1. New Year, New Goals

Happy New Year!

I'm a day late because my lovely trip to Wisconsin got extended by a full day thanks to fog related flight delays. When given the choice of crashing my parents' New Years Eve party or risking a lonely night in the Detroit airport, I chose the party with laughter, bubbly, stuffed tenderloin, salad, and crème brûlée over TV in a crummy hotel room and whatever room service would deliver at 11:00 pm. The snow in Wisconsin was beautiful. I truly enjoyed the cold weather. I saw my grandmas. The four kids were a hoot; after opening an overwhelming pile of gifts, they chose to play with the empty boxes instead of all their new toys. I helped create three new knitters (my sister's kids) and one new sock knitter (my mom).

I arrived home last night with enough time to unpack and crash. As a result, my public goals for this year are a day late. Here they are with specific, measurable details.

1. Be healthier, or exercise more and eat less junk. My short term goal for this is be bikini-presentable for the "you made your quota so you get a mini-vacation" trip to Hawaii in mid-February. The long term goal is to weight 20 pounds less than I do now.
2. Spin every day. Ten minutes with a spindle or a longer stretch at the wheel.
3. Knit twice as much yarn as I buy. I did not do as well as I wanted to on the 2007 Knit from Stash challenge. This year I will keep track of yards used and yards purchased and try to only buy yarn that I truly love.
4. Eliminate 6 UFOs by finishing, transforming, or frogging.
5. Finish 6 sweaters. I finished many small projects, but only one sweater, in 2007. There are at least 5 sweaters in the wool room that are more than half finished. They belong in my wardrobe and not in the wool closet.
6. Post to the blog instead of just thinking about it. I would rather knit, spin, and sleep, than spend many of my few spare hours on the Blog 365 challenge. My goal for 2008 is 200 posts that include all the knitting projects I start, finish, or frog; details about the interesting and uninteresting places I visit; more kitty cuteness; and re-publishing some highlights from the first 4 years of my misadventures. You know you are not posting enough when your spouse complains that he doesn't know what you're up to because you haven't posted anything in over a week. Is that a comment on my crazy travel schedule or his insane trial schedule?

That's it for now. It's time to go spin something and then settle in with a sock for tonight's new Project Runway episode.

Comments

[claudia]

At least he READS your blog unlike some husbands I could name.

;-)

Happy New Year!

[Risa]

Happy New Year! All laudable goals... and I have a few of those same ones myself. Good luck!

[fivecats]

i've gone with christine kane's idea of choosing a word for the year instead of resolutions. [http://christinekane.com/blog/resolution-revolution-a-better-way-to-start-your-year/] (i've blogged about it, too) [http://fivecats.livejournal.com/182984.html]

goals for the year are interesting. your desire for measurable metrics make me think you may be a little on the Type A side, though. :)

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[Jasmine]

Happy new Year!! Good luck with those goals.