Snowflake Day 2

[tielan]

Challenge #2: In your own space, set yourself some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private.

So, looking at last year's 3 goals (all of them writing), I managed only one of them. *sigh*

And I know that Everything, Everywhere, All At Once wasn't exactly the opus I wanted it to be, but it was an ending. About as good a one as a very disappointed fan could hope for.

Anyway, 2024, here goes.

2024 goals
1. Complete rough draft of The Nullifae: Agent of Change. (And it can be very rough. But she has to have closed the portal and Dion has to have offered her a job. I know how these scenes go, I just have to write the other scenes before them.)
2. Finish The Gathering Clouds (MCU: Psy-Changeling AU)
3. Get the roof repaired and the ceilings repainted.
4. Produce apricots. (I have no idea how to prompt this. Really no idea.)
5. Finish and/or make 12 quilts/major fabric works. (clothing and curtains both count).

I think that's probably sufficient evil unto the time period thereof!

ps. I'm enjoying the icon randomiser.

Comments

[vriddy]

Apricots! :D It's really cool to be able to have multiple types of creative goals going on in parallel, like writing and quilting :) I need to figure out something that doesn't involve a screen, too! Good luck with your goals!

[tielan]

I haven't had much luck with my trees the last few years. Possibly getting too warm for them. :(

But I will try again this year, with more fertilising and careful gardening and hope for...something.

[wendelah1]

3. Get the roof repaired and the ceilings repainted.

One of mine is to get my oven cleaned. For real.

5. Finish and/or make 12 quilts/major fabric works. (clothing and curtains both count).

That's like one project a month. You must be a good sewist.

My other goal is to organize my art supplies. I forget what I have, I forget where things are. Someday, I'll have a room for this and then, even if I'm still disorganized, at least I'll be able to close the door on the mess.

[tielan]

Ooh, oven cleaning! Maybe I should put that on my list, too!

I should qualify that it's not "make a quilt from go to whoa". I've been making quilt tops for the last decade and have an excess of the 'flimsies' which now need backing and batting and quilting (which I pay someone to do). So it's really just getting the backing and the binding done. That's a lot less work than a full thing a month!

Also, I have at least one 'frocktails' event coming up, during which I'm going to need to have something to wear. So it shouldn't be too bad.

[tielan]

So, I came back to this post and found your comment. You don't seem to have been very active on DW this year, but I was wondering whether you'd gotten your oven cleaned in 2024?

[wendelah1]

Hello. You are correct. For a number of reasons, I haven't been active on Dreamwidth (or anywhere in Fandom) for close to a decade. Because I'm in Los Angeles, I am creating a locked update post to reassure the folks who still follow me that my house didn't burn down. My sticky page has abortion resources and a link to articles about abortion that gets updated when I think about it.

Did I get my oven cleaned? No. My little wall oven is still covered in grease from the last time I used it to roast a chicken. Ruined it, I did. It's only used for storage now. However, I did build an ADU in my backyard which my son will be moving into shortly (after his father died, our son insisted I shouldn't be living alone. The ADU is a compromise. If he acquires a family, he can move into my house, and I can move into the ADU.) It has a brand new, full size oven. If I get the unlikely urge to roast a turkey or bake bread, I can use that. I did buy myself a little toaster oven for Christmas. It's very cute. I can warm a roll or bake a few cookies in it if I get a craving.

[glassesofjustice]

Wow, those are some hunking goals!

I only know quilting by osmosis, but 12 in a year seems like a big task, even if some of those are clothes/curtains.

Wishing you luck and many happy returns.

[tielan]

I guess 12 sewing projects in a year is a pretty big task! Oh well, aiming is better than not.

[kore]

I love your finishing story of EEAAO so much.

//tries icon randomizer

[tielan]

Thank you! *mwah*

The icon randomiser is quite good, particularly now you can see which icon gets posted, and you can re-randomise if it's completely inappropriate!

[summerstorm]

ooh apricots. I like that you have sewing on there as well, I need to get back into it too. I have puzzles now for a non-screen thing, but I like creating stuff. And I could use a dice bag! So hopefully I'll get to it soon. It can't be that hard, I'm sure there are patterns/tutorials online.

[tielan]

Hey, found this comment on my goals post of 2024 and wondered if you'd managed your dice bag in the end!