So, I’ve spent some time thinking about what would be reasonable goals for me to set for 2009. I wanted goals that I could achieve, but that weren’t easy. They had to push me to work hard, but not be things that would make me give up.
- Be the best mom and wife I can possible be to Baby Man and quanta
- Try to be nice to my parents too 😛
- Do a Tarot card draw every day, even if I can’t spend time thinking about what it might mean
- Reach my goal weight before our 4th wedding anniversary
- Learn to knit socks (starting a class on January 20th)
- Don’t fall too far behind with work, but also don’t take on too much
- finish getting all of The Lotus Pond material moved over, and start posting some new stuff
- No more celebrity gossip sites or shows (this one will probably be the most difficult)
And then there is cross stitch and knitting. I tried working on a large design for a few days at the start of the year, but because I had to put it down so often, it didn’t work out too well. I think I will be limited to small designs again this year. I don’t think I will be quite as prolific as last year. You can see the approximately 75 designs I finished last year here: Silverlotus’ 2008 Cross Stitch Gallery. I’m not likely to be that productive again any time soon. And, really, they were nearly all small designs. So, my goals for next year, craft-wise:
- finish one felt kit (either Christmas car, plane or train)
- finish knitting Brooke’s Column of Leaves scarf and hat (and think about the gloves)
- start and finish knitting Ice Queen (assuming I’m not also allergic to mohair)
- knit Bernat’s baby kimono for Baby Man before he is too big for it
- knit some gifts
- XS Christmas house ornaments (one a month)
- finishing XS’ing all my class projects from the fall CreativFestival before this fall’s festival (Overdyed Odyssey, Camelot Mini, Delightful Dragon, Tiny Torture Sampler, First Dragon Encounter, Dragon Lullaby, Celtic Thunder)
- XS Stitcher’s Trove in the purples I picked out
- make some progress XS Baby Man’s birth sampler
- finish Halloween Fairy, which I started on Boxing Day
- XS Take Time to Stitch, and think of a way to mount it on my sewing box
- Start and finish these small designs: Black Hatter, Voodoo Girl, Scarab Monogram
- Start and finish at least the box top for Christmas Treasures, if not the ornaments too
- Make a start on stocking for everyone, and try to have Baby Man’s ready for Christmas 2009
- finish gift for family member (ooh! a secret!)