1 January 2004 ... Happy New Year

New Year Resolution Stats:

	2001	2002	2003
Read	35 books	31 books	33 books
S8	71 entries	61 entries	86 entries
Classes	15	9	4

I wanted to be more crafty for 2003, but I wasn't really.

But some things did get done. 2003 Highlights, in no particular order:

• The guinea pigs got a new home which I built.
• Two new site designs (tho, only one made it here).
• My domain ownership is updated.
• I made a couple blank books, and one which was desktop published.
• I whipped up some desktop published stationary for my mom.
• My 30th birthday was pretty awesome, with a hot air ballon ride and a trip to the butterfly garden.
• I made a few sheets of stickers.
• I re-arranged my bedroom and got bookshelves.
• Our household has upgraded from VHS to DVD.
• I bought my handheld computer.
• I made 30 doodles for the November challenge
• I started becoming a vegan.

A few things that I wanted to do, but didn't:

• Sewing stuffed animals
• Updating certain parts of my web site (library and art)
• ABC Inspiration book (still in idea stage, bah)

For 2004

It seems the book reading and the Static8 journal entries and notebook writing are pretty much self-propagating, so I'll just let them run their course. I would like to take a few more online classes... even tho it seems most of them are not-so-free-anymore.

But this year, I would like to get some projects done. And thus, my New Year's Intention is *drum roll* 12 Projects!.

As in, I would like to finish at least one project every month during the year. Projects can be big or small, but they should be something I wouldn't ordinarily do. I am allowed to complete more than one project a month, but the second project cannot be rolled over to count for the following month. ie, each month is distinct and must contain one finished project.

And in that spirit, I already started... for the last week of December (for a December project), I wrote my very first protest letter:

IDA Action Alert, Postage Stamp
I wrote to the U.S. Postage Stamp Advisory Committee and told them to deny a pro-trapping stamp. Because animal trapping for fur is cruel and not ethical, and should not be depicted on a US stamp.

And my January project is going to be the new web site for the artists.

And beyond that, here are some more potiential projects...

• Make bread :):):)
• ABC Inspiration book
• Protest letter
• Friend letter
• Stuffed Animals !!!
• Paint (with acrylics set I got for xmas)
• Pastel Pencils
• 50 words of Fiction every day for a month
• 10 minutes of Piano playing every day
• static8 entry every day (yeah right)
• three or four Movies a week, for the month
• Throw one thing out of my closet every day
• Doodles every day
• or One Major Drawing
• Update a web page

Best wishes for Everyone's New Year!