Thanksgiving Day Resolutions

Happy Thanksgiving! Odd as it may be, Thanksgiving is my New Year's. When I make resolutions on Thanksgiving, I tend to stick with them better than if I make them for January 1st with the rest of the population. I believe it was four years ago yesterday, that I last had a piece of meat, that is, up until the end of this summer, when I gave up being a vegetarian. When I first decided to become a vegetarian, I was living on my own. The majority of my friends were vegetarians so it was just easy being surrounded by it and grocery shopping for one. You can tell my dad thought I was crazy, but I was pretty proud that I actually stuck with it for almost four years, without falling off the bandwagon.

Lately I have wanted to do so much, whether it be at the craft table or out in the world, and I wasn't sure what to pick as a Thanksgiving Day resolution, seeming about 85 things on my list would obviously overwhelm me, stress me out, and leave me feeling like a lame old failure. So in my doping around on the web, I stumbled across and read about the '101 in 1001' campaign and decided to join the bandwagon. It sounds pretty reasonable, list 101 things I want to accomplish, and try to get it done in the next 1001 days. I always feel like things need to be done right now. Especially at work.. everything is a priority, which I know, is pretty unrealistic. So, this is my meager attempt at changing that perspective. I'm sure I can come up with 101 things I want to do, and hopefully can knock them off the list in the next 1001 days. Let's see, that's... almost three years and about ten days to an item . I think I can do it!

So, it being Thanksgiving Day, here is the first entry. Number 1 on my list of 101 in 1001.

                             1. Don't burn the pumpkin pies....

Anyway, that's it for now. More from the list next time. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!