Hoped For Heights in 2010

This is the first day of January, customary for resolutions and predictions. I'm not much for either, but there are things I hope to do/experience/work for in 2010:

• my first grape harvest from my vines
• more elderberries
• more black raspberries
• more kayaking: the Otonabee from Peterborough to Rice Lake, going through some of the Trent-Severn locks, Lake Tahoe, inside the Outer Barrier Islands of North Carolina, anywhere in Colorado, somewhere near Myrtle Beach, anywhere in Virginia
• using my electric bike for grocery market days in fair weather
• closing off a root cellar space in our basement
• set up a solar panel charging station for rechargable batteries
• converting the boulevard in front of our house away from grass
• insulating under the house (basement, crawl space)
• installing storm doors
• more decluttering!
• exploring the possibility of bee-keeping
• more carrots from the garden
• more home-grown potatoes
• a longer lettuce and greens season
• more solar cooking
• more solar dehydrating (if I get the sunshine!)

Notice all the "ing" words? That implies process -- now and into the future!