* …start blogging more. I’ve been home since the 14th of January. That’s nineteen days in total. So why haven’t I been blogging?!
* …be baking and experimenting. I love being in the kitchen. I like trying out new things, when the occasion seems ‘suitable’. So what can be better than being at home, unemployed, with lots of time on my hands and a bag of flour waiting in the cupboard? You tell me…
* …write reviews about the books I’ve read this year. I’m on my 17th book for the year, and it’s only the 1st of February! If I write reviews, I’ll be doing something worthwhile. And who knows? Maybe someone will find a use for my skills and employ me part-time.
* …buy the apartment flowers. I need to get a bit of life in here – and colour, and the sweet fragrance that comes along with them. At least it’s likely to put a smile on my face.
* …scrub the tiles more often. This won’t be a problem, as long as we get something better to do it with. Crawling on my hands and knees to scrub at the tiles vigorously (sometimes with an old toothbrush for corners) isn’t a very flattering look. Plus it’s not friendly to one’s back.
* …get up early and exercise. The exercise bit isn’t compulsory (though it won’t kill me). But being lazy and getting up at 10 AM – at least no later than that – on a weekday makes me feel guilty. As if I could be spending my time better.
* …arrange a day out with my sisters. I don’t know when was the last time the three of us just had coffee together (or tea for yours truly, at least, since I haven’t had coffee for almost fourteen months now). For the most part, we only see each other shortly when we’re at our parental home. The shame!!
* …slow down with the oats cookies. Oats are healthy – point for me. It aids digestion – point for me. But, it basically consists of eggs and margarine and (brown) sugar – point for unhealthy eating. And I cannot stop myself from eating at least three of them at a time – quite a few points for unhealthy eating. I’m going to get fat. Won’t that be a treat *sigh*
* …decide on an opening song for the first dance at our wedding. I think I know what song I want. Yet the question is, would a slow-dance song be acceptable? Because, at this point in time, I don’t want to talk to anyone about the wedding, and I don’t want to stress more by having to organize dancing lessons that will only be necessary for the two or three minutes that our opening dance lasts. It’s not worth it.
* …spoil myself with something. Coming from someone who’s worried about finances all the time, this seems ironic. But I cannot help it – my three-year relationship anniversary with my Significant Other is coming up, plus two of our friends are having their birthday party on a wine farm in Stellenbosch. I ‘need’ to buy myself a pretty dress. At least I’m not like your average female who foams at the mouth and drops their IQ level significantly when it comes to shoes. My ‘guilty’ pleasure is books. And if I’m reading, at least I’m exercising my brain… right?!
* …stop worrying so much. About money. About not being able to find a job. About eating too many cookies (though this needs to stop!!)
* …go watch the latest Disney (Princess) film, TANGLED. I’ve been waiting for it to come out for months here in SA, and now a lot of people I know have already seen it! 
* …finish this blog post so I can continue reading. I’m on book two of THE HUNGER GAMES trilogy. More than halfway, in fact. And I’m loving it!! When I started reading the series, being only a few pages in, it reminded me of Richard Bachman/ Stephen King’s THE LONG WALK and THE RUNNING MAN. At the rate that I’m reading – and some days I don’t read at all – I’m sure to reach my target of 100 books for the year.
The Skinny on my Jeans (Genes) 