Good Bye 2010!

Dear 2011,

Please be better than 2010. Because 2010 kind of sucked. Not all of it.

A toast to my friends, new and old; family, present and lost; and my blog followers, known and unknown.

Copy/Paste from my Facebook note...

2010 was kind of a rough one. Initially, I thought we'd be golden, but it started with a cancer diagnosis and everything kind of changed from there. 2010 is ending on a more positive note. M has a new job; I'm quitting my part time job to seek other ventures; there are potential home improvement projects on the horizon; and my passion for dance has grown into this uncontrollable force to be reckoned with.

It's that time of year again when I start thinking of all the items I wish to accomplish in the upcoming year. All pending that there are no disasters to hinder progress. Here we go...

Small Stuff:

• Get a new dishwasher.
• Organize the home office so that it's productive and I can find things!
• Paint the guest bathroom.
• Take a ballet and jazz class at least once a month.
• Cook one meal from scratch once a week. (Using fresh ingredients when available... not bagged stuff.)
• Practice more, when I am at the studio. (Not play on my IPod...)
• Find new Latin shoes that actually fit. And are comfortable. And don't make me want to fall over.
• Repeat my samba routine without messing it up at the beginning and fixing all the quirks we ran out of time for.
• Continue to learn about the manual settings on our SLR so I can keep taking pretty photos.
• Complete my Project 365.

Medium Stuff:

• Compete in two WCS events. Try Strictly Swing, if I can find a partner.
• Compete in a Pro-Am ballroom event that I haven't been to before.
• Successfully learn paso doble and put on one hell of a spring showcase routine.
• Continue my "rule" to only go into the studio if there are two 45 minute sessions of interest (so, a private lesson and a class... 2 classes... etc.)
• Continue to take Thursdays and most Fridays off from dance. (Sorry, social dancing friends!)
• Apply for the CMP exam.
• Study for the CMP exam. Yes, this means I'll disappear into a pile of books from the end of May until late July. :( No PSC for me this year.
• Take the CMP exam in July.
• Travel to NYC (by myself)! Visit Elizabeth and swing dance at John Lindo's studio.
• Travel somewhere with Matt, pending his vacations.
• Find new clients for the graphic design business.
• Figure out more retirement options. (For Matt.)

Big Stuff:

• Stay healthy!! Figure out all of my ailments and injuries, while not gaining new ones. That goes for my family and friends!
• Learn west coast swing forwards, backwards, and sideways, so I can successfully choreograph something. Or at least social dance with a follower without doing 27 consecutive sugar pushes.
• Turn August 2011 into a giant party month. You only turn 30 once.