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This week’s Ten on Tuesday<\/a> list is 10 Things I Want to Do in 2012<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  1. Knit myself a sweater this winter.<\/strong> I have two yarn possibilities in contention and about a dozen patterns. You may see more about this later this month. Of course, the rest of my knitting resolutions for this winter<\/a> would also be nice to get through. <\/li>\n

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  2. Bake — at least once a month.<\/strong> I gave some baked Christmas gifts this year and then made some quick bread (double chocolate cherry) for Rudi and me to eat while watching the Rose Parade. I like doing it. I’m not always good at it, but even when you mess up baking, it’s still usually tasty.<\/li>\n

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  3. Read.<\/strong> I stalled out at just over 40 books for the year, well under last year’s number. I’d like to get back to reading one a week (and then quickly blogging about it<\/a>).<\/li>\n

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  4. Have people over.<\/strong> I think we fell to an all-time low for entertaining last year. I’d like to get this number back up to once a month. Maybe a potluck? Or a movie night? Or a way to not eat all of those baked goods mentioned above by myself party?<\/li>\n

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  5. Focus our cleaning efforts on one major thing a month.<\/strong> I’d like to keep the Burrow generally tidy, but we have way more than we need, and (I hope) it’s just a state of being overwhelmed that keeps us from dealing with it. If we divvy it up into reasonable chunks — like a month to deal with our two closets — maybe it would seem more manageable.<\/li>\n

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  6. Plan our next big trip.<\/strong> It would be nice to plan another big trip like Iceland for 2012, but it may be that we can’t take it until next year. Either way, I think it would be good to figure out where we might go next.<\/li>\n

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  7. Start going to yoga again.<\/strong> I vowed<\/a> early this fall that I was going to go to yoga every week and then I didn’t go to a single class.<\/li>\n

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  8. Explore four new-to-me restaurants.<\/strong> We get into a bit of a rut. But given I live two blocks from a plethora of restaurants, it’s a real shame I haven’t explored more of them, no matter how much I love Pete’s<\/a>.<\/li>\n

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  9. Gain access to the Library of Congress.<\/strong> Apparently the LOC allows people to get a card. It won’t let you take books out, but you can request them and then peruse them in the reading room. I want to be one of those people. Because how cool would that be?!?!<\/li>\n

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  10. Go dancing at Glen Echo Ballroom.<\/strong> Sarah<\/a> mentioned in her list this afternoon that she wanted to dance more, and that reminded me that several friends and I have thrown around this possibility for years now. 2012 is the year to make it up there and swing dance<\/a> our feet off for the night.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How about you? What are some things you’d like to do in the next 12 months?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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