1. Start getting ideas for/ buying Christmas presents. Done.
This was a vague and useless goal, but I have figured out gift for just about everyone.
2. Begin studying for my first final, which is on 12/2/2008. Done.
I met with some classmates last night to work through problems. I’m hoping this exam won’t be too brutal.
3. Exercise 4 times per week. Fail.
I started off SO WELL with this. The first week, we did 5 days. Then it kind of petered out because I had a project due & felt like I should go home and work on it. Even though I didn’t actually do any work on it at all.
4. Schedule classes for the spring semester. Done!
This was an easy one. I’m starting to get excited – I’ll be done with school in May!
5. Save 50% of my take-home pay. Or, donate & save amounts of money that total half my take-home pay. Done!
6. Make a food items I’ve never made before. Done!
I did this a bunch of times. I made broccoli-cheddar soup that was tasty but REALLY salty (I blame my store-bought chicken stock), a pumpkin pie, and I cooked the turkey on Thanksgiving! I was too squeamish with the turkey though, and now there are various pictures of me squealing in fear as I discovered the neck, the giblets, and some dangly piece of innards that still sends a shudder through my body.
Other notable goal achievements include writing the organics article, which is incomplete but at least partially posted, and typing up a list of all the clothes I am going to donate. These goals have been hanging around since September… ugh.
5 comments
Comments feed for this article
December 1, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Fabulously Broke
Good job!
Innards make me squeal too. It’s why BF handles that part….
I like the goal of saving 50% of your take home pay.
December 2, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Shtinkykat
Your #6 item reminds me of the time I left the giblets in the cornish hen when I cooked it. (Didn’t know about giblets back then.) Gross! Anyhoo, I’d say meeting 5 out of 6 of your goals is a job well done. Keep up the awesome job.
December 2, 2008 at 9:40 pm
SP
I once went to a friends for thanksgiving, and she made a point of announcing “I get to eat the heart!”. She was seriously worried there would be competition? Ewwww.
Also, done in May? that is awesome, I can’t yet see the light at the end of the tunnel. When did you start?
Oh, and today is 12/2, hope it went well!
December 3, 2008 at 10:35 am
Revanche
Congrats on making 5 out of 6 goals, that’s great!
I thought broccoli-cheddar soup was always a bit too salty, it’s not supposed to be?
December 3, 2008 at 10:49 am
paranoidasteroid
@ FB: I’m on track to save 50% for the whole year! This excites me. It’s nothing compared to you ($100,000 net worth gain in 2.5 years! Awesome!), but there’s something about it that makes me happy.
@ Shtinkykat: I convinced Chad to get the neck, but as I was washing the turkey off, I discovered the giblets in another hole (I didn’t know there were 2!). Then we discovered the dangly thing. *shudder*
@SP: You know, I found something inside the bird, and maybe it was the heart! I actually found it hard to enjoy the turkey though, after seeing it raw. I think I have issues if I think about my food being actual living things.
I started school in summer 2007, so I’ll have finished in about 2 years. Taking 3 classes this semester really shortened the time frame, otherwise I’d need at least 1 more semester.
@Revanche: I don’t know! I usually stick to meat-and-vegetables-floating-in-broth soups, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’m hoping the next time I make it I can think of a spice that might cut through the saltiness a bit more.