Update #46

Cleaning and Organizing
7. Wash dishes once a week for two months (1/8)

I really hate doing dishes.


Creativity
12. Make Larry’s “Pocket Quilt”

I've been saving up old jeans for this project.


Food and Health
44. No internet on Wednesday for 2 months (0/8)

Might give this one a try this week.


Love My Larry
50. Make sure his 27th birthday is the best one he’s ever had

While his birthday was good, it wasn't great due to lack of funding. Will try again next year. :-/

53. Create a list of 1001 reasons why he makes me so happy… just to remind him :-)

I want to start this one soon, too.


Personal Upgrades
61. Get a cushy state job

Applied to three more today, both in Frankfort and more locally.


Shits & Giggles
95. Make and sell 5 items on Etsy (0/5)

With my new interest in soap making and the fact I can now knit/crochet washcloths, I might sell little bath sets. I'm also feeling bold and might get into making various other bath products, like shampoo, lotion, and deodorant. Who knew my frustration with my eczema could lead me to a possible "little extra cash on the side" business venture?

Random Update

Creativity
14. Learn to knit

Learned 7-11-09


20. Draw or paint five pictures (1/5)

Gave Haley a picture of a dirt road through an autumn forest done in soft pastels.


Friends
46. Send each close friend a handcrafted item (2/5)

See Goal #20 above.


Personal Upgrades
61. Get a cushy state job

Still haven't heard anything back from the 39,487 I've applied to.


63. Buy a new little black dress

Still no luck.


Travel
97. Visit Haley and Justin in Huntington

Visited 7-11-09

Update #44

Creativity
20. Draw or paint five pictures (1/5)

I'm thinking of doing three more so this one will be part of a set.



This is it from a distance, like it's supposed to be viewed.


14. Learn to knit

Going to try next week...


Friends
46. Send each close friend a handcrafted item (2/5)

Will send the gift this weekend.


Very Personal
101. ******* ** ******

I still don't know about this one. It's without a doubt the hardest goal on my list, and with recent events, I don't know if it will ever be possible. I don't know. We'll see.

Update #28 & #29 For Good Measure

I've not been keeping up with this blog like I ought to. Bleah... I'm awful. Mostly I've been tending to Jesse goat (please see my LJ for the last 2 weeks).

Creativity
17. Complete the 100 Snapshots Challenge (0/100)
18. Complete 26 Things and post in my journal (0/26)

Spring is here. I'm plotting things to photograph.


Satisfying Nerdom
89. Place tags on all of my old journal entries including LJ and Xanga

Still working. It's a good way to pass the insomnia away.


I've had a lot of issues of late. Hopefully tending to them and myself excuse me from my belated entries.

Weekly Update #15

Creativity
17. Complete the 100 Snapshots Challenge (0/100)
18. Complete 26 Things and post in my journal (0/26)

I need to just do these and get them over with. Honestly, they're not THAT hard. You point the camera at something and take a picture. End of story. Alas, yon ADD, I know thee well... for I am easily distracted. ^_~ lol

Do Unto Others
22. Handcraft 2+ items as Christmas gifts each year (1/6)

I really need to finish that scarf for Oaksy...


Family
33. Spend the day shopping with Karen

We might do this during the upcoming weekend. There's Christmas shopping to be done! We'll see if it happens, though.


Pets
67. Leash-train Jack and Jasper

They have their first "real test" this week when I take them to the vet. They've outgrown their transporting cage, so they will have to ride in the "cannot leave the truck" cage and be walked into the vet's office. Wish my boys luck!

68. Breed Zoe and Frank

Frank is no longer rutting (thank God). Zoe still doesn't appear pregnant. Larry worries Frank is infertile. At first he suggested Zoe was, but considering she's got Jack and Jasper... But like I've read, it's hard to tell until right before they pop. I'll wait until February or so before I give up.


Related to Stories
82. Complete at least one book in the Jade trilogy

I'm going to try my best to put real effort into writing on this story. I have the prologue mostly edited. There's still kinks, but it's something, right? I've also worked out a better first chapter. Hopefully, it will work out as well as I hope it will.

Replacement Goal #101
No idea. I would like to have this slot filled before the new year, but so far I can't come up with anything. :-/ I have plenty of other goals to keep me occupied right now, so I haven't given it much thought at all. Oh well, we shall see.

Weekly Update #10

Confidence Building
8. Be more open about being bisexual (lose this lingering shame I was taught growing up)

I don't want to talk about it.

Do Unto Others
22. Handcraft 2+ items as Christmas gifts each year (1/6)

I'm 90% done with Oaksy's Christmas scarf. At the moment, I worked so hard to get this far, I'm sick of looking at it. It'll be done long before Christmas, though.

Creativity
17. Complete the 100 Snapshots Challenge (0/100)
18. Complete 26 Things and post in my journal (0/26)

I'm going to see if I can't at least start these tomorrow... or at least one of them.

Food and Health
40. Try a new recipe and/or food every month (3/143)

Today I tried this crazy concoction that was like peanut butter candy with chocolate fudge on top of it... topped with walnuts. It was supposed to be like a Reese Cup cake thing. *shrugs* It was pretty good, but mostly it tasted like the two candies put together than a Reese Cup.


And that's pretty much it. :-/

Weekly Update #9

Bleah, I am accomplishing nothing. I'm working on Oaksy's scarf, and that's been pretty much it. Jasper is doing well with leash training, though. He hardly needs any prompting now. Jack, on the other hand...

Confidence building is going nowhere.

I'm a rather discouraged Jan right about now, but it'll get better. I need to focus on goals I can get done and just do them, like my photography challenges. That will make me feel better.

Meanwhile, back to Oaksy's scarf.

Weekly Update #8

I haven't accomplished much at all this last week. Well, it hasn't felt like I have, anyway. I figure it's time to sit down and plot some things to do this brand new week and see how I fare. Plans are usually a good thing.

Confidence Building
8. Be more open about being bisexual (lose this lingering shame I was taught growing up)

I'd thought about doing a series of posts on LJ, just talking about how I knew growing up, my feelings on being told such a thing was an abomination, etc. I'll keep it behind an LJ-cut, so it won't be mandatory reading for anyone. It'll just be there in case someone wants to know.

Honestly, just typing the above paragraph was hard for me. I have a feeling this idea will take a very long time to carry out, which I guess is the point. You can't make yourself comfortable with such a thing overnight. Time is the key.

Creativity
17. Complete the 100 Snapshots Challenge (0/100)
18. Complete 26 Things and post in my journal (0/26)

I've been thinking about getting these two done and out of the way (linkage above). The 100 Challenge will be fun because it's such a big list of thing to photograph! I copied the list and alphabetized it to make it easier, though.

Pets
68. Breed Zoe and Frank

Frank has recently began to "rut," which is normal for goats in the fall. It means Zoe has come into season for sure. He's urinating all over himself and being rather aggressive. He takes great pleasure in knocking me down by side-swiping me on a steep hill. *glares* This behavior can last between a few days, a few weeks, or up to two months.

Either way, the goal here is to get him to successfully knock up Zoe so we will have baby pygmy goats. Not much I can really do to help in this department, though. (Have you ever seen little baby pygmy goats? Look them up on YouTube. You don't even need sound to see how precious and little they are!)

Related to Stories
82. Complete at least one book in the Jade trilogy

Yesterday, I had an epiphany. Now to put this new idea to work... and completely toss out everything I'd already written for the first book. :-/


I guess that's plenty to think and work on this week, don't you? *nods* Now to get my ghetto booty in gear and get-r-do!

Gal 19 Completed

Creativity
19. Complete A Day in My Life Challenge (70/70) (clicky for linkage)

Above is the link to my post on ADiML. I also posted 60 of the pictures on Facebook. :-D It's not much, but neither is a day in the life of Jan.

Enjoy!

Don't bother clicking... they took my post down because apparently, I miscounted my copy/pastes and only posted 69, not 70. They didn't even tell me. Someone in the community posted on my journal and told me because s/he didn't get to comment on my post.

Totally bummed out over here.

ETA: New linkage to my personal LJ!

A Day in My Life in Progress

Creativity
19. Complete A Day in My Life Challenge (50/70) (clicky for linkage)

I really, really, really don't like having my picture taken first thing in the morning. Seriously, if someone else was taking the pictures, they would be dead.

Oh well... on about my business.

Weekly Update #4

Creativity
19. Complete A Day in My Life Challenge (0/70)

Tomorrow will be a good day to do this. I've got interesting errands to run and lots of goat-type things to do. There should also be minimal drama going on, but as with all things related to me and mine, you can't make such promises.


Do Unto Others
22. Handcraft 2+ items as Christmas gifts each year (0/6)

Larry and I have decided to make the adult female relatives of his family scarves for Christmas. Technically, I'll be making six total this Christmas, but my goal is for 2+ items EACH Christmas.

But yeah, we bought a metric ton of chunky-weight yarn. I'm also doing one (a Gryffindor scarf) for his friend Oaksy.