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one of my Christmas gifts was a Starbucks-brand date book/ journal. It looks like this:

There are coffee beans on the cover!!

inside:

I think it’s a sign that I should get a espresso machine. (hah!)

Anyways, I’m not a huge “date book” type person (I prefer to remember dates through memory. …this prevents making plans a long time in advance … though, I did forget one gathering once, which I still feel bad about.
So I’m thinking of reading that gratitude book and using the journal as a gratitude journal! I think you write down 3 things you’re grateful for each day.

If I decide to start it I’ll start Jan 1st.

Speaking of New Years, I’ve been thinking of making some resolutions this year!
last year I made some goals, which I kinda like better than “resolutions”…

I’ve met a few of the 2008 goals… one was to move out to my own place and have my own furniture and hang my own artwork on the walls!

i think one of my goals for 2009 should be to cook more of my own meals…from scratch.
and actually use the food that I buy. (instead of letting it expire.)
oh! another one should be to do more with limes! Whether it’s eating/drinking/cooking with them, or painting them, or smelling them… I want more limes in my life. (hah!)

oh yes, I wanted to mention that the Starbucks journal has this tagline on it:
“sip. talk. write. read. eat. listen. be.”

I like that.

It’s great in French too actually:
sirotez. parlez. écrivez. lisez. mangez. écoutez. vivez.”

one more thing…
I just saw this on Design Milk:
The necklace seen here:

Is called “Clear Drop of Water” and 3€ from each sale goes to Unicef’s clean water program!
more info is on the designer (Karl-Oskar)’s website.

Here’s a blurb from the welcome page:
“My work is based on three words: Hand - Mind - Heart which represents good craftmanship, lateral/vertical thinking, and emotional durable design.”

ps - have I mentioned the end of my iPod story?
basically, I went to get the iPod fixed, and the repair store fixed it for free!! And I was ecstatic!! And then I went home and it malfunctioned again. So I went out and bought and iPod Touch. And I like my iPod Touch. I’ve named it Sam.
I did feel silly buying another iPod product after having my iPod break after 54 weeks. But oh well…