A New Year’s Resolution: Go Big or Go Home

A while ago we were reading a friend’s blog, the McGinness Clan and noticed something that both Christine and I found absolutely enticing and something that we both wanted to do. It was a “th (“st time in 8 months!)/lilispan style=”text-decoration: line-through;”Meet up with forum girls amp; babies/span (June 2009) /liliMove closer to family (hoping to do this in 2011)/liliNo CSI or Law and/or Order and/or 90210 /liliPAY OFF CREDIT CARDS (thanks to our tax return everything will be on one card now, so much easier to pay off)/lilispan style=”text-decoration: line-through;”Redecorate Christine’s classroom/span (No longer in a classroom due to new position)/liliWrite a book about Breastfeeding experience span style=”font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;”(In Progress)/span/li/olstrongCouple’s Goals/strongbr /ol start=”64″liBe together on our anniversary every year strong(Incomplete, 2009 away from each other)/strong/liliDance together at least once a year (can be in public)/lilisDress up and go to dinner on a day that is not our anniversary/s (we went on a date shortly before Nolan was born, we actually got a babysitter for Ainsleigh and everything!)/liliGet a couples massage/liliGive a gift to each other on a day that isn’t a holiday or a birthday/liliGive each other a time out card once every six months /liliHave one date night out once a month/lilispan style=”text-decoration: line-through;”Hold hands while walking on a beach/span strong(June 2010 in San Diego, CA, Ainsleigh was with us too)/strong/liliPost on our blog why we love each other at least once a year (has to be separate posts from each of us) strong(In Progress)/strong/liliSay “yes” to each other more/lilispan style=”text-decoration: line-through;”Stay in a hotel once a year/span strong(Thanks for all the hotel stays Bonnie, a.k.a. Noni)/strong/liliSurprise each other at least ten times in some romantic way/liliTake a cooking class together/liliTake a dance class together/liliWatch a movie in bed at least once/month with ice cream for six months/li/olstrongPhotography Goals/strongbr /ol start=”79″liFind something artistic and photograph it once a month/liliFinish wedding albums and span style=”text-decoration: line-through;”converting wedding video to digital/span span style=”font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;”(Video Conversion to digital complete January 2009)/span/liliGet a photo published /lilispan style=”text-decoration: line-through;”Start using Flickr Pro and post a photo at least once per week of the family/span span style=”font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;”(Completed: January 19, 2009)/span/liliTake 10 minutes of video every month (mainly of Ainsleigh)/liliTake a photo of something that makes you happy at least once per week/li/olstrongTravel amp; Exploration Goals/strongbr /ol start=”85″liEat clam chowder out of a sourdough bread bowl in Santa Cruz together/liliExplore the Spy Museum/liliGo to Monticello/liliGo to our 10 year high school reunion and not use money as an excuse of not going strong(Incomplete due to grad school and Christine having surgery on 10-year date in VA)/strong/liliGo to the Corcoran Gallery of Art/liliPut our toes in the Atlantic ocean/liliReturn to the park we visited on our first date with Ainsleigh (and Nolan-will do in August 2011)/liliSee a Broadway show/liliSee Niagara Falls/liliSee Salem, Mass./liliSpend a weekend in Chicago/lilispan style=”text-decoration: line-through;”Take a vacation that doesn’t include going to see family and is at least one week long/span strong(July 2010, Sesame Place in Langhorne, PA outside of Philadelphia, PA, it was three days but we’ll count it considering our schedules during this period)/strong/liliTake Ainsleigh to Disneyland/liliTour a California Mission/liliTour the Statue of Liberty in New York City no matter how long the line is/liliVisit 10 new places east of the Mississippi River/liliVisit every Smithsonian (almost complete)/li/olstrongMiscellaneous Goals/strongbr /ol start=”102″lispan style=”text-decoration: line-through;”Remove the word “retard” from our vocabulary/span (“

We’re one over, but this last one really counts, honest./li/oldiv style=”font-size: .85em; font-style: italic;”(Updated: August 26, 2010)