Wednesday, July 25, 2007

update: the great 28

alright, it's been six months since my birthday. let's see how i've done ...

1. visit 3 places i've never been before. mel & dan's new house. jennie rae's restuarant. texas. hey - that's 100%! go me!

2. lose 40 pounds. alright, not so good here. i'm currently 1 pound above where i started, which wouldn't sound so bad except that's about 15 pounds above where i was three months ago. bah. i did join weight watchers this week, though, and i know that will help. once i'm back in the habit of being AWARE of what i'm eating, things will be better. and knowing i'm going to be watching that makes me want to get back out & exercise again. so i just might go walking tomorrow morning. if it's not raining. :) that's -2.5%

3. have a booth at a local craft fair. i'm starting to kick into feverish creativity mode. i tacked another vacation day onto my "crafting weekend" next month. so now i've got a solid 5 days to create some popcorn fest goodness. and i wasn't planning to sell calendars at the booth, but now i think i might. people seemed to like them - yay! come see us on setpember 8! i'll give that a 49% (there's math involved if anyone wants it explained).

4. take 2000 photos. i'm at 1303. that's 65%, not bad.

5. eat a gallon of mustard in one week. i haven't scheduled this yet.

6. enter 3 items in the county fair. i'm actually entering nine items. five photos, a single glass bead, jewelry made from glass beads, jewelry made from pop caps (recycled category) and my coconut jalapeno lime cookies. i'm actually working on printing the photos between typing on this post. 50% - the intention was accomplished, but i haven't actually turned them in yet.

7. finish 3 quilts. one done. i will quilt more after the popcorn festival. 33%

8. take an art class. nothing scheduled, yet. 0%

9. be able to play Christmas Rhapsody on the piano by Christmas. yeah, i should sit down & start working on this. 0%

10. be able to play a song on my accordian. again, i should start working on this. 0%

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. june - nothing. july - nothing. but august should have luau brownies. :) 33%

12. update my portfolio. haven't touched it, but i have been good about brining pieces home to add to it. 25%, just for effort.


13. make my halloween costume. i have some ideas. but you'll have to wait & see. 0%

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. june - i don't remember. july - i don't think so. august, however, should have some yummy stuff. 33%

15. redesign my online portfolio. again, haven't touched it. 0%

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 missed my 10-year reunion, but i got to see a few folks at an after party, if you will. and i just got an e-mail from kevin this week ... so yeah, i'm pretty pleased right now. 100%

17. learn to use my screen printing supplies. i may set aside a weekend to do this. 0%

18. catch up my thumbnails. i have paper & ink now. once i'm done with all my printing for the fair & the popcorn festival, i'll get these caught up. right now i'm only 13 months behind. 30% for having the supplies.

19. read 3 new books. 1 - bob greene's total body makeover. 2- the aquariums of pyongyang.

20. eat breakfast at lynn's paradise cafe. twice! 200%!

21. finish bob greene's total body make over. i didn't finish. but i bet if i paired this up with my weight watchers, i'd see some results. 0%

22. take a trip by myself. nothing planned - and i've TRIED to plan. 0%

23. finish the plastic purse. no work done. but thanks for the brown bags, julie! 0%

24. files my taxes early. DONE! 100%

25. work on a scrapbook. nothing started. 0%

26. send Christmas cards. no pressure for them to be handmade, but i want to send out cards. 0%

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? :) 0%

28. secret. can i change this part way through the year? the original plan was soundly rejected. so either i don't accomplish this one, or i come up with something else. we'll see. 0%

my math puts me at 27.9% that's not so hot for halfway through the year. but two of those goals ARE Christmas oriented ... i've got time. :)

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1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

doing a mid year review on personal goals is still cool, and I'm still impressed with the whole idea.

Not impressed /motiviated enough to do it myself, but I still like it.

January 16, 2009 at 10:30 PM  

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