My Creatively Random Life

  Time for the Friendly Fill-Ins.  Ellen of 15andmeowing  came up with the first two sentences and Lorianne of  Four-Legged Furballs  came up with the second two. If you didn’t do a post for them, you can also answer in the comment section. Thank you to all who participate. Don’t forget to add your link to the hop so everyone can visit you. The link is open until Wednesday night. 1. My focus word for 2021 is ___________________. 2. I didn't get to ____________ this year, but I hope to in 2021. 3. The year 2020 taught me _________. 4. _________ is one of my biggest goals for 2021. My answers: 1. My focus word for 2021 is time.  It is my goal this year to make the best of my time. 2. I didn't get to read as much as I wanted to in 2020, but I hope to in 2021. 3. The year 2020 taught me that I actually do enjoy being around other people.  I might feel awkward and out of place but I miss being around my friends who acknowledge that and invite me out to hang...

Next week, next Wednesday to be exact, I turn 39.  Which I feel a lot of pressure for as it will be the last year I have before I turn 40 and with everything that is going on in the world right now I realize how much more that there is that I want to get done before I turn 40. My health has been causing me problems this year and my doctor has recommended that I lose a little weight to help.  This is really high on my list for the coming year as I do not want to go into my 40's having preventable health issues.  Also on my list, as always is continued learning, as the current situation in the world had sharply shown me this year you never know what is going to happen and I want to make sure that I have something to fall back on should the worst happen. Being home all day, everyday has help me see how much time I really do have that is free and I waste doing things that bring me little to no pleasure.  I have spent some time today working on my novel that I start...

Progress has been made this week.  I am impressed.  But more progress means more things to do. 1) Set up my Ko-fi page. 2) Make new pony ears. 3) Swap out the ribbon on my top hat for pink. 4) Paint my boxing gloves and figure out how to seal. 5) Take my measurements and log for June. 6) Find a tiny alligator plushie. 7 ) Log the comics I lave read recently onto Goodreads. 9) Find a purse that I want to carry. 10) Finish the last module of this event planning section and write exam. 11) Start my new sewing course. 12) Update my CPR and first aide. 13) Find and paint shoes for Cat's 5K costume. 14) Buy Cat black shorts for her 5K costume. 15) Clean bookshelves. 16) Fill out passport forms. 17) Get passport photos taken. 18) Take day off and go to passport office. 19) Set up a blogging schedule. 20) Write my next history exam. 21) Do Invisalign Module for work. 22) Put Cutie Mark on boxing shorts. 23) Make up test for Green Lantern. ...

I thought it over and I thought maybe updating weekly would be better than monthly, as things change so fast. 1) Set up my Ko-fi page. 2) Make new pony ears. 3) Swap out the ribbon on my top hat for pink. 4) Paint my boxing gloves and figure out how to seal. 5) Take my measurements and log for June. 6) Find a tiny alligator plushie. 7) Log the comics I lave read recently onto Goodreads. 8) Find my Ipad. 9) Find a purse that I want to carry. 10) Finish the last module of this event planning section and write exam. 11) Start my new sewing course. 12) Update my CPR and first aide. 13) Find and paint shoes for Cat's 5K costume. 14) Buy Cat black shorts for her 5K costume. 15) Clean bookshelves. 16) Fill out passport forms. 17) Get passport photos taken. 18) Take day off and go to passport office. 19) Set up a blogging schedule. 20) Write my next history exam. 21) Do Invisalign Module for work. 22) Put Cutie Mark on boxing shorts. 23) Make ...

A few years ago I had great success with making a to do list in the months leading up to the end of the year and checking things off.  It kept me accountable to at least do some of the things that I needed to get done. In the spirit of that I am making a list of all the things I need to get done and want to get done in the next little while and every month we will up date and see how far we are getting along. 1) Set up my Ko-fi page. 2) Make new pony ears. 3) Swap out the ribbon on my top hat for pink. 4) Paint my boxing gloves and figure out how to seal. 5) Take my measurements and log for June. 6) Find a tiny alligator plushie. 7) Log the comics I lave read recently onto Goodreads. 8) Find my Ipad. 9) Find a purse that I want to carry. 10) Finish the last module of this event planning section and write exam. 11) Start my new sewing course. 12) Update my CPR and first aide. 13) Find and paint shoes for Cat's 5K costume. 14) Buy Cat black shorts for he...

 I have never before felt the urge to cosplay a super hero, usually I stick to easy to cosplay with out much criticism characters.  But I am on a huge kick to get back in shape and something about She-hulk calls to me so I thought that she would be a great goal for getting into shape.  Going through pictures on the internet I have found quite a few different costumes that I have varying degrees of fondness for.  There will be lots of research till I find something that suits my comfort level for wearing to a convention I am sure. The bigger part of these plans though is to get into a cosplaying She-Hulk kind of shape.  I know that a year is no where near enough time to go from my current shape to body builder shape.  However, I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication I can get into decent enough shape to feel comfortable with it. There will be periodic updates here on the blog but if you want to hear all of the nitty gritty follow @...

Still with the crazy work schedule but I have gotten a little bit accomplished this week.  Yay!  Working towards other stuff as well since some stuff is a process. New Goals For February: 1) Post every day on my Facebook page. 2) Have my first vendor event. 3) Stay on top of my blogging. 4) Earn 1 CE credit. 5) Log every book I finish on Goodreads. 6) Read another 3 books towards my goal. 7) Clean kitchen cabniets. 8) Finish pink blanket. 9) Start blue blanket. 10) List March granny square swap on swap bot. 11) Roll yarn for Belle Blanket. 12) Make signs for Vendor Show. 13) Do first facebook live event. 14) Figure out how Square works. 15) Scan notes and get rid of full notebook. 16) Watch Season 10 of Doctor Who. 17) File taxes. 18) Workout three times a week. 19) Put Kindle on Ipad to save space on phone. 20) Buy baby present for cousin. 21) Start costume for Toronto Comicon. 22) Buy tickets for Toronto Comicon. 23) Go for a 5...

There was a huge part of me that wanted to scrap the goals because I feel like I am not getting a lot of them done.  But I am getting so much stuff that is not on the list done that I feel like I should keep it.  It is keeping me motivated. New Goal For February: 1) Post every day on my Facebook page. 2) Have my first vendor event. 3) Stay on top of my blogging. 4) Earn 1 CE credit. 5) Log every book I finish on Goodreads. 6) Read another 3 books towards my goal. 7) Clean kitchen cabniets. 8) Finish pink blanket. 9) Start blue blanket. 10) List March granny square swap on swap bot. 11) Roll yarn for Belle Blanket. 12) Make signs for Vendor Show. 13) Do first facebook live event. 14) Figure out how Square works. 15) Scan notes and get rid of full notebook. 16) Watch Season 10 of Doctor Who. 17) File taxes. 18) Workout three times a week. 19) Put Kindle on Ipad to save space on phone. 20) Buy baby present for cousin. 21) Start costume ...

 A slower week but still progress. This month's goals: 1) Get diath piercing. 2) Clean up my book shelves. 3) Put pictures into photo albums. 4) Design daily planner printable since I can't find one I like. 5) Finish the one section of my fitness course. 6) Finish one section of my update course. 7) Finish one section of my event planing course. 8) Earn one CE credit. 9) Start a book club. 10) Read 5 books towards my Goodreads Challenge. 11) List 3 things in my Etsy Shop. 12) Set up a dedicated crafting area. 13) Write every day. 14) Prep lunches in advance. 15) Make a meal plan for February. 16) Clean out Dvd's. 17) Unsubscribe from unwanted emails. 18) Go to the ROM. 19) Set up a savings plan. 20) Make my bed every day. 21) Organize yarn. 22)Set up Goodreads Challenge. 23) Organize nail polish. 24) Paint toe nails. 25) Take a selfie every day. 26) Post to Instagram every day. 27) Host a blog giveaway. 28) Make busi...

January has been an interesting month for me so far.  I had a strong start thanks to using my Audible credit for December on a "self help book" which really shook me into action.  My first week of cross offs are in purple.  This month's goals: 1) Get diath piercing. 2) Clean up my book shelves. 3) Put pictures into photo albums. 4) Design daily planner printable since I can't find one I like. 5) Finish the one section of my fitness course. 6) Finish one section of my update course. 7) Finish one section of my event planing course. 8) Earn one CE credit. 9) Start a book club. 10) Read 5 books towards my Goodreads Challenge. 11) List 3 things in my Etsy Shop. 12) Set up a dedicated crafting area. 13) Write every day. 14) Prep lunches in advance. 15) Make a meal plan for February. 16) Clean out Dvd's. 17) Unsubscribe from unwanted emails. 18) Go to the ROM. 19) Set up a savings plan. 20) Make my bed every day. 21) Organize ...

At the end of last year I came up with 40 goals for myself for the last 40 days of 2017.  I did not finish all 40 goals but it did motivate me to get a lot of stuff done and I had a lot of fun doing it.  I was going to do a list of things that I wanted to do for the whole year this year but I thought as things are ever evolving that it would be better to do one new thing for every day of the month starting in January and just pull over from one month to the next the few extra things that did not get done. Including the things from last year's list that I did not finish. New for January: 1) Get diath piercing. 2) Clean up my book shelves. 3) Put pictures into photo albums. 4) Designing daily planner printable since I can't find one I like. 5) Finish the one section of my fitness course. 6) Finish one section of my update course. 7) Finish one section of my event planing course. 8) Earn one CE credit. 9) Start a book club. 10) Read 5 books towards my Goodr...

 So, I super fell behind with blogging with the holiday stress and a toothache that was out of this world.  I did get some things done, not as many off my list as I would have liked but a lot of things that were not on the list.  This is the last time that I will update before the new year and anything that I still want to get done will be getting rolled over to my list of stuff that I want to do in January.  Stuff that I finished since last time is crossed out in green. 1) Finish the human relations unit in the course I am taking. 2) List 1 item in my Etsy Shop. 3) Cancel my gym membership. 4) Finish dying the yarn for the pink blanket I am making. 5) Post my first video on Youtube. 6) Clean out my closet. 7) Clean out my daughter's room. 8) Replace my broken grocery cart. 9) Watch Spiderman Homecoming. 10) Watch Justice League. 11) Reinstall Windows on my computer. 12) Finish one section of the next unit in my course. 13) Purge my clothe...

 Apparently making a giant list of things you want to do is the way to go.  I not only knocked a few things off the list but I was motivated to do extra things as well.  Always great. 1) Finish the human relations unit in the course I am taking. 2) List 1 item in my Etsy Shop. 3) Cancel my gym membership. 4) Finish dying the yarn for the pink blanket I am making. 5) Post my first video on Youtube. 6) Clean out my closet. 7) Clean out my daughter's room. 8) Replace my broken grocery cart. 9) Watch Spiderman Homecoming. 10) Watch Justice League. 11) Reinstall Windows on my computer. 12) Finish one section of the next unit in my course. 13) Purge my clothes and organize drawers . 14) Catch up on pen pal letters. 15) Wrap Christmas presents. 16) Make homemade soaps. 17) Make lotion bars. 18) Make bath bombs. 19) Make up quick crochet washcloths for teacher gifts. 20) Make a book Advent Calendar for the kids. 21) Make a binder for my p...

Here we are almost at the end of November and I am not sure what I have accomplished this year.  Feels like not a lot.  I have been sick the last few weeks with crazy migraines and have gotten even less accomplished.  With only 40 days left till 2017 ends I have come up with a list of 40 things that I want to achieve before the end of the year. 1) Finish the human relations unit in the course I am taking. 2) List 1 item in my Etsy Shop. 3) Cancel my gym membership. 4) Finish dying the yarn for the pink blanket I am making. 5) Post my first video on Youtube. 6) Clean out my closet. 7) Clean out my daughter's room. 8) Replace my broken grocery cart. 9) Watch Spiderman Homecoming. 10) Watch Justice League. 11) Reinstall Windows on my computer. 12) Finish one section of the next unit in my course. 13) Purge my clothes and organize drawers. 14) Catch up on pen pal letters. 15) Wrap Christmas presents. 16) Make homemade soaps. 17) Make lotion b...

Day 4: What goals do you have participating in 100 Days of Being Geek Chic and Healthy?           My biggest goal is being able to talk about myself more comfortably. Introducing my followers to the wonderful world of all the things I love. Learning a little bit more about myself as I blog my way through the challenge.\

What's Up Wednesday is a blog hop created by  Jamie Morrow  and  Erin Funk  to help writers connect.  I need a little encouragement in the area of writing these days so I felt motivated to join in and find some new friends.  The headings for the WUW posts are: WHAT I'M READING WHAT I'M WRITING (+ WRITING GOAL) WHAT WORKS FOR ME WHAT ELSE IS NEW WHAT I'M READING I am currently reading the delicious Mr. Sandman by Lyle Howard which I am enjoying very much.  I am also reading Writing Fight Scenes by Rayne Hall in the hopes of getting my current writing project unstuck. WHAT I'M WRITING (+ WRITING GOAL) I got in a whole 200 words on my WIP over the last week, which is more than I have in the last month so I think that's progress.   My goal for this week is to continue that progress and maybe add some more words if I can. WHAT WORKS FOR ME Clearly coming on here and blogging about how I was going to put some t...

The Express Yourself Weekly Meme is hosted  Bouquet Of Books  and  Entertaining Interests .  This week's topic is: do you have a New Year's Resolution, if so, would you like to share? Usually at the beginning of the year I do a whole post about this stuff but I haven't had the time yet because the kids got sick one after the other.  (yikes!)  So everything has been topsy-turvy.  I do have more of a system of small changes/goals going this year then resolutions though. I am keeping it very small as I have been having some health issues and I am worried that trying to make drastic changes will just leave me frustrated. So my "resolutions" are: -drink more water -log ALL the books I read -declutter a little every day -keep on top of my letter writing -try new things I think 2015 is going to be a fantastic year.  What are your resolutions for this year? This is a blog hop, you can join in below:

So my whole plan of having goals  instead of resolutions...big flop.  I achieved  maybe three of them.  Okay, that's not really a very good count so let's have a tally, out of twelve goals that I had at the beginning of 2013 here at the beginning of 2014 I achieved six.  Hey, that's actually not that bad. In review for you here are the ones I did achieve: 1) Finish the Doctor Who scarf - I did and it is well loved by it's new owner, maybe I shall make myself one one day. 5) Start working on my novel - I did and I started working on one I like more and got further on during NaNoWrMo. 6) Work on my self esteem - I took up Cosplaying 9) Spending more time playing with my kids - in so many ways 10) Wear my fancy shoes more - check 12) Work on being happy - see above The things I want to work on in 2014 are still thing things I didn't quite achieve in 2013 only with a little more focus on the less is more side of life.  The older I get the more I...

Despite a wonderful New Year's Eve spent ringing in 2013 with my closest friends I still managed to get my year off to a rocky start.  What can I say, I just have that kind of talent.  Like the bottle of champagne someone forgot in my freezer (seriously, what a mess) I just freeze up inside until I explode leaving a horrible mass of shards all over the place where people are bound to get hurt. Except the person who gets hurt the most is me.  I am starting to see that I am like the master at self sabotage.  Anyhow, enough with the happy.  I have decide screw resolutions I am going to have goals this year...and they shall be awesome.  I have big goals and little goals and I am also working through a goal setting system to learn to make smarter goals that are more orientated to where I want to be in the long run.  So there is a good chance that some of this list may change within the next thirty days.  Right now though these are my goals for 2013...