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2022 Goals May Update

Posted on by Kimberly Anne
Goals update for May

Here is my 2022 Goals May update:

  1. Goal: Lose 5 more pounds. I am maintaining my weight, but currently not losing. I need to get more serious about losing weight.
  2. Goal: Ancestry: Contact at least two cousins. I have reached out to 2 cousins but have not heard from them. I tried someone else. Most of these cousins are a lot younger than me, and I’m thinking that may be why they are not responding since I’m old. A great excuse isn’t it?
  3. Goal: Read 30 books. I have read 19 books. This goal should be easy to reach.
  4. Goal: Get through at least my second and third drafts of the book I wrote in 2021. Finish the first draft of my second book. I have joined a group that will really help me with this. And I have a writing coach now, so that should help. She and I talked on the 31st of January and I’m excited. I have been going through the third draft and making changes. I am starting a class on June 11 that will be helpful in writing my first draft of the second book.
  5. Goal: Visit three states that I have not visited before. We are going to New Mexico, Wyoming, and North Dakota this year. We traveled to New Mexico trip in April. I need to plan the other trip to Wyoming and North Dakota.
  6. Goal: Complete 2 quilts. I plan to finish a quilt for my son-in-law and one for my daughter-in-law. I already had the pattern for my son-in-law. I have purchased all the fabric, but I have barely cut out any fabric.
  7. Goal: Walk 1000 miles. I have attempted this for 4 years and never reached it. I need to be really serious about this, this year. The fifth attempt must work. So far this year, I have walked only 245 miles. If I was doing this evenly each month, I’m about 170 miles behind. I’m getting further behind each month, which isn’t a good thing.

May was good for my reading and writing goals. I had hoped May would be better for my quilts. June needs to be intensely working on my quilts if I’m going to have them ready for Christmas. How are you doing on your goals? Let me know below. Keep working toward your goals. We can do this.

Mom’s Delicious Zucchini Bread Recipe

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zucchini Bread on plate

It’s zucchini season in California. At least in my backyard. I have been busy making muffins, brownies, bread, and cookies using the harvest from our garden. This is one of the rare times I will share a recipe. Why? Because I don’t have many original recipes. I’m a big fan of Betty Crocker. I love to bake, but I am a picky eater.

I grew up on this recipe. It was my mom’s, and I’ve never found anything better. But, of course, that is my prejudiced opinion. But you be the judge. Unfortunately, my mom has passed away, so I cannot ask her where she got the recipe, but I believe it was passed down from her mother.

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Loving Succulents

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Succulents

When did I start loving succulents? I think it was about fifteen years ago when I decided to expand my collection of succulents from one Christmas Cactus to a total of three different cactus plants. After a while, I decided my plants were boring. So I sold the two I had in a Facebook group and kept my Christmas Cactus.

I changed my mind about five years later and expanded my cactus and succulent collection. Since I wanted to move someday and take them with me, I kept them all in pots. I had fallen in love with them.

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Visiting Three States a Year

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Map of the United States

If you aren’t aware of my plan to visit three states a year, from reading other posts, now is your time to learn more about it. Visiting all the states in the United States is part of my bucket list. Visiting three states a year is doable. Once I am on the east coast, I will increase the number, since the states are smaller.

At this moment I have made it halfway. I have 25 states to go. If you calculate that out at three states a year, I have a little over eight years to go. I hope to finish it in five years.

Have you ever considered visiting every state, country, or province where you live? It’s a fun adventure, that I think you should start now.

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