(image from A Beautiful Mess)
I love goals, life lists, things for my to strive for…So when Elsie from A Beautiful Mess (and RVA) proposed a public blog project based on making goals, I jumped right on board!
There are a few, simple rules so be sure to check out the post, 4 Simple Goals (before 2011…), on Elsie’s blog.
Here are my goals:
1 – Cook more often. I love to cook (and bake) but I just don’t do it often enough. It’s hard cooking for only one person. Now that (in 16 days) I’ll be living with another person I’ll have an easier time. Plus I just bought 2 cookbooks (one from better homes and gardens and the other is for crock pot cooking!). If you have any favorite recipes , or websites, please send me a link!
2 – 52 week art journal project with a partner or a group of people. And all of you lovely readers can help me out with this one! If you’re interested please let me know.
3 – Sew. Pretty simple. I have a sewing machine and know how to do some basic projects but I would love to sew more often and make pretty things to wear and pretty things for my home.
4 - Make my new home/studio space beautiful and inspiring. I think this one is my top goal. I can’t wait to live in a home that I love and that inspires me daily. It’s a great new space but right now, I’m not there yet and can’t mentally picture how to decorate it at all, also my new studio space is going to be huge. I can’t wait!
I will blog about my progress with all of these goals, I think they are all pretty simple and things I can actually accomplish and feel good about.
Want to join in and make some simple goals? Make sure you read the rules and link back to Elsie’s blog 
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We have a goal in common! Cooking! My favorite food websites are foodgawker and tastespotting. So many gorgeous foods and tasty recipes. Love it!
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Kendra Kantor Reply:
August 14th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Awesome! Thanks for the website recommendations
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…journaling is on my list too, good luck with your goals
Victoria.
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I love to cook! My two favorite resources for recipes are:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/
http://allrecipes.com/
The reviews are great and really honest if a recipe is good or what changes to make for improvements. I print a recipe if my family loves it and have a 3 ring binder full of them. Best of all – it’s all FREE! Allrecipes.com is cool too because you can change the amount of servings and then it automatically calculates all the measurements for you.
Good luck with your goals!
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Kendra Kantor Reply:
August 14th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Ah yes I’ve used allrecipes before it is really great! The better homes and garden cook book I bought is a 3 ring binder itself which I love!
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Hooray for the goals project!! I did a cooking one as well. Hehe!! Good luck and I’m sure you’ll do fantastic.
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I’m loving reading everyones goals! I like your cooking one. I do alot of baking for my cake work (obviously) so I end up leaving the daily food cooking to my husband….I must make more of an effort or I’ll never improve!
Good luck, looking forward to reading about your successes!
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I would like to pick up knitting again. Your photo of those beautiful and colorful balls of yard have inspired me.
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What great goals! I’m stopping by because I’m also participating in Elsie’s project. For recipes, I like Never Homemaker (for vegan stuff) and Smitten Kitchen. You also can’t go wrong with The Pioneer Woman Cooks.
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Great goals! Glad we share two of the same
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I just listed my goals today. I am creating a list of the the people doing the goals on my blog if you wanna join in. I may be interested in another journaling group!
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I’ve got the one of the same goals as you – cooking! Right now my husband cooks most of our meals but I’ll be on maternity leave as of November, so it will be my turn to cook (yikes!) I just posted my first update to my goals: http://dohdums.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/making-dinner-the-meal-plan/
Maybe meal planning will work for you too?
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