29 Things: Week 13

What's new?  I still haven't really been focusing on things, and especially due to the holidays, I just sort of threw my hands up this week! I'll be lucky if I made progress on anything!

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

TINYPROGRESS - Drafted another poem.  I should really stop a moment and work on editing some of these.

2. Lose weight - year long

No Progress

3. Learn rudimentary Spanish - year long

No progress.

4. Make a film 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

TINYPROGRESS  I followed up on one or two things, but there are a few major things I need to finish . . . especially as I'm going to see my mentor this week!

7. Watch These Movies:

No progress.

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

8. Read Books That I Own:

TINYPROGRESS. I've read a bit more of Savage Grace.  It would be wonderful to finish it by December and be able to move on with my life, but I doubt I will get through 140 pages in a week!

• Girl with a Gun (Sept)
• How to Not Be a Boy (Oct) - FINISHED
• 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 finally finished The Forgotten Room!  This book didn't start out so bad, but because it was so long, I started to really really hate it and it's mediocreness.  By the time I got through 11.5 of 15 hours I couldn't imagine what on earth could need to be said still!

• 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)

No Progress

14. Send Christmas cards (Dec)

No Progress

15. Get new art framed (Dec)

No Progress - Maybe this week, there is a sale!

16. Get something tailored (Jan)

No Progress

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

No Progress

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

TINYPROGRESS - I bought theatre tickets for January!

Bonus Goals:

• Get t-shirt quilt made 
• Go on a Have You Met Newark? tour 
• Plan a trip to Newport 
• Visit Paterson
• See the Lion King
• Reread a classic like The Return of the Native or My Antonia
• Do a sewing project

Total: 

Progress on 5/27 Goals and 0/7 Bonus Goals.