Monthly Review of Goals from November

November was another travel month. We took 2 cruises for a total of 3 weeks (one week was in December). 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.
9. September – I didn’t cook at all because we were traveling all month.
10. October – I didn’t cook anything new since we weren’t home much.
11. November – I got a new Vitamix so I tried out several smoothie recipes from the Vitamix recipe book and from www.rebootwithjoe.com
2. Reach my target weight by the end of the year. – I gained more weight this month due to eating too much on cruises. I’m way up on the scale now.
3. Knit a Fair Isle vest. – I am still working on this when I’m home and enjoying it/
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.) – Started a new Loop batt and will try this again.
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, August, September, October and November.
2. Daily - Do strength exercises for 30 minutes each day. – I have done this when we have been home but not so much when we are cruising.
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)
9. September – 148.8 miles (avg. 5 miles per day)
10. October - 108.2 miles (3.5 avg. miles per day) – this has been my lowest mileage all year so far
11. November – 119.29miles (avg. 4 miles per day)
4. Weekly - Keep a journal and write down 5 things that I’m thankful for – I need to do better with this and haven’t done it much in November. I know I have so much to be thankful for but I’m just lazy about writing it down.
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
9. September – Wild by Cheryl Strayed
10. October – Life Below Stairs: True Lives of Edwardian Servants by Alison Maloney
11. November - Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown by Eric Blehm

I really have not done well with my eating and my weight. I’m very disappointed in myself this year because I had such high hopes for reaching my target weight. My knitting has been going well and so has my reading though.

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