October has been a busy month and with a wedding, three funerals, a sinus infection and 2 colds, Scott, Doug and I are glad October is over.
Despite all of that I did get a ton accomplished. Here is an update on my goals.
1. Build a new garage – Nothing going at the moment
2 – Major cross-stitch projects completed.
I started the HUGE Modern Folkart, Fraktur Hex project and just the one single outside border I stitched was 1073 stitches. yikes!
3 – Projects completed in our house (not to include windows).
Did not have any time this month to work on these.
4 – Books read a month.
I only got two books read, the fourth installment of Factory Girl, by Stephanie Bond and Virgins, by Diana Gabaldon.
Virgins is an Outlander Novella which was kind of fun to read. If you are an Outlander fan it tells the story between the time Jamie was so severely flogged and when he met Claire gor the first time. It was pretty good. Nice short read!
5 – Windows replaced in our house.
Waiting until Spring on this one.
6 – Blog posts a month.
I got 7 blog posts done yippee!
7 – Movies at the theater with my family.
Nothing new on this one.
8 – Hours a month studying herbal medicine and/or herbology a month.
It’s been an interesting month for number 8. I only got about 4 hours in but what I have learned so far has been amazing.
I signed up for a free course with Herb Mentor and then I liked it so much that I decided to subscribe to the whole shebang.
It’s a monthly fee for 12 months but I will always have access to it and the information they provide is well,…overwhelming at first but as I start to implement what I have learned I think it will be less overwhelming.
Rosalee Delforte is the herbal teacher and I am really enjoying her style. One thing I am concerned about though is that there are multiple mini classes you can take which are not included in the subscription price and they tend to push that a bit.
I want to see first if that information is already in what I am currently subscribed to or if that information is in addition.
The cold and flu section is of course something we should all be interested in learning about right now.
I’ll keep you updated on my experience and progress.
9 – Birthday cards sent out to 9 friends. Nada so far.
I really have to do better on this.
10 – Small cross-stitch projects done for the year.
Nothing new
11 – New herb varieties planted for the year.
This again is for a Spring project but I have been doing some research on what I want to plant and how I will use the herbs. The above course I am taking will help determine the varieties I choose.
12 – Recipes I teach to my son.
I have been spending more time engaging my son in at least helping me cook but I did teach him how to make homemade teriyaki sauce. He seemed to enjoy doing that so I will keep at it with him.
13 – Minutes of exercise a day.
I know in my heart I am just not going to do anything with this goal. I am not a traditional exercise kind of gal so I am going to think on a different goal to do for #13. I’ll update you next time.
14 – Walks a month.
I got 10 wonderful walks in! What a lovely time of year for walking.
15 – $15,000 in debt paid off.
I got $1000 paid down on our debt this month. Check out my update tomorrow.
16 – Proper dates with my husband (planned).
My hubby loved the musical we went to last month so much that he wanted to see another this month. We saw The Book of Mormon at our local Broadway Theater. We had a good time. The music and costumes and dancing were wonderful but I thought at times the story was a bit disrespectful but what else can you expect from the writers of South Park. Lol
17 – Etsy Listings posted a month.
I got 29 listings done! On one of my sick days home I laid in bed and got 25 listings up and I already sold one of them 🙂
18 – Books of the Bible read.
Still working on this.
19 – New Recipes tried.
I posted about the recipe I tried in this previous post Butternut Squash Green Curry rice noodle bowl
20 – Visits with people.
See my post – 20 for ’20 Visits Update
Well that’s it for now. As always I will keep you updated! -MM
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