30 in 2012.

Lately, I have been looking for work and at the same time occupying some notional territory of the housewife/homemaker and enjoying it.  The only downside I am finding to staying at home is that I feel that I am not "holding up my side" where income is concerned.

Being interested in vintage means that I am probably more exposed to the traditional role of the homemaker than other people in my position and I like the thought of creating a home, like my Grandmother did for her family, and knowing that it will be appreciated and remembered with a smile. 

I am sure that there are a lot of people in my situation at the moment: looking for work, eager to do anything (waitress, reception work, bar work), not just what I spent six years at university studying for.  I am getting slightly fed up with cover letters and CV and finding documents etc, so I thought that I would write a list of 30 things that I would like to achieve by the end of the year (my list was made after reading this one here).  By focusing on improving myself and being thankful for what I do have will send out some good energy into the universe!

Line through = done
Highlighted = in process of
Highlighted Purple = trying for the second time.

1. Do Yoga every morning for a week.
2. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
3. Don't complain about anything for a whole day
4. Go one week without TV
5. Create a fortnightly menu from food in the pantry/fridge - no shopping
6. Do some exercise with my husband - once a month.
7. Watch all 6 Star Wars in order in 24 hours
8. Do 10 nice things for people without telling them
9. Create a proper vegetable garden
10. Pray every day
11. Stop answering/calling when I am driving
12. Learn to use the lawnmower
13. Cook my husband all his favourite meals for a week
14. Do a 3 day detox
15. Write my half-sister and half-brother a letter once a month
16. Begin to learn shorthand
17. Begin to study Italian again
18. Play my clarinet once a week
19. Be able to play Christmas Carols on my guitar by the end of the year
20. Be able to run for 15 minutes without stopping
21. SMS all my friends once a month telling them how lovely they are
22. Schedule a catch-up day once a month to see friends and family living far away
23. Sail on a long voyage (overnight at least)
24. Have all the mending done by the end of the year
25. Make my dress for the 50s Fair this year
26. Visit Rose Seidler House on a Sunday
27. Go to high tea with all the women in my family.
28. Take a picnic to the botanic gardens.
29. Be debt free
30. Not buy any handbags or magazines.