#11 - a very giddy me in front of the Cirque du Soleil big top in Montreal
It's been four months, which means it's just about time for an update on the list non? Here goes:
- take voice lessons 1/2 hour a week for six weeks during May and June, breaking for the summer but will go back in the fall
- hike a new-to-me trail
- sit by the ocean next month!
- take a plane somewhere
- create an e-book
- lose 10 pounds
- create and give art workshops centered around intuitive art-making and creative play
- write and submit an article (or a query) to a magazine - hopefully get it published
- find the user manual for Matilda, my trusty point & shoot, and learn how to use her manual settings full points with a note that it's a work in practice
- host a painting or tea party
- see a Cirque du Soleil performance a birthday gift from D., it was amazing!
- take a solo trip - it doesn't have to be far planned for August
- try a new recipe
- clean out my filing cabinet
- paint on a big canvas again - at least 30x30, maybe even bigger 1/2 a point for this one, I painted on two 20x40 canvases and plan to do so again
- take an art workshop, or two one textile sculpture workshop taken in June, more workshops booked later this year
- show my artwork in a local venue
- find a pair of stylish, dressy, warm winter boots
- find or create an occasion to wear the party dress my sister gave me for my birthday (I feel so beautiful when I'm wearing it!)
- find a pair of party shoes to wear with my party dress
- do my morning pages at least five days a week, every week
- host a few dinners, potlucks or game nights with D.
- see live music performances, maybe a few Bluesfest concerts took in Jazzfest AND Bluesfest concerts
- go to a movie theatre
- visit the National Gallery of Canada (here in Ottawa, no excuse!)
- go to NYC
- make peach preserves
- visit my parents and family in New Brunswick soon!
- hike a second new-to-me trail
- send cards and notes via snail mail - target one a month 1/2 point for this one too, I sent out a few notes before the postal strike kicked in - time to get back on track!
- print photos from our wedding to fill our wedding photo box
- print favourite photos from last year (trip to Gaspé, '70s housewarming party, art vernissage) and create a souvenir album I can flip through
- throw a belated birthday party
- go dancing 1/2 point, D. & I got our groove on at Le Piano Rouge in Montreal during a weekend getaway; but I want to dance more
- put $5000 aside in Savings YAY!
- do something with my series of Mandala line art created in 2005-2006
- get my hair and makeup done professionally
- continue posting here at least twice a week, even if it's just a photo or a quote according to my archives I seem to be averaging two posts a week, but this month's going to be tight!
Not too shabby, a few items complete with a few more coming up soon. I can live with that.
Now about losing those 10 pounds...