So at the beginning of the year, I set up some resolutions and promised we would check back with them quarterly. It's reckoning time, and I'm not too excited to let you guys know where I've been slacking. (Hint: everywhere!)

• Run a 5K. I believe this one is just not going to happen. I remember why I don't run. Asthma and shin splints. Awesome.
• Reach my goal weight of 140 pounds by July 4. Not going to happen by July 4. The truth is, the main reason I wanted to get the weight off by then was that I was hoping we would be pregnant again shortly thereafter. Some things have happened with my employer that make that highly unlikely, so I feel good about extending the timeframe to Christmas.
• Finish my 2007 reading list on time. I'm a little bit behind right now, but I think this one is still a go.
• Complete all school assignments without requesting extensions. I have not requested any extensions. However, I happen to be taking a class this semester from a man who doesn't believe in due dates. So to say that I am caught up in class would be inaccurate.
• Take more photographs. Does it count if I pay someone else to take more pictures?
• Commit to a bedtime routine for Alliclaus and stick to it. Done.
• Commit to a house-cleaning schedule and stick to it. No. Not even a little bit. Must continue to work on this one.
• Post at least five time weekly. Um. Oh my God, is that the Pope?

Where were we?

• Family dinner at least once weekly. This one is going great. We eat together everyday for breakfast and lunch and are getting dinner in together whenever we can.
• Visit a museum with Alliclaus at least once monthly. I am mortified to say that this has not happened once yet. I think it is partly due to the cold weather, but mostly I think I've been lazy. I hate to send Andiclaus out in the Car of Death, but if he's not going to be home to go to the museum with us, my options are to send him in the CoD or not go. Hopefully warmer weather will motivate me. Plus, maybe we can go to a Chicago museum or two in July to make up for it.
• Let Andiclaus pick our movies. I believe Andiclaus would like me to cease and desist on my enthusiasm for this particular resolution. We've been enjoying lots of movies, but I think the pressure to choose is becoming a bit much.
• Visit a new restaurant at least once monthly. Not one.
• Birthday and anniversary cards for family and friends. So far, so good. We've been late with a few, but at least they're getting there at all.
• 25 comments per week on other people's blogs. Not even a little bit. It doesn't help that my company has blocked Blogger. I can read, but I can't comment. Don't they know I have important Internet business to take care of?
• Actively work to improve my Spanish. Does reading Oso Pardo, Oso Pardo, ¿qué ves ahí? count?
• Learn to knit. Done. And my first project is completed.
• Learn to play guitar. I have not started. I need to call my friend and see if she will teach me.
• Attend Sunday School. We totally bailed on Sunday School for first quarter, but we're taking a Faith and Literature class this quarter that pretty much is more exciting than the actual service. This week: Flannery O'Connor.
• One load of laundry daily. Good news: washer is fixed. Bad news: Apparently, my laziness is not.
• Try a new recipe at least once monthly. Check.
• Makeup on work days. Really bad at the beginning of the year, but improving.
• Get Christmas shopping done before Thanksgiving. Not quite on my radar yet.
• Find a way to make enough money from home to quit my job. Not so much concerned with that right now, since it seems my boss is really willing to work with me on a schedule that works for my family.
• Attend as many wedding-related things for Sarah as is humanly possible. I'm totally nailing this one. Since there aren't actually many "things" happening, I've been supplementing by annoying Sarah about every article I read in a bridal magazine I buy because, "Honey, I need it. Sarah's getting married."
• Occasionally turn to my mother-in-law for parenting advice. It has not happened yet. But we will be seeing her this month, so maybe I'll think of something. (I did read my daughter this book, which scares me, but I thought it was the right thing to do since her grandmother bought it for her.)
• Some type of memory something-or-other for Alliclaus' first birthday. I'm framing a bunch of pictures we had taken at the party. And I'm keeping one of my Invitations of Ladybugness. Is that a memory something-or-other? I believe I am going to say yes.

So that's the state of my resolutions. The list as a whole isn't going great, but a few individual resolutions are. And I got a Hebrew assignment done early today, which is good. (It would be better if I would do the homework that is more tedious and also more due, but at this point I'm willing to settle for getting something done.)

I'm going to try to take some picture of Alliclaus for you guys tomorrow. She's changed so much since I last posted pictures.