update: the great 28
this update doesn't cover any huge amount of success. everything's been fairly stagnant, but i figured i should post it anyhow. this past month has been consumed by work, and that doesn't always leave time for the things on the list. when work stresses me out i don't accomplish much of anything at home. i find myself watching a lot of tv, simply because i want to zone out & forget the day. i'll spend a lot of time on weekends sleeping & surfing the net ... only to realize on sunday night how much i could have accomplished if i'd tried. but that's okay. sometimes i need a few weeks to do that. it's good for me, so long as it ends & i start being productive again. :)
1. visit 3 places i've never been before. mel & dan's new house. jennie rae's restuarant.
2. lose 40 pounds. i was down 14 punds at my last weigh in - with a lot of yo-yo-ing during the last month. i'm hoping the bike riding will help me get excited about exercising again.
3. havbe a booth at a local craft fair. we've been officially accepted for the popcorn festival. come see us on setpember 8!
4. take 2000 photos.
5. eat a gallon of mustard in one week. i haven't scheduled this yet.
6. enter 3 items in the county fair. i need to figure this out in the next week or two.
7. finish 3 quilts. i'm spending mucho time quilting this weekend. yay for long weekends!
8. take an art class. nothing scheduled, yet.
9. be able to play Christmas Rhapsody on the piano by Christmas. yeah, i should sit down & start working on this.
10. be able to play a song on my accordian. again, i should start working on this.
11. bake something new once a month. february - triple-chocolate peanut butter cookies & jalapeno lime coconut sugar cookies. march - nothing. april - lemon coconut oatmeal cookies. may - okay, it's wasn't new, but i made another flourless chocolate cake & it was really yummy.
12. update my portfolio. haven't touched it, but i have been good about brining pieces home to add to it.
13. make my halloween costume. i have some ideas. but you'll have to wait & see.
14. cook dinner once a month. in january i made green pork burritos with cilantro rice & black beans. february was baked macaroni & cheese (patti labelle's recipe). march was pretzel chicken & homemade potato chips for girls night. april was baked chicaken parmasan. may was garlic pasta with chicken & veggies for mother's day.
15. redesign my online portfolio. again, haven't touched it.
16. hang out with old friends. check! not as in "accomplished, so i don't have to do it anymore", but as in "being accomplished on a regular basis ... and i LOVE it!" i should be seeing marisa next month. and seeing erin in july. dave - we should figure something out.
17. learn to use my screen printing supplies. i may set aside a weekend to do this.
18. catch up my thumbnails. i need more paper.
19. read 3 new books. 1 - bob greene's total body makeover.
20. eat breakfast at lynn's paradise cafe. twice!
21. finish bob greene's total body make over. i may jump back into this. just to have a clear set of goals.
22. take a trip by myself. nothing planned.
23. finish the plastic purse. no work done. but thanks for the brown bags, julie!
24. files my taxes early. DONE!
25. work on a scrapbook. nothing started.
26. send Christmas cards. no pressure for them to be handmade, but i want to send out cards.
27. homemade Christmas presents. this is just a space filler, really. i know i'll make the Christmas presents. i even have a little bit of an idea of what they'll all be. but there's nothing wrong with setting a goal i KNOW i'll achieve, right? :)
28. secret. this one is fabulously exciting, but i can't tell you about it. yet.
1. visit 3 places i've never been before. mel & dan's new house. jennie rae's restuarant.
2. lose 40 pounds. i was down 14 punds at my last weigh in - with a lot of yo-yo-ing during the last month. i'm hoping the bike riding will help me get excited about exercising again.
3. havbe a booth at a local craft fair. we've been officially accepted for the popcorn festival. come see us on setpember 8!
4. take 2000 photos.
5. eat a gallon of mustard in one week. i haven't scheduled this yet.
6. enter 3 items in the county fair. i need to figure this out in the next week or two.
7. finish 3 quilts. i'm spending mucho time quilting this weekend. yay for long weekends!
8. take an art class. nothing scheduled, yet.
9. be able to play Christmas Rhapsody on the piano by Christmas. yeah, i should sit down & start working on this.
10. be able to play a song on my accordian. again, i should start working on this.
11. bake something new once a month. february - triple-chocolate peanut butter cookies & jalapeno lime coconut sugar cookies. march - nothing. april - lemon coconut oatmeal cookies. may - okay, it's wasn't new, but i made another flourless chocolate cake & it was really yummy.
12. update my portfolio. haven't touched it, but i have been good about brining pieces home to add to it.
13. make my halloween costume. i have some ideas. but you'll have to wait & see.
14. cook dinner once a month. in january i made green pork burritos with cilantro rice & black beans. february was baked macaroni & cheese (patti labelle's recipe). march was pretzel chicken & homemade potato chips for girls night. april was baked chicaken parmasan. may was garlic pasta with chicken & veggies for mother's day.
15. redesign my online portfolio. again, haven't touched it.
16. hang out with old friends. check! not as in "accomplished, so i don't have to do it anymore", but as in "being accomplished on a regular basis ... and i LOVE it!" i should be seeing marisa next month. and seeing erin in july. dave - we should figure something out.
17. learn to use my screen printing supplies. i may set aside a weekend to do this.
18. catch up my thumbnails. i need more paper.
19. read 3 new books. 1 - bob greene's total body makeover.
20. eat breakfast at lynn's paradise cafe. twice!
21. finish bob greene's total body make over. i may jump back into this. just to have a clear set of goals.
22. take a trip by myself. nothing planned.
23. finish the plastic purse. no work done. but thanks for the brown bags, julie!
24. files my taxes early. DONE!
25. work on a scrapbook. nothing started.
26. send Christmas cards. no pressure for them to be handmade, but i want to send out cards.
27. homemade Christmas presents. this is just a space filler, really. i know i'll make the Christmas presents. i even have a little bit of an idea of what they'll all be. but there's nothing wrong with setting a goal i KNOW i'll achieve, right? :)
28. secret. this one is fabulously exciting, but i can't tell you about it. yet.
Labels: the great 28
4 Comments:
yikes! reading yours I realized i haven't been doing much with my list. I better get to it!
wow, i really like the idea of this list. keeps you motivated when you don't feel motivated. i like a lot of yours but I can't say I'm too crazy about #28. It's like you're teasing us with that. Not fair.
whoa ... a comment from marlana? have we sucked her into the world of blogging?
your list is just that good.
since I'm so far on the north side, and you're so far far down on the south side, the best thing for us to do would be pick a summer chicago festival to meet at, or a nice place to eat followed by a show like second city or IO or something.
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