Friday, January 31, 2025
2025 Pics - January 12 thru 31
January Always Makes Me ...
I wanted a clever title for this post and was looking for a song with January in the lyrics but couldn't remember any and google wasn't at all helpful. So, no clever title.
This has been an interesting month. We went to California to attend the memorial service/celebration of life for a family friend. The kids have been sick. My YD has been traveling. New President and all that stuff.
It took me a while to "recover" after getting back from California. Not so much jet lag, I don't think, but I have been really tired and unmotivated. Perhaps it's thinking about life and death and being generally melancholy. I think I'm there now. Anyway, on to my January goals:
- Make progress on Grinch quilt - barely .. but I did start the quilting
- Pick out crochet project - done -- except I don't remember which one
- Send out New Year's cards - THIS IS A BUST
- Drink at least 32 oz of water a day - not sure about this, but I'm working on it
- Hit step goal 25 out of 31 days -- I made 18 out of 31. The trip to California messed that up.
But I'm not totally discouraged. Time to make February goals.
- Work on Grinch quilt
- Start Couch to 5K
- Hit step goal 14 days
- move forward on crochet project
- go out to eat at a new place
- take a walk outside (1x week)
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Things I've Been Up To
So today I worked on the Grinch quilt. If I do a little everyday, I might actually finish it this year.
Here it is all bunched up by my sewing machine.
There was a winter storm yesterday, but it basically missed us. It was cold and snowed a very little. I was really hoping for a couple of inches so the kids could play in it, but it wasn't to be. It is still pretty cold and there was ice everywhere. Fortunately, it warmed up and melted most of it.
So on my January goals:
- I've picked out the crochet project I'm going to try. I need to print it and brush up on my "skills."
- I worked on the Grinch quilt
- I've been walking almost every day
2025 Pics : January 1 thru 11
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
January Goals
- Make progress on Grinch quilt
- Pick out crochet project
- Send out New Year's cards
- Drink at least 32 oz of water a day
- Hit step goal 25 out of 31 days
Saturday, January 4, 2025
52 things to do in 2025
Here's my new list of goals, resolutions, things I want to do, things I think I should do, and hopefully there will be 52 of them.
1. Attend Gallifrey One
2. Go wine tasting in South Carolina (or North Carolina)
3. Join a book club
4. Go to a distillery (tasting)
5. Make pasta
6. Try six (6) new recipes (document)
7. 1SE (One Second Everyday) project
8. Scanning projects (pictures, old letters)
9. Blog once a week (in addition to pictures)
10. Keep photo diary
11. Walk 1,000 fitbit miles
12. Complete Couch to 5K
13. Go to the beach
14. Visit with Jennifer and David
15. Finish Grinch quilt
16. Make pillow cases
17. Raised bed for planting (dependent upon my SIL)
18. Plant lavender
19. Plant rosemary
20. Visit OS and family in Texas
21. Visit YS and family in Tennessee
22. Lose weight
23. Bake sourdough bread
24. Bake focaccia bread
25. Make Christmas cards
26. Update address list
27. Mail Christmas cards (by Dec 5)
28. Spend time with sister(s)
29. Visit Aunt Mearlene
30. Coffee with Amanda
31. Visit cousins
32. Go to Eagle Harbor in the fall
33. Crochet project
34. Go to Maryland to visit friends
35. Write down three things I'm thankful for everyday
36. Visit Nevada
37. Find a good Pho place nearby
38. Try new beers (document)
39. Yoga
40. Visit California
41. Make monthly goals
42. Watch all of the fifth doctor episodes of Doctor Who
43. Crochet project
44. Complete a 1000-piece puzzle (a real challenge with kiddos around)
45. Go to a wine bar
46. Go to a new brewery (tasting)
47. Make sponge cake
48. Four intentional hikes/walks
49. Try a new restaurant
50. Visit a new place in S.C. (or N.C.)
51. Make something to wear
52. Make a list for 2026
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
2024 Status Update
Here's a recap of how I did with my last year's goals, I only had 48 items on my list last year and I skipped #16, so there were only 47.
COMPLETED (21)
Trip to LA - Gallifrey One - DONE
Yoga - not a class but doing it with a TV teacherDistillery or Brewery - tasting - Olde Mecklenburg Brewery - DONE
Bake a pie with homemade crust - DONETry new beers - DONE (but not posted)
1SE (one second everyday) project - incomplete but I'll post it in the next few days
Picture diary (a picture a day?) -- incomplete but done
Finish Mackenzie's quilt - DONE
Visit family in Tennessee - DONE
Go to the beach - DONE
Bake bread - tried a few different breads - failed at sourdough
Read through the entire Bible - DONE
Set up office - DONE
Set up sewing room - DONE
Have coffee time with Amanda - DONE
Watch grandsons' games - went to one soccer tournament AND one football game
Visit Aunt Mearlene - done (see pic in this link)
Spend time with my sister(s) - Anna came to visit
Visit Terri & Will - done (see pic in this link)
Find a way to visit with Nevada - DONE in October
Renew my passport - Done
INCOMPLETE (5)
6 New recipes - we did a few, not sure if it was six, so I'll have to put this back on my list for 2025 and keep track
Walk 1,000 fit bit miles - looks like I walked approximately 800
Finish Grinch quilt - pinned
Plant rosemary - have a rosemary plant
Visit cousins - saw them when I visited Aunt Mearlene
DIDN'T DO (21)
Join a book club
Go wine tasting in South Carolina
Make homemade pasta
Story Corp interviews
Participate in the A to Z Challenge
Work on scanning old pictures (need better scanner)
Work on scanning WWI era letters (see scanner note above)
Take a bike ride
Make pillow cases
Refinish a piece of furniture
Visit family in Texas
Plant a garden (raised bed)
Plant lavender
Take a photography course
Continue cookie bake off with Nevada
Exercise more
Take 12 hikes/walks
Lose 25 pounds
Go to a zoo
Complete Couch to 5K
Go to Eagle Harbor in the fall
Now to come up with a list for 2025!
2024 : December 29 - 31
2024 : December 22 - 28
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