January 27&28, 2012: Day 24&25

Goal #1: I did some stretches and squats a little while after I woke up this morning. We also walked around Colasanti’s for a while.

Goal #32: I knit a hat for LeeLee hats. I got some yarn from Tracy the last time I saw her, and I am going to make as many hats from it as possible. Rick and I are at his parents for a few days, so I am going to try to finish at least one ball of yarn with baby hats.

Goal #69: I wore makeup out to dinner with Rick’s family for his birthday. His actual birthday is Monday, so we will be going out again.

Goal #74: I left comments on:
  Holly Knitlightly
  A wild Tonic
  Copper Diem
  This Creative Journey

Goal #76: I added about 20 items to the queue for the I Love Etsy blog. 

January 24&25, 2012: Day 21&22

Goal #1: I went to the gym today. I did about 22 minutes on the bike to start. Worked my upper body, then my core, then did about 75 squats, with a 5 lb weight in each hand. I am definitely feeling the work I did, and I will probably feel it until tomorrow.

Goal #74: I left comments on:
  Copper Diem
  N.Fallon Design Studio
  Mason Dixon Knitting 

January 23, 2012: Day 20

Goal #31: I finished another dish cloth. That adds 125 feet to my tally. With this cloth, I nearly finished one of my balls of cotton. I am also almost out of white. I will probably need to pick up some white cotton to finish this goal. Most of my cloths are striped, and I like pairing colours with white.

Goal #74: I left comments on:
  hiphopsideproject 

Goal #76: I added another new goal. This one is to max out my I Love Etsy! tumblr queue. I have several tumblrs, and this one is probably my favourite. It’s definitely got the largest following. I believe the max number of posts I can have queued is somewhere around 300. I want to reach that point. I am always worried I will run out of items queued, and there will be a lapse in the posts. I am hoping to max out the queue before the end of February. And I will not cheat by slowing the posting rate down, that’s important to note.

January 22, 2012: Day 19

Goal #31: I knit another dishcloth. This one was green and white stripes. It was an extra stitch wide, accidentally, so I am counting an extra half a foot for it. That is mostly because I was tired of having the .5 at the end of the number.

Goal #35: I made another 35 or so pairs of earrings. It may have been more, but I forgot to count. I took pictures of them, but since I don’t have a tripod, they all came out pretty fuzzy. I may just bring all of these earrings to Trinkets and Treasures, and skip the Etsy shop for them.

Goal #42: Rick and I watched Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold. I’ve been wanting to see this movie since I first heard about it. I’ve been a fan of Pom since their Pom tea came in glass jars (which I really miss). I also liked Supersize Me, even though many of the numbers of calories and such seem to have been exaggerated. Regardless, I really enjoyed the movie.

Goal #43: I backed my computer up today. I noticed how full my internal hard drive is getting, and I am going to try to cut down some of the crap I have on here.

Goal #44: I drank 2 cups of coffee today. I don’t know if I actually like it, yet, or if I am still just at the “tolerating” point. I think the true test will be when I go to Starbucks or something and drink some “real” coffee.

Goal #74: I left comments on:
  Bitches Get Stitches
  hiphopsideproject x5
  FibreFarm
  The Non Consumer Advocate
  RandomCreative Art
  My Creative Fields 

I’m pretty happy with my progress so far. I am going to start some of my longer running goals soon, such as playing with Winston, drinking more water etc.

January 21, 2012: Day 18

Goal #32: I finished another LeeLee hat this morning before going to knit club. I finished three more hats at knit club. They were all from a really nice skein of chunky pastel yarn. I will have photos as soon as Tracy uploads them, and I will post it on here.

Goal #42: I watch Driving Lessons. I thought it was fitting to watch a Laura Linney movie just after watching a Hugh Dancy one. (I really liked The Big C) Plus, I really like Rupert Grint. I didn’t love this movie, but I enjoyed it enough to watch it through to the end.

Goal #74: I left comments on:
  hiphopsideproject x2
I have to start leaving at least 10 comments a day for a little while so I can get to 5000 by the end of this project. I am going to try to find a few more blogs that I can comment on. 

January 20, 2012: Day 17

Goal #31: I knit another yellow and white cloth, which adds 125 feet to my tally.

Goal #42: I just finished watching Coach, with Hugh Dancy. I love him as an actor, and I really enjoyed this movie. Kind of cheesy, but still good.

Goal #74: Comments left on:
  hiphopsideproject x4 (I am reading this blog from the very first post all the way through to present day)
  a wild tonic 

January 19, 2012: Day 16

Goal #31: I knit about 100 yards of yarn. I made a really nice, charcoal seed stitch cowl. I will photograph it very soon! I plan on making a couple more of this exact same design in a few colours.

Goal #40: I earned 400 grains of rice in the basic math challenge. My skills with fractions are a little rusty

Goal #58: I listened to a handful of podcast episodes today while knitting the cowl.

Goal #74: Comments left on:
  (Never Home) Maker
  Budget Bytes
  a wild tonic
  annbuddknits
  Completely Frogged!
  Confessions of a Graveyard Gypsy x3 
  Holly Knitlightly 

January 18, 2012: Day 15

Goal #1: I went to the gym today. I really busted my butt while there. Started on the bike, moved to the weight machines, and ended with 25 minutes on the treadmill. I did enough to feel it, but not so much that tomorrow I will be too sore to go back.

Goal #9: So, I screwed up the squats challenge. I was under the impression that I had to do the work out every day. Wrong,just three times a week. I am going to re-visit this goal in a couple weeks, for sure.

Goal #30&31: I started on a yellow and white dish cloth just now. It is potentially for an order, it depends on the preference of the buyer. If she doesn’t like this colour combo, I will just add it to my craft show stock. I finished the cloth at the end of the night. This adds 125 feet to my total yarn knitted.

Goal #54: I made a payment on my credit card today. I don’t owe a lot on my card, but I owe enough for it to stress me out.

Goal #58: I downloaded 30-some episodes of a new podcast, which brings me up to 552 episodes. I am going to try to listen to at least one episode a day for the next little while. Some of them are really long, so we’ll see how many I can handle at once.

Goal #74: Comments left on:
  Linda B’s Blog 

January 17, 2012: Day 14

Goal #74: I’ve added a new goal: Leave 5000 comments on other blogs. This is something I need to do more of. It’s a great way to network, and it gives you a link back to your own blog. I will start promoting my blog more this way. I have left comments on the following blogs today:
  Penny-wise Knitting
  N. Fallon Design Studio
  A is for Ampersand
  Holly Knitlightly x2
  My Creative Fields
  A Bird In The Hand Art
  Memories for Life Scrapbooks 

January 16, 2012: Day 13

Thirteen days in, and making progress all over the board!

Goal #35: I made earrings last week. I finally got around to counting how many pairs, and it was 40. Lots of new, different things going on, flowers and hearts and such. I have my work table still set up so I can make more soon. I am hoping to hear back from someone by tomorrow to see if I will be getting into a craft show at the beginning of February

Goal #42: Rick and I watched Tiny Furniture on Netflix. I really enjoyed it.