52 things in 2010

Inspired by Karen Grünberg's list, I've decided to list 52 things (in no particular order) I'd like to do this year... some are very dear to my heart, some are more frivolous; some I know I'll do, some I hope I'll do; some will be very easy to do, some will take some hard work... but none are impossible!

This list is not mandatory; it's only here to inspire me to try new things or do things that will make me happy/proud/more serene/excited...

1. Watch the sun rise and set the same day (in winter and in summer)
   
2. Walk across Paris (West-East)
3. Walk across Paris (North-South)
4. Create a Welcome Home wall art
5. Clean my wardrobe
6. Buy someone a present (unexpected and for no reason)
7. Write a letter to Gaëtan telling him what he means to me
   
8. Write a love letter to Jerome and mail it to him
9. Put up photos of my family in the house
10. Decorate my living room walls
    
11. Decorate my bedroom walls
    
12. Decorate Gaëtan's room
13. Decorate the nursery
    
14. Fill a jar with magical thinking (with G's funny or noticeable things)
15. Take photos in a photobooth
16. Spend a day by myself
17. Spend a whole day with the girls (Spa day)
18. Take a trip with a friend
19. Go to London
20. Go to Milan to visit my brother and SIL
21. Go to Madrid to visit my friend A
22. Sew something for myself
23. Sew something for Gaëtan
24. Sew something for a new baby
25. Make art for a new baby
26. Learn to knit
27. Knit something
28. Climb a mountain
29. Hike for 2+ days
30. Swim in the sea
31. Go somewhere I’ve never been
32. Donate €100 to charity
    
33. Attend a concert
34. Attend a theatre play
35. Visit a museum
36. Visit a new garden
    
37. Plant a tree
38. Grow flowers from seeds
    
39. Grow some salad leaves
40. Make a list of books I read with short reviews
41. Read some poetry
    
42. (Re)read Jane Austen's novels
43. Make a pie crust from scratch
44. Bake some macarons
45. Pamper myself once per trimester
46. Take a family walk (in the woods preferably) twice a month
47. Go to church once a month
    
48. Go to confession
    
49. Go out with Jérôme once a month
50. Take self-portrait with Gaëtan once a month
51. Do a week-in-the-life project
52. Make a baby

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Jan4 - 365 (4) - Rosemary flower on a bright and chilly winter day...

Daily gratitude: Housecleaners.
I like the smell of a clean house... but not on my hands! I'm ok with vaccuing, cleaning the dishes but I hate ironing and window cleaning... I am grateful that we're able to have a housecleaner once a week.