Monday, 29 December 2008

2009 goals

I have been thinking about my goals for 2009 and getting my blog cleaned up and tidied in preparation for the new year.

I have sorted my goals into 3 different categories and have tried to keep them simple as I have to finish my Open University course and I hope to start a Foundation Degree in September. I imagine there will be a lot of home study for this so I don't want to commit to too many goals and end up disappointed with myself. These are not in any particular order.

projects that I want to complete which are already started at the moment are:
  • How Does your Garden Grow? - Papillon Creations
  • January Snapper - Bent Creek
  • March Snapper - Bent Creek
  • June Snapper - Bent Creek
  • Bear and Flower card - free kit from a cross stitch mag
  • Cut Thru Garden Shed - Bothy Threads
  • Christmas Tree Sampler - Cross Stitch Collection magazine
projects I want to make substantial progress on but realistically won't finish are:
  • Maggie the Messmaker - Dimensions?
  • What's up Doc? - ???
  • Cotswold design - Cross Stitch Collection
New starts that I want to finish in 2009 are:
  • Unicorn design for Debbie - Cross Stitcher magazine? (by November 30th)
  • Unicorn card - Mouseloft (by November 30th)
  • Summer in Sussex - The Nutmeg Company
  • PIF for Robin Titan (before October)
  • One Christmas ornament each month including finishing off.
I think I will put a gadget in the sidebar with a list of these to help to keep me focused on what I need to be doing when I am not studying!!
Whatever your plans for 2009, I hope it brings you everything you need for the year ahead and that you and yours stay safe and well. Thank you all for reading my blog over 2008 and I hope to get to know you all better during 2009. One of my New Year resolutions is to leave more comments on blogs that I read as I know how much I love to receive comments on mine. I am also going to make sure that I reply more often to the comments I receive so that people know I am reading them!!

8 comments:

Kristin said...

Good luck achieving all your goals!

BronnyB said...

I think you have found a positive way to list your goals for 2009. By also listing them here, we can all assist and encourage you to keep focused on the year ahead!

Shebafudge said...

Hi ladies

Thank you for the support. Hopefully having it all written down rather than just working on what I feel like at the time should see more progress.

Lovely to meet you Sarah - thank you for your kind comments.

Joyus said...

Good luck with your 2009 goals - they're almost as ambitious as mine LOL.

And well done with your OU study too.

Megan said...

Great goals! I've never set cross stitch goals for myself, but after a year where I finished very little, I'm thinking it might be a good idea for me, too.

Meari said...

Good luck with your goals! :)

Rowyn said...

Good luck with your 2009 stitching goals. I don't set goals because I am too easily swayed, lol.

Have a wonderful new year!

Beth said...

I hope you get to complete your goals this year.
I don't know how you keep up with so many projects.
I only do one at a time (except when I'm doing cross stitch baby gifts), but then working full time, and loving reading doesn't give me a lot of time to stitch.