Bring it 2012!

Weather you like it or not it's 2012. When the new year pops up it always reminds me that life moves too fast; and it take a lot more time to do stuff than you think it will. By now I thought I would be at least in Nursing School, that eats at me a lot. a part of it is my fault, wanting to go for my BSN first thing. But taking 1 class at a time is getting annoying. after our move, I AM going to at the very least take 2 class starting summer semester. I am almost done; an elective or 2 and some math and Nursing School here I come.

I have great plans for next year! Here's my growing list of stuff to do in 2012:

Buy extra food every time we shop and take it to the food pantry 

I made scarves this year and even though we are going to be in CA I don't want to forget about the people freezing in my home state. I really want to send scarves in the mail to somewhere. If I work all year at it I will have more than the 7 I finished this year, and I bet some will be really cool. I should try and make a hat that would be cool to have in the collection of warm stuff sent to the popsicle we call Illinois.

Volunteer for  the American Red Cross I really want to be on the Disaster Health Services/Disaster Action T team. 

Walk in the Susan G. Koman 3-day walk in San Diego. I am so excited about this. I am going to sign up before my birthday (Jan 7th) and then start fundraising. Nathaniel wants to do it with me so we have to raise double. Yicks! Not sure how we are going to do this, but I know we will figure it out.

Keep homeschooling Ellis sign him up for extra curricular activities like hockey and boy scouts.

More thrift store shopping. I am so sick of waste. If I can find a nice pair of Gap jeans or whatever at the Goodwill why is the hell would I go to Gap and waste 65 or more dollars on pants? And kids clothes? They are a joke it is the same price for way less fabric and then they wear it 1 time and spill spaghetti and chocolate almond milk down the front. If we need a new anything I am checking there first.  

Run more!!! I really want to run a 1/2 marathon; but running more than I ran last year would make me happy.

Buy a worm composter box. seriously check this out lots of information:  Uncle Jim's Worm Farm  I like these from an Etsy shop called Sacred Resource.

I don't think this list is too bad.  I also should put in that I am going to try to be a more optimistic, being a pessimist doesn't really help the cause of having a happy life. I have to thank mother nature for her Hypericum Perforatum other wise known as St. John's Wort. Thanks nature I needed the kick start.

I am ready to begin the new year! Good thing because it has begun and there is no stopping.