#winter list

✅ Team winter party

✅ Snowboarding lesson(s)

Snowboarding trip don't think this will happen now

✅ Make pancakes/waffles for Pancake Day

✅✅ Go to new restaurant x3

Complete tube map puzzle

Start bird puzzle

✅ Bake a cookie pie or blondies

✅ Cast on and progress a knitted garment

Get a piercing

Finish extending shorts pocket

✅ Crochet at least 3 amigurumi

Finish listening to Game of Thrones audiobooks

✅ Build lego

✅ Skiing lesson

Things I plan to do during the month of December, January, and February and leading up until its spring.  This list is probably going to be shorter then ones in the past, but I’ve lately found that I’ve been having a hard time getting myself to do things (if that makes sense) 

drink more tea, have a variety, drink it when reading or studying 

Go outside and take walks, bring my dog, listen to music etc

go out on the town, visit shops, window shop, visit coffee shops

maybe try snowshoeing

christmas shop!

celebrate yule

bake more often

Above Photo: Union Square Park, NYC

It’s common to complain about how long winter is, but it’s the perfect amount of time. My only complaint about this season was how little snowfall there was, but that’s my issue every year with any amount of snow - it’s never enough. That being said, did I make the most of the season? According to my winter list, no. Haha. But according to real life? It was wonderful.

1. Go skiing.

I did not, but this one is truly not my fault because snow conditions were so poor this year.

2. Eat ramen for the first time.

Okay, no it didn’t happen. Was there a reason it didn’t? Nope. I just never found myself in the mood.

3. Make some Christmas-y appetizers (cranberry grilled cheese, charcuterie wreath, etc.)

Yes! Finally! And they were great.

4. Get the lobster bisque from The Soupman (the Seinfeld soup nazi) near Central Park (I haven’t eaten it in years and it’s incredible).

Fully forgot.

5. Find a snowmobile and ride it.

No snow = no snow mobiles, I don’t make the rules.

Above Photo: Childhood bedroom window

"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love." - Hamilton Wright Mabie

I love that the first day of the winter is in the same week as Christmas, I always seem to forget that it is and it’s the nicest surprise every year. Here’s what I’d love to do this season.

Go skiing.

Eat ramen for the first time (I know, it’s insane this hasn’t happened).

Make some Christms-y appetizers (cranberry grilled cheese, charcuterie wreath, etc.)

Get the lobster bisque from The Soupman (the Seinfeld soup nazi) near Central Park (I haven’t eaten it in years and it’s incredible).

Find a snowmobile and ride it. This one will be hard to do because I don’t know anyone with a snowmobile (mental note: make a resolution to befriend snowmobile types).

I’ll also watch some of these movies, obviously. And I hope you write a winter list of your own because no one is going to enjoy your life for you.

Above Photo: Snow on trees might be the answer to everything, March 2023

It really feels like I made this winter list about a year ago. Here’s how it went!

1. Take at least five bubble baths.

C’mon, I’m not an amateur. Of course I did this one.

2. Finally get my own ice skates and skate around this beautiful rink.

Bought skates! I couldn’t get to that gorgeous rink in Huntsville, but I did manage to skate on this wonderful figure-eight rink in Etobicoke.

3. Go skiing.

Sadly, no. But this is top priority this year.

4. Make lasagna soup.

Made! Ate! Loved!

Above Photo: Lasagna Soup - looks horrifying, tastes heavenly

5. See at least two Broadway plays.

Death of a Salesman, Moulin Rouge and Shucked!

Above Photo: January 2023

Above Photo: January 2023

Above Photo: March 2023

“I realize there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go.“ - Jeffrey McDaniel

God, I love winter. I will be counting down the days until the first really big snowstorm, so in the meantime here’s what else I’d love to do this season.

Take at least five bubble baths.

Finally get my own ice skates and skate around this beautiful rink.

Go skiing.

Make lasagna soup.

See at least two Broadway plays.

Other than that, I’ll definitely watch some of these movies. As always, I encourage you to make a list of your own. And if you’re stuck on ideas, you can see my past winter lists below:

Winter List 2021

Winter List 2020

Winter List 2019

Winter List 2018

Winter List 2017

Winter weather checklist: 💙

Wood if you have a fireplace.

Bottled water just in case.

Batteries kept in a dry place.

Flashlight to light the way.

Blankets, the softer the better.

Candles...don't forget a lighter or box of matches.

Dry food staples (snacks and grains) and canned foods.

Plastic for windows if you have drafty areas.

Double-sided tape for all that plastic. You can reuse plastic from last year if you removed it carefully and kept it stored.

Toilet paper, paper towels, boxed tissues, baby wipes, or any wipes.

Door huggies at bottom of entrance doors to block the draft.

You can also use blankets as door huggies...or old clothes.

The fuel you might need according to how you heat -- like propane or kerosene.

Is it insane that I still make these seasonal lists when the world is crumbling around us? Hope not! I think it’s so beneficial to come up with fun little ideas of things you’d like to do and then to actually do them. Yes, I pay bills and live an adult life, but if you aren’t having any small/silly adventures on a weekly basis, I think you’re living wrong…? Here’s what I want to do during this beautiful, snowy, perfect season that is finally upon us.

I would love to either ride a snowmobile or go skiing. Either one will be an acceptable snow transaction.

Eat a latka. I never have and I’d like to.

Waste away in Margaritaville. In Times Square. I know that this sounds so insanely lame, but I really want to and I refuse your judgement.

Visit the Transit Museum because I’ve never gone and it seems like my kinda place.

Eat moussaka. I never have and it seems like a good winter dish.