<p>It&#39;s 10/10/10 -- how perfect is that?</p>
<p>I&#39;m celebrating today by committing to ten things I want to accomplish before New Year&#39;s Eve 2010.</p>
<p>(The numbers in parentheses correspond to the number on <a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/my-life-list.html" target="_self">my randomly-numbered life list</a>)</p>
<p><strong>#1 knit a scarf (38)</strong></p>
<p><strong> <a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f4f7e567970b-pi.jpg" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Foc-cowl1-01" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f4f7e567970b" src="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f4f7e567970b-500wi.jpg" title="Foc-cowl1-01" /></a> <br /><br /></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cocoknits.com/knit/garments/accessories/fear-of-commitment-cowl.html" target="_self">This one.</a> My friend Stefanie has promised to teach me to knit in exchange for cupcakes. Yay!</p>
<p><strong>#2 cut my hair short (39) </strong>and <strong>#3 donate my hair to locks of love (30)</strong></p>
<p>I hope to have <a href="http://www.locksoflove.org/donate.html" target="_self">a pigtail that is long enough to donate</a> by December. I&#39;ve already started <a href="http://www.aisledash.com/2008/04/19/want-long-hair-for-your-wedding-heres-how/" target="_self">taking biotin supplements </a>to help me achieve that. As far as my &quot;short&quot; cut, I don&#39;t think I&#39;ll go pixie but<a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/08/hair-desire.html" target="_self"> this is still haunting my dreams</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f4f7e6ab970b-pi.jpg" style="display: inline;"><img alt="6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f3263e15970b-500wi.jpg" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f4f7e6ab970b" src="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f4f7e6ab970b-500wi.jpg" title="6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f3263e15970b-500wi.jpg" /></a> <br /><br /><strong>#4 learn to parallel park (I know, I know) (44)</strong></p>
<p>I know it&#39;s shameful.</p>
<p>My husband and various <a href="http://www.jonniker.com/" target="_self">friends</a> have volunteered their services.</p>
<p><strong>#5 paint my nails black (8)</strong></p>
<p>The point of this is to learn to give myself a decent enough manicure that I&#39;ll be able to paint my own nails in a deep color. Anyone can paint their nails in a nude pink, but black? That takes real skill.</p>
<p><strong>#6 finish c25K (14)</strong></p>
<p>I&#39;m on week 6 despite spraining my ankle so I&#39;m almost there. This is really happening, you guys.</p>
<p><strong>#7 get 10 hours of sleep a night for 10 nights in a row (16) </strong></p>
<p>I&#39;m still at the mercy of a certain baby&#39;s sleep schedule (or rather, lack thereof) but I&#39;ve decided to go to bed for 10 days at a time that would technically afford me ten hours of uninterrupted sleep. That would be 9 pm.</p>
<p>*gulp*</p>
<p>This better be good.</p>
<p><strong>#8 learn to use my DSLR (18)</strong></p>
<p>The For Dummies people gave me <a href="http://www.dummies.com/store/product/Digital-Portrait-Photography-For-Dummies.productCd-0470527633.html" target="_self">this book</a>, so maybe I&#39;ll finally figure out what the heck aperture is.<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>#9 learn to sew (42)</strong></p>
<p>Between <a href="http://www.sewweekly.com/" target="_self">Sew Weekly</a> and <a href="http://assets2.blogher.com/everything-i-ever-needed-know-about-style-i-learned-project-runway?wrap=beautyhacks-tags/fashion&amp;crumb=32951" target="_self">Project Runway</a>, I&#39;m a woman obsessed. I just want to be good enough to make something wearable on my own sewing machine.</p>
<p><strong>#10 write here every day (51)</strong></p>
<p>I&#39;m a creature of habit. It&#39;s easier for me to do something daily than to do it occasionally. I&#39;m not promising a daily masterpiece, but something will be here every day until 12/31/10. It&#39;s part of <a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/10/how-to-be-mighty.html" target="_self">my commitment to consuming less and creating more</a>. Wish me luck.</p>
<p>I think that&#39;s it. I&#39;ll report on my progress on 12/31/10.</p>
<p>Ready?</p>
<p>Set?</p>
<p>Go!</p>
