August Wrap Up

August Goals

• Read 5+ books
• "The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever" - Julia Quinn 
• "A Game of Thrones" George R R Martin
• "The Agency: The Traitor in the Tunnel" Y. S. Lee
• "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (And Other Concerns)" Mindy Kaling
• "The Far West" Patricia C. Wrede
• "On the Way to the Wedding" Julia Quinn
• "Brighter than the Sun" Julia Quinn
• "Toward the Sunrising" Lynn Morris & Gilbert Morris
• Listen to 3 audio books
• "Behemoth" Scott Westerfeld 
• "Goliath" Scott Westerfeld
• "Terrier: The Legend of Beka Cooper Book 1" Tamora Pierce  
• Complete 1 Pansy Patch Face 
• Purchase some fabric for Rainbow Road Quilt - Well, I didn't purchase fabric. I did give up postpone this project for the foreseeable future. I'll either rework it as a smaller piece or come back to it when more of the called for fabric could come out of my stash. So, I'm toying with an easier and less costly quilt. 
• Get the Kenmore machine repaired
• White Car. Seriously. 
• Binding for Procrastination 1/2 Square Quilt 
• Make a better cover for the Singer machine
• Make progress re: sash fabric for the Jungle Blocks quilt
• Continue 1-2 quarts water or unsweetened tea per day
• Make something from the garden Basil Garlic Bread; Thai Basil Chicken - both made with home grown basil. I also helped make raspberry jam and applesauce from home grown fruits. 
• Clear off the chair in the reading nook (which sounds easy, but will not be, it's covered in sewing projects) Do I get double points if I had to do it twice? It's clear now. Oh, except the basket of laundry I'm about to fold. But, it will be clear in 15 minutes. 
• Start a second cross stitch
• Edit photos for Family C
• Continue working on Christmas projects
• 1+ sewing or crafting related Pinterest Challenge DIY Prairie Point Garland
• 1+ food related Pinterest Challenge The Basil Garlic Bread and Thai Basil Chicken all started from pictures I saw on Pinterest. Also: Red Velvet Cheesecake Cookies, and 2 Ingredient Cake again (actually twice, once with raspberries, once with about 3/4 the can of lemon), and Honey Chamomile Peach Pie and Whole Wheat Flour Pie Crust.  
• Clean out the car - Again, I think I should get dual credit, having done this twice now as well. Or maybe I should stop keeping so much garbage in my car!
• Set more mouse traps  - Done - but I still haven't caught any in a trap. Little buggers aren't won over by cheese or peanut butter. I think they're after water... 
• Get those plates on the wall this month or give up on the idea

IF I get the Kenmore back in time to do anything with it: - I did get it back fairly early in the month, but I didn't finish either of these two things. I think my machine is working well (though I still wish taking it in had resulted in my not hearing that noise again, I only heard it the first two times I used the machine) - but I'm having a hard time getting the tension set right for pretty stitches. I'm not going to machine quilt or piece binding until I've got that working right. And if I don't get it figured out soon, I'll be asking my friends who sew/quilt (or calling my friend the home ec. teacher!) what I'm doing wrong. 

• Quilt Procrastination 1/2 Squares Quilt
• Try my hand at sewing an article of clothing

If I don't? 

• Reading. 

In addition to these things, I also managed to take and edit photos for another project, catch more mice with my hands and feet than any of our traps (2:0), work almost every week day, go to my first ever quilt show/festival, do something social with friends every week, almost get a dog, and attend two family reunions. August didn't feel like a terribly busy month, but it sounds busy when I start listing everything! 

Time to start turning my brain in an autumnal direction. For me, August is still summer. But we've had a couple nights of below 50 degree temperatures - so now that it's nearly September, I'd better start adjusting to the idea of autumn again.