I'm finally getting around to doing this post, which is one of only 2 posts I try to make certain I do.  The other post is, of course, the yearly round-up.  So it's with mild guilt that I realize I've not posted this until nearly Feb.

( Deck the halls of the house with folly... )

The To-Do List is undergoing a lot of changes from the 2013 version, mostly based on lessons learned, and with a goal to keeping better track of all the things I *really* do, which don’t always get put on the list.  The better I know how much I actually do, the less I feel like a slacker when things on this list don’t get done.

( the house that boogie built )

... now all i need is a walrus ( Read more... )

So I think I will end up rolling over most of the 2013 list straight to the 2014 list.  Part of that is the result of unexpected trips to Germany and Lenexa for work, and part of that is that I under-estimated how much stuff I could do on the house, regarding energy levels and actual monetary levels.

( General Comments on life )

Well, we had a good holiday, Abbie and I.  As is traditional, I planned for about 600 cookies, overbooked myself, and have only made about 350 to date.  I have one more batch to go to finish Christmas cards and gifts.  Then I need to send thank-you notes, and Christmas will be done.
( My yearly Christmas Season begins with Christmas Revel... )

For 2013, the To-Do List is now filled with some House-related items, which is fun.  Mostly.  When it’s not yet another learning experience. *grins*

( House-hold doings this year )

2012 To-Do List

So, I had intended to save up enough money to buy a house by the Dec 2011/Jan 2012 time-frame.  That ended up being a bit of an aggressive goal.  I'm 2/3 of the way there, but I think I'll need another 6mos before I actually buy.  There's also some things that rolled over from last year's To-Do list.

( Trying to lighten the load because of predicted Household move... )

2011 Lesson's Learned

I'm instituting a new tradition, that I sort of did last year, anyway.  Basically, at the beginning of the year, I do a To-Do List that I try to complete that year, and I decided it would be nice to do a Lesson's Learned for that list at the end of each year.  This is the first official version of that post, for the 2011 To-Do ( Read more... )

2011 To-Do List

So, as many of you know, I moved to Mobile this year for a new job.  Yay job!  With a new job comes a new place and etc, and at this job, I will be making enough to really save up for a house.  That's going to be a major goal of mine, thus, this year's To-Do List is going to be fairly short, since it's going to have a lack of stuff ( Read more... )

i've been doing so much stuff *other* than my to-do list that i'm thinking of redoing the list, heh.  for example, i'm doing 4 baby bibs this year, i monogrammed 8 towels, i'm doing a slew of christmas ornaments, sewing 4 different baskets together, and putting together an eye-searingly bad SCA outfit out of gold lame.  (there's a story behind this ( Read more... )