1 . Publish an article [article in latest issue of Light Leaks magazine!]

2. Travel to Japan [booked for fall 2010]
Our flights our booked and now we just have to decide where we want to go and what we want to see. Top on my list are Tokyo, Nagoya, Mijajima and Kamakura. I definitely want to check out cameras and get some Hello Kitty currency in Tokyo – I’m extremely excited!

3. Fast on all days of obligation [1]

12. Go to the movies (3/5)
- When in Rome: cute romantic comedy
- Avatar: groundbreaking graphics…no comment on the story
- the White Ribbon: weird and curious German language film…I was intrigued!

13. buy new art (1/2) – an 8×8 photograph raising money for Haiti

46. listen to new books on tape [5/10]
- Shanghai Girls: interesting story about 2 sisters and their relationship and secrets. They travel from Shanghai to the United States – anyhow, it was really good.
- Highest Duty: memoir of Captain Sully who landed the plane on the Hudson…really interesting story and life! A good listen!
- Dewey: story about a very special library cat – I thought it was touching!
- While My Sister Sleeps: Another story of sisters and a complicated web that forms when one sister has an accident that changes everyone’s lives
- Hana’s Suitcase: two stories told in one book about a group in Japan, modern time, doing research on the life of a little Jewish girl in Europe during WW2.
- I’m now on book 6 “Dreams of my Father” by Barack Obama, read by the author (before he became president)

69. take time out for myself
This past weekend we planned nothing in advance and just went with the flow. It was really great. It started with Schnitzel dinner at the German club and included a play date with my two nieces and sister and brother-in-law, the gtown, a haircut, 2 movies and lots of Olympics! It was a great weekend and it was so nice to have free time and enjoy it with family and friends.

73. Take part in a traveling camera project
I sent to camera to Vancouver and panicked for a while that the camera got lost in the mail but it made it there eventually! The camera has traveled from Vancouver and is now in Chicago. I am thrilled that the project is *knock on wood* working and hopefully it will continue to go well!

74. Visit Toronto [1/5] – I have a visit booked!
Looking forward to flying on Porter to go for a weekend in Toronto – good times!

To avoid this year being a groundhog day I have developed a useful list of things I want to accomplish. I have updated my list recently and added a few things, here it is:

1 . Publish an article [article coming out in the next issue of Light Leaks magazine!]
1a. work on more writing and publish more articles
2. Travel to Japan
3. Fast on all days of obligation
4. Do a solo show
5. establish my own workshops [update coming soon!
6. visit New York city [in the works!]
7. see a Broadway show
8. go to the top of the Rock
9. visit Carlos’ Bakery in Hoboken
10. Find the most peaceful place on earth
11. photograph it
12. Go to the movies (0/5)
13. buy new art (0/2)
14. organize the office
15. Buy a new Mac
16. go to the denist
17. go to the doctors
18. cross country ski (0/5)
19. visit Petrie Island (0/10)
20. sing karaoke
21. get my black belt
22. write a children’s book
23. throw a party [1/3]
24. don’t speak for an entire day
25. submit photos to a magazine
26. host a murder mystery party
27. read 5 books I already own
28. open an etsy/website store
29. swim in the ocean
30. organize old photos and negatives [I have started!]
31. do more silkscreening
32. maybe even make some shirts
33. shoot 1 roll of film a week [3]
34. learn to make moccasins
35. use all of my toy/vintage cameras [Jan 21 - Pop9, Jan - VivitarUWS]
36. paint the house
37. visit Hawaii
38. visit Orlando
39. use my stereo pinhole camera
40. build my Gakken TLR
41. use it
42. visit Cape Breton
43. make a 3 tier cake
44. take another cake decorating class
45. visit somewhere new
46. listen to new books on tape [2/10]
47. Organize my books
48. Get rid of books, etc…I no longer want or use
49. Create collaborative art pieces (0/5
50. buy a suit
51. do something spontaneous
52. kayak
53. take my vitamins
54. make ice cream (0/5)
55. learn something new
56. take a class [does work training count? my list...so YES!]
57. use my sewing machine
58. read the bible (or listen to it on tape
59. plant my garden
60. give Lily, my dog, a bath
61. Have a picnic
62. canoe
63. hike
64. say what I really think
65. create new prints (1/5)
66. swim with dolphins
67. swim with the manatee
68. blog and tweet regularly [I think so!]
69. take time out for myself
70. laugh, a lot [check!]
71. finish Lee Valley paddle
72. use it
73. Take part in a traveling camera project [I have taken my photos and passed the camera along to the next person! Check out our blog for more information]
74. Visit Toronto [0/5] definitely!
75. Upgrade my cell phone [on it!]