you appeared in my dream last night...

 I love kale. I am currently attempting to grow some in my backyard, but I gotta say it isn't going very well. I made some kale for lunch yesterday, drizzled some tahini style dressing on it, ate it up. Yum.

On my to do list (leftover from last weekend) is the chore of clearing out the compost bin. I have intentionally stopped adding stuff to it to give what is in there a chance to break down. It was pretty much ready to go in the raised beds. Here is what it looked like:

black and white makes everything look awesome

Looks good in color as well. 

So, after emptying out the finished compost, I had to dump all the kitchen scraps I have been saving in my freezer. It was getting a little out of control, and I was running out of space.

I have been working on my goals list for next year.  I can't say that having a list does any good. For instance, here is my list from last year:

- Start a blog

- Try something new every week
- Send in one job application a week
- learn Spanish (with the aid of an, ahem, gifted copy of Rosetta Stone)
- Volunteer as a conversation partner at the library downtown (will help with the Spanish as well)
- Rejoin the Columbia art center so I can make pottery again
- Paint bedroom #2 and hallway

Other than starting the blog and the job application bit, I haven't done anything on the list. I tried Rosetta Stone for a few months but became quite bored with it. So, the conversation partner thing kinda fell away at the same time. I still haven't painted the bedroom, and now I want to add painting the living room to the list. I haven't joined the art center for financial reasons. Between the money I spent to remove fallen trees and getting my timing belt replaced on my car, I am tapped out for cash and have actually been carrying a balance on my credit card for a few months. My first goal is to get that gone.

A girl can dream though....Things I want to learn next year:

Fiddle. Starting in January/February I want to take a few fiddle/violin lessons so I can learn the basics, and then see what happens from there. I found a local fella who gives lessons pretty cheaply. 

Knitting. I can try this on my own, and it seems pretty inexpensive. 

Spanish. Eh....

That's it boys and girls. What are your goals?