Friday five

1. List five things you'd like to accomplish by the end of the year.

Weigh below 162 pounds

Make some warm winter clothes

Return to the habit of exercising in the morning

Get into sarvangasana without using the wall to help get me up in the air

Spend a weekend with 0 where we aren't doing a damn thing other than enjoying each other's company

2. List five people you've lost contact with that you'd like to hear from again.

ogungrrl

vr42n8

my former roomie living in Madison

my friend in Albuquerque

my former exercise-nut self

3. List five things you'd like to learn how to do.

Throw pottery on a wheel

Layer shimmies

Play doumbek

Speak Spanish fluently

Crochet

4. List five things you'd do if you won the lottery (no limit).

Quit my job

Buy a house on the Lake of the Ozarks

Give my dad a 1968 Corvette

Pay off all my debts and those of my family

Help out my friends who are having financial woes

5. List five things you do that help you relax.

Read

Sew (and now, knit!)

Yoga

QT with the hunny-boy

Nap

Shrimp goodness

Last night for dinner, we were going to have steak, but the poor boy (suffering with a nasty headcold) asked for something spicy. So I quick-thawed the rest of the shrimp and made a dish based on a chipotle pepper sauce that was probably one of the best meals I've ever created. No cookbook, no real inspiration. Just off the top of my head amazing. I am really proud of it.

I would post the recipe, but I'm seriously considering entering it in a recipe contest somewhere. If anyone knows of some good contests out there, let me know. I'll be checking some magazine websites today.