February Fourteenth

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Mid Summer Goalatude Check In

It's been a little while since i've updated my progress with my Goalatude updates. Unfortunately I've come to the inevitable realization that I will not be able to achieve all my goals - and that gives me the sads. So let's do a Mid-Summer run down of what I've achieved for each so far...

1) Meet a Gregor ... yeah this is the impossible one ... and I can confirm it IS from a lack of trying - I don't even know where to begin - If a Grego happens to come across this blog, let me know and I'll count you.

2) Read 7 1/2 books - I have read 4 1/2 so far and will definitely be able to read 3 more so this one is not in danger of falling by the way-side. Books I've recently read: Almost Moon, Regency Buck, Bath Tangle (that's the 1/2 - I do plan on finishing it). Book I'm reading now: Northanger Abbey.

3) Re-Learn French .... ya, well if you count watching copious amounts of Poirot as exposure to French then I'm doing QUITE well! If not, things are dismal - I have even let my Coffee Time French podcasts go unlistened too. Maybe I'll do one today.

4) Get Outside: FABULOUS - I am outside almost everyday! Just today I biked to work, then the gym, then home with Kiki and chilled outside. and on monday I went for a long walk with Kiki and Ben!

5) National Geographic ... reading interesting articles as they come. check!

6) Save Money ... well I haven't spent everything I've earned ... so that counts right?!

7) Find a Craft: Completed x2!!! I finished a tin of coffee the oher day and thought "Now someone on the internet must have thought of something clever to use these for!" And they have! This Blog had the wonderful suggestion of covering the tin with paper (which I have left over from my cereal box magazine holder) and use it to hold knick knacks such

as nail polish - perfect and oh so easy! I'll defo make another for a pencil holder when I finish my next tin of coffee (soon)

8) Expand Vocabularly: I think I've done okay with this! I've definitely started saying retard more often (since seeing The Hangover). I've been taking note of Google's word of the day. I used the word pilfer instead of steal in a sentence the other day ... yes I think this Goalatude is coming along nicely. Also have been steering clear of suspicinouns.

9) Listen to CDs: I've been listening to Kings of Leon, New Pornographers, Arcade Fire, Duffy and MGMT in the car when not listening to my own mixes. I've been making the conscious decision not to listen to my Killers, Feist, Coldplay, Beck because if i do I will hate them even more when my family insists on playing them in the car on the way to P.E.I. Have also considered buying a new CD or two - possibly something by Beirut... oh and Ainsley informed me she's ordered a new copy of my Stars remix album (which she 'misplaced =P) so maybe I'll listen to that when I get it!

10) Still haven't decided on this Goalatude yet and I'm running out of time .....

So Clearly I need to focus on 3 and 6 and find a 10 .... ALSO blogger formatting is pissing me off I need spaces Blogger I NEED them! Why do you deny me this simple right!

Goaltude Update: G.7

Goalatude No.7 on my ultimate Summer Goalatudes List was to find a craft and do it awesomely. Well, I'm not sure about the awesomely part but I did find a craft and do it. I had spent a couple weeks gathering materials and such in preparation for this craft and yesterday I finally worked on it. I chose to make a magazine holder out of an old cereal box. I saw this idea at least 10 years ago well watching one of my favourite afterschool shows (there are many) Art Attack. It is extremely simple which means that even I couldn't mess it up too badly. This craft also has the potential to be environmentally friendly (YAY!) because you can recycle your old cereal boxes within your home in the process. Unfortunately I bought more paper to decorate my box so I don't think mine met the criteria for being completely EF (Boo!). Craft Stats:

• Cost: approx. $30.00 (not including cereal, I had to buy everything else: paper, Mod podge, acrylic paint, patterned tape - bought enough for 3 boxes)
• Time spent: approx. 31/2 - 4hrs (waiting for the paint and mod podge to dry)Frustration: 6.5/10 (wrinkled paper and mod podge everywhere)Fun: 7.5/10 (crafts are ALWAYS FUN! isn't that why people do them?!?)

All in all I think my box looks faboosh (where have I seen this word?) and was actually pretty idiot proof.

Steps:

• cut the box (you can figure it out)
• paint it: let paint dry then repeat 'till box design is completely covered.
• Once paint is dry paint a layer of mod podge over to seal it up.
• measure and cut paper: glue it side at a time using mod podge. (cover the paper in mod podge so it seals onto the box)
• take tape and stick around box in a continual line.
• place magazines in box...

et Voila! Craft done! When I work up enough energy I'll make some more but until then Goalatude No.7 has been completed!