welcome 2011!
i already have a feeling this is going to be a wonderful year.
i am already excited to get cracking on my resolutions:
✔ #1: spend at least 30 minutes reading [for work] each weekday that i arrive home before 6:30 pm.
✔ #2: workout reform, 2011 version — limiting running to 10 miles/week (my hardest resolution!) and supplementing with 2-4 weight training/yoga sessions per week.
✔ #3: get OUT! and embark on weekly adventures, both large and small.
✔ #4: see an RD and make nutrition goals [with fertility in mind] based on her recommendations.
✔ #5: actively participate in a service project, particularly one that champions a cause i am passionate about!
✔ #6: slow down and relax. ie: be aware of the pace at which i am living life, and make a conscious effort to slow down.
there are a few things that are not on this list that i still would love to tackle in 2011 (starting a spanish course and learning to use my camera properly are two examples). but i don’t want to overwhelm myself this year! i want to have fun and enjoy the current season of my life.
ringing it in right
we certainly celebrated the close of 2010 in style. josh and i had not really formulated a plan for the evening, and last-minute i decided to call my sister to see if she wanted to join us for a luxury dinner at home; a gastronomic extravaganza of sorts. it wasn’t really a hard sell.
we started the evening off with a little champagne & game-playing:
josh + my sister enjoying some family fun
once sufficiently buzzed, we got to work on the rest of the cooking!
luxury menu:
appetizers: champagne + cheese course (italian red cheese with tomato + a mild goat cheese with herbed rind — thank you B&S for the fabulous gift!)
main dishes: filet mignon mark bittman-style; simple lobster risotto, and oven-roasted asparagus
dessert: gingerbread apple upside-down cake from smitten kitchen
this meal was serious business.
i finally got to use this cake pan from our wedding registry!
after a mere 4.5 years of non-use
making the ‘upside down’ cake involved making a caramel sauce and then carefully arranging apple slices:
and then smothering the whole thing with gingerbread cake batter — hoping for the best!
while that was in the oven, rebecca got to work on the lobster tails.
$20 of lobster meat — yes, really!
still cheaper than eating out.
josh was excited to find a mark bittman recipe to apply to the filets he had requested.
yes, THAT excited.
a late contender for best photo of ’10?
with a little family teamwork, it all came together quite nicely:
a little surf ‘n’ turf, NYE style
finally, dessert did NOT disappoint:
enjoyed along with some port, which complemented the wintry flavors spectacularly
i may have tweeted this at around 9 pm:
and passed out at around 11. heh!
whatever, the extra hour of sleep will help me enjoy the first day of ’11 even more . . .
the year looks to be off to a good start
on the agenda today:
☑ reading (the fun kind)
☑ 4-mile run
☑ closet clean-out (!!)
happy new year!
2 Comments
jill: it's from shutterfly! easy and pretty inexpensive. also, thanks for your other comment – i will check those meditation sites out!
ps: i often think about what life would be like if i had left medicine. i don't regret staying in it, but i always have in the back of my mind that i could change my career path at a later time if i really want to . . .
Your night looks so fun!!! While I did make it up for the ringing-in bit this time (plus two hours), I've definitely given up early in other years. Happy new year; I can't wait to catch up on your resolution posts (I've fallen sadly behind because of the holidays). Your ideas have been an awesome inspiration for me the past few months.