Happy New Year!

It's the first day of 2011 and, as eleven is my lucky number, I expect this to be an excellent year!

All the blogs I read are full of new year's resolutions, so here are mine:

Write.
Read.
Run.

My life is pretty simple. If I do those three things, I will be happy. If I don't do them, I won't be.

To make this a better writing year than last, I need to write every day. My writing group, a year old, will keep me on track. For reading, I need to be more intentional about what books I pick up to read. The end of 2010 got away from me (Outlander, anyone?), but my book orders for 2011 are already in and I am raring to go! First up: Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro. Running is just about going and, with my coworker and good friend by my side, I know I will. Nothing gets rid of stress for me like running.

Here's to another year of making myself happy and getting better at the things I love.

And here's to making a better looking carrot cake for 2012! First step: make sure the frosting doesn't look like Elmer's glue. Next step: steal the carrot cake recipe from the Carleton College bakery.

Happy New Year to all! If you have any resolutions yourselves, I'd love to know.