2021 List recap

Last year I set only 25 goals - I completed 15.  Seems respectable.  

1. Family Vacation - finished
2. Finish out my 40 donations - Finished

4. Finish city Sampler - Complete
5. Finish Charm Square Quilt - Complete

6. Quilt for new niece - done

10. Get the extra frames put up or donated - Done

11. Hang the school photos - Complete

12. Finish paying for daycare :) -done 

13. Plant back garden - Done

15. Hang the barn door for master bath - DONE

17. Art journalling - completed

20. New desk - done

22. Document kid stories documented 4 

24. New friend invitations x3 (completed S & A, U&P, A, S)

25. Make new list

I started 4 of these and I actually really enjoyed doing the Make, cheese tasting and bike rides so I almost considered them finished!  

7. Make 365 - 155 (going to try this again next year) 9. 10,000 steps a day (the end of 2020 I was averaging about 9k so maybe this is achievable) - yikes missed this one I had 135 
16. 50 Cheese tasting - finished the year with 28
19. Bike the whole connector trail - we biked just the south part

I didn’t even attempt 6, several of these I am moving onto my 2022 list.  Some I just am over them.  

3. try Punch Art

8. paint Cabinets

14. built ins for TV wall

18. paint Shed

21. Launch the work book club at work
23. Get a clothes line

10,000 steps a day goal

I checked my tracker today and I am currently at 80 days of over 10,000 steps most days were I met this goal are weekends or vacation days.  Not sure what that says about work exactly but perhaps I need to walk on lunch or something.  I will say I don’t have a count of closing my rings on my watch but it’s probably higher at least on days where the battery doesn’t die.  

I think in November I am going to try and do 1.6 mile a day in my neighborhood,  if I can manage to sneak away from my kids in the morning.  This is two loops of our main loop and takes less than 30 minutes so it seems like a reasonable goal as long as the weather isn’t pouring rain.  Anyhow it’s a goal.

15 - Barn Door

My bathroom previously had two doors that bumped into each other and took up so much space in the bathroom.  I took one off immediately upon moving the other one was the door to the room, so i left it but it was nonstop annoyance.  I knew immediately i needed to replace it with a barn door.  So I bought a door and scheduled a contractor.  Well 4 months later the contractor hadn’t gotten around to this project.  So this past weekend m.  My best friend and I tackled it.  I thought it would take 90 minutes - ha!  

Upon opening the box I realized it wasn’t going to be fast.  The door had been scratched in transit and need to be painted and I needed a spade bit.   So off to Lowe’s we went.  

After two coats of gold spray paint I decided that it was the worst, so I switched to this random green we had in the garage.  And I rather like it now that it’s up, more than I would the gold. 

Well 5 hours, three coats of green paint, several missteps with hanging the rails, and only one anchor lost in the wall.  It’s up and I love it.  My bathroom seems so much bigger and better.  

It’s relatively an inexpensive project.  

Now to decide what art to hang on the wall next to. 

Preschool Graduate

This little one graduated from preschool last month.  And she’s heading to kindergarten in the fall.  How did that even happen? 

This has been one crazy year + and yet here we are ready for elementary school.  She writes most letters, and is sounding out words and counting and her fine motor kids are on point.  She’s fast to make friends.  Can’t wait for this next step but first summer camps. 

 

Also other big milestone - preschool and summer camps are all paid for no more daycare costs for mommy.  

1 - family vacation

Last week we went on family vacation in Florida it was our 2020 trip in 2021.  It was much fun with the kids together and being at the beach and having a pool for a week.  

We relished in each other’s company.  

We invented 100 pool games and built many sand castles that were crushed before completion. 

We let the water crash into us.

We floated on top.

We took boats into the bay.

We ate ice cream everyday.

We swam with manatees.

Scooped up sand dollars.

Located starfish.

Collected shells big and small.

There was a synchronized swimming performance and the most ridiculous game of duck duck goose.

We saw the sunsets.

The boys all went fishing.

At the end of the trip we hit up Legoland.  

We ate big family meals.

We sat in Orlando traffic.

There were 100 loads of towels and equally as many reapplications of sunscreen.

We drank TONS of water.

We played hard and slept good. 

Can’t wait to do it all again.  

9 - 10,000 Steps a Day

To say I am WAAAAY off my 10,000 steps per day goal for 2021 would be accurate.  

I have had like 2 good weeks were I did it 5x in the week (thanks spring break) but then I fall off again. I counted up my circles on my chart and I have 27 for the year.  This goal seemed like a stretch from the beginning but progress is the main goal not perfection. Remember that year where I ran over lunch almost daily?  Just little by little like 2011?? Well I don’t plan to run over lunch anytime soon I am so far from that but I think I will bring it back this time just by walking the loop at least once.  

6 - Quilt for Niece

My second finish of 2021.  I actually started and finished this one in the same year.  My brother recommended “millennium pink”. Which I had to google.  It’s basically like a light pink. I added in some other colors and then found a vintage sheet with those colors and used it too although mostly on the back.  The pattern is something I have seen before but I don’t know where I just winged it as I did it.  I quilted it in like a light purple thread which is almost impossible to tell from these photos.  I made a little tag for it.  I do like to include the babies name but since we don’t yet know her name I just signed mine.  I love the softness of the quilt because the backing is vintage sheet it’s Super soft.  Anyhow I can’t wait to meet her.  And I will say baby quilts sometimes are soooo quick maybe I need to make a few more.  

 

11 - Hang School Photos

Does anyone other than me love school photos?  They are so corny and usually awkward smiles/hair etc.  but I LOVE THEM!  

Turns out I also like the goofy sports pics too.  Same type of awkward with a uniform.  Anyhow months ago I purchased frames at IKEA for these and never hung them in our hallways I am missing a few years of preschool, I probably should have a place where I store such photos but I don’t.  But I hung 8 of them, not sure if I will swap them out as the kids get older or just add more to the walls.  I love seeing them as I walk down the hall, as a reminder of how much my kids have grown in the last few years.

In other news I also hung more kids art in the kids bathroom. I am hoping they can create me more Oceanic and pirate themed art in coming months.  

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.

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