29 Things: Progress Report Week 45

I've still got a month to go, but I feel like I wrapping up the year when I should be trying to polish off a few more of these things.

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

No progress.  I've sort of jotted some things down, but I haven't really been working very hard on this.

2. Lose weight - year long

TINYPROGRESS - I apparently have lost 5 lbs, but I tend to just gain it right back so I am a little skeptical.

3. Learn rudimentary Spanish - year long

No progress.

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

No progress.

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

No progress.

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

We still haven't been able to set up a dinner date.

7. Watch These Movies:

No Progress.

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

8. Read Books That I Own:

No Progress. I actually finished a sci-fi novel and started another, but I've been majorly avoiding my non-fiction titles!  Why is it so hard for me to read non-fiction?  Seems like such a chore most of the time!

• 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

PROGRESS - I finished the Feminine Mystique.  Haven't (re)started Dancing the the Street yet.

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

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)

TINYPROGRESS - I've added some things to my online closet store.  I keep deciding to get rid of more and more.

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 COMPLETE
• Go on a Have You Met Newark? tour - PROGRESS!  I did this over the weekend and it was great!
• 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 3/26 Goals and 1/6 Bonus Goals.