2012 - The YoFS

2012 is going to be the YoFS!  (The Year of Finishing Stuff!)

Each New Year, instead of making resolutions, I like to come up with a theme for the year....seems that having a theme to live by is more encouraging than a list of things not to do.  So, this year is the YoFS.

I have waaay too many projects that are mid-way done.  Below is a list of things I've started (some I even started years ago!) but never finished for one reason or another (can you say A.D.D. and/or Procrastination? - I even procrastinated on writing this post!!).  Not to mention that I like to help other people get things done too, so there's a list projects I've started and a list of projects I've helped other people start.

So, here's my goals for 2012  - The YoFS!  (the ones that are marked out are done - yes, I've already accomplished some things this year!):

(the stuff in red that is crossed out is what I've accomplished since I wrote this post)

My Projects:
-Put pictures in frames around house (Hallway, Office, Living Room, Bedroom).  We currently have frames hanging on the walls, but most either don't have pictures in them or the picture inside is landscape while the frame is portrait, etc...
-Organize the book shelves in our Living Room
-Sort through Facebook Friends and put folks into "Groups" (and maybe purge my friend list?)
-Complete unfinished quilting project (name of project withheld because it's a present!)
-Break out my Cricut & "Sure Cuts A Lot" program and make cards with all the paper/card stock I've accumulated over the years
-Scrapbook the rest of my college years (mostly from Graduate year: 2003-2004)
-Make 3-4 photo books and thereby use the Groupons I purchased that expire in February 2012
-Make stuff from all the felt/fabric/yarn stock I have
-Scan all photos, negatives & memorabilia from the years 2004-2011  I'm almost done with 2005!
-Blog the rest of our Wedding, Honeymoon & post wedding stuff
-Blog the rest of mine & Shannon's European Adventure 2009 (preferably before we hit the 3 year anniversary of that trip in October)
-Cover couch throw pillows with new fabric that I've already purchased
-Recipe Cards - transfer recipes from magazine clippings to actual cards that fit into my recipe box
-Update Google contacts with addresses, email addresses, birthdays, anniversaries, pictures, etc...of everyone in my phone/contact list.
-Read the 4 books I've started (I'm such a *slow* reader!!)  I've read two of them!!
-Edit DVD's that Brandon is making from my VHS tapes from High School Band, etc...
-Make shortcuts within my computer folder system for pictures (this probably make no sense to anyone but me and my organized chaos and I don't feel like providing a lengthy explanation, but I wanted to add it to the list in hopes that I can later cross it off, sorry for my vague-ness)
-Consistently do my Throwback Thursday posts
-Keep my blog more current, instead of posting something months after the fact
-Catch up on blogs in my blog reader.  Between my computer crashing, our Month o' Travel and then the Holidays, I haven't read many of the blogs I usually keep up with, including friends' blogs.

Helping with Other People's Projects:
-Sand re-patched walls/ceiling in play room at my parents house, trace all the existing "Peanuts" characters and repaint the entire room, then add the Peanuts characters (and some other murals?) back on the re-painted walls
-Scan pictures from the Baby Shower for my first niece (born in 2003, yikes!) to give to my sister-in-law
-Hang the hammock I bought for my Dad almost 3 years ago in Honduras
-Help my Mamaw put some pictures back on her walls since repainting her bedroom (in October of 2010!)
-Help my mom organize all her pictures into boxes/albums
-Complete cleaning out process of my parents basement.  We finished phase 1, now on to phase 2.

Fall-Winter Reading

I have high hopes for reading all these books in the next few months. I'll try to report on each of them as I finish. I'm excited to read them, but making time is the hard part. Wish me luck!