Yah. Hey, good luck with that. I get up in the morning and I think I'm doing well.

Of course, I'm down with the Arial font. Bold. 12 pt.

Once again, I'm gonna keep on posting until someone else notices.

I like bullets; I especially like using them in Word, where the styles are automated. Makes me feel like I know what I'm doing. This blogger stuff is for the birds. I can barely figure out how to bold stuff.

It's good to have a list! Or not. Some people are maybe not so much listmakers. But for those of us who are, New Year's is MECCA, baby.

I bring lunch to work every day. It gets kinda boring (since I have a severely limited list of acceptable lunch foods - can't require heating, refrigeration or utensils), but I figure, it saves me about $6 - $8/day. How people more poor than I can afford to eat out every day is beyond me. And then they do the barstucks thing for coffee - another $4. Crazy.

List:
1) Read CAP every day
2) Knit

I enjoyed your lists very much. Another listmaker - they make me feel in control even if I NEVER DO ANYTHING ON THE LIST. That is the beauty of lists! Say - I discovered your blog 6 months ago and it has been a delight. You have shared so much over the year - I laugh, cry, drink wine, wish I had cats, remind myself to finsih knitting.

I really hope that your 2006 is a fabulous year. Re the dating - maybe the cute cabana boy will take you to lunch? The best thing about lists is doing TWO AT ONCE!!

Thank you, Aunt Purl

:) I love you, Purl. You make my day.

Wow. I could have written that list. Thanks, Aunt Purl. I hope to get to "date" at least once or twice this coming year.

Here's wishing you and me both a great 2006!

Kimberling you are so right!! I was thinking I may combine going out salsa dancing *and* my b-day, heh heh.

Monkey! I also have a limit on what I can bring for lunch. We do have a fridge but limited access to a microwave. So salads and sandwiches are about it. But I figure it saves me also $4-10 a day.

this was terrific....
I need to start my own list.

Amen Mary!

I figure that any date will be terrifying but if I go on one, I will have gotten over the scary first-time-post-deevorce-dating thing. Then it will be no big deal. Plus I can always come home *afterwards* and play Grand Theft Auto or knit!!

I always knew we were kindred spirits. There are few things I love more in life than a good list. I have lists on my deks, on my fridge, in my desk at work, in my school bag.. you name it. I even have a journal that I keep a never-ending list of things I am grateful for in. There is something about a list that soothes a tired soul.

I also share the joy of list-making. Nothing feels bettter than a little check or a big sharpie-line through a completed list item! I am inspired by your list (I prefer "lists" over "resolutions" anyday) and will ponder my own over the next few days!
Cheers to you, Auntie Purl!

LOL at Grand Theft Auto...I never got past Super Mario Brothers 3. But yeah, knowing that knitting or a good book is waiting for me at the end of the date is kind of comforting.

Your budget is excellent! Like the note about making $9K a month. Why not? Maybe soon we all will be making that much. I will buy two houses then.

I SO get your list-making. I, too, make long lists of everything I can think of because, yes, it does make me feel like I have accomplished something. It also helps me to not forget why I went to the grocery store the second I step inside the doors. My favorite part was the thing about writing down stuff you've already done just so that you can cross it off. I totally do that!

Lists. It's love-hate with me. I love the feeling you described of "being on top of this!" but then when I'm looking at the the list, I start to feel, "Hey! I can do what I want! You're not the boss of me!" and ditch said list. But I like making the lists.

Ditto with the loving of lists. Sometimes it is the only way I can not feel completely out of control with all the things that need to be done.

Lunch is pricey! When both me and my husband were buying lunch it would total $75-$100/week easy! That is figuring about $6 for me and $10 for him...he is 7 feet tall and skinny as a rail...whatever. It saves so much money I can actually go to the good yarn store at least once a month!

I love me a list. In fact, my lists are so similar to yours, I think I may just print out your list. Wait, let me put that on my to-do list: P-r-i-n-t o-u-t...well, anyway - what is up with all the nightly rain? And are the people in Pacifica going to die?

Mmm, lists. I love me a list.

Perhaps I shouldn't mention this, but I noticed the "Knitting" list did not include "Finish the unnamed cat thingamajig and tell the blog what I made." Are we ever going to find out what you had planned? Just curious. I mean, even if you don't finish it, I'd like to know what it was supposed to be.

Have you ever heard of The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon? It's about this woman in Japan, she worked for an empress or something. Anyway, the empress got these blank books that she didn't want so she gave them to her maid (Shonagon) and the maid made lists, etc. of anything and everything. I just read about it in a novel. But I found it on amazon. I think you, being a list-maker, might like it. Anyway, it's called a Pillow book because she hid it in her pillow. AND Library late fees OMG .. my current late fee is $6.10 and I still have two books out (overdue). And I just HAVE to comment on your 80's pics. I took a group of girls on a trip to Mexico in 1989. They were 14-17 years old. One of them I teased a lot because her hair was in pictures that the rest of her body wasn't in!!! Too funny.

You are my KINDRED SPIRIT! Oops, what that a little to stalkerish? Yeah, sorry 'bout that. But seriously, I live and die by making lists (not actually following them, but by making them).

I have to-do lists, need to buy lists (for work and home), yarn I want lists, what to knit lists, grocery lists, who to call lists, thank you card lists, etc.

They are EVERYWHERE. I am surrounded by discarded lists in my car, in my various knitting bags/baskets, and at work. I even found one in the fridge a little while back (and it had nothing to do with kitchen-y stuff either).

Thanks for making me feel like I am not the only one out there. Your humor always brings a smile to my face. And I GET you on so many levels. Thanks again!

I make lists on New years of "What I Want in the Next Year." Some of it is material stuff and some is more esoteric. Then I stick the list on the inside of my bathroom cabinet door where I come upon it occasionally. I try not to limit myself to what is reasonable to expect -- instead I try to describe some of my hearts desires. I always put "World Peace" on there for good measure. There are about 5 years of these lists in the cabinet now. What's interesting is that there seems to be a 2 or 3 year time lag, but eventually I get what I say I want (except for
World Peace... so far). Then the lists become a list of successes and blessings.

Taking a guess here... "Finish the... novel?" I hope? :-)

Laurie,

I love lists also. They make me feel cozy and in control (as if that's possible). Of all your intentions, I think the most important one is "choose happy over sad" and repeat as often as necessary.

Hmm, I'd rather stay at home to play GTA and/or knit than go out on a date. However, I like to think that I still have a lot of my life left in front of me. (I'm 19.) Hmm, now that I think about it, it is kind of sad.

I'm hoarding Up Country too.

This is the first time I've commented--just want to say I love your blog.

I am addicted to Post-It notes and the little tape flags. Great for marking pages in knitting books and magazines.

I love lists. I have a little notebook I carry with me so I can constantly make lists, add to lists, cross things off of lists, etc.

Excellent list, Laurie. And good luck with the budget - I'm notoriously bad with money. Always tempted by the siren songs of food, yarn, booze, and chocolate. I'm working on my 2006 resolutions right now and my list is gonna be damn long. Ack.

Lists, gotta love them. I am a die-hard listmaker, and being a little OCD, love to carry my lists around and cross things off (yes, crossed off!) I should make a list for my life, too. Big, long list.

Isn't it funny how just writing down what you want/need to do/dream of knitting/etc. makes you feel more in control?

One last thing: what are the cats doing now? I do love your cats.

Here's to a fantastic 2006 - you definitely deserve it. And good luck sticking to The Budget - I'm horrible with money, always led astray by the sensuous sirens of food, booze, chocolate & yarn.

I am a list-maker too. And perhaps this makes me a stalker, but I love to read other people's lists, so your list-making entries make me very happy. :)

I don't think Sobokawa will tolerate your thinking about cute puppies, but I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment.

Happy 2006 y'all!

does a list count if it's totally mental?

like i have a list in my head that says...

my daily day
- get to work... on time ish please
- get breakfast- take twenty minutes
- read paper and eat breakfast- take however long is necessary to read paper
- read every blog in supplemental list once, occasionally twice if i posted and i'm a stalker with nothing better to do and hoping that my comment will get answered
- figure out ways to waste time
- go home
- knit and play with cat

there's no real room in there for any eating other than breakfast. lunch and dinner are up in the air...

and i guess now that list has been committed to internet... so...

damn. my question no longer counts

Comprehensive is the word that comes to my mind! exhaustive list that makes min look like trash! And i so feel ur beat on the post its
have a lovely day
love
g

p.s. i am a post-it-note freak. but people steal my o-so-kewl post-it's because they are jealous of their kewlness. i have blue and lime green right now, and some kitch-ie white ones with my company's logo emblazened on the side... post it's are stationary heaven. and staplers

Library fees are civic minded! I think of them as a donation. I just try not to incur them on books where I was #917 on the waiting list.

Here's to 2006 being better than 2005. It can't be that hard.

can your list include going to snb?

it should.

I'm not a list maker. Never have been. But there's quite a lot of evidence at this point (and frequent suggestions from my boss) that perhaps I should be. I like your list. I like a lot of things on it, and very definitely need to do the 'bring lunch' and 'stay on budget' ones. Maybe the first thing on my list for 2006 should be to make more lists?

Wow, what an amazingly detailed list. My rough mental list (now not mental, since I'm posting it, as "me" pointed out above) is much simpler. Exercise regularly again, eat better, knit more, socialize more, drink less. Hmm. Specific details might make these feel more attainable, eh?

Purl, your exhaustive list is exhausting me and it isn't even 2006 yet.

After my divorce, a zillion years ago, I found that all the grungy crap took care of itself when I focused on only five things:

1. Cats are the conceptual key to the entire universe.

2. Cats, knitting, music, and good books can truly give me everything I desire - and they combat loneliness since I'm never alone without those things.

3. Love myself first - then the "loving everyone else" part is so easy.

4. Wine is a gift from the gods, but like all good gifts, should be shared and not used alone.

5. The only way to find a decent guy that loves you for who you really are is to BE who you really are, an authentic person with all your quirks and weirdness and wonderfullness and bad hair and cats. Guys tend to fall into your lap when you least expect it. My second husband, the love of my life, walked in on me in a tanning salon - literally feel from the sky - once I realized that being myself was fine.

Hang in there girlfriend - it's all OKAY! We love you -

Great list! Re: the Upcountry - elann.com has some up on discount now. It's a silvery grey color.

Are you going to an annual-type horoscope??

Those are some very worthy lists (and goals)
Heres to keeping to your list! CHEERS!

I think you should do a chinese horror-scope. It's the year of the dog. Hmmmmmm. Can't wait for the next year of the monkey!!!!

I'm stealing your list and making it my own. You could sue me if you want, but I didn't see that on your To Do list, so I wouldn't think you would want to go off list so soon.

If you do nothing else on your list(s), go for the salsa. It is soooo much fun. And the best thing? There are no mistakes! You can make every move look like you meant it to be that way. Is that a deal?

Oh, I feel so tired! All the lists, the crazy lists! Ever so much to keep track of. Too many expectations of yourself!
But I'm an inveterate non-list maker; I keep it all in my head, which is of course why I dash hither and yon like a rabid monkey most days and why I seem so very preoccupied. Takes all kinds to make this world!

Oh, my.

Lists, yes. I can barely function WITH them, let alone without. Grocery shopping listlessly? I'll be missing some key ingredient like garlic later.

And I so put the finished things down. Those strikeouts! What a feeling of accomplishment.

The only place I don't do lists is yarn and book shopping. They get their own budget line.

Ah, lists. Nothing truly exists in my life if it isn't written down.

Love lists. Live for lists. And you're right--Post-Its are a whole other issue.

Your list is wonderful. For the first time in a long time, I've been thinking about makin' a list in preparation for the coming year. Yours may just drive me to it.

Here's to 2006!

Amen.

I intend to fully copy much of your listings when I come to terms with my "Lists" for 2006. Thanks for saying what I didn't realize I wanted to say just yet :)

I love how different we all are -- when I make a list that is long and detailed, I think, "Wow! So much opportunity! So many new things to try, so exciting!"

And other folks see a list of such craziness and think, "Oh my God! Exhausting! Just relax!" My mom is like that, we are such opposites when it comes to crazy listmaking!

I do hope 2006 is a bright shining star of a year. Seems like we all need it.

Oh my goodness, now that is a list!

First of all no matter how much you try to convince yourself, french fries just are not a veggie nor are they healthy so keep repeating that when they call your name. Evil critters they are. Tator tots are their crafty cousins.

Most importantly, THE ONLY ONE YOU CAN COUNT ON TO TAKE CARE OF YOU IS YOU!! For God's sake, run to the human resource office NOW and sign up for your 401K. This is a must! You have to be able to afford food and yarn in retirement.

Course, Paris, really is a must too. Who in their right mind can argue with Paris???

Ha Ha! I thought I was the only one who put it on the list AFTER it was completed, just so I could draw a big line through it. :)

love your lists. i'm not a list writer at home, but i am at work. it keeps me focused and i also feel as if i've accomplished stuff. and i too, add things to the list that i've already done, just so i can cross them out.

happy 2006!

Hey, I was just about to start my own list, but I think I'm stealing yours. Well, not everything (no salsa dancing here in my part of Iowa as far as I know, for one thing), but definitely the "getting control of your life" stuff. Oh, and the cabana boy in the red bikini with the umbrella drinks, that's definitely on my list. Thanks for saving me so much work!

There is nothing like a good list to quell the OCD. I get mocked for bringing my notebook into the bathroom with me. Oh, have I shared too much?

I'm a list maker too and yours is a keeper. Even if you don't do but half of those, it all sounds good and positive.

Ha! My DH told me I was the only one in the world who would write something I'd already done on a list just so I could feel smug when I crossed through it ... WRONG!!! Oh ... and Kim in CT, you aren't the only one. Thank heavens for cargo pockets in the uniform!

There is still UpCountry for sale (in 3 or so colors) at marymaxim.com

Not that I'm trying to screw up your budget or anything! :D

Ohhhhh I love my lists! And I must confess that sometimes if the list seems rather long and unwieldy , I'll add such things as "get up", "drink coffee", "feed cats and dog" just so I can start the day out crossing out madly! Does much for my morale

Ohhhhh I love my lists! And I must confess that sometimes if the list seems rather long and unwieldy , I'll add such things as "get up", "drink coffee", "feed cats and dog" just so I can start the day out crossing out madly! Does much for my morale

and I have NO idea why my post ended up there twice. Sorry!

Susan

I think my server has PMS. No worries.

Love you and your lists, Laurie!

And I'm like the dude up there...I thought "finish the...novel" but then scrolled to see if I was the only genius.

I'm not the only genius.

But anyway, maybe it's something else entirely, which would make me not a genius, only a guessing fool. Happy listmaking!

I hate to be the one that tells you this but you need to throw all of those lists out. Better yet, shred them and give them to the cats to play with.

You need only one thing on your list for 2006:

"I will love myself and treat myself with compassion."

That's it. You'll be happier. And healthier. And the cats won't have any bald spots from stress. Speaking of cats, where's my photo? I need me some kitties.

LISTS ARE MY LIFE! Without lists I'd be a dottering old lady surrounded by yarn fluff. I often find old lists crumbled up in pockets, purses, etc. It's always heartwarming to look back at those old lists and see that I've usually accomplished the tasks on them.
Hang in there...keep your lists and think of those first dates as entertaining free meals.
Hugs and Happy New Year Sweetie!

L.A. Ell

I love lists and yours is great. Let me know about the summer salsa dancing. I will make a trip south just for that.

This list is great--especially the end of it. Yay for lists! Thank you for your insight. Happy New Year!!

I was never a lister until I got this job. Now, I list daily. I love the sense of accomplishment I get from crossing stuff off the list. I use different colors to prioritize too.
I have a special little notebook to list the books I want to read. Another little book for big words I need to look up and memorize. A journal full of story ideas if I ever get back to writing again. A Hello Kitty notebook of "things I need to fix/change/clean before my mother comes to visit" ('cause Mom's a big ole Judger)

and more Post-Its than I will ever use in this lifetime.

Oh and one more thing. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DATE YET. At least, my advice is don't go looking for it online. I did that and all it was was a big self esteem bust. Don't even go looking for it. Too early. Love, me.

NO stalkers, weirdos, or married guys...out of a city of 4 million men that leaves......TEN.

Time to move to Utah....I'm just sayin...

Lists rock!

And I'm another one who, if I finish something that would normally be on a list but I do it before I write the list, I will go ahead and write it on the list anyway just so I can cross it off. I LOVE crossing things off my lists.

Almost on a monthly basis, I buy a little notebook so I can keep a daily to-do list; invariably 2 - 3 weeks later, I lose the little notebook - I have no idea where they go; possibly I have a stalker who collects them and they will be published posthumously, after the stalker finally gets me. Or perhaps my to-do lists are so NOT worth living-out-loud, that the little notebooks jump from my purse in despair. At any rate, with this kind of a list-making/list-losing track-record, obviously I cannot take the risk of putting a to-do list on my blog, because I can't afford to replace this computer! :>)

I <3 Laurie and lists!

i CAN"T live without post-its. I need to make lists to function, and yes, it does make you feel like you're on top of things. and I have very similar excel monthly budget spreadsheet. whatever works to keep you going....

i CAN"T live without post-its. I need to make lists to function, and yes, it does make you feel like you're on top of things. and I have very similar excel monthly budget spreadsheet. whatever works to keep you going....

i CAN"T live without post-its. I need to make lists to function, and yes, it does make you feel like you're on top of things. and I have very similar excel monthly budget spreadsheet. whatever works to keep you going....

O.M.G. I thought I was the only one who added things to the list, JUST so I could cross them off with a thick, black line~~~~!!
Your writing is inspiring and your attitude is becoming healthier all the time...Rock on Aunt Purl!!

I am a fellow-lister. My father-in-law gave me a years supply of magnetic list pads (Jan, Feb, March, etc.) for Christmas. I practically screamed with excitement when I opened the gift.

Number One item on your list should be "Do something each day which akes me feel good because I deserve it".

And Number One item on all your loyal readers' lists should be "Vote for Aunt Purl on the new knitting blog awards because she is up in 3 categories" (and I don't know how she missed out not being one of the top 10 nominees for best technical blog after her explanations on how to do loopy stiches and felted joins and three needle bind-offs).

Paste the following address in your address bar.

http://queerjoe.blogspot.com/Knit%20Blog%20Award%20Voting3.htm

One thing that struck me...

the date thing: I guarantee you you could get away with having a guy over to eat pizza and play some of that Grand Theft Auto. Wouldn't have to actually call it a date, but it could be fun and a good start to dating.

You see?? This is why I've been doing nothing but sitting on my arse drinking wine for the holidays, because I left my list at work and I haven't written up another one! Must write list before I leave the house to make sure I remember to do everything that needs to be done.. Must write a list so I remember to write a list. ARGH!

I love you.

I'm totally swiping your list and tweeking it to make it my own.

All hail Soba!... hehe.

Lucky

I am a cursed list maker too. I currently have about 15 stickies on my mac. Two notes from 2005 are very appropriate now and have a lot of meaning for me:

In the New Year may you:
Celebrate life.
Breathe deeply.
Love fully.
Live openly.
Embark on adventure.
Embrace challenge.
Partake of life's pleasures.
Find truth.
Seek peace.
Share love.
Sparkle with enthusiasm.
Treasure quiet moments.
Share a kindness.
Kindle a friendship.
Glory in being.
Create beautiful things.
Be generous with praise.
Compliment yourself.
Collect memories.
Pursue dreams.
Behold simple beauty.
Love each day.
Live each moment.
(author unknown)

and

peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.
(author unknown)

Did you know there used to be a magazine, "To Do List Magazine," that collected to-do lists and other random lists and published them (in the original handwriting). I was THIS close to subscribing, and then it folded. Perhaps because "subscribe to To Do List Magazine" was on everyone's list, but not at the top? I could live my life in lists. Who am I kidding? I DO live my life in lists. Thanks for helping me understand that I am not alone.

I bet someone else has mentioned this already, but just in case they haven't--the third paragraph of your post is basically a list of all the different kinds of lists you make...

I love lists! I make them and make them and look at them and then lose them. So I make another! Whheeeee!

Oh, and a not so scary way to land a date, at the salsa lessons. Then he's already seen you being silly and (if you're me) a complete klutz, what could possibly be worse (yeah, I know...a lot, but hey we're thinking positive and living out loud right?).

Great lists! I haven't done my own yet, but here's a short one for you (hope you don't mind):

* accept that you won't always do the things on your to-do list
* accept that you won't always not do the things on your not-to-do list
* remember that you are a wonderful person anyway
* whatever else you do or don't do, be good to yourself

And have a wonderful 2006!

Jeep love is true love. Your Jeep will always love you. www.hrja.org, for further proof!

You have inspired me once again. I really needed this one:

• Forget about fear.

And this one:

• Don't choose the known over the unknown just because it's comfortable.

And silly but so true ones like this one:

• No more late fees at the library. I mean, really. That is just sad.

I am always afraid to make a list at the beginning of the year because at the end of the year I will have to face what I did not accomplish, but this year is a new year and since "forget about fear" is at the top of my list now, I will HAVE to make a list and then put it where I will read it every day and actually make an effort to get through the list.

Thank you for the inspiration.

Oh, and as always I got a giggle out of some of the items on your list which actually hit home because many of them belong on my list too. I can see why you like lists; your list is wonderful.

I wish you luck in accomplishing everything even the dreaded date. If you do that one first, the rest of the year will be smooth sailing.

Wishing you a joyous new year.

I like Georgia, meself. It's kinda pretty... I'm a listmaker from waaaay back. When I would go to summer camp/visiting my dad in LA in high school, I would make a list of everything I was bringing (often running to 3 pages) and check that list when I was packing to come home! My dad thought I was nuts; he would always attribute it to being raised by two Virgos. Thanks daddy, for your anal-retentive listmaking skillz!

"Whenever tempted to say, "Oh, Mr. X and I went there..." or "I did that with Mr. X..." close mouth. Do not speak. Think of cute puppies."

I used to have trouble with this one because the Ex and I had done so much stuff together. I resented losing half of my stories just to avoid mentioning him. Eventually, I realized that it usually wasn't critical to mention him specifically. I could substitute "an old friend" or "a guy I used to know" without compromising the story.

Of course, this is only to be used in cases when the telling of the story does not bring up sad memories in and of itself.

Great list! I made a "105 in 2005" list of small goals and plan to do a "106 in 2006" as well. Mmm, lists.

I sooo relate with the listing. I have a special notebook for my lists and I like to write them in pretty colored ink. My list book must also be cool and portable. Then I have a special post it book. One should always add in what they did that day that was not on the list and cross off. That way the ADHD moments look planned. CAP, you are an important part of my day. A must read. I truly am not a weirdo stalker, just a 41 yr old mom who is a loyal fan. Thanks for Living Out Loud!

Re: drinking water...

Do you have good water at work? And a cool thing to drink it in? I found that I drank much more water when I bought a lime green nalgene bottle. Sad, but it works.

I also started buying bottles of the unsweetened seltzer water that smells like lime. It feels like I'm treating myself, but it's cheap (79 cents for a liter) and it's water!

i liked this list. i'm a list maker too. it gives you hope. but at 40, and after unlimited and infinite lists, i'm catching on to myself.

but i'll do another one this year too.

and i'm stealing your post. i'll give you credit so now you can have 196 comments becuase LOTS of people visit my blog..heh..heh...not really.

I'm so surprised that no one else came up with this: How many things on your lists could you have gotten done in the amount of time it took for you to make said lists?

I'm just sayin'.

Start the 401K today and never start a savings account. If you EVER get an extra $100 or something to start a savings account put it towards your home mortgage or Visa card instead. Why make 2% on a savings account when you can be not-paying 15% on your credit card or 7% on your mortgage?

I'm just sayin' some more.

I, too, love making lists. I used to keep them all in a moleskine book - love those. I recently found one - my favorite list in it was "What I Can Do to Meet John Cusack." Ha.

Lara, that's so funny, I still have a list called "What I Can Do to Meet Patrick Dempsey."

Mmmmm. Elixir.

Great list! While I'm not a list-maker myself, I do appreciate that order in others. I do like some of your "do's" and we (and I'm sure many others) have plenty of "don'ts" in common.

It is hard to get over the "my X and I were/did/have..." syndrome. Thinking of puppies before speaking those words will help - and after a while you get used to not saying 'em. (Yup, it's true - except for occasionally when it's truly unavoidable. You'll create fresher memories in the meantime.

The Reinhold Niebuhr "Serenity Prayer" - original, unabridged version, is a good thing to read too. "...living one day at a time,enjoying one moment at a time..."

But for sure, next Xmas going somewhere where there's a cabana boy, or heck, where there's a cabana is a grand idea!

I made my own list, shamelessly inspired by yours. it probably would have been easier to copy and paste. Happy 2006!!!

I LOVE YOU! I'm totally a post-it note list maker. Although sometimes I'll make a post-it note list and then put it in my Palm too. And tahoma is obviously the best font :)

Your lists are terrific.
AND.. if you want to really discover new interesting things... Make a list of 100. I.e. 100 practical things to change, or 100 ways to reduce the size of your derriere, or 100 ways to expand your comfort zone. It's OK to repeat items, but the rule is to finish the list in one sitting (It shouldn't take much longer than 30 minutes)... Themes emerge. Trust me.

I stumbled across your blog, read this post about lists, and couldn't stop laughing. So I read the entire blog. Start to finish! You're absolutely hilarious!! I've added you to my links. Keep on making me smile. And I hope you have a Wonderful New Year!!!

One word of warning - taking partner dance classes alone as a single gal can just make things worse sometimes.

But the bellydancing is a wonderous thing. You can take a class with girlfriends, or go by yourself and meet new galpals. The best part - it's one of the only dance classes where the skinny ballerina girls don't have the "right" body.

Loved the Celebrate Life list.
Seems like a much better way to look at life instead of beating yourself up over things that aren't you.

Love your list! About 20 years ago, I was living your 2005 year. You are much more together than I was! Good for you!!!

Love the one about salsa !! I put salsa on my to-do list of favorite things a month ago and still havent budged an inch ... Nice to see I'm not the only one with such ambitions .........

Wow, what a list! Must tell you, Up Country is $3.28 a 100 gram ball on Elann.com. Of course, the only color available is Silver Mist aka gray. Sort of one of those good news/bad news things, ya know?

I'm not going to make my own list. I'm just going to copy most of yours and post in a conspicuous (??) - obvious - place and claim it for my very own.

good list...may i borrow...i am inspired...and damn your ideas are good! i have some of the same but didn't write them down...

Off to my first knitting class tonight -- that is on my surreal list, yeh for me!!!!!!!!!

Happy and blessings in the nuevo ano, chiquita!

dude. if you can actually GET a date then you are one up on me.