As I sit watching the stars on the Golden Globes and envying Kate Winslet and Claire Danes’ fabulous black and white gowns,  I also am reflecting on this week’s progress for Project 2012.

We’ve branched out this week into some of the lesser loved categories from last week. There are now just a few categories we haven’t hit, and I’m pretty sure we’ll get there before long.

This week has been full of:

Arts/ Crafts/ Word projects: We first worked on a “word cloud” brainstorming activity together to try to come up with a name for my new biweekly column. We also collaborated to start making this retro garland for an upcoming party we’re having:

Play: The best example of playful activity this week was the sock/ laundry fight I initiated after work on Friday afternoon. At first man-go-round was sort of ignoring me, and then I realized he was just waiting with all of the ammo… It certainly released some work week tension!

Spirituality: Man-go-round and I took scraps of notebook paper and wrote down things or attitudes we intended to let go of/ get rid of. These were things like bad or negative attitudes, negative mental obstacles, and more. We shared some of these with others so that we could be held responsible for this attitude and not slip back into grumpiness and negativity.

Culture: We stepped out of our “How I met your Mother” and “Breaking Bad” netflix routine to try a British show- “Shameless.” It was pretty odd, but it was something different.

People/ Social: Braved the cold and snow to help friends celebrate their engagement with a fabulously thrown shindig at the cutest old fashioned bowling alley. 

What did you all do this week or weekend? Do you have to make more of an effort to be social in the winter? Are you watching the Golden Globes?

Meri

p.s. editor’s note: Emily Blunt looks fantastic…