5 - Charm Quilt finish 2021

This charm quilt was made to replace the one that was stolen in my van back in 2017.  Charm squares are from fabrics from my stash as well as some from friends.  I love a charm square quilt because it uses sooooo many prints things you never would assemble together.  

The back is all random fabrics I had intended to use a single solid but then decided to use prints I would never put together in years.  

This is actually the very first quilting cotton I bought?  It’s a weird Michael Miller hot sauce print I have no idea why I bought it.  But I only just now like 20 years later at using it.

2020 List Recap

Surprisingly I complete 28 items from my list another 10 or I started but never finished as well.  So many things cancelled due to the pandemic, like traveling, thrifting, play dates etc.  I also didn’t hardly quilt which seems surprising since we were home more.   I did do a lot of home projects that weren’t listed because well we hadn’t bought the house when I made the list.  (Photo above is unrelated but from New Years)

Completed items.

1.MOVE - done 

2.Make bruschetta - done

3.40th List - complete

6. 40 before 40 - complete. 

8. 4th Birthday Party Thea - complete 

9. 6th Birthday Party Jones - Complete

10.Buy some “patterned clothes” - done. 11.Buy/Make new bed frame - done 

12. Up Average step count (currently it’s about 6000 on weekday and 10,000 on weekend).  Complete - Overall average 9k the weekend went way up and the weekday was slightly higher

12. Listen to a new podcast - complete listened to DropOut 

13. Launch a new training program at work - I think I launched like 10

20. Repair my pink/yellow quilt -done

22. Visit zoo - complete bought passes went 3x

23. Cross stitch something - complete

24. Get big calendar - complete bought 2

27.  Vote - done

28. Monthly “hikes” with my kids.   - we maybe didn’t take a specific one but we probably did 12+ 

30. Fairy house - done 

31. Donate socks - done. I gave them money instead

34. Get Chai with Kathleen - done

36.  Play date with Brooks - playground

37. One second Everyday - done 

38.  Help jones with his you tube channel - done

40. Swim laps - done 

46. Make doughnuts - done 

47. Summer bucket list - done 

48. Find Jones a Summer camp - done 

50. Music jar - done

52. Make new list - done

16 Cheese Please 2021

When talking about goals for this year we wanted to have one like Kathleen’s where we get to explore flavors,  she did banana ice cream, ginger, chai and now is on avocados.  She also collects things like soap or other “related” items.   We don’t really want to collect up a bunch of trinkets but we want to taste different things. So we decided to taste our way thru cheeses by trying at least 50 fancy cheeses. #cheeseplease2021 

Tonight we kicked it off with North Sea Cheese.  It was very a flavorful cheese you could perhaps taste some garlic or onion in it, and my kids surprisingly liked it.  We ended up giving it 2 of 5 Cheese wedges though because I wanted it melted into a grilled cheese.  

2021 List - Guess what it’s shorter!

This year we are kicking off the year in Pandemic and so things are very “questionable”.  Last year I had a bunch of things cancelled or changed because of the quarantine.  So this year I am putting letting less things on my list, but some things are more time intensive.  So for example I am planning to make or do something creative 365 days a year, I also want to average 10k steps which means I might take daily walks to get there. Both of these items I am doing a tracker with so hopefully I get there.  

So here’s my list:

1. Family Vacation
2. Finish out my 40 donation 12 to go
3. Try Punch art
4. Finish city Sampler 
5. Finish Charm Square Quilt - COMPLETE
6. Quilt for new niece - done
7. Make 365
8. Paint cabinets
9. 10,000 steps a day (the end of 2020 I was averaging about 9k so maybe this is achievable) 
10. Get the extra frames put up or donated
11. Hang the school photos - Complete
12. Finish paying for daycare :)
13. Plant back garden 
14. Builtin or Shelves for TV wall
15. Hang the barn door for master bath - complete
16. 50 Cheese tasting
17. Art journalling 
18. Paint shed 
19. Bike the whole connector trail
20. New desk -Bought
21. Launch the work book club at work
22. Document kid stories
23. Get a clothes line
24. New friend invitations x3 (S&A, M&A)
25. Make new list