Where have I been? Is there anything gardening-related to blog about in December and January? Well, sort of, no. I mean, we’re stretching it here if I want to dedicate a whole post to receiving my first seed catalog, although I did do a little dance when it came in. I’ve come up with other ideas for fun blog posts, so maybe I’ll post more often in these winter months?
I’m dedicating this post to some* of the non-gardening things I want to accomplish this year.
1. Read anew the Winnie the Pooh books, specifically Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. They played a pretty key role in my childhood and likely contributed to my love of forests, woodlots, and the creatures that call those places home.
2. Visit the Bingham Canyon Mine near Copperton, Utah. It’s one of the largest man-made holes on the planet, which is disturbing, but impressive nonetheless.
3. Start up an Etsy site and start selling knitted goods (e.g., cowls). I’m not entirely sure why I want to do this, but I need to at least give it a go. And I’ll need help, Marissa 
4. Run. I talk about this a lot, but I really need to start running regularly. Even if it’s a measly 1 mile a few times a week just to get me back into it. I did run a 1/2 marathon a few years ago, so this is not impossible.
SLC 1/2 Marathon 2008
5. Start eating more whole grain foods and fewer white breads and such. I never used to have a problem with this, until I moved here to Utah and started cooking for an additional 2 people who ate at restaurants daily until I arrived.
6. Reduce the number of things in our house (and garage). I really dislike accumulating things year after year.
7. Start using my 20+ reusable shopping bags. No excuses.
8. Get ducks? Should I finally do this? I probably need ducks like I need a hole in my head.
9. Yoga. Enough said.
10. Pay off my car! Hooray!
11. Visit the Smoky Mountains in May to bird and to see the eastern flowering dogwood in bloom. This is already planned
12. Grow eggplant, if only because it’s the sexiest vegetable ever.
13. Blog more!
*I could keep adding to this list and delaying the publishing of this blog, but why?
