Summer List 2012

ARGH!! I just had this whole post written and then accidentally exited without saving and it LOST the whole post {even though it had been saved many times before. I didn't realize I could loose the whole thing!} It also simultaneously duplicated one of my other {shorter} drafts. So, before I forget all of the wonderful things I have planned to do this summer:

Summer List 2012!

{To be completed by Sept 1st}

Work-related goals:

1. Clean swipe of laptop {it runs so slow right now!}
2. Finish data set
3. Write my first paper!
4. Write and submit a grant {Due August 8th}
5. Make Poster for various presentations

House-related goals:

1. Put together new desk
2. Varnish new desk
3. Sort through office papers
4. Clean out old clothes and donate
5. Clean apartment and schedule {free! - courtesy of our managment} carpet cleaning
6. Make jewelry organizer
7. Finish reading The Wise Man's Fear
8. Read The Magician King
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10. Crafts that I have pinned
1. T-shirt vest: one or two - use shirts from thrift/second-hand stores...
2. up-cycle old t-shirts to exercise shirts
3. Cute wraparound dress
4. Save wine bottles for cups and candle-holders
5. Cherry blossom paint design on canvases {which I have been trying to figure out what I wanted to do with!}
11. Make at least 3 of the recipes I have pinned
1. some kind of avocado ice cream - I have seen these all over the place and they look fabulous!
12. Bring up porch furniture
13. Small sewing projects:
1. black and white checkered dress - needs quick fix
2. drape-shirt that I bought too big - needs to be taken in