September/October/November Goal Tally

• Run/walk 4 5ks. I did my 4th 5k in September.

• Learn to knit and crochet. No progress here.

• Learn to use the sewing machine I bought. No progress here either. 

• Get rid of 1000 items out of our house.  I've been clearing out our closets. I took a few loads to the thrift store. 

• Watch 12 pre-2017 movies.  I watched Split and Unbreakable in preparation for Glass coming out next year. I watched The Fifth Element as well.
• Get 90,000 steps at least one week a month. The last week of September was my best at 81,373.

• Finish cleaning out the garage and move my car inside. Trying to clean out the upstairs room so I can move the camping stuff out of the garage.

August Goal Tally

• Run/walk 4 5ks. No races this month. But I have one more in September.

• Learn to knit and crochet. No progress here.

• Learn to use the sewing machine I bought. No progress here either. 

• Get rid of 1000 items out of our house.  No time to declutter. 

• Watch 12 pre-2017 movies.  I didn't watch any older movies this month.
• Get 90,000 steps at least one week a month. I only got to 84374 this month.

• Finish cleaning out the garage and move my car inside. No progress here.

July Goal Tally

• Run/walk 4 5ks. I did 2 this month! I walked both of them but they were fun. 

• Learn to knit and crochet. No progress here.

• Learn to use the sewing machine I bought. No progress here either. 

• Get rid of 1000 items out of our house.  No time to declutter. 

• Watch 12 pre-2017 movies.  Taiki and I watched Deep Blue Sea. 

• Get 90,000 steps at least one week a month. 97,000 steps on week this month. Best week ever!

• Finish cleaning out the garage and move my car inside. No progress here.

June Goal Tally

• Run/walk 4 5ks. I did one. I mostly walked it but I completed it!

• Learn to knit and crochet. No progress here.

• Learn to use the sewing machine I bought. No progress here either. 

• Get rid of 1000 items out of our house.  I read the Year of Less and its inspired me to be more aggressive about my decluttering. 

• Watch 12 pre-2017 movies.  I didn't watch anything new this month. 

• Get 90,000 steps at least one week a month. Got to 86k. Getting closer. 

• Finish cleaning out the garage and move my car inside. No progress here.

May Goal Tally

• Hike part of the Pacific Crest Trail.  PCT isn't going to happen this year. I can't someone to go with me. Instead, I'm going 4 5ks this year. I've signed up for 2 so far. 

• Learn to knit and crochet. No progress here.

• Learn to use the sewing machine I bought. No progress here either. 

• Get rid of 1000 items out of our house.  I took a car load of stuff to the thrift store. I'm also looking for ways to bring less in the house. 

• Watch 12 pre-2017 movies.  I didn't watch anything new this month. 

• Get 90,000 steps at least one week a month. Still working on this none. 

• Finish cleaning out the garage and move my car inside. No progress here.

April Goals Update

• Hike part of the Pacific Crest Trail. April hikes didn't happen. April got super busy. 

• Learn to knit and crochet. No progress here.

• Learn to use the sewing machine I bought. No progress here either. 

• Get rid of 1000 items out of our house.  I didn't take anything to the thrift store this month.  I didn't have a lot of time. 

• Watch 12 pre-2017 movies.  I didn't watch anything new this month. 

• Get 90,000 steps at least one week a month. Closer. 82,723 one week this month. 

• Finish cleaning out the garage and move my car inside. No progress here.

March Goal Update

• Hike part of the Pacific Crest Trail. Planned some hikes in April to get ready for my longer hike. 

• Learn to knit and crochet. No progress here.

• Learn to use the sewing machine I bought. No progress here either. 

• Get rid of 1000 items out of our house.  Did a deep cleaning of the kitchen. Got rid of a bunch of stuff. 

• Watch 12 pre-2017 movies. I watched 3 movies this month: Hercules, High School Musical, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. I'm amazed that I had time to watch that many movies.

• Get 90,000 steps at least one week a month. I just need to make more time to walk. But I got 75,0800 the first week of March.

• Finish cleaning out the garage and move my car inside. No progress here.

February Goals Update

• Hike part of the Pacific Crest Trail. I think I've decided on where and when. 

• Learn to knit and crochet. No progress here.

• Learn to use the sewing machine I bought. No progress here either. 

• Get rid of 1000 items out of our house. I took 4 boxes of stuff to the thrift store this month.

• Watch 12 pre-2017 movies. I watched New York, I Love You. It's several short stories made into one long movie. Each segment has it's own director and cast. Some of the casts overlap. Lots of famous actors. It was interesting. 

• Get 90,000 steps at least one week a month. The first week of February I did 81,390 steps. That was close. I was still sick off and on so there were several days of sleeping. 

• Finish cleaning out the garage and move my car inside. I moved a bunch of stuff around but still too much to bring in the camping gear. I'm leaning toward not moving my car inside so we can get a freezer. 

The Love List

❤Sweats
❤Wings
❤Steak

 ❤Coke Zero
❤Going to the movies
❤Hanging out with Tai and Houdini

❤Knitting
❤Empires & Puzzles
❤ Instacart

January Goal Update

• Hike part of the Pacific Crest Trail. I did talk to a coworker and nailed down what part I want to hike. She wants to do a hike in a near by area so we talked about doing it together. 

• Learn to knit and crochet. I meant to watch a video to learn to knit but didn't. The same hiking friend offered to show me how to crochet.

• Learn to use the sewing machine I bought. I'm attempting to recruit the same hiking friend to show me how to sew. She sure is useful. 

• Get rid of 1000 items out of our house. I have 2 boxes of stuff to take to the thrift shop. 

• Watch 12 pre-2017 movies. I watched Mulan. I'd never seen it before. I liked it. 

• Get 90,000 steps at least one week a month. I was sick most of January so I didn't get close. 

• Finish cleaning out the garage and move my car inside. Need to get more junk out of the house so I can bring the camping stuff in. 

2018 Goals

• Hike part of the Pacific Crest Trail. Ever since reading Wild, I've wanted to hike a portion of this trail. I'm not going to do the whole thing, just a couple of miles, preferably a day hike. 

• Learn to knit and crochet. I taught myself how to loom knit this year but I'd like to at least attempt to learn how to knit and crochet.

• Learn to use the sewing machine I bought. I should take it out of the box!

• Get rid of 1000 items out of our house. We have so much clutter and I need to work on disposing more of it. 

• Watch 12 pre-2017 movies. I had this one on my list before and I'm bringing it back. I see a lot of new movies but rarely watch older ones. 

• Get 90,000 steps at least one week a month. I've done it before. I'd like to do it more often.

• Finish cleaning out the garage and move my car inside. I didn't get this one done in 2017. 

2017 Goals Update

Prepare to do something physically challenging in 2018. I found hiking and made it work for me. I'm trying to find more time to hike. I'm going to hike part of the Pacific Crest Trail so look for updates on how that's going in 2018.

Be able to park my car in the garage by December 31, 2017.  Didn't happen. It's on my goal list for 2018. But I feel like I changed my relationship with stuff. I read How to Manage Your Home without Losing Your Sanity by Dana White this year. She doesn't have a lot of complicated steps. Just do you need it and where are you going to keep it. She also advocates looking for ways to not bring things into your home. Decluttering does not have to be hard.

Add yoga back into my life at least once a week. I need more hours in the day to go to a yoga class. I have added a yoga app to my phone so hopefully I can squeeze some in. 

One hour a day without technology (no phone, no computer, no tv). I loved this goal. I enjoy the time I spend outside with Houdini. Not on my phone, just looking at nature. So calming.

Add more art into my life. I liked this goal too. I found that art is everywhere. Sometimes you just have a little harder.

Get back to meal planning. I love my instant pot. I cook at home a lot more. 


December: Make 4 meatless meals. Fail. So hard to for me to skip the meat. 

November Goal Update

Prepare to do something physically challenging in 2018. Still feeling lazy and incredibly busy. 

Be able to park my car in the garage by December 31, 2017. Feeling like this might not happen this year. I need to get rid of stuff in the house before I can finish the garage.

Add yoga back into my life at least once a week. I tried to take a class but with life so busy I could't find one at a convenient time. 

One hour a day without technology (no phone, no computer, no tv). Still doing good on this one. 

Add more art into my life. Art is everywhere. I love looking for it.

Get back to meal planning. I love my instant pot. I cook at home a lot more. 

November: Get 2 massages. Fail.

December: Make 4 meatless meals.

October Goal Update

Prepare to do something physically challenging in 2018. No hikes this month. In fact I'm feeling really lazy and like I should do more. But I've been super busy and it feels hard to add more activities. 

Be able to park my car in the garage by December 31, 2017. I have a couple of days off of work this month. I hope to actually work on cleaning up some rooms and getting rid of stuff.

Add yoga back into my life at least once a week. None this month :(

One hour a day without technology (no phone, no computer, no tv). Still doing good on this one. 

Add more art into my life. Still trying to peek in galleries as I walk past.

Get back to meal planning. I'm less meal planning and just using what we have on hand. It works out most days.

October Goal: Eat at home 25 days out of the month. I was really close. I think I cooked like 22 or 23 days this month. 

November: Get 2 massages.

Random Thoughts

-I'd been wanting to stop using plastic straws. A friend gave me a metal straw. I liked it but after a while it made my drinks taste funny. I bought silicon straws. I love these. They are tall enough for all our cups and bottles.

-I recently started playing Dungeons and Dragons. I really enjoy it and gets us out of the house. For the locals, we play at Wizard's Keep, a new game store in the area.

-I'm back doing the low carb thing but I miss chips. Especially bbq chips. They are my downfall.

-I bought a new pair of hiking socks. I love them. They fit perfectly and they were inexpensive. I bought these at Target. I also bought a pair of knee high ones. It's getting chilly here and I think they'll be perfect under my boots.

-I think that hiking might not happen again until next year. Just too damn busy. Thinking of getting a treadmill so I can keep walking.

September Goal Update

Prepare to do something physically challenging in 2018. I went on one of my planned hikes in September. I have one planned for October. But October is so busy so I'm not sure if I'll do more. 

Be able to park my car in the garage by December 31, 2017. I got a lot of stuff out this month. All that's left is the camping gear, the bikes, and tools. I'm going to work on bringing the camping gear in the house and work on putting the tools in the cabinet. 

Add yoga back into my life at least once a week. I did some poses. My legs and upper back are wrecked every day. I need more yoga. 

One hour a day without technology (no phone, no computer, no tv). Still doing good on this one. 

Add more art into my life. Nothing here this month. There have been some great exhibits but no time to see them. 

Get back to meal planning. I'm less meal planning and just using what we have on hand. It works out most days.

September Goal: Stick to my budget. Eh, sort of. Lots of expenses. I'll keep working on it. 

October Goal: Eat at home 25 days out of the month.

August Goal Update

Prepare to do something physically challenging in 2018. I just went on one hike in August but I have 2 planned in September.

Be able to park my car in the garage by December 31, 2017. I did get rid of some stuff but August was too busy and too hot to move stuff around. 

Add yoga back into my life at least once a week. I did some yoga this month. I'd still like to do more. 

One hour a day without technology (no phone, no computer, no tv). Still doing good on this one. 

Add more art into my life. Nothing here this month. There have been some great exhibits but no time to see them. 

Get back to meal planning. I'm less meal planning and just using what we have on hand. It works out most days.

August goal: Take 100 items to the thrift shop. I wish I would have taken a picture of the one load I took. There was at least a 100 items there.

September Goal: Stick to my budget. 

If I Could...

• Travel anywhere, where would it be?

Right now, probably Hawaii. Some place relaxing.

• Meet anyone, who would it be?

Ryan Reynolds. But I'd probably be too shy to say anything.

• Bring anyone dead back to life, who would it be?

I don't think I want to bring anyone back from the dead. Gross.

• Be anyone for a day, who would it be?

I'm happy being me.

• Get anything for free for the rest of your life what would it be?

Sushi

• Change one thing about your life what would it be?

Get rid of debt.

• Have any superpower what would it be?

Super Speed. No more commute!

• Be any animal for a day which would you be?

Dog. 

• Date anyone who would it be?

Don't want to date anyone by my hubby.

• Change one thing about the world what would it be?

Increase peace. 

• Live in any fictional universe which would you choose?

Whedonverse. Buffy and Firefly all day. 

• Eliminate one of your human needs which would you get rid of?

I don't know. I love sleep and food. Maybe going to the bathroom?

• Change one thing about your physical appearance what would it be?

Easy. I'd be thinner.

• Change one of your personality traits which would you choose?

Nothing. I'm perfect :)

• Be talented at anything instantly what would you choose?

I'd like to play an instrument or be able to sew. 

• Forget one event in your life which would you choose?

If I forgot, I wouldn't be who I was now. 

• Erase an event from history (make it so it never happened) which would you choose?

Tricky. No thanks. 

• Have any hair/eye/skin color, which would you choose?

I've always wanted to be blonde but I don't think it would look good on me.

• Be any weight/body type, which would you choose?

Thinner than I am now but not skinny. 

• Live in any country/city, where would you choose?

I love Washington and wouldn't choose some place else. 

• Change one law in your country, which would you change?

Too many to just choose one.

• Be any height, which would you choose?

I like the height I am now

• Have any job in the world, which would you choose?

Something with books or dogs.

• Have anything appear in your pocket right now, what would it be?

A couple million dollars.

• Have anyone beside you right now, who would it be?

My brother. I miss him.

Random Thoughts

-I'm over the hot summer we are having. Multiple days in the 90's do not make me happy. There's a reason I live in the PNW. I want fall now.

-I need to do an Instant Pot post and post some of the recipes we've been enjoying. Even when it's been hot, I've been able to cook dinner in the Instant Pot.

-I've been making yogurt in my Instant Pot and love it. We go through a lot of yogurt and I love being able to make it fresh.

-Somehow I bought hiking socks a size too big and I got a blister on my last outing. I need to pick up a new pair before my next hike.

-Still not doing much reading. I did finish a historical romance and think those might be the way to go for me right now.

-Football is back. Watching my Seahawks as I type this. I love football season.

-I bought more herbs. I added sage and oregano.

July Goal Update

Prepare to do something physically challenging in 2018. I decided to hike part of the Pacific Crest Trail in 2018. I'm started doing a few small hikes. I have one longer hike on the calendar for September.

Be able to park my car in the garage by December 31, 2017. No new update here. Still working on it. Got rid of more stuff in the house but we have so much junk.

Add yoga back into my life at least once a week. I don't think we did much yoga this month. It was a busy month.

One hour a day without technology (no phone, no computer, no tv). Still doing good on this one. 

Add more art into my life. Nothing really here. I walk by a few art galleries on my way home so I always peek.

Get back to meal planning. We took a break from Plated. It's been too hot to stand over the stove. I've been using my instant pot a lot lately. 

July Goal: Keep the 3 herbs I planted (rosemary, mint, and lavender) alive. I did it!

August goal: Take 100 items to the thrift shop.