New Year’s Goals
January 14th, 2006 by sallad
Thomas posted his 2006 Goals in his journal last week, and he encouraged me to post mine. I’ve been thinking about them, but I wanted to be sure to put goals with an evaluatable endpoint, so I can review them next January and see how I did. They don’t seem that hard, but I guess I wanted to make sure I put down things I know I can accomplish. Here goes:
- Finish piecing a bed sized quilt - I have a Block of the Month Quilt Kit that I just started, and my sushi quilt from last year that are both good candidates.
- Create a landscape design - By the time I finish my landscaping course next month, I should have atleast a partial plan to work with.
- Lose 10 lbs more than my WW goal weight - I am currently what I weighed before I went to grad school. I would now like to weight what I did when I finished college.
- Qualify my yard as an Audobon Wildlife Sanctuary - I posted this in a couple posts back - it shouldn’t be too hard to do.
- Go on a long distance trip - there are a ton of places that Thomas and I want to go this year - Boston, the Keys, California, Bloomington, Canada, etc.
- Kayak on an overnight trip - I really want the challenge of traveling with just the belongings that will fit in my kayak.
- Participate in a volunteer project - I really miss the Raleigh Jaycees, and I’d like to find a group or project nearby that I can get involved in.
- Discover a local band - There has to be some good, local bluegrass, or jambands in this area. Where/who are they?
- Finish my VW bus curtains - I’ve got the materials. I’ve got the hardware. I’ve got the tools. Just do it!
- Find the local Yellowwood equivalent - In Indiana, when Thomas and I needed to go away, we would go camping at Yellowwood State Park. We need to find a local place like that.
- Paint a room - I think if I can paint atleast one of my rooms in the house, then it will make it feel much more personalized.
- Finish studying my Swedish textbook - out of all of them, I think this one is the least likely to get accomplished. It’s really a long term goal, and it’s hard to get motivated about learning something you know you won’t use for a few years.
The flower in this entry’s photo is an Amaryllis. Inspired by my Aunt Derelys, I bought a couple bulbs in the Target post-holiday sale and am growing them in my window sills.
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Great goals! I have a couple block of the month kits that I hope to finish with the new sewing machine I got for Christmas. Thanks for stopping by my blog :)
So excited that you guys have Boston on your list — as soon as you have a sense of time frames, let me know!
http://gastateparks.org/net/go/parks.aspx?show=parks&go=1&s=0.0.1.5. This will take you to the GA State Parks, and on their sites, you can find how they need volunteers and on what dates!! You can complete 2 goals with one weekend. We might plan ahead to a weekend and Jay & I reserve a cabin and you and Thomas can either share it or camp in the bus or a tent. So many possibilities.
The Cotton Club was always a good place for local live music (I remember seeing John Mayer there before he was all the rage). Also, a roadtrip to Athens, GA, totally a college town, about an hour away, definitely has its fair share of live music.
Cool. I haven’t heard of that club. According to their website, they don’t have any concerts scheduled at the moment, but I’ll keep it in mind. I do need to head out to Athens sometime too. Thanks for the suggestions.