking forward to
My pile of books to read
My Dog Rates daily calendar
Sioux Falls Pride Gala

What I'd like to try in 2019
Drawing a blank for this one - we'll see what opportunities come up

2018 Resolutions
Read 29 books (surpassing my goal of 25 books)
Kept up with a gratitude journal all year
Made some new recipes (not one a month though)

Firsts from 2018
Training for and completing a half marathon
Having my photos up in a coffee shop (Thanks, Sundog Coffee)
Hosting brunch at my house (twice!)
Completing the Irishman (5 mile, 5K, and 1 mile run)
Camping in the Badlands (and in Spearfish)
Looking for the Poet's table in Custer State Park
Visiting Montana
Visiting Glacier National Park
Seeing a Grizzly bear in the wild
Helping form a new BSA troop for girls in scouting
Phone banking for a candidate/initiated measure/organization
Door knocking for a candidate/initiated measure/organization
Getting into the habit of making my bed everyday (LAMOB-ing - as in, Let's All Make Our Beds)

Favorites from 2018
Buying secondhand clothes on Poshmark
My lawn service and snow removal service
Running in December in the evenings and looking at Christmas lights
Blair Braverman and dog mushing twitter
Jessica Dore's (@thejessicadore) twitter and Instagram posts

2018!!

My resolutions
Read 25 books
Try a new recipe every month
Keep a daily-ish gratitude journal

What I'm looking forward to
Women's March 2.0
Running with my new light-up vest
Paying off my car

What I'd like to try in 2018
Half marathon
Full Sprint Triathlon
Triathlon with an open-water swim
Watercolor painting
Needle felting
Making mittens with my Icelandic wool

2017 Resolutions
Was more politically involved than I've ever been
Read 23 books (not *quite* 30)
Photo 52-ish (missed several weeks, rebooted project a few times without trying to catch up)
Didn't make any progress with Spanish

Firsts from 2017
First triathlon
First (three) trail races
First 10K
Ran a race in a tutu
Ran a race as a mermaid
First Masters Swim Meet
Visited Madison, WI (and Oshkosh, WI, Mankato, MN, and Des Moines, IA)
Participated in a march (and then three more)
Attended a legislative coffee and asked a question (it's totally okay if your voice shakes)
Attended Pro-Choice Lobby Day
Competed in an adult spelling bee
Volunteered for the ACLU and Planned Parenthood
Bought a dishwasher
Participated in the FABRAD ride
Had a flat tire on my bike and fixed it (with help)

Favorites from 2017
@dog_rates and @dog_feelings on Twitter
Trail running and then pancakes on Sunday mornings
My GPS watch
Tater tot waffles (mushing frozen tator tots in a waffle maker = amazing)
Working dishwasher <3 nbsp="" p="">Decorate your own gingerbread camper kit
Being outside and out at the state parks way more than I have in years (another plus of triathlon and trail running)
Running in a tutu (and our snowman costumes for the Christmas Tree Skirt Run)