Friday, October 21, 2011

Something That's True About Me...



...is that I don't always get it right the first time. It's good to know these things about yourself. I'm still working on my 30/30 goals but, let's face it, there are several that I'm not going to accomplish. For instance, reading a Jane Austen book. Who could have guessed it would be so effing boring? Okay, maybe I'll accomplish that one. But there are several that I won't. Regardless, there's a lesson to be learned: better planning for the 31/31 goals. So here I have worked out a schedule for the goals for next year; that way I can keep up on them!
Also... I think these goals are more reasonable. Also, here are those 31/31 goals again.

January
Try cross-country skiing (#5)- Done 1/4/12
Try snowshoeing (#13)
Start the Sunday night dinner tradition (#26)- Started 1/15/12
Book: Franny and Zooey by my boyfriend J.D. Salinger- Done 1/12
Movie: The Graduate (#19, spread over 12 months) Started 1/17/12

February
Scan loose photos (#12)
Cook a turkey and salmon (not together) (#16) 2/12/12
Book: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 3/9/12 Loved it!
Movie: Rebel Without a Cause

March
Revamp sun porch (#28)
Go see a play (#6)
Book: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Movie: Taxi Driver

April
Start composting (#21)
Dig out the backyard (#29)
Host a fondue party (#11)
Book: Animal Farm by George Orwell
Movie: Casablanca

May
Start your gardening venture (#10)
Learn to make Coq Au Vin, which is fantastic(#7)
Take a swimming class (#15)
Book: 1984 by George Orwell AND Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Movie: Apocalypse Now

June
Take Brady camping (#8)
Learn to sew (#20)
Go to the Waterfront Film Festival (#23)
Book: One Thousand Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Movie: A Streetcar Named Desire

July
Go fishing (#22)
Build Brady a backyard clubhouse (#27)
Learn to play chess (#24)
Book: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Movie: Jaws

August
Go to Shipshewana (#1)
Be a vegetarian for one month (#17)
Try paintball (#25)
Book: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Movie: Scarface

September
Host a backyard party (#31)
Take another college class (#18)
Book: Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Movie: The French Connection

October
Watch "Out of Africa" (#9)
Attend a murder mystery dinner (#30)
Book: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Movie: Rocky

November
Cut down a Christmas tree with baby lumberjack Brady (#14)
Book: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Movie: Pulp Fiction

December
Take Brady to Frankenchicken (#4)
Try indoor rock climbing (#2)
Book: Native Son by Richard Wright
Movie: Full Metal Jacket

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3 comments:

  1. BFebruary 12, 2012 at 5:34 PM

    I'm you girl for the following:
    Sunporch- I have so many ideas to make it cute. Cuter...I mean.
    Fondue party- OHMYGOD I LOVE FONDUE
    Compost- I want to start a compost pile this year.
    Sewing- We should take a class together. Are we still going to take a belly dancing class??
    Shipshewana- Seriously love that place.
    Rock Climbing- I need to test out my new muscles.

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  2. LolaFebruary 12, 2012 at 5:57 PM

    (1) LOL... yes.. cuter. Because it's already bursting with... cuteness.
    (2) We're talking chocolate fondue here. Screw cheese.
    (3) Did you see the do it yourself composter on Pinterest?!
    (4) The belly dancing class, it seems, is $65. Wowza.

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  3. BFebruary 12, 2012 at 6:10 PM

    Yikes! Screw belly dancing...let's look at sewing classes.
    We should get a chocolate fountain!!
    Are you talking about the barrel composter? If so, we'll need to rent a welder!!!!!! I'm excited about learning how to use one of those!

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