1) Fix the painting in my bedroom (my mom messed it up when she was helping me and I've never taken the time to do it)

2) Make a new embroidery sign for Christmas decor

3) Paint an accent wall in my office at work.

4) Go up to Flagstaff or Sedona to spend some time in the snow.

5) Finish another movie curriculum (I might be pushing it on this one...)

6) Read two more books.

7) Try at least 4 of the things here: http://pinterest.com/stephanienels/houshold-tips/

 8) Clean out the garage.

9) Get my address book in order.

10) Finish decorating my home office (but i can't buy the chair for it yet.... still saving!)

11) Finish changing out all the polished brass doorknobs in my house.

12) Fix my weedeater. 

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About two weeks I decided to join of community of people working on "12 Things to Finish by 2012". I've not done too bad so far.

 For 1 of the 4 in  #7 I tried this:

And I totally think I'm going to love it.

I realized I wasn't going to be able to do #12 (fix my weedeater), but I did by a new one, at a pretty decent cost ($30). I used it last weekend and it worked great, so i think I made a good choice.

Today I finished #11 (finish replacing all the polished brass doorknobs in my house), thank goodness. The brass was starting to make me squint. I had a lot of brass doorknobs in this house, so over the course of the last several months, I've bought one or two as I've gone into Lowe's to get other things. This helped with the intitial payout, which could have been over $150. Ouch.

Today I went shopping for the ingredients to do another on my #7 list (making my own detergent), but struck out. I talked to a friend who used to do it and she told me the only store in town that carries everything I need was at the opposite end of town. So I’m waiting until Sunday, when I will be in that area for my small group. I'm hoping that one goes well, because I may be able to save HUGE.

I've started #2 (make a new embroidery sign for Christmas decor) - the design in done and the embroidery work is started. And for one of my two books I'm reading Piper's "Don't Waste Your Life" and I'm about 1/2 done. (It's a skim read, though, as it's basically a rehash of a lot of his other writing.)

So I'm doing ok on the little stuff. The big stuff will be harder, especially as the holidays approach.