by Debbie Klinect in Florida - Used by permission
I have gotten a great start on my goals for 2009. See, I turn 50 the end of next month. I have many friends who have had their birthday and that is all it was. I read a book last year that inspired me to make my 50th birthday year different and with more meaning to me. The book I read talked about woman who each made up a list of things they wished for - either to do or get. So, last summer I started making my list and then through the rest of the year I brought it down to earth so to speak and now have a plan that I think is very do-able. Here is what I am going to do this year:
In "honor" of turning 50 years old, I am going to:
Memorize 50 scriptures (one a week)
Read 50 stories
Watch 50 DVDs
Go to 50 new places (towns, states, places to eat,...)
Spend 50 hours with my best friend in NC
Make 50 things
Find 50 Geo-caches
Meet 50 new people
Make 50 new recipes
Thanks to the long holiday weekend and all of the football games, and the fact of having sick kids and being up and down for the last week, I have so far read a month's of stories, made a month's of things, watched a month's of movies. Kurt and I were able to go out on Sunday afternoon for some us time and we went geocaching. I helped him find four of them that the kids and I have already found and then we found two new ones (www.geocaching.com).
The things I have made have really excited me. A year ago I purchased a yard of quilted fabric from Wal-mart. From that yard I have made one casserole carrier, two teapot cozies, two mug cozies, and an eye glass case. Here are the patterns for the carrier and cozies:
http://with-heart-and-hands.blogspot.com:80/2008/03/its-mug-wrap.html pattern for mug cozy (I added 3inches to mine so it would go around a coffee mug I got from Dollar Tree)
http://www.craftandfabriclinks.com/tea_cozy/tea_cozy_pattern.html Here is a tea pot cozy
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/quilt/msg111850108719.html I am not insultating mine, I'm just using the quilted fabric, sewing binding around all the edges, and adding handles and velcro.
Some of my friends say I have set myself up for failure, but I'm looking at it this way, even if I only get 30 or 40 of the things accomplished, that is 30 or 40 that I would not have done if I hadn't had this goal. The Bible talks about that people perish for not having a vision (my wording). If we don't plan anything, nothing will get accomplished. I'm really having fun, this hasn't been work (well the scripture memorization is work) and I'm looking forward to December 31st when I can look back over the year and see what all I've been able to do and how it has blessed me and others. I plan on giving away everything I make as birthday and Christmas gifts. In the process I'll be learning a lot and having new
experiences! How could I go wrong?
If anyone wants the titles from my book list, the titles of the movies, the recipes I'll be making, and wants to keep up with the things I'm making and get the patterns from me, they can email me at DGKlinect@cfl.rr.com.
Debbie Klinect lives in Florida with her husband and five of her six children. She has been homeschooling since 1988, and has written many unit study curriculum guides that are available on her school site www.newlifehomeschoolbooks.com. She was also formerly the editor of the email newsletter, Along the Journey.
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