2008… Was it Great?

Clearly, my rhyming skills need some help. I am notorious for terrible pun-induced rhymes. Fortunately for y’all only Eric is subjected to them. Let’s just say if one day my musical is preformed on Broadway, I’d die a very happy lady.

I’ve been reading oodles of year end report blogs, and felt the need to fit in. So here’s my wrap-up.

I didn’t really have any stated goals for 2008 so I must have succeeded somehow. I did, however, start this blog in late ’07 hoping to get some more sewing done.

I’ve sewn

• self-designed purple skirt-January
• Blogway bag-January/February
• Alabama Chanin corseted top-March/April
• top for my pregnant friend-July
• Alabama Chanin tee for Eric-August/September
• Self-draft top, and pattern skirt-September/October
• self-draft skirt block-November
• baby kimono-November
• pj pants (2 pairs)-November/December
• kleenex holder/coin purse-December

So I did do some sewing, but not much. But I’ve also had a lot of change to deal with–and let’s face it. I should be an expert with change, but I’m not.

Other Notable Accomplishments in 2008

• I completed two triathlons!
• I went on my first business trip solo
• I wrote two articles for Fashion Incubator
• I won the Alabama Chanin scholarship–and you should go to a workshop even if you have to pay!
• I won first in a Quilting Arts challenge at the Long Beach Quilt Show.

So now as I look forward to 2009 here’s some of my goals. They are still a bit rough around the edges.

• Random goals
  • take an improv comedy class
  • clean out all of my undergarments that I’ll never wear/don’t fit and splurge on some really nice ones
• Nurture my creativity–I have a few ideas about this and hope to share them in the upcoming months.
• Eat like the French. We spend so much more time cooking dinner, than eating. We eat meals in front of the TV. So sitting at the table, and having a cheese plate at the end of the meal is something Eric and I are planning on doing more regularly-at least once a week. (We’d try it more, but he has a lot of evening obligations)
• I want to go on a vacation–that is more than 2 nights and doesn’t involve going to see family. We love our families–it is just we’ve never taken a “grown up” vacation.
• Journaling daily.
• Completing another TNT event. Hoping to do Tahoe Century Ride–but the bike still scares me A LOT. And Eric’s stories about the hills make me sick to my stomach. I also want to do the Nike Women’s event again. It is A-MAZING!

I hope 2009 brings you lots of joy!

Peace,

Katy ^_^