Time is running out...

I can't believe this year is almost over.  2010 has definitely been a year of major changes for me.  It also seems crazy that I have less than a year left to complete this project.  Who knew that 1001 days could go by so quickly?  With that in mind, I am going to have to tackle the remaining items on my list in an efficient manner.  Luckily, I love to make lists.  The planning part is easy; unfortunately, the execution of that plan isn't so simple.  Over the next few days, I hope to assess my project and tweak any tasks that no longer fit or could be improved upon.  It's amazing how interests, ideas, wants, and needs can change over the course of a few years; and in all honesty, some of my tasks were fluff from the beginning to fill space.  Anyways, you can expect a new plan of action to be posted soon (in addition to a wrap up of my year-long tasks from 2010).  I want to hit the ground running in the new year.  Fingers crossed.

A Very Bookish Update

Obviously, I have become very bad at posting on the blog.  So here are some updates... with pictures!

19. Read 5 biographies/memoirs. (3/5)
Yesterday, I finished Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun.  Rubin presented a lot of research concerning happiness, which I found very interesting.  Although I would not undertake every resolution that Rubin assigned herself if I were doing a happiness project, I greatly admired her drive and organization.


20. Read 10 classics. (4/10)
At the beginning of November, I finished my audiobook of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.  I had unsuccessfully tried to read this book before and I picked up the audiobook from the library on a whim one day.  I enjoyed it so much more as an audiobook.  Although, previously seeing the movies definitely helped me because I already knew the characters' names.


I also finished Brave New World by Aldous Huxley in November.  One of my coworkers gave me a funny look when I said that I was reading this for fun.  I guess I'm just crazy like that.  Brave New World is probably the strangest dystopian work I have ever read. 






48. Make 10 pieces of jewelry. (6/10)
We did a Secret Santa at work this week.  I made a lanyard (for daily id wear) as part of my gift for my coworker.  I stuck with a classic red, white, and blue color scheme.  Now I just need to get around to making one for myself. 


49. Take a cake decorating class.
50. Bake and decorate a cake using fondant. 
I discovered that I can some fun classes at my local Michael's store.  I'm planning on signing up for the basic cake decorating class soon.  I'm excited that they also have a class specifically designated for fondant.

(all book cover photos from goodreads)