Resolution free

[fenchurch]

I have no New Year's Resolutions... at least no new ones, since I save resolutions for the start of my own personal year (i.e. my birthday), but I do have a few things that are more along the lines of goals or plans or hopes, I guess. And today is certainly the day to put them down in pixels!

The first is one I failed to do last year: Finish at least 50 books in the next year. I'm off to a rolicking start, because I finished Three To Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich earlier this evening. Yay!

Um, now that I think about it... the second is also one I failed to do last year: re-learn how to knit. And I'm also on a good beginning with that one... my mother-in-law got me started on a scarf today, although she won't be able to show me how to end it until she comes to visit in March. :-p I figure I can have a few different projects started by then that she can show me how to finish, or I'll figure it out myself by perusing books and the internet. And then I need to *keep* doing it, so I don't forget again (although the last time I had some mitigating circumstances).

The third, buy an Inkle loom and teach myself how to use it. I've tried borrowing one of my mother-in-law's looms in the past, but never managed to get started on it. I think if I buy my own, I might be a bit more motivated.

Fourth, help rackham tear out and replace the fireplace and mantle. That *will* happen at some point this year and is probably going to be our next big home improvement project.

Fifth, finally get registered for classes at Cascadia Community College. I keep having things come up (like relatives needing help after emergency surgery, etc.) and getting in the way of finishing the process.

Sixth is easy (or I hope it will be): keep losing weight until I reach my goal. There are several smaller things associated with this that I'll be posting about later... mostly dealing with ideas for types of exercise and activities I might enjoy. I'm thinking I may try taking some lessons in Scottish Folk Dancing when I get home... the local Scottish Folk Dancing Club gives inexpensive lessons once a week not too far from where I live, and I think I might actually be in good enough shape to not kill myself with it.

And seventh, find a new piano teacher and start practicing again regularly. I miss my old teacher... and the one thing about our lessons was that I knew I'd have at least one half hour a week that I would play, even if it was in front of my teacher.

Comments

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Well good luck with your continuing resolutions then. ;)

The inkle loom looks interesting. I've been interested in looming for awhile now. Part of my determination to be prepared for self-sufficiency. Plus, it'd be a cool hobby methinks. I'll have to check out the link more later.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Inkle looms are actually pretty easy to use, once you figure them out. And while you can't make a wide range of things, you can do the sort of projects that make fun gifts, like woven bookmarks and shoelaces... Plus the looms themselves don't take up a lot of space, which can be a real consideration.

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

They all sound like excellent goals! :)

[kehf.livejournal.com]

My husband knits... if you are looking for someone local to get tips from.

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Good luck -- and reading all the rest of the Evanovich books will get you well on the way to that goal!

[knitress.livejournal.com]

Casting off is dead easy; when you're ready to finish the scarf let us know and we'll point you to some videos/instructions.

[ayinhara.livejournal.com]

There are some wonderful websites which have videos illustrating all sorts of techniques.

BTW, Happy New Year to you and rackham.

[econopodder.livejournal.com]

Oh, Scottish folk dancing! What fun! I have family of widely varying shapes & sizes who've done classes like that (in NJ and in the DC suburbs) and enjoyed it a lot, so I think you're right that you could do it successfully.

[rosiewook.livejournal.com]

I have no doubts that you can accomplish all of those.

However, after the laundry room? I'm a little worried about you guys tackling the fireplace. You might end up adding a wing to your house. :)

[slm76.livejournal.com]

I've also got some repeats from last year on my goals list.

Good luck to you with yours :)

[pmgoose.livejournal.com]

Scottish Folk Dancing sounds verrrry cool! :)

[hollywdliz.livejournal.com]

Scottish folk dancing lessons sound fun and I bet they're great exercise! Great idea.