26 Before 27

Here are my goals this year:

1. Redesign my blog.
2. Go on a spontaneous roadtrip.
3. Grow out my hair. Only trims this year!
4. Get a new job!
5. Date night with Chris once a month. (This means a movie/show/dinner. Not fast food at the apartment!)
6. Find a new livingroom chair!
7. Do a better job of remembering Birthdays and sending great gifts.
8. Go down at least two dress sizes.
9. Take at least one picture every single day. Document it.

(Cell pic rom yesterday. We were packing to go to the in-laws' house and Lemon wanted to make sure we didn't forget to pack her.)

10. Get back to blogging each day.
11. Call a friend at least once a week.
12. Mixtape every month! I did it last year, I can do it again!
13. Go to a concert.
14. Legally change my name.
I was born Stephanie Kathryn. But I've always been called 'Katie.' When we got married, I assumed I could drop my first name on my Social Security card, keep my maiden name and add my new last name. I was wrong. I have to appear before a judge and pay an exorbitant fee and legally have my name changed. The notice even has to run in the local paper for four weeks. I find this whole thing to be ridiculous.
15. Make homemade jam.
16. Get tipsy more often. (I tend to be a little tightly wound sometimes. I should let go more often.)
17. Write at least 10 letters. On paper. And send them!
18. Put together a recipe book of family recipes.
19. Sleep in a tent under the stars.
20. Read a classic novel. Or three.
21. Give up something for Lent.
22. Finish my Long Distance Quilt. It needs to be done.
23. Enter something crafty in the Fair.
24. Stand on top of a mountain. Take a picture.
25. Start collecting t-shirts from St. Simons for a t-shirt quilt.
26. Purchase a piece of vintage furniture.

Let's see how I do this year.

xoxo

Last Year

It's that time. Time to review my 25 before 26 list one last time.
Let's see how much of my list from last year I got accomplished before I post this year's.....

1. Buy a sofa. YES!
   
2. Make a headboard. No, but we did paint the bedroom and hang my embroidered heart above it.
   
3. Open an Etsy shop. No..... it's going to happen, but I'm not going to put it on a list. It'll happen when it happens.
   
4. Start a record collection (and buy a record player). Oh yeah! We have tons of records now!
   
5. Finish LDQ & Arrows quilts (and make another!) No.... I'm putting this on list for next year again.
   
6. Find a great rug for the living room. Well, no... but right now, our livingroom doesn't really need it.
   
7. Camping on Cumberland. Take a picture of a wild horse. Sigh.... another no.
   
8. Make health a priority. Yes. Did this.... and I'm pretty proud of my progress.
   
9. Bake a Red Velvet cake. I never did this. I did, however, get a copy of my Grandmother's recipe.
   
10. Make a 17 song mixtape playlist for every month. YES! Well, every month but October, but I'm calling it a win anyway!
    
11. Write a letter every week. Ha. No.
    
12. Read 20 books that aren't Twilight or Harry Potter. I read 10 Sookie Stackhouse novels... and one or two others. Does that count?
    
13. Sew something wearable. I did... I'm not crazy about the dress I made, but I made it anyway.
    
14. Fill the pages of a sketchbook. Aaaaaalmost.
    
15. Mail 5 care packages for no reason. Yep.
    
16. Go to a state I've never been to. I'd never been to Virginia. Now I have.
    
17. Make a painting and hang it in our apartment. Yes. Although it's not up right now due to Christmas decorations.
    
18. Design a website. No.... redesigned my blog a few times, but no website as such.
    
19. Watch 5 movies in theaters. Yes. I even went to a movie by myself once.
    
20. Get a really great haircut. I did, and I loved my bob. But now it's time for another change.
    
21. Drink a bottle of wine worth more than $20. Yep. Well.... we spent $75 at the wine store.... I say that counts.
    
22. give at least 1 trash bag of clothes to Goodwill. I think I gave 3 or 4.
    
23. Buy Chris something he'd never buy for himself. I did. But it's his Christmas present, so shhhhhhh!!
    
24. Eat a whole lobster. No.... had a few claws about a month back, though.
    
25. Make business cards for myself. Yes, but I'm thinking of making new ones.
    

New list will be up soon!
xoxo

25 Before 26

A quarter of a century ago today, I was born.

This week, I made a list of 25 things I want to do before I add another year onto the total. Here's my "25 Before 26" list. Some of the items are quite serious and down to business. Others are just tiny things. Some are really quite silly. I hope to accomplish them all this year.

And in case you can't read my messy handwriting:

1. Buy a sofa.
2. Make a headboard.
3. Open an Etsy shop.
4. Start a record collection (and buy a record player).
5. Finish LDQ & Arrows quilts (and make another!)
6. Find a great rug for the living room.
7. Camping on Cumberland. Take a picture of a wild horse.
8. Make health a priority.
9. Bake a Red Velvet cake.
10. Make a 17 song mixtape playlist for every month.
11. Write a letter every week.
12. Read 20 books that aren't Twilight or Harry Potter.
13. Sew something wearable.
14. Fill the pages of a sketchbook.
15. Mail 5 care packages for no reason
16. Go to a state I've never been to.
17. Make a painting and hang it in our apartment.
18. Design a website.
19. Watch 5 movies in theaters.
    
20. Get a really great haircut.
21. Drink a bottle of wine worth more than $20.
22. give at least 1 trash bag of clothes to Goodwill.
23. Buy Chris something he'd never buy for himself.
24. Eat a whole lobster.
25. Make business cards for myself.

(Wow! My hair looks really red in this picture. I think it was taken a day or two after I dyed it red, though. But it still looks sooo red!)