I signed up for a hand quilting class and am in love with the whole creative process now. I will probably start machine quilting in December – I want to wait for my birthday before I buy a sewing machine. I’m really excited to have a hobby where I’m making something tangible as a finished product,
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9. read 125 books in 2007
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11. Own Red Sox season tickets
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12. Clean my office
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13. Ride in a hot air balloon
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17. Finish what I start
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18. Go out on "date nights" with my spouse on a regular basis
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22. Get on The Amazing Race
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23. Brush up on my Italian
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24. Go on a Scandivanian cruise
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26. Get a job that I love
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29. move to Alaska
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30. train my dog
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39. Watch games at all five Major League Baseball parks in California
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40. learn to quilt
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41. Get my epilepsy under control
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42. make a quilt
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Recent entries
I took up quilting!
12 months ago
Steps are being taken!
1 year ago
I’m in a hand-quilting class and really enjoying it! We’re doing a little wall hanging thing, not a full size quilt, but I feel like this is a great impetus for actually starting a full quilt at some point soon.
It seems like I am behind...
1 year ago
...but I think I’m okay, looking at what is currently on the TBR pile.
68. The Big Love – Sarah Dunn
69. Tart – Jodi Gehrman
70. Is That A Moose In Your Pocket? – Kim Green
71. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict – Laurie Viera Rigler
72. Inside Job – Connie Willis
73. Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen
