Goals and Challenges not Resolutions

 

Today is the First of January 2024! It's been a nice quiet day, a little chilly for Florida but since I had no plans I didn't really care!!

I decided a long time ago that I was not a fan of the word so tied to the beginning of the year...RESOLUTION(S). It seems that every time I made one or more of those things I never kept a one! So I set goals, doable goals, nothing crazy like walking at least one step more than I did the day before! I also set challenges for myself, like reading a certain number of books for this year, that's easy to keep track of thanks to the app "Goodreads", this years goal is 36 books, 3 a month! I am also going to re-read books by SEP (Susan Elizabeth Philips), I am going to add to the read list by trying to get through most of Heather Grahams "Krewe of Hunters" series, currently I'm reading "Pale as Death" #25 in the series! (Currently there are 38 books in the series)

I would also like to "do" some of the Photography challenges I found on Pinterest! First I need to find my camera as it is hiding somewhere in my room!

I'm also going to set a goal of donating and or clean up at least one box from my storage unit each month! when I'm there I can also take inventory of all my Lego sets! at one time I had a spreadsheet of them all but as my computers have changed over the last 20 plus years that information is now lost.

43? SMDH

Rose, Orange, Sugar, Cotton, Peach, Fiesta, Sun, Gator, Citrus and Liberty, those are the college bowl games I grew up with...getting into an invitation to a bowl game actually meant something. 

When I heard the total number of "Bowl" games this year I couldn't believe it, it's a joke and add to that the names of the bowl games...omg.

The Pop-Tarts Bowl, Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, 68 Ventures Bowl, Famous Toastery Bowl, Fenway Bowl, Quick Lane Bowl, Pinstripe Bowl to name the most silly.

I don't understand why there are so many college bowl games and don't get me started on the "Portal" and how stupid it is for a college football player to agree to play football for a team and when the team doesn't perform up to that players expectations they just go to another school to play football...there are so many things wrong with college football, too many for me to even care about...so glad I have a niece that plays soccer, I think I can handle that college sport!

Book 3 done!

 So, I spent time in Texas with Bobby Tom and Gracie then I happened upon Cal and Jane in book 3. I really like the Bonners except to Ethan, he's not my favorite, we'll see if he can change my mind in book 4 of the Chicago Stars series!

On to the next book...

 Ready to start the next book, "Heaven, Texas". Retired Chicago Star Bobby Tom Denton is definitely a handful for Gracie Snow to handle but I know she's up to the challenge.

still need to decide on what else I'm going to do, challenge-wise but I have time

First Challenge Started

 ok, decided on my first "challenge"... I am going to re -read all the books by one of my favorite authors, Susan Elizabeth Philips!

I'm starting with the series about the Chicago Stars, the first book is "It Had To Be You", written in 1994. I love the beginning, middle and end! In all honesty, Phoebe is not my favorite SEP character, I prefer her sister Molly but she does grow on you as the series progresses. Her story does make me laugh at times and I do feel bad for her and what she went through. 

Feels good to have made a decision, so if you'll excuse me I'm off to read.

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ideas

 I've been mulling over a few different ideas to get my creativity flowing and help my muse find her way home! I think I am going go pick a few different types of "challenges" from Pinterest---photography, reading, gratitude...

I'm hoping I can do something from each of these lists every week. 

it's kind of funny, I wanted a laptop because I wanted to start writing again, but after not having one for almost 3 years it's difficult to pick it back up again. I do not miss things like social media, still too much negativity around and I have no desire to revisit some of my old haunts. but this will be a new start even if I don't fully get this going until the new year. Practice will make as perfect as I can be!!

A season of blogging

 I was remembering when I first started this blog I did task-like blogs...my favorite Christmas songs and favorite books. I think I'd like to do that again, pick a topic and promise to try and write at least once a week. This may help me get my creative Muse back in my corner, she's been very elusive, and I miss her...sweet Calliope.

I figure I have a couple of days or so to decide; time to get the brain thinking.