Girl of the North Country

a baker's dozen of goals for 2012 UPDATE!!!

2012-02-02T16:34:00.006-06:00

With one month down I thought it was an appropriate time for an update on my goals for the year. Here we go! 1. Read 50 books (4/50)I already posted about the first two of the year and since then I've read two more books. Hubert's Freaks: The Rare-Book Dealer, the Times Square Talker, and the Lost Photos of Diane Arbus by Gregory Gibson. I really enjoyed this book. I loved the coincidences, the

If the stars fall into the oceanside

2012-01-07T22:20:00.003-06:00

I've had the house to myself for over twenty-four hours (except for two dogs and two cats). At first I didn't know what to do with the time but eventually I ended up getting some things done. I did housework, made delicious indian food (chicken tikka masala), exercised (pilates), started watching United States of Tara (mostly love), and today I made a cover for my sewing machine! I followed the

FOUR YEARS!

2012-01-05T18:27:00.004-06:00

Today marks FOUR years of being with my main squeeze. We've been together for such a long time but it seems like it flew by. We have so many wonderful memories together and I am looking forward to more of them in the future. He really is THE BEST. To celebrate we went out to lunch. Sean surprised me and took me to a place I've been wanting to go. It was extra awesome since it also helps with one

Creative Project January

2012-01-05T18:15:00.004-06:00

In my list of goals for the year I wanted to complete one creative project a month. I have a lot of extra time sometimes but I don't make very good use of it. So for this month's creative project I made a skirt! Yes, you read that right. I made a skirt. I've never made one before but decided I wanted to try after watching this video by Brett Bara. It's supposed to take about one hour but it took

Read 50 Books

2012-01-03T13:23:00.006-06:00

So far this year I've read two books. I've decided to write a little about them so I can remember what they were years from now and what I thought of them. The first book I read was called Live Now: Artful Messages of Hope, Happiness & Healing by Eric Smith. The book is described as such, "When illustrator Eric Smith was diagnosed with cancer, he chose to turn his illness into a gift and started

French Lessons

2012-01-03T13:16:00.003-06:00

I've decided that to make sure I keep up on my goals for the year I need to really plan and make some of these things habit. So I've decided to try to practice my French on Tuesdays or Thursdays. I like the idea of having two days to get it done. Tuesday is early in the week and if I am not busy I can knock it right out of the park for the week but if I am busy I can do it on Thursday which comes

a baker's dozen of goals for 2012

2012-01-02T22:36:00.004-06:00

1. Read 50 books (2/50)2. Get new glasses3. Bake bread4. Exercise everyday for 30 minutes & blog what I ate (at http://madelikejoan.blogspot.com/)5. Be an active photographer (put that degree to use little lady) 6. Practice French for 30 minutes a week (0/52)7. Complete one creative project a month (0/12)8. Try 3 new types of food (0/3)9. Keep in touch with old friends (call them! write them! see

Books I Read in 2011

2012-01-01T10:58:00.003-06:00

Here are the books I read in 2011. According to goodreads.com at some point I made it my goal to read 40 books this year. I don't know when I decided that but about a month ago when I saw that again I decided I better get cracking and managed to make it to my goal. A few months ago the list I was keeping these books on was lost so I had to do a lot of this list from memory so it might not be in

RIP Mr. Magoo

2011-12-18T13:10:00.004-06:00

My goals for the next three months:1. Survive the holidays2. Move into a new apartment, just Sean, myself and the cats.3. ElopeIn sad news, my sweet furry cat Mr. Magoo passed away.I got him during the summer before high school. I went to visit my dad in Ontario and I fell in love with this sweet little kitten who followed me around all the time. I ended up taking him home with me at the end of

2011-11-19T20:48:00.002-06:00

I've been wanting to write here for ages but I feel like I don't have anything to say anymore. Too much has happened and I can't catch up with it all so for now I'll just right about lately. Tonight I have been listening to music, after a day of watching television and doing some watercolor owl crafts for the holidays. I'm currently listening to Leonard Cohen but earlier it was just a mix from

2011-08-21T09:57:00.002-05:00

I've been slacking ridiculously on this list, partly because I got a new to me computer and I lost access to some of the lists I was making, like the books/movies lists. But I decided to give this another update to the best of my ability and see where we are with this. I kind of lost interest but maybe updating this thing will renew it. Official start date: December 1, 2010 Official end date:

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

2011-08-21T09:30:00.006-05:00

The day after my last real post in April, I got ENGAGED! The engagement wasn't a total surprise, we'd been talking marriage and I picked out the ring but the place and time of proposal wasn't planned, except a few weeks before it happened I had a vision of it happening at Calvert Cliffs, a place I had been wanting to visit. So one morning we woke up and took a drive out to Lusby, Maryland to

2011-05-08T18:59:00.001-05:00

Hello Friends, I am trying to win a photo contest.The prize is a trip to Iceland.Would you be so kind to vote for my photo? Just follow the link and find my photo called Folk & Fairy Tales with my name and click "like". www.tinyurl.com/icelandcontest It's that easy. Also if you could take the time to repost the link after you vote,I would love you forever and ever until the end of time. Every

"Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway."

2011-04-16T21:48:00.000-05:00