End of Summer Update
Yup it’s that time again already! I’m excited for the new school year – it’s going to be super busy, and hopefully tons of fun 
(and studying, of course!) unfortunately there probably won’t be a lot of crafting going on…though I plan to work on some blankets (or other easy stuff) while watching TV 
So, it’s time for look at my list of goals!
(crossing out things I’ve finished, and italicize things that are in progress)
19 Things to do When I’m 19
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learn how to embroider
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knit 2 blankets for charity (1 in progress)
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do a new diy/pattern each month (I kinda missed July…and April….)
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read 20 books that have substance (13/20)
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do something with my Italy & Switzerland pics/tickets (still a work in progress!)
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work out over spring/summer break -
start my Etsy store by Sept 2011 (this is sooooo not gonna happen, darn! but I don’t really have time this year
) -
visit a state I have never been to -
visit a new country -
learn Python (a computer language)
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go geocaching
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fix Dad’s porthole clock(funny story about this below!) -
do something with all of my shells
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grow out & cut my hair for Beautiful Lengths -
eat healthier (will definitely need to work on this at school…)
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de-clutter my room and closet -
cook a meal once a week at home (I missed 2 weeks… :/)
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complain less and listen more
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be a good friend, sister, daughter, and cousin
Alright! 6 out of 19! (With 2 that can’t be measured, 6 in progress and 1 that’s not going to happen)
Okay, so ready for the funny story about the porthole clock? So I was going to buy a replacement clock part at JoAnn’s but they didn’t have them in the store. Then my dad was looking at the clock and realized that there was a “Start/Stop” switch that was on “Stop”. So naturally, when it was on “Start”, with a battery in it, it worked! hahaha well, that was easy 
Things I Want for my Walls
School’s coming up, and I’ve had some ideas floating around for things I want to hang on my dorm room walls. And here are some cool projects that I’ve seen – recently, and in the past.
Interactive Map from 1 Month 2 Win It
OH MY GOSH. LOVE. I’ve been wanting something to track all the states I’ve been to, and this is perfect!! (If only I had some cork and could use a hand saw…)
Cork Display Board from Birds of a Feather
I saw this idea over a year ago and my sister made one and it looks so cool! I have a bunch of corks saved up – so all I need now is a board/something to glue them to!
Song Lyric Wall Art by A Beautiful Mess
Haircut!
yay! I can cross another thing of my goal list!!!
I finally got my haircut today!
Here’s proof:
Now I just need to send it off to the Pantene place!
Oh, and here’s a before picture:
hahah yeah….I don’t have any good serious pictures of me before getting it cut…(this was taken the night before)…so ya…you get the picture. lol it was ready to GO!
Yay for Beautiful Lengths!!
I love reading!
Especially in the summer. There’s nothing better than going to the library and coming home with a HUGE stack of books. In the past I’d go in the summer and take out like 15 books at a time! haha I probably didn’t read them all…it’s hard to choose what’s good without reading the whole thing in the library.
Anyways. My sister and I have been vegging since we got home (walking ~500 mi makes you not want to do anything) so we watched a bunch of movies and have been reading manga. haha it’s so cute and really easy to read! I love my mindless books. But of course, my goal is to read 20 books with substance. Hence the books I brought with me on my trip:
Okay, so maybe some people wouldn’t say this had a lot of substance, but I think Philippa Gregory did a lot of research, and I really enjoyed this book! I read this on the plane – the only book I owned that had something about Spain! I ended up leaving this at our first hostel – didn’t need to add any extra weight to my bag!
This is the book I brought for reading on the walk – I figured it was pretty small/light but has a lot of text on the pages (at least my version that looks like this is…) – and would take me the whole trip and a later bus-ride to read. Which it did! Great! (a plane ride too…) Anyways. About the book. I ended up really liking it! I tried to read it in 8th grade, but got like 3 pages in, lol. After getting through the first 3 chapters or so, when I finally figured out (the set up of the book is different) what was going on, I really enjoyed the story. It was different from some other books I’ve read.
This is the book my parents brought for me for the way home. I’ve never read anything by her, but I know she’s supposed to be good and I like the book so far – I’m about halfway I plan on finishing it before heading off to college in like 2 weeks! (ack, so soon!)
Have you read anything good lately?
Hello!
Long time, no posting
My trip overseas was AWESOME. I did the Camino de Santiago, and it was such a cool experience! You can read about it here, if you want: 4Caminantes - just a short blog we updated occasionally on the walk! (no pics yet…maybe sometime soon…????)
I’ve been back for a week, just relaxing and stuff.
It’s time for a GOALS UPDATE!
(crossing out things I’ve finished, and italicize things that are in progress)
19 Things to do When I’m 19
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learn how to embroider (got a sweet book from my friend last night! I think this’ll be a Christmas break project…)
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knit 2 blankets for charity (started a new blanket last night! )
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do a new diy/pattern each month
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read 20 books that have substance (13/20)
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do something with my Italy & Switzerland pics/tickets (I’ve got all the pictures on the pages, I just need to write out the words and make it pretty-ful!
) -
work out over spring/summer break (I worked out over spring break!)
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start my Etsy store by Sept 2011 (this is sooooo not gonna happen, darn! but I don’t really have time this year
) -
visit a state I have never been to(I went to OHIO w/Running Club
) -
visit a new country(I got 3 – France, Spain and Portugal!!) -
learn Python (a computer language)
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go geocaching
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fix Dad’s porthole clock
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do something with all of my shells
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grow out & cut my hair for Beautiful Lengths (min of 8ins) (cutting it off in August!…still hasn’t happened yet )
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eat healthier (fam still on a health kick – ate pretty good on vacation…lots of dessert though :/ haha I can’t resist my sweet tooth)
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de-clutter my room and closet(finished this yesterday! I might do a bit more…but more just from cleaning up my scrapbooking stuff) -
cook a meal once a week at home (I missed 2 weeks… :/)
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complain less and listen more
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be a good friend, sister, daughter, and cousin
Halfway through the year and I’ve only finished 3 things! ACK!
Off to go do something on this list!
Another Goals Update
I thought I’d do one more update until August…
Here they are: (I’m going to cross out things I’ve finished, and italicize things that are in progress)
19 Things to do When I’m 19
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learn how to embroider
-
knit 2 blankets for charity
-
do a new diy/pattern each month
-
read 20 books that have substance (11/20 as of June 14th)
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do something with my Italy & Switzerland pics/tickets (I’ve got all the pictures on the pages, I just need to write out the words and make it pretty-ful! )
-
work out over spring/summer break (I worked out over spring break!)
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start my Etsy store by Sept 2011
-
visit a state I have never been to(I went to OHIO w/Running Club ) -
visit a new country (I’m heading to Europe as we speak!)
-
learn Python (a computer language)
-
go geocaching
-
fix Dad’s porthole clock
-
do something with all of my shells
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grow out & cut my hair for Beautiful Lengths (min of 8ins) (cutting it off in August!)
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eat healthier (my family has always eaten homemade food and good food has been on even more of a health kick recently…)
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de-clutter my room and closet
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cook a meal once a week at home
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complain less and listen more
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be a good friend, sister, daughter, and cousin
The last 2 are kind of hard to judge…they’re mainly there just for a reminder
Books, Books and More Books!
In the past 4 days I have finished 4 books! I like this, and I hope it continues! lol
I finished Brian Falkner’s Brain Jack – the ending was not really what I expected, but I really liked it.
I also read two more books by Sarah Addison Allen:
I loved the magical-realism of the book, but of the 3 books that I have read by her, this is my least favorite. But I LOVED her books, so really that doesn’t mean too much, lol.
I think this is technically a companion to Garden Spells, but really they aren’t that similar – there’s still some magical realism, but not as much as the other books I read by her. I LOVE this book though! I started it at night (bad idea) and then I was getting ready for bed, at like 1 am and I said to my self, “I’ll just read 1 or 2 chapters, then go to bed”. Well….1 or 2 chapters turned into “just one more” and you know how it goes….then it’s 4 am and I’m finished with the book and really going to bed this time.
Yesterday I finished The Sunflower by Richard Paul Evans – this book is so good!!! It had a really great story and made me want to go to the Amazon and help orphans! lol (this is his goal – using writing to talk about issues in our world – so I’d say he’s pretty good at it!)
I can’t wait to read more of his books!!
Right now I’m reading Battle Dress by Amy Efaw and The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith. But I think I might have to go the library next week to get some more books by Richard Paul Evans and The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen.
P.S. that’s 4 more books for the 20 I want to get for the year – I’m now halfway!
