Hello, 2012! Looking back on 2011

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2012, folks. Yeah, I'm 3 days late in the game, but guess what? My New Year's resolution this year is to be kinder to myself. So I'm not going to beat myself up about it!

I had been dreading looking at my 2011 to-do list because I didn't want to be reminded of all the stuff I didn't do this year, but as I was checking it off, I realized that despite not doing some stuff on the list, I actually completed half of it! (And a little more than half of it if you put some of the partially completed items on the list together, such as writing in my journal every day until Forrest was born, completing 5 books and being halfway through about 3 others.)
2011 To-Do List

Participate in Thing-a-Day 2011

Make Myself at Least 2 Articles of Clothing here and here

Take a Ballet Class

Take a Family Picture in a Photo Booth

Start and Finish the New Baby’s Quilt

Learn How to Use My Serger

Work With Resin

Get Rid of 100 Things

Organize a Girl’s Night Out

Attempt a Cathedral Quilt Square (A Pillow Perhaps?)

Write Poetry

Leave a Toy-Society Drop

Make Treats and Bring them To My Neighbors

Complete 12 Projects from My Tutorial Bookmarks Folder

Journal At Least One Line a Day

Take Maternity Photos

Try a new food

Write More Letters

Leave a 100% Tip

Read 12 books

Make a diorama

Volunteer

Update my shops at least once a week

Spend one whole day with my family at the river this summer

Go camping

Save up for something my honey really wants

Hem/Repair clothing from my household that needs it

Pay off our credit cards

Go a week without electronic distractions (no internet, computer, movies, etc)

Master Oven Roasting a whole chicken

Some of this stuff I just ran out of free time to do, others I just kind of forgot about. I made blogging over at Mama Compton more of a priority in 2011, which I hope to continue in 2012. (I'm on a feminism and faith kick right now, if it's something you're interested, head over and join the conversation.) It was a really good year. I got a lot done craft-wise and even more done faith wise. I'm really excited about what 2012 has in store! Aren't you?

Be blessed.