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January Stats

To keep myself motivated I'm going to start writing up a post on how I did with my work, creative and household goals every month. This dog bowl mat was the only quilted project I started and finished in January, but it's cute.

I did get the koi quilt pieced, batted, backed and pinned, and started on the hand quilting, however, and it's big (about 68" square), so I feel pretty good about where I am with my needlework.

Other things I accomplished in January, writing-wise: I produced four new pieces for a personal weekly project I started in October of last year. I also outlined and pitched a new big project for work, which was approved, and started that.

On the housework, I cleaned out the kitchen, which had become a semi-cluttered mess over the holidays, and did a little better with getting the rest of my housework done.

I'm not planning anything big for February, just more of the same. I would like to get back to a regular routine with the cleaning but the puppies are still making that a little difficult. Otherwise, I'm pretty happy with my efforts.

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