Ha! New promises ... maybe this year I won't be such a procrastinator! Let's review the list of 10 that I made for 2010:
1. Make jam
2. Go see the cherry blossoms in D.C.
3. Paint the dining room
4. Go on a beer and cheese tour of Vermont
5. Knit 12 pairs of socks
6. Have a garden
7. Make pickles
8. Take an art class
9. Sew slipcovers for the armchairs
10. Go to spinning (somewhat regularly)
How did I do? Just keep reading to find out!
1. Nope. Didn't make jam. This will go on my list for 2010.
2. Yes! I did this. Although it was really crowded. Next year I think that I'll just go to the park by my house and look at the pretty cherry trees there in spring.
3. Paint the dining room. No, didn't do this either. But I will probably move in august, so it's not worth it now.
4. Yes! I did this. BB and I went to Vermont (a real vacation, my first ever) and had a lot of fun. In 2011 I want to go somewhere new.
5. Oh my, no, this did not happen. I made two pairs. One took, oh, 6 or 7 months to complete. But they are pretty!
6. Yes, I had a garden. I also horribly neglected it when it got too hot (100 degrees AND humidity?). This year I will scale back.
7. Nope, no pickles for me. Too hot!
8. Didn't do that in 2010, BUT I am signed up for classes starting next week! I think that counts.
9. No, but I got a sewing machine. Therefore I count this one half done.
10. Well I went maybe 3 or 4 times. Does that count as somewhat regularly? I think that somewhat gives me a lot of leeway.
Overall, looks like I got around 50%. Not too bad, right? I must be an optimist because I have another list of 10 for 2011. Some are the same, some are different.
1. Make jam. Why not try again? This might be the year ...
2. Bike to the Bay. Yes, a 70 mile (I think) bike ride. Now to get in shape! And buy a bike.
3. Take a vacation to the Lake District in Northern England. Even BB is excited about this idea.
4. Design and knit a cabled miniskirt and black cardigan. Well, I have to have some sort of knitting goal.
5. Have a garden. I like it, so I am going to do it again. This year, I will go easier and only plant stuff I can actually grow, such as tomatoes, peppers, basil, arugula.
6. Make pickles. I really want to do this. Maybe pickled beets.
7. Learn to sew. Well, I know how to sew. Maybe I should say: learn how to sew well. Then I can make those slip covers!
8. Dye more yarn. Because it is FUN.
9. Have a Harry Potter Marathon before the last movie comes out. I forgot a lot.
10. Buy a house. Maybe. I think we might be ready, and my lease ends in August. Hmmm ...
