I got a lot
more done this month but mainly because I was not traveling. I taught my
graduate course during the month of July so that took up my mornings.
Yearly goals:
- 1. Reach my target weight by the end of the year. – I did not eat sensibly this month but mainly because when I got home from work I was so hungry that I binge ate. I did try to walk to counteract my eating.
- 2.
Finish knitting my Fair Isle vest.– I finished my vest and I love it! - 3. Spin 4 lbs. of fiber for the year.
a.
January – spun 4 oz. of Into the Whirled
“Rhinebeck”, 4 oz. Hobbledehoy Gemmy Bats
b.
February – spun 4 oz. of Fiber Optic “Turquoise
to Tangerine Gradient”; started on 4 oz. of Pumpkin Queen.
c.
March – spun 4 oz. of Miss Bab’s “Blackwatch”
that I bought in 2011.
d.
April – spun 5.4 oz. of Loop’s Bullseye Bump in
the “Somewhere” colorway and 4 oz. of Highland Handmades Masham fiber in
the “Talbot” colorway.
e.
May – spun 4 oz. of Brown Alpaca from a fleece
that I bought from my friend Lisa.
f.
June – plied the Loop bump and the Masham fiber.
g.
July – spun 4 oz. of Leading Men Fiber Arts in the “Steve and Andy” colorway.; 4 oz.
Fiber Addiction “Freak Like Me” colorway.; started on a Loop Batt
Total: 41.4 oz.
- 4.
Use at least 4 skeins of my handspun this year. –
a.
January - Basket Weave scarf
b.
February – Summer Shadows shawl by Angelea
McGarrah
c.
March – working on the Oaklet Shawl by Megan
Goodacre
d.
April – Finished my Oaklet Shawl by Megan
Goodacre
e.
May – started on the Belle Greene Shawl by Nina
Machlin Dayton
f.
June – still working on my Belle Greene shawl.
g.
July – Finished my Belle Greene shawl
- 5.
Dye my own yarn or fiber– dyed some KnitPicks fingering yarn in indigo - 6. Walk at least 1200 miles this year.
a.
January - 157.71 miles (avg. 5.1 miles per day)
b.
February - 148.34 miles (avg. 5.3 miles per day)
c.
March - 182.63 miles (5.9 miles per day) I’m
really happy with the mileage I got this month!
d.
April - 181.6 miles (6.1 miles per day) I really
rocked on my mileage and my daily average this month!
e.
May - 165.82 miles (5.3 miles per day). I didn’t
do as well as last month but I still did pretty well. I spent the last 3 days
in bed with food poisoning, which really messed up my daily average.
f.
June - 151 miles (5 miles per day). This was a
struggle this month but I was happy to see that I still did better in total
miles than in February (I know! There were less days but the total miles was
still better!)
g.
July - 172.02 miles ( 5.5 miles per day). I
struggled with this because I like to walk early in the morning and it was hard
to do this and get ready for work. Sometimes I walked half the time in the
morning and half in the evening. It was also hard to walk when I got home
because the heat this month has been horrendous. At the end of the month I was really surprised at my total mileage for the month.
Total: 1159.19 miles
Daily/Weekly/Monthly
goals: Last year, I only had a 60% successful completion rate so I am aiming to
do better than that this year.
- 1. Daily – Name 3 things that I’m grateful for each morning. – I do this every morning before I get out of bed.
- 2. Daily – A Photo A Day project – I’ve kept up with this and really enjoy the comments and suggestions I have gotten. I enjoy looking at other people’s pictures too.
- 3. Weekly – Contact a friend and tell them something nice. – I really like doing this.
a.
January - I went out to lunch with my friend
Sandy one week and I’ve contacted others through Facebook.
b.
February - Contacted long distance friends on Facebook
and wished them happy birthday!
c.
March –
kept up with friends on social networking and tried to schedule lunch with my
friends Sandy and Sylvia but they were either going out of town or having to
work.
d.
April - Contacted some friends but couldn’t ever
work out a day we could meet for lunch.
e.
May – tried to meet up with a former student but
she ended up getting sick on the day we were going to meet for lunch.
f.
June – Met a lot of nice new friends at the
knitting retreat and connected with some known friends too.
g.
July – Went out to lunch with Sandy once, Dyanna
once, and Kathy once. I tried to meet up with Femessia, and Sherry but they were
out of town. We also had dinner with David a couple of times.
- 4. Weekly – Work in my yard/garden at least once a week.
a.
January - It has been too cold in January to do
too much but I’ve blown the leaves out of the driveway, raked leaves in the
back yard, and fed my worms.
b.
February – raked leaves out of the backyard,
removed branches that have littered the yard.
c.
March – weeded, cut dead stuff from winter,
fertilized the lawn
d.
April – weeded and edged my flower beds., set up
2 new rain barrels, dug out rusty pole in concrete which was in the middle of
the lawn.
e.
May – Did a lot of weeding when I was home but
it was hot and humid outside!
f.
June – Did some weeding.
g.
July – I did some weeding but it was so hot! I
also planted some elephant ears that I bought at the flea market. We bought a
lawn mower since my lawn man moved.
- 5. Monthly – Knit 10 squares on my Mitered Square Sock Yarn blanket. (Total 120 for the year)
a.
January – completed 10 squares
b.
February – completed 15 squares
c.
March – completed 11 squares
d.
April – completed 11 squares
e.
May – completed 13 square
f.
June – completed 10 squares
g.
July – completed 10 squares
Total - 80
- 6. Monthly - Read one non-fiction book every month. I really enjoyed doing this last year and it forced me to read books out of my comfort zone.
a.
January – The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
b.
February - The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
c.
March – Publish on Amazon Kindle by Kindle
Direct Publishing
d.
April – The History of Hand Knitting by Richard
Rudd
e.
May – Becoming Unique by James Charles
f.
June – A Country Year: Living the Questions by
Sue Hubbell
g.
July – Pioneer Girl by Laura Ingalls Wilder (an
annotated autobiography)
How are you doing so far with your goals? Join me in the monthly
review and let me know how you are doing!
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