The Pittman Family New Years Resolutions
1. Stay a weekend at a B&B in a small town.
2. Find fulfillment, work-life balance, and happiness in a job. (Meg)
3. Start walking, jogging or hiking. and/or join a gym. Get some form of exercise @ least, 3x weekly. Get in shape
4. Cook more. Eat more vegetables/ healthier
5. Consume only one soda/fried meal a week (Dan)
6. Better invest idle alone time
7. Visit family in California
8. Express myself artistically (Meg)
9. Visit Tricia, Doug and Rylie in Lena, IL
10. Get a bike for Meg
11. Work in the yard. Clean out back yard. DIY Landscaping
12. Try to find a church that we like.. try to go.
13. Make time for extended family.
14. Save some money.
15. Invest money.
16. Finish certifications. Make progress towards data center (Dan)
17. Plan/take a vacation (Pacific Northwest, NYC, Beach, CA Or Hawaii -- At this point... looking like Maui with Family Gorham in late June. WOO!!! )
18. Learn to sew. Set up sewing machine. Make Curtains for master bedroom, living room, office, and dining room(Meg)
19. Manage migraines without as many meds (Meg)
20. Practice more yoga.1-2x a week (Meg)
21. Learn better stress management. Prioritize. (Meg)
22. Plant an herb garden
23. Go to Dublin, TX
24. Recycle. Buy a Bin. Take bottles and cans to recycling center at least 1x monthly.
25. Buy more organic produce. Buy fewer processed products.
26. Spend less on material "stuff" that doesn’t matter
27. Be more spontaneous with our plans.
28. Invite out of town house guests to stay with us.
29. Host a dinner or cocktail party
30. Buy a dining room set. Create a dining room that will be physically and conceptually the center of our home.
31. Paint house interior / power wash exterior
32. Stop condescending (Dan)
33. Replace light fixtures and ceiling fans in most rooms in our house. & add backyard lighting.
34. Replace fixtures (knobs, switch plates, etc.) throughout house
35. Spend a weekend in Austin, just the two of us.
36. Spend a weekend floating the Comal river in New Braunfels (or swimming in a natural spring) with pals this summer.
37. Go skiing or on a mountain vacation (2011 or Future)
38. Visit Grandaddy more often (Meg)
39. Go to Canton, flea market/thrifting more often
40. Go to NYC and/or Boston (2011 or Future)
41. Avoid laziness (Dan), Embrace laziness (Meg)
42. Go to farmers market more
43. Learn something new (skill) (Dan)
44. Stay in touch with old friends, Make new friends.
45. Finish wedding thank you notes
46. Send birthday cards to long-distance friends and family.
47. Start a bucket list
48. Try new foods and restaurants
49. Start having Date nights at least 1x weekly
50. Sell the Meg mobile, get the Meg a new car
51. Hang artwork, pictures and frames on walls in our house. (Also. Order prints from our wedding)
52. Minimize time spent watching desperate housewives and like trashy TV. Choose documentaries instead. (Meg)
53. Meditate. Spend more time thinking/prayer/meditation
54. Go to the dentist
55. Go to doctor for annual check-up (Dan) Find a gynecologist and make an appointment (Meg)
56. Go camping and/or hiking. Spend more time outdoors in general.
57. Plant a tree.
58. Go on a TX beer tour (for Dan's Birthday)
59. Go on a West Coast road trip...to Napa/ Russian River Valley/ Portland, Oregon (2011 or Future)
60. Throw a "housewarming" party.
61. Keep in better touch with Christopher and Emily
62. Go to CA for Emily’s HS gradation or Senior Presents
63. Go to the beach
64. Go to a drive in movie theatre
65. Stargaze.
66. Create a mural on the cement wall in back yard.
67. Get a hair cut. Make a style change (Meg)
68. Stop wasting time holding grudges, being a mean girl. Make a sincere effort to not say mean things about people.
69. Start Journaling/ Blogging
70. Read more (Meg)
71. Clean out closet / donate / sell
72. Do something with the "drum room"
73. Volunteer
74. Go to Ft. Worth zoo
75. Go to Dallas Arboretum
76. Walk the Katy Trail or around White Rock Lake
77. Go to Ft. Worth Botanic gardens
78. Go to the DMA
79. Go to Dallas Symphony
80. Go see one of the summer musicals / Take a day off to go to the TX Fair
81. Make an effort to not be as messy at home (Meg). Make an effort to clean more (Dan)
82. Cut back on candy and sweets, refined sugar in general (Meg)
83. Stop texting while driving
84. Use random acts of kindness to show our friends that we care.
85. Be genuinely comfortable in my own skin, physically and mentally.
86. Be a positive influence.
87. Have thanksgiving at our new home. Make new family holiday traditions
88. Take more pictures to document our first year as a married couple.
89. Fix the flip. Take more home videos.
90. Drink less coffee. Drink more tea. Take Vitamins and supplements.
91. Go to Ft. Worth Ginger Man, Flying Saucer, Ft Worth Beer Festival
92. Go wine tasting in TX Hill Country
93. Splurge on a pretty party dress. Wear it somewhere special.
94. Plan something special for our first anniversary.
95. Limit intake of Chili’s and comparable bad-for-you restaurants
96. Do the dishes as we go. Don’t wait until the sink is full.
97. Write down successful "recipes"
98. Surprise each other with small things that say “I Love You”
99. Pay off Macy’s/ BofA credit cards
100. Create Etsy shop to sell Goodwill/Thrift finds
