Today’s Yesterday’s Tuesday’s assignment was 10 Things you want to do in 2012.*  And go check them out – people have some wonderful plans for 2012

 

1. My pre-holiday to-do list included over-hauling the bedroom, including ripping out the (last!) carpet, in one day, while Dude was at work (and he’s got an 8 minute commute, when the light is red.)  I came to my senses and decided that a perky greeting of  ”Hi Honey! You’re sleeping on the living room floor tonight, Christmas Eve!” really wasn’t in the spirit of things.  So I wrapped his present and borrowed an air mattress.

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2. Knitting – I am currently managing these projects using the Last-in, First-out accounting technique.   (This is when I pick up whatever is on the top of the pile, deal with it, and move on.) (Also, it helps to rule that there is no incoming stash.)  (Ooops and Oooops.)

(The remaining pictures will show you the first 10 things I found, today.)

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This is my current travel project. I did not realize the color was pooling until I saw the photograph - it is less obvious in real life.

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3. a balloon ride – This is long overdue – we received it as a wedding present (Oct 2010, ftr.)  2012, the year to do it.
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Around June 2011, I decided to knit my way through the EZ book Knit One, Knit all. These hats are from that frantic time. All are stuck on some triviality - some minor knitting feat that I could not execute at the Time of Stress. And since I knit to relax, I casted on something else and kept knitting.

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4. a vacation (We are on schedule to aurora-chase in 2013 (assuming solar maximum …), However, this year is up for grabs.
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5. gardens and landscaping – I have a huge detailed plan in my head.  As long as I’m doing the work, that’s not a problem.
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By the way, daffs are up.

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6. rejoin the local pool/fitness center  (that translates to: start swimming again)
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A dear friend gave me this as a kit. It's been knitted and unfelted for at least a year. I'm afraid I'll ruin it if I felt it. This year, I'd like a little courage.

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7. blog (you know, actually when I intend to)
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These need to get blocked, ends tucked in, and into the mail.

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8. write for $$
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Brooks Fiber Farm Acero, for socks for a friend. (It is her holiday gift - I pointed her toward the sock yarn stash and said "pick". She's a knitter; it was cool.

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9. read – I have lists and lists and lists of stuff to read. I’m not trying to specify how many books to read (some of it is weighty stuff) but just that I want to read more than last year. (Of course, that would require knowing how much I read last year. Let’s just gloss over that, shall we?)
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One of those experimental skeins, purchased during the Time of Stress. I have no plans for it - just to test knit.

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10. draw more – since I currently draw very little or none, “more” will suffice as a goal.
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And this is why these pictures are so bad. I was working quickly, under duress.

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*I totally thought about changing this to “10 things that have happened since Tuesday” or “10 dogs I’ve walked since Tuesday”.  But the pix for this post were mostly done, so I opted for being lazy. And the others deserve their own post.

 

Also – ever the project manager – the year really does not have 12 months available to me for working on my stuff. If I spend part (or all!) of January planning 2012, I’m all ready down to 11 months.  Eliminate holiday and vacations, and I’m down to 10 months.  So, the reason so many resolutions fail?  A mismatch between real time and calendar time (that or a warp in the space-time continuum).  It’s a rookie mistake.  Maybe I am old experienced enough to avoid it this year.

 

Also: Do a little more each day than everyone expects and soon everyone will expect more.

 

 

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