Resolution update

[neadods]

I was going to wait until Thursday night to do this, but I'd rather be at the early admissions for Malice. And all the stuff I have to do between now and then is boring crap that doesn't get checklists, like bleeding the radiators and doing the laundry. So...

Guys, this month by month "do this" list? Is not working for me. I keep wanting to do something that I'm "not supposed" to be doing yet, or not getting something done in a month or whatever, and it's all just too overthought. So it's back to sorting the list by type of project, with the mental note that I have to spend at least two weeks a month dealing with *something* on this list.

To Be Read: 149

2005 Resolutions

HANDIWORK
- Cutting Y2K patches down to size
- Cross-stitching Tudor roses on black twill bodice Nothing like having your embroidery machine eat an expensive purchased costume - twice! - to make you start readjusting some priorities. DragonBear has a tudor rose pattern that could be easily turned into a "stupid project" by painting the design onto removable canvas, which will be removed after said rose is stitched onto a dress. (Not needing to think while working is kind of a key item of the handiwork project.)

HOUSEHOLD & LIFE CLEANUP
Declutter basement
Donate excess fabrics or make quilt kits for PfF III
Organize all fabric by project in neat containers
Clean up Library (dumping ground for things that didn't belong in basement)
Apply for Gov't job
Clean up bedroom
Sell on ebay:
- psaltry
- gold crystal ball stand
- old BatB fanzines
Buy frames as necessary and hang at least two more pictures

SHORE LEAVE
Recruit crew
Set up dedicated database (with help of programmers)
Embroider Young Fan awards for Shore Leave
Order Shore Leave awards
Run Masquerade

TEAM WENCH/CHARITY
TW 5K MS Walk
Lead Bylaw committee - get mission statement and bylaws drafted by mid-June
Help with Prepare for Fair III
Make book baskets for MSFB:
- fairy tale basket
- romances basket
- F&SF basket
- mystery basket
- a different theme?

WRITING
Write 10K/B&B crossover story
Finish putting old BatB fic online
Write up movies for plan_9_from_lj
- Maine Pyar Kiya
- Santa Clause Conquers the Martians
- TBD
- TBD

EDUMACATION
Learn to make bread by hand from scratch
Learn how to make my own patterns for embroidery machine
Tudor history self-study: (x books to go)
Choose possible next degree

MISSIONARY PROJECT
Outline missionary book
Create pitch package
Finish Hiram's Diary - scanning, putting into timeline, hunting down quotes
Look up pitching requirements for McFarland
Create comprehensive list of HMCS references, give to Aunt

COOKBOOK PROJECT
Go through and reorganize cookbooks
Create personal cookbook of favorite recipes
Make holiday-recipe cookbook of tried and trusted recipes (NaCookWriMo?)
Finish old recipe cleanup - gut and toss backlog of magazines and clippings

MENDING/SEWING
Mend mundane clothes
Dye stained skirt and blouse, both black
Mend Renfair clothes
- Embroider
- - blue Irish dress (with celtic thistle)
- - black Irish dress (applique with tudor roses)
- - green Irish dress (celtic knot)
- Take in black skirt
- Fit flat caps (black, green, tapestry)
- Convert drawstring skirts to elastic
- - street skirt
- - light brown skirt
- - dark brown skirt
- - light blue skirt
- mend two chemises
- - heavy cotton - pick out lace on wrists and put in elastic
- - light cotton - hem, put elastic in neck and wrists
- sew three chemises
- - white cotton
- - natural cotton
- - black gauze

CRAFTS
Make tassels for decorative carabiners
- shades of pink and purple for purple butterfly (regular tassle)
- white and blue stars for howling wolf
- gold and silver and blue with gold stars for "celestial"
- blue and black with silver stars for moon
- shades of pink and white for pink ribbon (regular tassle)
- red, green, and gold for dragon (regular tassle)
Soapmaking (make enough for potential sales for TW and for M*W):
- test soap recipes, find a favorite
- make one batch milk soap I'm going to use powdered milk rather than a milk base, I think - too much effort and special requirements for the milk base right now
Learn to make 3 kinds of candy
- molded chocolates
- eggnog fudge
- press cookies

QUILTING (to be rolled over into 2006 as necessary)
Hang grandmother's quilt in hall
Make baby quilt for tchwrtr
Pineapple scrap quilt
Rainbow Braid quilt
Embroidered denim quilt
Denim and flannel crazy quilt
Silk Fibonacci butterfly crazy quilt
Machine embroidered redwork
Y2K Colorado stripe quilt
Y2K watercolor quilt
Machine embroidered floral cheater cathedral window

TRAVEL
Go to VA quilt show and make a stop in Colonial Williamsburg
Weekend in NYC and see Spamalot!
Malice Domestic
Media*West
Stratford
Bouchercon


As for the "I'll exercise every day" thing, I failed. It's the usual thing - there always seems to be something else that needs to be done, although I will argue that walking for Team Wench and mowing a double-lot lawn counts as partial exercise.