Sunday, July 06, 2008
The List Maker Reflects
Last week was my birthday. Birthdays have been hard for me the last few years, but this year I seem to have settled into my own. Still spent some time reflecting on the past, but also spent a lot of time looking forward, as well as having a great time celebrating in the present with friends. I also did a little work towards reorganizing my house, but that's another story.

I don't usually upate my 2008 goals until the end of the year, but since Lani posted hers and mine are all over the place, I thought it would be a good idea to post an update. So here's the merged list for 2008:

  1. Reorganize the house. (Summer 2008 Goal)
  2. Continue to simplify.
  3. Finish what I start.
  4. Continue making home improvements.
  5. Complete some of the projects that I have in my stash, attacking the following WIPs first:
    Knitting:
    Icarus
    Sidekick
    Silk shawl
    Irish Hiking Scarf
    Clapotis (Summer 2008 knitting goal)
    Candleflame Shawl
    Hairpin Lace Shawl
    Mystery Stole 3
    Morning Glory Shawl
    Renegade Shawl
    Another Renegade Shawl
    The infamous single sock
    Lotus Blossom Tank
    Sweet Thing Shawl
    Feather and Fan Shawl (Summer 2008 knitting goal)
    Stitching:
    Iris Window Garden from Calico Crossroads (Summer 2008 Goal)
    Christmas Elf from Mirabilia
    Shaker Box smalls
    Sleeping Beauty from Mirabilia
    Lady Scarlett from Just Nan
    Santa Claus
    Reindeer
    Thanksgiving Tablecloth (Summer 2008 Goal)
    Grid Nativity (Summer 2008 Goal)
  6. Continue to look for ways to feed my creativity.
  7. Laugh more.
  8. Travel more
  9. Be more healthy.
  10. Blog more.
  11. Look for ways to contribute more.
  12. Finish developing/prepping class projects for the summer.
  13. Get something on and off the loom!!!
  14. Tour de Fleece

EEEEKKK! Now that's a crazy list. Here's the revised list with updates:

  1. Reorganize the house. (Summer 2008 Goal) - still in process
  2. Complete some of the projects that I have in my stash, attacking the following WIPs:
    Knitting:
    Clapotis (Summer 2008 knitting goal)
    Feather and Fan Shawl (Summer 2008 knitting goal)
    Peacock or Icarus
    Finish developing/prepping class projects for the summer
    Stitching:
    Iris Window Garden from Calico Crossroads (Summer 2008 Goal)
    Thanksgiving Tablecloth (Summer 2008 Goal)
    Grid Nativity (Summer 2008 Goal)
  3. Continue to look for ways to feed my creativity - I've started teaching classes, learning to do tapestry weaving, and needlefelting.
  4. Laugh more - continuing to do this!
  5. Travel more - gone to convergence, the beach, heading to memphis soon.
  6. Be more healthy - still need to do this.
  7. Blog more - doing better, I think.
  8. Get something on and off the loom!! (Summer 2008 Goal)
  9. Tour de Fleece - spin every day.

Well, its still a big list. But its definately pared down, still trying to focus on being more healthy, organized, and creative. While I don't know how much I will truly finish, to just make progress on all of these would be a good thing. Wish me luck!


2 Comments:

Hmmm.. quite a few of your knitting WIPs are the same as mine. Maybe we can nag each other enough that they'll get done?? (In particular I'm thinking of Icarus and the Feather and Fan... although the Clap is in there too... but I'm 1/2 way done! YAY!)

So how'd you do on your closet this weekend? Any progress?

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Happy belated Birthday, Shell!

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