Resolution time

Blackberries in Ginger's garden. 

      Happy New Year!  It's that time of year again when we all vow to do better than we have in the past, secretly hoping to do at least as good as we did in the past.
      Here's mine:  In 2011 I resolve to:

1. Blog whether anybody reads it or not.  Writing is balm for the soul.   At least it is for me.
2. Continue my 10  minute daily yoga routine.  OK--this is one I hope to do at least as well as last year.  I do my yoga on the living room floor.  If I get up later than my husband and the football game is already on, I have to do it upstairs in my studio, which is not overly warm, so I have been known to skip.  What football game you ask?  The one that is on at the time.  What time"  Anytime of the day or night.  There are times when no football game  is being broadcast  you say?  Somebody should tell my  husband.  Maybe he purchased a  TV backdrop  like the fireplace one where it just goes on and on and on with appropriate sound.   I have never entered the living room when there isn't a football game on, once he has arisen from his bed.  I swear.
3. No.  I do not have to resolve not to nag my husband about his football habit.  I love TV football, yoga nothwithstanding.  It is the best husband sitter I know.   He surfaces when the room becomes unpassable with my on-going projects or when he  is hungry whichever comes first.  In the meantime, I project away, undisturbed.
4. I am going to garden more, preserve more garden produce, try more new recipes for garden produce, eat more garden produce and try more garden ideas and solutions.  You say that can't be done because I have  already been observed gardening anytime it is light outside and the temperature is above freezing?  Come now, that has to be an exaggeration.  Maybe this is a "keep up with last year" proposition.
5. I am going to learn to paint with watercolor.  There are those of you who think I can paint already.  Which means you are slightly behind me on the painting curve.  I love to impart my collected knowledge to eager students and workshop with those who have collected even more. 
6. Ditto drawing.
7. And cooking.  

           I have taken  a very big step since I moved to Olivia in 2005.  I have limited my daily pursuits to  the above four things:   painting, drawing, gardening and cooking.  No more hang gliding, political aspirations, deep sea fishing or other time consuming tasks.  No regular occupation.  No housework.   OK, sometimes I clean the toilet.  A few committees refuse to let me off.  Maybe this is another "keep up with 2010 accomplishments" category.
          That's enough to keep me out of trouble for another year.  Let me know what  your resolutions are.  You say you have attempted to comment on this blog and haven't been able to?  Good heavens, that reminds me that I have to make one more resolution.  Number 8.  Learn how to operate my own website.  If you've tried and haven't been successful, e-mail me at gingearl@yahoo.com.   I'd love to hear from you!