Fastest 3 months. Ever.

Happy 3mo to our littlest guy!

first in a series of quarterly laundry basket photos (like we did for big brother)

#4: done & done.

Spent a couple hours yesterday & today knocking out some flowers to make into hair clips for the woman who runs my sons' daycare. I really love the pattern i used for the teal flower -- i will definitely be making that one again in the future -- even though it involves seaming 6 different pieces... i wonder if there's a way to do all of the petals at once...

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A Socktopus for Miss Eliza :)

Yesterday i put the finishing touches on a plush toy for a coworker's daughter. I'm really pleased with how it turned out (& especially excited that i remembered to take a couple pictures of this one before i sent it away!!)

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101 in 1001 update

Sunday night I completed another craft project from my 101 in 1001 list. It is a lapghan for my long-time friend Emily, who gets chilly at work. The squares, which i think have a log-cabin-quilt feel to them, are made from the 10-Stitch Blanket pattern, but rather than knit one large piece, i chose to do a modular version, for ease of transportation.

Pardon the picture, this thing needs to be blocked badly!

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6 to one, half-a-dozen to another...

Today i reorganized my list by length of time needed to complete each item:

LESS than a week:

- Learn to steek

- Sew bolster pillow for papasan chair/reading nook

- Embroider kids' handprints, birth-to-current (0/2)

- Yarn-bomb something

- Socks for Ducky

- Blue-striped socks

- Hat for Donna

- Brigid Larkin hat

- Ten-stitch project

- Sew calico cat for Mom
- Sew curtains for pantry

- Dalek for Gavin

- Socktopus for Eliza (in progress)

- Flower hair pins for Margo
- Darn holes in Jen's blanket

- B&B/Brewery Tour (10th anniv?)
- Travel outside the USA
- Visit family "out west"

- Go skiing
- Hike a trail in a National Park
- Watch a professional Hockey game
- Borrow a book from a "Little Free Library"
- Take Bug & Ducky to a zoo
- Take Bug & Ducky to an aquarium
- Take Bug & Ducky on a cave tour (likely in VA)
- Take Bug & Ducky "camping" at Sleepy Creek
- Take Bug & Ducky on a tour of the Crayola factory
- Ride on a train
- Go horseback riding

- Run a 5k road race
- Run a 5-mile road race
- Do the Color Run

- Have an "unplugged" weekend (no phones, internet, etc.)

- Bake a checkerboard cake
- Bake whoopie pies
- Learn to make FIL's gumbo

- Paint our bedroom
- Make a weekly meal chart (Pinterest)
- Make a "launch station" (Pinterest)
- Finish nursery (in progress)
- Organize the filing cabinet
- Back-up the photos on our computer

- Donate blood
- Community service (hands-on)
- RAOK: Buy someone lunch
- Update the boys' baby books (0/2)
- Donate $100 to a charitable cause

- Take Bug & Ducky Christmas caroling
- See a movie at a drive-in
- Go bowling
- Fly a kite
- Build a proper Gingerbread House
- Have lunch at a "tea room" (invite SILs & nieces?)
- Go to a wine-tasting
- Learn the "50 Nifty United States" song

MORE than a week:

- Refinish elephant toy from Mary

- Draw a self-portrait

- Socks for The♥Husbster (in progress: 2/4 socks)

- Aran sweater for Bug
- Aran sweater for Ducky

- Raindance sweater
- Vernal Verde vest

- Windrows Shawl

- Write on/sew Sei Shonagon pillow

- New baby item #1
- New baby item #2

- Fingerless mitts for Sara

- Scarf for Debbie
- Chester cat for Ann

- Frame "The Duel" for Mom

- Braille blanket
- Cheshire cat scarf
- Paisley chart

- Complete 24-day Abs Challenge

- Go to bed before 11pm for 7 consecutive days (0/7)

- Finish laundry room

- Organize/finish the basement closet

- Compile lyrics to all the Sunday School songs of my youth

More than a month:

- Compile family recipes into a bound book

- Sketch-a-Day for a month

- 30 Beekeeper Quilt puffs (0/30)

- Christmas stockings
- Secret project #2 for Mom

- Complete Couch-to-5k (0/33)

- Zumba 10 hrs in a single month (0/10)

- 30 days without caffeine
- 30 days without processed foods
- 30 days without meat

- Potty-train Bug

More than 3 months:

- Complete online class on brioche knitting

- Secret project #1 for Mom

- Take a painting class

- Dragon shawl

- Make a proper salad out of things grown in our garden

- Write a kids' book

- Finish reading the Bible cover-to-cover

More than 6 months:

- Visit 5 museums I've never visited (0/5)

- Lose 25 lbs (0/25)
- Blog "101 in 1001" progress at least 2x month (in progress: 2/66)
- Read 12 books I already own, but haven't yet read (0/12)

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Movin' right along...

Things are going well with the 101 in 1001 ☺
It's Day 3 & i've already completed 1 item from my list, with 4 more in progress.  I'm hoping to finish another one of the craft projects by the end of the week (at the latest) & then i might "read a book i own" to get started on that item.

... i really hope that this list doesn't just help me *start* 101 projects LOL

Not a Bad Start

Today I kicked-off my 101 in 1001 by trying my hand at a new afghan square i'd been admiring... i am pleased with the results & foresee making some more of these in the near future!

I'm also happy to say that this morning i finished the first of 2 pairs of socks for The♥Hubster, which means that i've completed 50% of that goal as well!

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