July Wrap Up

July

• Read 5+ books
• "Breaking Beautiful" Jennifer Shaw Wolf
• "Just Like Heaven" Julia Quinn (reread from 2010-2011)
• "A City Not Forsaken" Lynn Morris & Gilbert Morris 
• "How to Marry a Marquis" Julia Quinn (reread from 2010-2011)
• "Thank Heaven" Leslie Caron 
• "Young Warriors" ed. Tamora Pierce & Josepha Sherman
• "Dead Reckoning" Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill 
• I usually don't include audio books as we generally listen to things I've already read but this month we listened to one I haven't read (yet): 
• "Leviathan" Scott Westerfield 
• Pinterest Challenge: 2 Ingredient Lemon Bars, Broccoli Quiche, S'mores Crescents, Marshmallow Rolls
• Non-food related Pinterest Challenge: Bath Apron
• 2+ quarts of water/unsweetened iced tea per day - Well, I managed 1+ per day, which is still a big improvement for me. I'll probably write more about this later.  
• Delete 5+ Reader subscriptions
• Ship/Deliver Birthday Present
• Deliver Welcome Baby C Package More about this to come in the next week or so as well. 
• Start work on two quilts I started two new quilts, both more patchwork than anything I've done. So far I'm not loving either, but I'm trying to force myself to get a little further in before declaring either or both failures. I'm also now waiting on my sewing machine to be repaired.
• Deal with the cars... Blue car got some new parts and work (which of course revealed more work needing done) but white car is still waiting for attention. 
• Baste Half Square Procrastination 
• Work on Pansy Patch squares
• Shelf for over love seat - or another alternative to get the plates on the wall 
• Finishing touches for Welcome Baby C package 
• Start thinking/planning/working toward Christmas gifts I hadn't intended to, but a stop on the drive home (thanks to either an overheating engine or an out of control gauge) gave me a head start on my Christmas shopping. Now to find places to hide these things - well enough to keep out of sight, but not so well I forget about them! 
• Cover for sewing machine  
• Weekly social night with friends/family
• Start a cross stitch project of some kind 
• Start on getting a laundry line or something - both for air drying clothes and for quilt photos that don't involve our terribly dry grass. No progress whatsoever. 

Looking back, I'm impressed I have quite so many things marked off the list. Right now I feel like all I really did was travel and read, but I really did accomplish more than that. Whew. That's a good feeling.