Resolutions

Its that time of year where society gives us a big reset button. I think I actually heard January 1, 2011 challange me, "Okay Ashley....2010 was pretty stinkin awesome, but now you have to make 2011 even better"
1. Read more books. Now that graduate school has finished sucking my soul dry I want to learn what I want to learn...if that makes any sense. Spending tiem outdoors the last few weeks has rekindled my love for astronomy. There is nothing more beautiful than the night sky on a clear night. I passed up on an opportunity to study spectroscopy and its application in determining the atomic make up of the stars and now I can read what I want about them and when I want to.
2. Of course there is the sterotypical "get in better shape" resolution..which I hate...but I need to. ugh.
3. Work with Kepler to turn him into the worlds most well behaved dog. Okay, this one might be a little high but shoot for the stars right? I figure if I spend a really solid year focused on training and building our relationship the next however many should be much easier. This week we are doing leash training and the "lay down" command...He has already learned "sit" and shows great promise for learning things quickly.
4. Work on building our house into a home. The new house is so great, and I love it a lot...we just need to contiue to make it ours and fine tune things, both on a big and a small scale. We dont plan on this being our forever home, but there is no reason not to me it ours for now.
5. Develop my more artistic side. I have a few paintings I have promised people. I would love to get into a couple of local shows...more as a pride issue than anythign else. I also really want grow in the world of photography. Photography is a little bit more of an instant satisfaction vs. painting and I wnat to be able to document as many beautiful things this world has as I can.
6. Keep faithful to my blog :)
7. Travel to places I have never been before.
8. Become a better cook...this is for the sake of both me and Dan.
9. Be better at using resuable shopping bags
10. Waste less of everything
11. Be a better friend/sister/daughter/girlfriend..think of myself a little less and others a little bit more.

He sure is a cute puppy :)