July Recap/August Goals
It’s crazy. Even though I don’t go to school or work in academia anymore, the summer still seems to go by too fast. Can you believe it is almost August already? But I guess that does make sense. After all, over at the Stitching Bloggers’ Exchange Board we are getting all ready for Halloween and Autumn with appropriately-themed exchanges.
I am sure most of you are already aware of the Stitching Bloggers’ Exchange Board, but if you aren’t, a group of us stitching bloggers thought it would be fun to do some exchanges. Personally, I am involved in the Halloween and Needleroll exchanges. There are all sorts of others going on though; from Christmas ornaments to pet-themed exchanges! If you are interested in joining in, you can hop over there and check it out.
Anyway, as I was saying… it’s almost August already, which means it is time for the monthly goal post.
As a reminder, my July goals were:
Continue to stitch at least 90 minutes a day.
** I did really well this month with this goal. I stitched all but 4 days in July and most days I average about 2 ½ - 3 hours of stitching. **
Continue with “Passing Admirers” as my focus piece with the goal of finishing it by September 10, 2005. (Stitch a minimum of 20 hours on it during the month.)
** Unfortunately, I didn’t stitch much on it at all…only about 6 hours because “Tempest” unwittingly became my focus! However, I did pick it back up the last few days as you can see by the WIP shot at the beginning of the post. **
Finish EMS RR
** I have not quite finished what I have dubbed the “RR piece from Hell”, but the post date isn’t until August 10. I can’t wait to get it finished and finally get this awful pattern out of my sight. **
Start Stitching Bloggers’ RR.
** YES! And I am almost finished too! **
Continue working on my “Little Stitch Devils” and my “Guardian Cherub.”
** Not even. They just aren’t screaming at me. **
Stitch pansy #6 on “Stiefmütterchen,” my SAL with Susie.
** Susie has been really busy, so we didn’t get a chance to SAL this month. **
And of course, in addition to that, I started and finished TW’s “‘Tempest’ in a Teacup” and have signed up for a couple of exchanges over at the Stitching Bloggers’ Exchange Board.
Now for August, I hope to:
Continue to stitch at least 90 minutes a day.
Finish EMS RR. (Aug 10 post date)
Finish Stitching Bloggers’ RR. (Sept 1 post date)
Start my exchanges. (Sept 12 and 30 post dates)
Continue with “Passing Admirers.”
** My goal was to finish it by September 10, but with the post dates of these new exchanges being so close to that, I may have to extend it. **
Edited to add: If I have time, stitch pansy #6 on “Stiefmütterchen,” my SAL with Susie.
Re-think my rotation in order to better incorporate my obligation stitching.
That’s it for August. It sounds a little boring, but I will get to start two new projects for the exchanges! Hopefully that will curb any start-itis I might have as I really, really, really want to finish “Passing Admirers” as close to the September 10 goal date as possible.
