Sometime ago, I told my mom that I wanted to learn 5, no, 10 new things this year. I learned to knit from my mil.! (I still need to practice that.) I forgot about my goal until yesterday. My tiger & I made lemon meringue pie for the first time! And it tastes good! Though it doesn't look picture perfect. :) So that reminded me that I wanted to learn 10 new things! But maybe I could do better than that. I want to learn, try or do one new thing a week. That may be too much to ask, but I am going to try. There is just so much to learn out there! And what a better way to teach my kids that learning is an everyday thing, not just a "school" thing? Retrying something we have tried awhile ago and didn't do too well counts. Here are some of the things I want to learn, try or do:
finish an embroidered project (I really need to relearn this)
learn tatting
learn gardening the right way
learn the piano (ok so some of these won't happen in a week, but getting started counts!)
learn the guitar (again. I had lessons in high school, oh so long ago!)
knit a scarf
make good bread in my Bosch mixer that we can use for sandwiches
learn how to add cool things on my blog
learn how to use my camera
learn about herbs
draw wildflowers
go bike riding on the bike trail with the kids
quilt a quilt on my sewing machine
learn needlepoint
make a decent pie crust from scratch
find a nearby hiking trail
How about you? :D
Here are pics of our lemon meringue pie!
5 comments:
Jon wants to know if your hubby needs any help polishing that off for you?
Sorry Jon, it's pretty well polished :) But Betty Crocker has the recipe ;)
YEAH TIGER!!!!!!!!!!! the bike ride looked like fun. That pie looks yummy. Good job both of you!
I'd say that pie looked like an absolute success!
And what a great job your 7yodd is doing on the bike. :-)
I like your idea of learning something new, although I think one a week is beyond my grasp at the moment--too many littles who need diapering, etc. for that kind of commitment.
I recently re-learned to knit (was originally taught by Holly at GCS! :-) ), and am working on learning how to follow knitting patterns. I'm planning on having a garden this year, for the first time since moving to Utah.
I'm toying with the idea of coming up with a list of things I want to learn/accomplish before turning forty. I'll be 36 this September, so that gives me some time to plan and attain mastery. Haven't decided if I'll publicly post it, even if I do come up with a list....
Sarah
http://yesourhandsarefull.blogspot.com/
I remember you girls knitting in class! :) I know, once a week is a lot. But now that I don't have littles, :( I have a little more time. And I really love the challenge, and I'm surprised how much I am learning just naturally.
Once a month is a start! :)
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