29 Things Progress Report: Week 34

The semester is ending soon. Spring is slow starting to creep back into our lives. The light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer!

1. Work on my poetry (Poetry Journal) - year round

TINY PROGRESS - I haven't really written anything cohesive but I've started to feel the inspiration coming back.

2. Lose weight - year long

PROGRESS - I've started my workout again--- actually trying a different one that is more fun and involves dancing around to country music!

3. Learn rudimentary Spanish - year long

No progress.

4. Make a video of some kind each month (outside of work) - year long

PROGRESS - Major progress!  I actually kicked myself in the butt and made some fun, short videos

5. Actually do my blog post each month - year long

No progress.

6. Do a really good job at my mentoring program! - year long

PROGRESS - I've been making a conscious effort to follow up on some things I am supposed to be doing.

7. Watch These Movies:

No progress.  Need to remember to catch up with this!

• The Butler (Sept)
• As Good As You (Oct)
• I Am Not Your Negro (Nov)
• Carol (Dec)
• Daughters of the Dust (Jan)
• Wild (Feb)
• La Dolce Vita (Mar)
• Imitations of Life (April)
• Song of the Sea (May)
• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (June)
• Spirited Away (July)
• Patti Cakes (Aug)

8. Read Books That I Own:

No progress.

• Girl with a Gun (Sept)
• How to Not Be a Boy (Oct) 
• Savage Grace (Nov)
• Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud (Dec)
• All the Single Ladies (Jan)
• Women In Clothes (Feb)
• The Beauty Myth (April)
• We Were Feminist Once (June)
• Peter Pan (July)
• Swamplandia (Aug)

9. Finish my audiobooks

No progress.  Boy do I struggle with nonfiction.

• The Invention of Nature (Sept)
• Dear Fatty (Oct)
• Ghost, Edith Wharton short stories (Nov)
• Vile Bodies (Jan)
• The Forgotten Room (Dec)
• The Feminine Mystique (Feb)
• Dancing in the Street (June)

10. Set up a scrapbook for the year - (Sept)

No Progress.

11. Change a tire - (Nov) COMPLETE

12. Go see Spectacular Gems exhibit at Hillwood - (Nov) COMPLETE!

13. Get passport (By Dec) COMPLETE!!!

14. Try Using a Sewing Machine to make something simple (June)

No Progress.

15. Get new art framed (Dec) COMPLETE

16. Get something tailored (Jan)

No Progress

17. Have closet clear-out, get rid of stuff!!!! - (Jan)

PROGRESS - I've posted a bunch more new items to my online shops.  I'm trying to see if I can upload a few items each week.

18. Learn two of the suits of the minor arcana (one set by Feb, one set by Aug)

No progress.

19. Get a new doctor (By Feb)

No progress.

20. Go to the dentist (By March)

No Progress.

21. Cook a roast or chicken/turkey (By May)

No Progress

22. Do a ghost tour in Baltimore (June)

No Progress

23. Finish Grandma’s poetry collection (July)

No Progress.

24. Sort out pension (By July)

No Progress

25. Learn the history of India

No Progress

26. Learn more about starting a business (proprietorships, LLCs, liability & taxes)

No progress.

27. Write a first draft of something creative (Aug)

No Progress

28. Go see Jim Henson exhibit at MoMI

No Progress

29. Go to the theatre 4 times. 3/4

No progress.

Bonus Goals:

• Get t-shirt quilt made - PROGRESS - We've settled on a final layout, so hopefully within the next few weeks this will be complete!
• Go on a Have You Met Newark? tour 
• Plan a trip to Newport 
• Visit Paterson, NJ
• See the Lion King
• Reread a classic like The Return of the Native or My Antonia

Total: 

Progress on 5/26 Goals and 1/6 Bonus Goals.