~Some things are fine planned for the whole year - like reading. But lots of things change over the year, and so I need to plan to revisit the list more often. Re Evaluate goals after each HPHC Term. Mark clear failures and make additions and changes. I'm a bit late, but I am revisiting.
~Remember Ravenclaw: Work Smarter not Harder. This is still important.

So: Major Life changes occurring.  We're officially Buying A House.  Closing (hopefully) in August.  This will make some big changes to this List.  Bolded Items were original list.  Regular text is commentary and updates.

Be Girly

• buy appropriate and new undergarments.


• Visit Sephora


• learn to put on eyeshadow (EVERYDAY EYE)


• learn to put on busher (BLUSH & BRONZE)


• learn to put on lipstick (PERFECT LIPS)


• This entire section is cancelled.  The Sephora store was not where I thought it was, and more important things have come up.

Read

• read 50 books from my To Read List.


• Read 50 new (or new to me) Children's books.


• Too Difficult to Track.  GoodReads is tracking a goal of 100 books for the year.

Do

• Create New Resume Still important.  Moreso, now.


• Play games in Public. (Flash Gaming?) Gamer's Guild counts?  I'm calling this one done.


• list cds on amazon or sell to used store


• list books on amazon or give to book sale. Done!


• Mortgage will need pay stubs, bank statements and tax returns. Clean book shelf and organize appropriately (folders? Boxes?) partially organized.  Needs further work.


• move "read books" from Old LJ (http://pendragon-books.livejournal.com) to Goodreads acct. Started.  Needs further work.

Go

• Visit Landis Valley Museum


• Visit Ephrata Cloister


• Visit 5 Museums or Tours.


• Go to the Zoo.


• This may turn into a Fall exploration of Lancaster with Mom.  Revisit in September or so.

Get Active

• Presidential fitness challenge Not worth tracking.  Cancelled.


• Run From Zombies Have discovered that I Walk from Zombies.  Updated goal - complete season two.


• Go Ice Skating


• Go Kayaking

Subsection: Get Prepared

• locate and purchase sports bra Done!  Have several.


• locate and purchase running shoes Done!  Purchased two pairs of Merrill Dash Gloves, which are wonderful.


• Research running/walking techniques Did not discover anything exciting.


• track food and activity level (my fitness pal?) Done!  FitBit One.

Eat!

• Try 10 new (to me) restaurants. have been to one.  Bull's Head in Lititz.  Expect more of this will happen this fall.

Subsection: Cook!

• Bake 12 different kinds of cookies Done 3 so far.  Still plan on continuing.


• Bake Bread Cancelled - passed off to Kith.


• Make Dinner (in it's entirety) 12 times completed!  Discovered Joys of Slow cooker and Freezer.

Make

• Knit socks. Done!


• 52 charity hats 20 completed so far.  Intend to complete over the year.

Subsection: Fiber!

• Meet 5 different breeds of fiber producer


• Spin 5 different types of fiber


• Knit or crochet with 5 types of spun fiber.


• Dye: fiber, spun fiber and knit fiber.


• Subsection Cancelled.  Failing to keep track, and finding hard to sort into HPHC classes.  Most of it will likely get done anyway, and doesn't need to be on the goals list.

MAJOR GOAL:
Accomplish Moving.  Revisit smaller goals in the Fall.

Things learned from last year:

~Some things are fine planned for the whole year - like reading. But lots of things change over the year, and so I need to plan to revisit the list more often. Re Evaluate goals after each HPHC Term. Mark clear failures and make additions and changes.
~101 is a ridiculous arbitrary number. Stop Numbering things. "101 things" now means "a large list of stuff".
~Remember Ravenclaw: Work Smarter not Harder.

Be Girly

• buy appropriate and new undergarments.
• Visit Sephora
• learn to put on eyeshadow (EVERYDAY EYE)
• learn to put on busher (BLUSH & BRONZE)
• learn to put on lipstick (PERFECT LIPS)

Read

• read 50 books from my To Read List.
• Read 50 new (or new to me) Children's books.

Do

• Create New Resume
• Play games in Public. (Flash Gaming?)
• list cds on amazon or sell to used store
• list books on amazon or give to book sale.
• Mortgage will need pay stubs, bank statements and tax returns. Clean book shelf and organize appropriately (folders? Boxes?)
• move "read books" from Old LJ (http://pendragon-books.livejournal.com) to Goodreads acct.

Go

• Visit Landis Valley Museum
• Visit Ephrata Cloister
• Visit 5 Museums or Tours.
• Go to the Zoo.

Get Active

• Presidential fitness challenge (https://www.presidentschallenge.org/challenge/active/index.shtml)
• Run From Zombies
• Go Ice Skating
• Go Kayaking

Subsection: Get Prepared

• locate and purchase sports bra
• locate and purchase running shoes
• Research running/walking techniques
• track food and activity level (my fitness pal?)

Eat!

• Try 10 new (to me) restaurants.

Subsection: Cook!

• Bake 12 different kinds of cookies
• Bake Bread
• Make Dinner (in it's entirety) 12 times

Make

• Knit socks.
• 52 charity hats

Subsection: Fiber!

• Meet 5 different breeds of fiber producer
• Spin 5 different types of fiber
• Knit or crochet with 5 types of spun fiber.
• Dye: fiber, spun fiber and knit fiber.

I know it's not quite the end of the year, but it's close enough.

No more edits but at August was 2/3 of the way through the year, I thought I'd put up the whole list this month:

this list has Strikes through items that I have already completed and commentary.

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Hi everyone!

First, we are all ok following yesterday's hurricane. We got severe winds and a good amount of rain, but no major damage.

And on to the regularly scheduled Fall missive!

We've been partying hard this fall! In addition to my birthday, September held our annual visit to the Renaissance Faire, a Fort Hunter event with the Susquehanna Folk Jam folks, a day in Elizabethtown and a weekend visit to a cabin with friends in Maryland where we played games and went hiking up a waterfall. In October, we had two halloween parties - a small one at our friend Greg's house and a BIG Letterboxing one in Harrisburg.

In October my hours at the Library shifted a little - I now work Wednesday mornings instead of Wednesday evenings. John is very happy that we get to bed at a more reasonable time on Wednesdays now. I also took up spinning - I have a very nice drop spindle and a variety of different fibers from a local fiber shop. It's been fun learning a new skill!

We look forward to seeing most of you during the coming Holidays and hope you all have survived the recent weather unscathed.

No more edits but at August was 2/3 of the way through the year, I thought I'd put up the whole list this month:

this list has Strikes through items that I have already completed.

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I've been really bad at quarterly letters this year. I'll try to do better, I promise!

So, Things you might have missed this Spring and Summer:

*Kith and I joined the Susquehanna Folk Music Society's Folk Jam group. They meet once a month and play music. Kith bought a new drum - a Bongo Cajon - to play there.

*I've been crocheting up a storm. I made an afghan over the winter ( http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e202/kaypendragon/Crochet/Winter%202012/owl2.jpg ) and over the summer I crocheted over 5,000 yards of yarn!

*We gathered together with lots of people: we reestablished our Gamers Guild - we meet once a month at a local sandwich shop to play games and have fun; We partied with the Letterboxers several times; we met new crafters and made Ukrainian Easter Eggs; We partied in New Hope a few times (including for Kith's Birthday) and we spent a week hanging out in Utica and Old Forge in July.

*Kith and I learned about Beer this spring - we went and tasted at 4 of the local microbreweries and visited Saranac in Utica. So far, my favorite has been the tiny nanobrewery in Lancaster (which makes beer with a lot of malt flavor). Kith's favorite is the dark stout made right here in Harrisburg.

* Work is work. The Library has been stressful with budget woes recently - at the moment, it's a waiting game, is the county going to give us the tax increase we asked for? and we won't know until late fall. But there have been bright times too - we have new furniture and early learning computers in the children's area due to a grant. Kith is busy as ever at the Railyard - the shipping industry never sleeps!

We hope to see many of you this fall - we'll be at the PA Renaissance fair on September 9th and will be visiting CT for Thanksgiving!

Hope you all are well!
~Penny

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Create!
10. Make 20 tea meals and 20 supper meals. 7/20 Tea, 4/20 Suppers.

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Active!
21. Take 1 million steps: 170,570 steps in July, year to date total: 1,004,272!!!!
27. Kayak on the Susquehanna. - Kayaked on Fourth lake....

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Games!
35. Letterboxing: Reach 200 finds. Add patch to bag. - Reached 200 finds! Discovered that the patch is for 250.

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Learn!
37. Beer tasting! Tasted at Saranac.

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Visit it!
65. Go to 6 movies in the theater. Done! July was MiB3 and the Avengers.

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Read the Library
As of June, I have read:
82. 3 of 10 JNF
83. 15 of 26 JP
84. 2 of 9 Easy Reader books.
85. 8 of 9 jfic books
86. 6 of 9 YA books- fic and Non-fiction
87. 4 of 9 different genres of adult fiction
88. 5 of 9 adult non-fiction books
89. 2 of 4 Great courses.

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Do Hershey
92. Hershey Restaurants: visit at least 5 different ones: Tried the Soda Jerk in Hummelstown...


Full goals list here: http://kaypendragon.livejournal.com/271455.html

June included a party and major inroads in the Hershey goals.

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Create!
10. Make 20 tea meals and 20 supper meals: In June I photographed 1 tea meal and 2 supper meals.

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: HPHC
13. Host a Huff-Challenge: Currently hosting Library SRP challenge.

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Owl Post
In June, I sent two packages: one to a Rav member and one to London.

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Active!
21. Take 1 million steps: June: 156,880 steps, bringing the YTD total to 833,702

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Games!
30. Gamers Guild nights: June 2nd Saturday.
34. Parties - one spring and one fall. Spring Birthday/Father's Day party. Check!
35. Letterboxing: Reach 200 finds: As of today: 186 finds.


GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Puzzled.
41. Complete 12 different pencil&paper puzzles: 1 word search in June
44. Solve 3 Letterbox puzzles: Locutus, Solved!

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Visit it!
65. Go to 6 movies in the theater: Saw Hunger Games

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Read the Library
As of June, I have read:
82. 3 of 10 JNF
83. 15 of 26 JP
84. 2 of 9 Easy Reader books.
85. 8 of 9 jfic books
86. 4 of 9 YA books- fic and Non-fiction
87. 4 of 9 different genres of adult fiction
88. 5 of 9 adult non-fiction books
89. Finished one great course and got most of the way through a second.

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Do Hershey
93. Visit Hershey Gardens - Check!
94. Pick up a new Hershey Letterbox. Check! New one at Hershey Spa.
95. Go on musical trolley ride - Check!
97. Do one of the chocolate tasting tours - Check! (the tasting adventure @ Chocolate world.)
98. Visit a Hershey winery - Check - we visited the Hershey Winery which is actually closer to E-Town.

Lots of success in May! Particularly in the Cleaning department, due to the irritating demands of the Apartment Management.

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Create!
6. Make a new apron. With a pocket. - Check! I made one out of a handkerchief and another from a bandanna.

10. Make 20 tea meals (on Wednesdays) and 20 supper meals (likely on Tuesdays). Post Menu or photo. - I made 2 Teas that I photographed in May.

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Owl Post
20. Swapbot: Complete 6 swaps. At least 1 ATC trade (not new atcs). - In May, I did one letter swap and one ATC swap- bringing the total to 5.

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Active!
21. Take 1 million steps - Steps taken in May: 173,102 Year to date steps: 676,822

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Games!
33. Log 12 new plays into boardgamegeek: I logged 6 plays in May, and have a total of 12 plays logged.
35. Letterboxing: Reach 200 finds. - We did do some boxing in May! I've now got 183 finds.

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Visit it!
In May, Mom visited and we decided that Elizabethtown looks like the place to move to next-ish year.
65. Go to 6 movies in the theater. - We saw Mirror Mirror.

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Clean House!
66. Clean: Get rid of fabric scraps - All but one bag done!
69. Clean: empty plastic tubs in bedroom. - DONE!
71. Clean: Coat closet – empty and get rid of useless stuff. - DONE!
74. Clean: clear off plastic shelves and move into bedroom. - DONE - well sort of. Plastic shelves moved into the kitchen and we got new cube shelving up in the Bedroom. But it counts.
75. Organize: shelve clothing in bedroom - CHECK!

GamerScout/Fireside girl patches: Read the Library
As of May, I have read:
82. 3 of 10 JNF
83. 15 of 26 JP
84. 2 of 9 Easy Reader books.
85. 7 of 9 jfic books
86. 3 of 9 YA books- fic and Non-fiction
87. 4 of 9 different genres of adult fiction
88. 5 of 9 adult non-fiction books
89. And got most of the way through a Great Course - it will be finished in early June.

Full goals list here: http://kaypendragon.livejournal.com/271455.html

#1: It's not on my goals list, for the first time in a number of years, but this April I finally went for a regular checkup with a new G.P.

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