Well, 33 days without a post. I appear to be failing miserably. I've been tremendously busy lately and quite overwhelmed - so much so that I forgot part of the reason I started this was to make sure I didn't track of things with so much going on in my life. I thought perhaps lieu of a New Year's resolution I could just pay more attention to the things on this list. Remembering that it exists is a good start.

Husband was completely sweet for Christmas this year and decided to assist me with this list with his Christmas gifts to me this year. Every tag had my name and the number for the item on this list the gift matched up to. I'm especially excited about the subscription to Cook's Illustrated magazine which matches up to Learn a New Recipe Once a Month.

I did manage to learn a new recipe in December - Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies. I also learned that when using actual crushed peppermint in cookies it is better to err on the side of less candy than more because the candy makes cookies very hard. Also, I learned that I really do need a food processor - something I had not been wanting to admit because it seemed like an unnecessary piece of equipment. I did not learn one in November, but I'm not sure that means I am off on that one seeing as how Nov was half over when I started...

Direct one production a year: This has begun. I have cast my women and I am still hunting some some more people. Rehearsals begin in 11 days.

Teach Husband's Cousin to make a pie: I did make this offer to Husband's dad & wife, they seemed un-enthralled. Not sure what that means. I'm not close with the cousin or her mom, so I'll have to explore this further.

Participate in NaNoReMo 2008: I was doing this and I simply could not find the time to continue. I WILL finish the book, but It's taken me far longer than the month it should have taken.

I'm thinking I should have included something about strengthening my relationship with Brother. He's not really "Brother", but in fact "Brother-in-law"however he's kinda awesome and I have no brothers besides him. As he is getting married in Feb, soon I will have two brothers - a fact I'm quite excited about. Brother lives in a far away land and when he moved we lost touch some. It saddens me that we are not close as we once were and I just feel I don't know him as well as I did. Certainly, it would help if I could make it to visit Far Away Land (which is actually on another continent and about 87, 032 hours by plane - okay really more like 17 hours) but being just a poor thespian I'll just have to save my pennies and work up to that one. It looks like I'll be spending some more time emailing him for now!