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My 2011 Resolutions

by Krista
Klaus Haapaniemi  ASIO FLAMMEUS

A print by the amazing Klaus Haapaniemi ASIO FLAMMEUS. Yours for £350.

I know I know…another non-food related post. But it’s December 28th and there’s no time like now to make plans for 2011. And this year, I really do want to have plans. Plans are good. Here’s what I’m thinking…

  • Give my accountant everything he needs to do my taxes NOW. You’d think that as a fairly intelligent person (I have my moments), I’d know how taxes work. But I’ve had a mental blank on doing my taxes since I got my first job back when I was like 16 years old. Sorry, I had to get this boring one out of the way first. Swallow the frog! Swallow the frog! (I love that phrase.)
  • Host dinner parties. Lots of them. Become good at it. Richard & Mireia and Bryan and Stacey and Feathers and Mr. Feathers and Anna & Stephen and Al & Louise were so good to me in London. I need to pay it forward.
  • Run 30 minutes every day in January. A nagging hip injury took me off the treadmill for most of 2010. 2011 is the year I get back on. Seriously. Running every day may seem like overkill, but I’ve been underkilling it for so long, it’s time.
  • In the grand tradition of the UK, No alcohol in January from Jan 3rd onwards. (Gotta give me the weekend at least!)
  • Use my new pressure cooker. Some of my fondest memories from childhood are the cchhh-cchhh-cchhh of the pressure cooker on a Sunday afternoon as my mom whipped up something special.
  • Start working on my masterpiece. That is, my book. I’ve been talking about this forever. Time (again) to swallow the frog.
  • Organize my office. This has a side benefit in that it means I’ll finally have to finish unpacking. You really don’t want to see what my office looks like now.
  • Hang up my art. I like art. I actually have some real stuff, thanks to Klaus. I love Klaus. You should check him out.
  • Ride my bike to work when the temperature is over 50 degrees and there’s no chance of rain. Riding my bike is one of the things I missed most about Chicago. It’s time to get back out there. Luckily I have the fantastic blogs Bike Fancy and Let’s Go Ride a Bike as inspiration.
  • Meet new people. Over the years, my blog has helped me meet a ton of great people in London like Gourmet ChickAmerican in London, Howard & BenHollow Legs, Cheese & Biscuits, Food Stories, Eat Like a Girl, Ms. Marmite Lover and so many others. (Please don’t be offended if I didn’t include you here. I love you all. Seriously.) And it’s also served as a Visitenkarte in many a foreign location. I need to do more of this.
  • Break-even. Running a blog is not cheap. This year, I had Typepad costs and then porting-to-Wordpress-costs and designer costs as I moved everything to Chicago and well…I love my blog. But it would be nice if it wasn’t a black hole of money.
  • Blog about things besides restaurants…

I’m SURE there are more resolutions I’m forgetting. What do you think? What other resolutions should I have in 2011? And what are your resolutions? Do tell, do tell…

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Gourmet Chick 2010 -

Enjoying the random posts Krista and thanks for the mention – it has een great meeting you, Alice and loads of other lovely other people via the internet as well. Good luck with the new years resolutions – I think I might adopt your bike riding one.

adventureswithben 2010 -

Great resolutions. Love the comment “black hole of money”. It made me laugh. If you’d like to Guest Post (about food or something else) on my site, let me know! Happy New Year.

catty 2010 -

28 Dec is a brilliant time to make plans for 2011. I still need to think about mine! Sad I never met you in London but you never know, our paths may still cross. x

linguinadc 2010 -

I agree with lots of them…they are on my list too; Dinners parties, run and gym, art (for me postcards and picture), meet new people… i wish you all the luck with your resolutions.

Londonstuff 2010 -

30 minutes of running sounds like a great plan, and, more importantly, doable. I’m running the marathon in Seville in February and I’ve let the running go a little bit during December. 30 minutes a day followed by a long run at the weekend sounds like the perfect plan. As does a lack of booze 😉

Have a great 2011 and I hope everything settles down well 🙂

msmarmitelover 2010 -

I’m adopting all of your resolutions. Except for the no drinking in January one.
I’m coming to New York in January! To visit supper clubs…are you around?
How far is Chicago?

LondonRob 2010 -

Love this print – I think one of my new year’s resolutions may be to buy it!

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