(Re) Chic

I was pretty disappointed in myself with the state of my September goals. So let's see if we can't work a little harder this month. 1. Work out at the gym...it WILL happen someday.  2. Get 500 followers on Twitter ...I'm SOOO close 3. Complete my latest craft project 4. Clear out my garden plot  5. Set-up an online photography portfolio (I have a Flickr; does anyone have any recommendations they like better?) 6. Continue blogging at least once/week 7. Pick my knitting back up 8. Finish 2 books 9. Work on my translations 10. Watch at least one movie from my AFI list.   Wish me luck.  Looks like I'm going to be keeping busy!  

1. Go to the gym (I will do this someday!) 2. Read (or at least start depending on how bad it is)  50 Shades of Grey.   I picked it up from the library today! 3. Get my professional manicure 4. Reach my 500 Twitter followers goal (I'm so close!) 5. Rearrange the spare bedroom  As you can see I'm really trying to focus on my 101 in 1001 .  I feel like I've neglected it.  So I'm trying to get a move on!  I have just over a year left! 

Here's a wrap-up of how I did with my July goals:  1. Cross off one thing in 101 in 1001...CHECK! I drank my whole DSW water bottle (that's 32 oz) per day for a week straight...since I accidentally melted my VISTA one :-( 2. Go to the gym!!...Some day I'm going to remind myself where that gym is. 3. Rearrange spare bedroom into craft room...This has NOT happened yet.  I haven't even cleared off the table that I want to put up there that's still in my dining room yet! 4. Survive Josh taking the Bar...CHECK!   This really was the one I was most worried about...so the fact that we both survived is FANTASTIC!  We celebrated with a weekend of hanging out with friends, drive-in, and mostly just spending time that did not involve him studying.  Now all we need to do is get him a law job!  

I am aware that it is already July 10th but better late than never to get started on monthly goals! 1. Cross off one thing in 101 in 1001 (not including the things I did with Megan last weekend!) 2. Go to the gym!! 3. Rearrange spare bedroom into craft room 4. Survive Josh taking the Bar (this is the one I'm most worried about) In other news I am suddenly a very busy woman!  I have two meetings this week, am driving to Cinci to have dinner with some college friends Wednesday night not to mention having back-to-back plans on Saturday!  How do all these things sneak up on me all of a sudden?!

Clearly I spoke too soon with my May goals, as soon as I wrote about how well I was doing blogging nearly everyday...I stopped. So I think this month I'll try not to count my goals until the end of the month, lol. 1. Find new bank (long store short I became very unhappy after I tried to clear up a problem with my current bank and they just tried to sign me up for a credit card instead...so suggestions are welcome) 2. Go to the gym 3 times...I swear I'm going to find where the company gym is again! 3. Finish putting away winter clothes-this has been a slow and tedious process...I need to just do it so I can stop having a whole year's worth of clothes strewn about my bedroom floor. 4. Blog Once/week. Anyone else have any goals they think I should tackle, another one on my back burner is to start working more on my 101 in 1001 things that I haven't really been focusing on...its been sad and lonely lately!

Wow! April really snuck up on me! I had almost forgotten that it happened today...I probably would have had it not been for going to work.  So of course its time to take a look at March and see what was/was not accomplished.  1. Go to the gym (I really am going to get there eventually) -I went once... 2. Finish unpacking and/or at least make my floor walkable if I can't empty EVERY box. -the floor is definitely walkable...so I think that's a win! 3. Plan my garden and start my seeds (I put down my deposit on my community garden plot!) -I have a tentative garden plan AND all my seeds are started!  On top of that I went one day and cleared my plot out of all the old dead stuff and got it ready to plant as soon as my seedlings are strong enough! 4. Complete my desk corner in the spare bedroom -I would say we're 75% there.  The desk is all set-up but I think I'm going to need some shelves or something for additional space (although the seedlings are living there...

Unfortunately, I'm welcoming March and feeling a little bit like a failure.  I'm skimming through my February goals and they're not looking so great:  I didn't go to the gym (not once) There are still boxes all over the floor of my bedroom You can still hardly see my desk in the spare bedroom So I didn't do so hot there.  But there is internet in my apartment and its 7:30am and I've already cleaned up a mess in my kitchen, make lunch to take to work, drop Josh off at the law school so he can leave for Milwaukee, pack clothes to go home for the weekend, check Facebook, my email, and read a few articles so hopefully that's a sign that this month is going to be more productive!   So let's write some goals for this month that are actually do-able.   1. Go to the gym (I really am going to get there eventually) 2. Finish unpacking and/or at least make my floor walkable if I can't empty EVERY box. 3. Plan my garden and start my seeds (I put down m...