Beastmomma

I am really coming down to the wire on my New Year's Resolutions.  I had four for this year and they were:

1. To make 26 new recipes.  I have been reading a lot of food blogs and they have inspired me. I also want to eat healthier and expand my cooking scope. 

2. To make a scarf. When I have my surgery, I am going to be off my feet for three months.  In order to make the time pass quicker, I am going to try to knit at least one scarf.

3. To post at least 24 times per month on the blog. I want to increase my average monthly posts from 23 to 24 per month.

4. After recovering from surgery, I would like to make and achieve another fitness goal.

So far, I have completed 21 recipes and I am four away from completing the resolution. I am not sure if I am going to get it done because trust me when I tell you that it is CHALLENGING to cook for my family. I was telling Sonja tonight that my palate has gotten very different from that of my parents and brother.  Unfortunately, my mother was in the same room, so I could not tell her that I thought my parents were trying to make my brother feel more comfortable in the kitchen.  As a result, I think that they give his culinary efforts more props then mine. I could also just be acting like a brat because I want to knock their socks off with my cooking and that has not happened yet. 

Plus, when I asked my brother what he thought about a potential soup I was thinking about making he said, "Why can't you cook something with meat for once?"  In response, I wanted to say, "For the same reason you cannot seem to finish college--I cannot be bothered to put energy into it."  However, I think that would have reflected anger and issues that are my own and I did not want to put that energy out there. Instead, I talked about my comfort level and wanting to finish these recipes as easily as possible. I am more willing to try different spices and cooking technique with vegetables than with meat. That is something that may change, but for now this is where I am at.   My other potential back up plan is to make a meal on New Year's Eve.  

I did try to knit a scarf, but I just did not have the passion for it that I had hoped.  The scarf is about half done and I am hoping that I will complete it some day. 

In Feb, when I had my surgery, I only posted 11 entries. I thought that this would ruin my chances of raising my average number of entries to 24 per month.  However, I entered a challenge in November and I just kept rolling with lots of entries into December.  So far in 2006, I have posted 306 times which averages to 25.5 entries a month.  After such a crazy year, it does feel miraculous that I even completed one resolution.  I am glad that it is the one which allowed me to write every day. Blogging is both very personal and global.  At the risk of sounding arrogant or foolish or something unsavory, I just want to thank you for reading this blog.  It means a lot that I have become part of an internet community that feels like home.

As for a fitness goal, I feel like I am still in the midst of recovery. Therefore, I am giving myself a pass on this one.   The desire to be healthy and physically active runs deep and is getting stronger.  I am hoping to manifest the wish for the health in a non-negative manner in 2007. I just have to figure out how to do it.