29 Things: Progress Report Week 46

I feel like I need to chose a few achievable goals to try to complete during the next 4 weeks.  Numbers 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 16, 21, and 22 seem reasonable.

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

No progress.

2. Lose weight - year long

TINYPROGRESS - I haven't lost any more weight, but I haven't gained any either.  I need to better to take advantage of the summertime weather and get outdoors to exercise a bit.

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

Still need to schedule our dinner then I will be complete with this.

7. Watch These Movies:

PROGRESS.  Watched Song of the Sea and Imitation of Life.  Saving the really depressing stuff til last apparently.

• 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.

• 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. Still haven't (re)started Dancing in the Streets, though this would be an easy thing to complete!

• 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 getting some things ready for a garage sale next month. And I've been adding new things to my online store 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)

PROGRESS. I kind of wrote a short film script randomly.  Does that count towards this goal?

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 - COMPLETE
• Plan a trip to Newport PROGRESS - I am halfway done planning this trip.  
• Visit Paterson, NJ PROGRESS I'm planning on going to see Lambert Castle this weekend.
• See the Lion King
• Reread a classic like The Return of the Native or My Antonia

Total: 

Progress on 4/26 Goals and 2/4 Bonus Goals.