Uberlist 2007

These items on the Uberlist are not resolutions. These are a list of things I want to do now, this year, as soon as possible before I get too old to even care anymore. Things I want to improve, places I want to go, ways I want to be a better "me", outings with friends, and so on. Hope it inspires you to create a list. I hate New Year's resolutions. These are things that I don't necessarily have to do this year, but things I want to do, or at least try and do. Things that I can easily carry on to the next year, but still, things I want to do asap. I got this idea from this blog. Enjoy!

Family

• continue to eat every meal at the dining room table unless it's "picnic night"
• visit Neil's grandmother more often, she is our last remaining grandparent
• utilize children activities in my area more, like the play area at the mall, the library, Baby Talk with Jennifer, The Children's Museum, parks, etc.
  
• videotape family more
• dedicate Sunday to family time only
• never skip church

One-Time Tasks

• finally download Chicago pictures from summer, burn CD for Heather & mom
• upload Neil's Japan pictures
• do Beth's pictures in Photoshop and burn CD for her

Personal Goals

• get back into yoga
• try pilates finally
  
• meet with a lawyer to revise our will
• waste less time online
• save money
• home: quit stockpiling & hoarding, throw more away
• regular car cleaning
• home: finish up and put away laundry within 24 hours of starting it
• fun: Read more of my chic lit books; make more time for reading period
• personal growth: tell my dear friends and family members how much I love them, and do it more often, just say "I love you" more
  
• cook more homemade meals for my family - try new recipes, at least once a week to start!
• listen to more music - it relaxes and rejuvenates me, especially my folk tunes
  
• shopping: only buy things I REALLY need
• sell the rest of my ebay things this year - two tubs full of things

Organization

• keep my email emptied out and organized, respond promptly!
• organize my photos
• organize my scrapbooking, sell my un-needed items
• organize my office better
• organize old client negatives/files - toss weddings older than 3 years
• read magazines and catalogs promptly, throw out regardless after 2 months
  

Creativity

• get back into the flow of using my creativity in other mediums: drawing & painting, for example
• finally get my pictures in order starting from our wedding 7 years ago, then Noah, and then Maia
• create albums for the above - nothing fancy that requires a lot of time and money, just simple - I need to make it as easy as possible or I will waste a lot of unnecessary time
• write in my personal journal more, as well as my children's journals which I use to be so good at keeping up on
• make an effort to spend one day a week shooting pictures with my D200 of my children instead of my little point-and-shoot
• make time for the small creative projects I have put off in Maia and Noah's rooms
  

Work

• redesign my website
• buy Photoshop CS2
• actually use my Wacom table or sell it
• sell all unused items (cameras, lenses, filters, etc) that others could make use out of
  
• calibrate my monitors monthly
• clean up my computer desktops monthly
  

Money

• file income tax on time
• save, save, save
• make the most of my business while having the least amount of overhead
• pay off my photography debt
• finally pay off my college tuition
• save for our 10-year wedding anniversary in 2 years - we want to go someplace out of the country but it's a secret ;)
  

Friends

• Nat & Shawn: make more of an effort to visit them (and Bella & new baby) in St Louis
  
• Kristin & Chris: make more of an effort to visit them (and Jack) in Peoria
  
• Andrea & Rusty: make more of an effort to visit them (and Audrie) in Peoria
• Matt & Anissa: while in Peoria meet up with them and the fam
  
• Jen & Ryan: fly out to see them and Addy in Mississippi before October, hop over to New Orleans and reminisce
  
• Alexis: fly out to see her and the fam in North Carolina, while there, drive over to see Lisa and fam in Virginia, possibly trek up - or meet halfway - Hen Jen in Maine
  
• Brad, Chel and Ella: fly out to see them in Oklahoma
• Jamie: meet her for lunch once/month, more if possible
• Sara: shopping extravaganza with her in Chicago, spend more time in her new digs
  
• Jason & Jo: see them and their new home in Chicago
• Allison: make sure I see her at least twice/year
• Heather: continue seeing her almost weekly and do a girly getaway (just her and I) over a weekend
  

Health-Beauty

• eat healthier - more veggies and fruits, drink more water
• schedule appts for my tonsilectomy (ENT) - finally! - and my appt with dermatologist
  
• start back with yoga 3x/week
• use lotion on a daily basis
• paint my nails once a month (right now it's more like once a year, not kidding)
• go back to getting twice/year spa pedicures
• continue staying out of the sun
• be more breast cancer aware
  

I am sure I will add to this in the coming days, maybe even weeks. I hope it inspires you to do one. I have a feeling as I cross things off my list, I will also be lifting a great amount of weight off my shoulders. I am really looking forward to doing just that. I am going to add this to my sidebar.