2019 is looking to be a big year for my husband and I. Among other things, we have a house to finish building, and a farm to start. These are big projects all on their own, but I have a few other things I want to do as well.
I want to continue improving my health.
I know. Everyone says this at the beginning of the year. They even usually say it with good intentions. And then they don’t follow through.
I’m guilty of that myself. I’ve been there, and definitely not done that.
This time though, it’s a continuation of something that was already underway. And I plan to build on it. Current health improvement projects include:
- Improving and correcting my carpal tunnel. – I’m probably headed for surgery sometime later this year, since occupational therapy helped some, but not as much as we had hoped. A few more visits with the doctor will come before that, though.
- Weight management and fitness. – I lost a little bit of weight last year, and have a ways to go before I fall into the healthy range again. Hectic, chaotic schedules didn’t help with making further progress, but settling into a routine will help.
- Correcting my anemia. – Correcting this will probably also help with the weight and fitness aspects of getting healthy, too. I’ll be experimenting with my diet (and sharing tasty recipes) until I find the right balance to give me what I need to not be anemic, and still be able to shift over into a healthy weight range while having the energy to get fit and build my house.
I want to complete 10 non-house-building related craft projects.
I’m crafty by nature. I knit, crochet, sew and quilt. I’m a member of a maker’s space (think co-op for creative people), and the SCA (fun group of people who geek out on, and recreate, the Middle Ages), and part of my dream for our farm is to have it be a teaching farm where we share and teach crafts with things that come from our farm.
I want to knit two sweaters. One is going to be a cowl-neck, raglan-style tunic. The other is going to be a learning experience. I want to knit a top-down sweater with color-work in the yoke. My family called them ski sweaters when I was growing up, though I have no idea why, since we never went skiing.
I want to knit at least one blanket. We love throw blankets around here, And there are so many pretty patterns out there that I want to try.
I want to finish at least the tops of two English Paper Piecing quilts I’ve been working on, and complete the orange peel quilt I’ve been making out of old jeans.
I want to submit at least two A&S projects for the SCA sometime this year. I have no idea what they are yet, but I’ll find something cool to do.
I haven’t decided where I want to go with the other two projects that would complete my list of ten. Something somewhere will spark my creativity, and then I’ll have a project.
I want to finally get started on that cookbook I’ve always wanted to write.
It’s kind of scary putting it out there, but there it is. I’ve been dreaming of writing a cookbook for the past 10+ years. Everything from old family favorites, to things I’ve dreamed up and served to a happy husband. This blog will serve as landing pad for some of that.
I want to be more generous.
I’m kind, but I could be kinder. I enjoy volunteering, and would like to find more time and opportunities to do so. And while I have a few favorite national charities, I’d like to find a few that are more local to work with.
I want to read for fun.
I mean, research and learning is fun, but I haven’t read a fluff/pleasure/fiction book since sometime in 2014, when I went back to school. I didn’t have time for reading anything other than my textbooks. After graduating, my ability to focus on a story line took a bit of a vacation. Now, it appears to be back, and ready to enjoy a good story, which I’m looking forward to.
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