Tuesday, October 9, 2012

31 while 31 Update

I will not get some of these done, and I am okay with that.

The ones I finished since my last post?
13) Take Michael hiking-Middlesex Fells, see the picture below!  It was a beautiful day and he liked it and a mountain in New Hampshire is in our future.















24) Make cider donuts.





























27) Go to 4 concerts.
We went to the Wallflowers a few weeks ago and brought back the 90s...  That made 4!
28) Make sourdough bread from scratch














31) Have a cocktail party...
We had a great group of friends over a few weeks ago and everything was hit.  Good food, good drinks and good friends.

The ones I will get done before October 20th....
4) Knit an entrelac project-will have to finish one I have started.
18) Make Madeleines...
21) Learn three guitar chords-I can't promise I will remember them at the end of the year.
22) Learn rudimentary phrases in Spanish.


30) Watch three foreign language films that are not a romance language
2 down, one to go...

Ones I won't have completed:
6) Make lamb bacon
12) Take Michael camping
14) Host/Organize a contest involving pie, maybe eating, maybe making?
26) Blog every week.
29) Dye my own yarn
I am really only bummed about two of them-camping and dying yarn.  I will do both next year.  They will go on my list for that.

1) Race a trail 5k-Spring/summer/Fall-DONE2) Knit a colorwork project-DONE
3)Knit an adult sized sweater. Picked out Thermal for this project.-DONE
4) Knit an entrelac project-will have to finish one I have started.
5) Run a relay race-DONE, my team Reached the Beach! (Pic at bottom)
6) Make lamb bacon
7) Make pasta from scratch
8) Take a finishing class for knitting-DONE at the Common Cod's weekend of volunteer taught classes-thanks Alanna!
9)Take a crochet class-DONE, at Gather Here in Cambridge. I made a granny square mostly there and finished it later and then used my crochet skills to do a border on a hat!!!
10) Take a sewing class-DONE, also at Gather Here, where I made an awesome bag I have been using for a bunch of things!!!
11) Take an exercise class I would normally avoid-maybe not trapeze as Sarah suggester, but something similarly out of my comfort zone.-DONE, I went cross country skiing recently in Stowe, taking a beginner class and while I am a very proficient down hill skier, cross country skiing is very different and something I didn't do so well at. It was a good challenge and I will continue to try.
12) Take Michael camping
13) Take Michael hiking
14) Host/Organize a contest involving pie, maybe eating, maybe making?
15) Make a good soy milk based ice cream-DONE, we made dulce de leche soy ice cream for the latke party my dad and step mom had last weekend.
16) Run another half-marathon-already picked out the Run to Remember!
-DONE, I also beat my previous time by 24 minutes this past Sunday! 
17) Make Pizza from scratch-dough and sauce. Cheese will have to buy-Done on September 3, 2012!
18) Make Madeleines...
19) Make
buttercream from scratch-DONE, we made a bunch of cakes and cupcakes for a Girls on the Run event and our running club banquet, including buttercream in a number of colors and two flavors, vanilla and chocolate.
20) Raise money for Girls On The Run as a Solemate for the Run to Remember.-DONE, Michael and I raised over $2,000 for Girls on the Run.  You can still donate at http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/randmrobertson/team-solemates-2012
21)
Learn three guitar chords-I can't promise I will remember them at the end of the year.
22) Learn rudimentary phrases in Spanish.

23) Knit something for charity.-DONE
24)
Make cider donuts.
25) Visit a new city-this will be hard, I've been to most I want to go to.
Thinking New Orleans.-DONE, technically done as I drove to Albany, NY for work a few weeks ago and dropped off a few things. Not exactly what I was thinking, but it is technically done.  Visited New Orleans in June!
26) Blog every week. I have completely abandoned it, and will try and do 52 before October 20th, so get ready for a plethora of posting.

27) Go to 4 concerts. This may not seem like a lot, but it is for us, which is sad.
1) Smashing Pumpkins; 2) Saw live Jazz in New Orleans; 3) Kelly Clarkson and the Fray and 4) seeing the Wallflowers soon!
28) Make sourdough bread from scratch
29) Dye my own yarn
30) Watch three foreign language films that are not a romance language

31) Have a cocktail party