{"id":19,"date":"2015-03-10T21:54:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T21:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erinshanendoah.com\/alienanthros\/?p=19"},"modified":"2015-03-10T22:00:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T22:00:51","slug":"9-things-in-9-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/erinshanendoah.com\/alienanthros\/2015\/03\/10\/9-things-in-9-months\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Things in 9 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/erinshanendoah.com\/alienanthros\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cherryblossoms.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-20\" src=\"http:\/\/erinshanendoah.com\/alienanthros\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cherryblossoms-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"cherryblossoms\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>About a month ago, my friend Jana at JanaSays posted her <a href=\"http:\/\/janasays.com\/40-40-official-list\/\">40 by 40 list<\/a>. Jana has a couple of years before she turns 40. I have 9 months. There is no way I am accomplishing 40 things in 9 months, but, I might be able to accomplish 9 things in 9 months, so here are some things I want to do before I turn 40 this coming December.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take kids to Disneyland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is kind of cheating, as the timeshare is booked, the plane tickets are bought, and the rental car is reserved. But I am very much looking forward to it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete the first draft of my novella<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I need to motivate myself to do this. I am hoping that the consolidated blog will help get my writing juices flowing again. I am over half way through the story, so if I actually write in the mornings before my critique group, I can get this finished. I will still need to edit it, but I have yet to finish a story longer than 5,000-10,000 words, so I really want to get this done.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stay in my job for over 1 year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know this doesn\u2019t seem like it should be a goal, but after spending 8 years with one company, I was out of work for 2 months, worked for 6 months, and then was out of work again for 9 months. I really need to hit that one year mark in a job again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lose 15lbs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A couple of years ago, I lost 60lbs. I stalled out about 20lbs away from my target weight. Since then, I have regained 10 of those pounds. I am working on getting myself back on track for weight loss, and if I can lose 15lbs by my 40<sup>th<\/sup> birthday, I will weigh less at 40 than I have since I was 22.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy a new house<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are currently getting an out of state rental property ready to go on the market. Once that is sold, we will use the money from it as a down payment on a new (to us) home up here, without selling our current home. At this point in time, I don\u2019t know if we\u2019ll rent out the current house, or just be able to fix it up after we\u2019ve moved out, but I am pretty excited by the idea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take a University course for fun<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of the benefits of being a University employee is that I can take undergraduate classes for free. I would love to take a non-western History course, or a writing course, or just some class I find really interesting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Attend FinCon2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The timing is the one thing that makes this uncertain. We start our fall quarter only a week and a half before FinCon. My girls will have just back to school, as well, so no chance of making it a family vacation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go camping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This one is not so much for me as for the girls. They ask about going camping. They indicate an interest in going camping. The problem is, I can\u2019t sleep on the hard ground. But, we live very near some absolutely beautiful camping areas, and spending the weekend out in the trees nea<br \/>\nr a lake does sound pretty nice, so hoping we can make this happen this summer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete an arts &amp; crafts project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I used to cross-stitch. Now, I buy cross-stitch patterns, start them, and then leave them sitting around. I want to complete something. But maybe not one of the complex patterns I already have. In working on clearing out our basement, we came upon a latch hook of my name from when I was a kid. Maybe something like that for each of the girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About a month ago, my friend Jana at JanaSays posted her 40 by 40 list. Jana has a couple of years before she turns 40. I have 9 months. There is no way I am accomplishing 40 things in 9 months, but, I might be able to accomplish 9 things in 9 months, so here are some things I want to do before I turn 40 this coming December. &nbsp; Take kids to Disneyland This is kind of cheating, as the timeshare is booked, the plane tickets are bought, and the rental car is reserved. But I am very much looking forward to it. &nbsp; Complete the first draft of my novella I need to motivate myself to do this. I am hoping that the consolidated blog will help get my writing juices flowing again. I am over half way through the story, so if I actually write in the mornings before my critique group, I can get this finished. I will still need to edit it, but I have yet to finish a story longer than 5,000-10,000 words, so I really want to get this done. &nbsp; Stay in my job for over 1 year I know this doesn\u2019t seem like it should be a goal, but after spending 8 years with one company, I was out of work for 2 months, worked for 6 months, and then was out of work again for 9 months. I really need to hit that one year mark in a job again. &nbsp; Lose 15lbs A couple of years ago, I lost 60lbs. I stalled out about 20lbs away from my target weight. Since then, I have regained 10 of those pounds. I am working on getting myself back on track for weight loss, and if I can lose 15lbs by my 40th birthday, I will weigh less at 40 than I have since I was 22. &nbsp; Buy a new house We are currently getting an out of state rental property ready to go on the market. Once that is sold, we will use the money from it as a down payment on a new (to us) home up here, without selling our current home. At this point in time, I don\u2019t know if we\u2019ll rent out the current house, or just be able to fix it up after we\u2019ve moved out, but I am pretty excited by the idea. &nbsp; Take a University course for fun One of the benefits of being a University employee is that I can take undergraduate classes for free. I would love to take a non-western History course, or a writing course, or just some class I find really interesting. &nbsp; Attend FinCon2015 The timing is the one thing that makes this uncertain. We start our fall quarter only a week and a half before FinCon. My girls will have just back to school, as well, so no chance of making it a family vacation. &nbsp; Go camping This one is not so much for me as for the girls. They ask about going camping. They indicate an interest in going camping. The problem is, I can\u2019t sleep on the hard ground. But, we live very near some absolutely beautiful camping areas, and spending the weekend out in the trees nea r a lake does sound pretty nice, so hoping we can make this happen this summer. &nbsp; Complete an arts &amp; crafts project I used to cross-stitch. Now, I buy cross-stitch patterns, start them, and then leave them sitting around. I want to complete something. But maybe not one of the complex patterns I already have. In working on clearing out our basement, we came upon a latch hook of my name from when I was a kid. 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