26 in 2006 rewind

So my sister did her wrap-up, and at the end she talked about some heavy premonition thing she's got going on, that makes her worry about next year.  That's really, really weird, because last night I was saying to S that I feel really uneasy right now, like something's not right, and I can't figure out what it is.  It's pretty scary that Kate and I are both feeling uneasy about next year, and makes me a little more scared than I otherwise might be.  Anyhow, I have a feeling that I may have done worse than my sister on the 26 in 2006 thing.  So without further ado....

1. Apply to a graduate program in library science.  At least one.  Yeah, no.  I decided this wasn't the year for that.  But I most likely WILL be applying to a program that is 100% online in the next year.
2. Watch the whole Monty Python series.  (I actually will attempt it this year.)  Yeah, no.  It's still completely shrink-wrapped.  But I did watch many other series--Weeds, Sex and the City, OC, Office.
3. Find a new apartment for S and I to move into (in the city?). YES!  We do live in the city, in a new apartment, and we LOVE it.
4. Floss every night.  I wish I could cross this off.  I did it for six months, but then we moved, things got interrupted, and anh.
5. Go to a museum every once in a while.  No.
6. Listen to audiobooks again.  Yes.  I listen to audiobooks nearly everyday, and I've got a fat audible gift certificate that will keep me in them.
7. Stop feeling like such a failure, and concentrate more on my successes.  It's hard to measure the success of this one, but I feel like it's definitely been the case this year.
8. Cook dinner at least two nights a week.  And by cook, I mean, start with RAW ingredients and, voila! meal.  Oh, this one burns me, because I totally did this until we moved.  And I've already discussed my kitchen here, and sigh, it just isn't happening.
9. Try to loosen up and go with the flow more often.  I'm pretty sure this hasn't been a success.  But I don't know.
10. At the grocery store, make fewer impulse buys that won't get eaten.  Definitely.  We've been 10 times better, and I would say that 90% of what we buy now eventually gets eaten, which is a HUGE improvement over last year.
11. Donate something every month to some charity, be it clothes, food, or money.  No, it hasn't happened every month.  But we've been really quite good.  It was a reality for the first 4 months of the year, and then when we moved in July, we donated bags and bags of items to Goodwill.  We then didn't do much unti this month, when I donated a little bit of money to some good causes.
12. Make an exciting new mix for my iPod based on Q101's "13 Years in 13 Days" thingy.  Yes, I did this.  I spent a lot of money doing this.
13. Try to see a few comedy shows this next year.  No.
14. Exercise at least three times a week.  I've never been able to maintain that while working full-time, and this year, I'm gonna try.  No, not even close.  Haven't really worked out once since we moved.  It SUCKS to not have a workout room.
15. Be a little more patient about certain elements of my life that come with what I've chosen.  If that's cryptic, it's because I'm trying to be tactful.  But don't worry, it probably doesn't have anything to do with you.  Now, here's one that I never should have written.  I don't even remember what it means anymore, and if I think hard, I can think of one thing that it could apply to, and the situation only got worse, so that's not good.
16. Get a kitty.  If I can convince S that I simply must have one and he should work with me on the issue.  Also no.  S is very, very allergic, and I'm allergic too, I found out.  So no, unless I can convince S to get shots.
17. Vote, and convince others to do the same.  I didn't vote, but we all know why.  Also, I re-registered, AGAIN, and still haven't gotten a card.  I'm going to try one more time, and then I'm going to get angry.
18. Try to cultivate some sort of relationship with my brother, if he'll let me.  Well.....things ARE better with Litty.  I even went to visit him at college.  So maybe yes.
19. I am not going to smoke.  NO cigarettes at all.  It's not like I'm a regular smoker now, so this just means that I'll have to cut out those every once in a while social cigs.  Boy, do I like those, but boy, I should stop smoking.  I did have some cigarettes.  In fact, I had A LOT of cigarettes in Vegas in June.  Oh well.
20. Clean out the fridge once a month.  Our fridge is always in a state of disgustingness--though mostly without mold.  Yes, absolutely.  Our fridge is 90 million times better now.  I clean it out almost weekly now.
21. Try to organize the books in the apartment.  Even though that might mean boxing books up and storing them somewhere else.  Ha! No.  But I did catalogue them online, at LibraryThing.
    
22. Try to institute some sort of special date night for S and I.  I'm not talking about garden-variety, dinner and a movie dates, but special things.  Different places, things we haven't done, expensive/delicious/once-in-a-while restaurants.  Even if it's only once a month.  Ha, no.  We're still not doing anything like this.
23. Get a new cell phone.  Mine is ancient and barely works.  I did get a lovely new cell phone.  Only it sucks too, because there's no headset for it.
24. Lose more weight/stick to WW for another six months starting on Tuesday.  I did that last year, and it really worked.  I'd like to do the same thing as last year.  No.
25. S really wants to make ice cream again.  I solemnly swear I will happily watch him do it.  No, although he still agitates about it occasionally.
26. Have a better year than last.  Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.

9/26.  I suck.  I'm making no lists this year, either, because I'm throwing 100% of my energy into the whole WW thing t his year.  So yeah.  WW, and let's hope that premonition thing means nothing.