Winter bucket list update #2
Well, another month has flown by, and it’s time to check in on my Winter Bucket List progress. I’m feeling pretty good about things at this point, though there is still some work to be done.
Health and fitness
1. Try three new healthy recipes.
Mission accomplished! And ahead of schedule. With my new cleaner eating habits, I have had the motivation to try several new recipes, including chardonnay pork chops, potato topped skillet, sirloin strips over rice, a strawberry kale and spinach smoothie, an edamame quinoa salad, and egg muffins. So far, they’ve all been hits!
2. Choose a 10k race and get registered.
Mission accomplished here too. I have registered for the Utah Valley 10K, taking place on June 9. Now I just need to get back to running. 🙂
3. Sign up for a personal session with a Utah Retirement Systems representative (financial fitness).
Mission accomplished. I signed up and met with the Utah Retirement Systems representative. For more on my experience, visit yesterday’s blog post.
Joy
1. Visit the Midway Ice Castles.
Sadly, this one will be a no-go. I procrastinated too long, and due to the unseasonably warm weather we were having, they closed early. I’ll try again next year.
2. Attend sangha with my daughter.
Mission accomplished. I attended sangha yesterday with my daughter and the Salt Lake Buddhist Fellowship. I absolutely loved it. Perhaps a full post on this topic will be coming soon. Sangha, as I am using the term here, refers to a community of people practicing the dharma together in order to bring about and to maintain awareness, understanding, acceptance, harmony, and love.
3. Celebrate New Year’s in Mazatlán. This was accomplished last month.
Learning and growth
1. Improve blog photography, specifically backgrounds and lighting.
This one is ongoing, though I did purchase the backgrounds and tripod last month.
2. Research https and decide whether (and if so, how) to make the transition.
I have not started this one yet. It is my next area of focus, though.
3. Read a new personal development book.
This one is in progress. I purchased Time to Fly, a book of daily inspirations, and am reading an excerpt each morning.
Relationships
1. Send a card a month.
I sent out a lot of cards this month–some thank you cards and Valentines. I will send out at least one more this coming month.
2. Plan and carry out an activity with the grandsons.
I’ve done nothing on this one. I am contemplating pushing it until spring, so we can perhaps attend a baseball game or a soccer match.
3. Celebrate our 19th wedding anniversary.
Mission accomplished! Larry and I had a wonderful dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. This caramelized banana pie was on the house. For a look back on our 19 years of marriage, see this post.
Well, that’s my progress report for this month. I’d love to hear what you’ve been up to this winter. If you have a Winter Bucket List, please feel free to link up with us. Even if you don’t, click on the button below to read others’ lists. Who knows, you may find some inspiration for things you’d like to do!
But before you go, please leave a comment with one thing you’ve done–or hope to do–this winter.
Good for you! I would love to know more about Sangha… so please write that post!
I’ll do it! Thanks Janis and have a lovely day. 🙂
Happy Anniversary, Christie. Nice to see you achieving all your goals. It has been a good winter for you 🙂
By the way, I have https for my blog – https://profoundjourney.com – and am finding it is well worth the extra bit of effort to get it set up. I don’t have a single problem with my blog being blacklisted or interpreted as spam.
Thanks for the encouragement Karen. I admit being scared of technology. ?
Sad that you had to postpone the ice castles but now I have something to look forward to hearing about next year.
Your healthy recipes sound scrumptious. I particularly like the sounds of the pork chops. Do you pin the recipes? I would like to check them out.
Yay for 19 years of marriage and a steak house celebration! And for signing up for a 10K. I cannot wait to get this boot off my foot so I can begin running again. I am all for saving your special outing with the grandsons til spring. You can be outdoors and do so much more then.
I haven’t pinned any recipes, but that’s a good idea. I got the recipe from a magazine, so I’m not sure about copyright rules. I’ll look for an online version I can share. Good luck with your foot. ?
Pork chops are pinned. Success.
I have never heard of Sangha but there are lots of things I have never heard of then someone writes a blog about them. lol Way to go on your goals. Right now my only goal is to make through each day
One day at a time. Sometimes one minute at a time is all you can ask. ?
Congratulations on your successes, Christie! I’m interested in your https research. Please write about it if possible.
I will do that. I’m only a little terrified of messing with my blog. My technological skills are pretty much nonexistent.
Re: reading a personal development book – I included reading one non-fiction book per month to my list of yearly goals, which includes books on personal development, and I have to say that doing has been an unexpected benefit in that they are causing me to become much more introspective about my own life. Up next is Gretchin Rubin’s new book on creating more positive habits, titled ‘Better Than Before.’ Hoping it will assist me in continuing to chip away at my bad sugar habit!
Congratulations on your Anniversary, and hope you enjoyed a wonderful steak at one of my favorite restaurants!
Reading one non-fiction book a month is a great goal. Even books that aren’t specifically self-help, like biographies, can be inspirational. Thanks for the recommend on Gretchin Rubin’s book. I’m going to check it out.
Looks like you’ve accomplished quite a bit! Thanks for sharing at The Blogger’s Pit Stop! Roseann from http://www.thisautoimmunelife.com
You’re welcome. I love the Blogger’s Pit Stop for the wide variety of topics covered.
Congratulations on all of these accomplishments, Christie. You are very inspiring!
BTW – A agree – a baseball game or soccer match with your grandsons would be lovely!
Thank you Donna. This has been a good list for me — the right blend of enjoyment and growth.