Monthly Review of Goals from August

August whizzed by because we did some traveling. We tend to exercise more when we are traveling so I did get my steps in on most days. All of my goals can be found here.

Yearly goals:

1. Try at least 12 new recipes (one per month).
1. January – Quinoa Meatballs
2. February – Mushroom Lasagna
3. March – Chicken Quesadilla
4. April – Grilled Asian Chicken
5. May – Simple Green Smoothie
6. June - Barbecue Ribs with my father’s secret barbecue sauce. This is the first time I’ve made ribs.
7. July – The plant engineer at the school gave me loads of squash, zucchini, and cucumbers. So, I diced up some chicken and sautéed it with the diced up squash, zucchini, green peppers, onions, mushrooms, and garlic. I added oyster sauce and soy sauce too. It came out really tasty.
8. August – Fantastic Meatloaf from the Trim Healthy Mama book. I tried several new recipes from this book. Some were good and others were just okay.
2. Reach my target weight by the end of the year. – I lost one pound this month.
3. Knit a Fair Isle vest. (not started yet)
4. Learn to chain ply some handspun yarn. (I finished this in July and I’m glad I tried it. I think I overplied the final yarn though. I need to learn to treadle slower so it doesn’t twist so tightly and kink up on itself.)
5. Dye yarn and fiber. (not started yet)
6. Spin my camel, yak, and cashmere fiber. Amended to add: or try different techniques
1. January - spun camel/merino/silk blend fiber in
2. March – tried drafting back when spinning instead of my usual short forward draft. This made my yarn turn out much loftier.
3. April – Spun my yak/merino fiber

Daily/Weekly/Monthly goals:

1. Daily - Read the bible and keep a log so I can tell how I am doing. – I’ve read it every day in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, and August.
2. Daily - Do strength exercises for 30 minutes each day. – I have done this every day.
3. Weekly - Walk at least 10,000 steps for 4 days every week. (4.3 miles per day for 4 days/120.4 miles per month)
   1. a. January – 159.01 miles (avg. 5.1 miles per day)
   2. February – 130.27 miles (avg. 4.7 miles per day)
   3. March – 161.13 miles (avg.5.2 miles per day)
   4. April – 166.86 (avg. 5.5 miles per day)
   5. May - 144.34 miles (avg. 4.7 miles per day)
   6. June - 139.99 miles (avg. 4.67 miles per day)
   7. July - 117.02 miles (avg. 3.77 miles per day)
   8. August – 139.24 miles (avg. 4.5 miles per day)
4. Weekly - Keep a journal and write down 5 things that I’m thankful for. – Every Sunday I take time to jot down the 5 things. – I did this for 2 Sundays out of the 4.
5. Monthly - Read one non-fiction book every month.
1. January - Life in Stitches by Rachel Herron.
2. February – The Spinners Book of Yarn Design by Sarah Anderson
3. March – To Sell is Human by Daniel Pink
4. April – David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
5. May – The Biography of Shirley Jones
6. June – Spartan Up by Joe De Sena
7. July – Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
8. August – The Little Book Shop of Stone Gap by Wendy Welch

I’m happy with how my progress has been this month. My exercise is better than July. I didn’t get anything new done with my spinning and knitting because we have been on the road. I did read a nonfiction book and tried many new recipes this month. I had hoped to dye some yarn this summer but the weather was always bad when I wanted to try it. May this fall I will have a chance.

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