Foiled!

The list is made, and semi-finalized (I did make one change this week: I'm going to conquer my fear of donating blood!), so it's time to start thinking about actually doing some of these things. One of the first items I planned to work on was
#16. Watch the Ken Burns baseball documentary. But while it was in the first round of DVDs we added to our newly formed Netflix account last month, it's suddenly become unavailable. Completely unavailable, according to our queue. I don't really understand how that's possible. Anyway, if it doesn't reappear in the next few weeks, I'll have to sign up for a library card and get it that way. His addendum to the series, "The Tenth Inning," airs later this month, so the project's about to get a tiny bit (by which I mean four hours) bigger.

In the meantime, here's what I'm somewhat actively working on at the moment:

8. Knit a sweater - Well, I'm not actually working on making a sweater yet, but I am about to cast-on for a winter hat, my first project with double-pointed needles. I'm trying to increase my skill set before I go for the big project.

9. Start and maintain a blog - Um, obviously.

10. Run a marathon (or at least a half marathon) - Again, I'm not technically working on this now, because I'm training for neither a marathon nor a half marathon. I am, however, getting ready for my first 10K in a few weeks, and I'm enjoying boosting my mileage bit by bit. And buying new running gear, like new sneakers last weekend and a new winter running jacket hopefully soon.

11. Make all the recipes in Great Cookies - I've made several of them already. I might restart. Because, hey, that just means more cookies, right?

13. Start an IRA - I know it's not as hard as I let myself think it is, but I finally found a website that makes it sound not so terrifying. I'm hoping to get to it in the next few weeks.

Progress on five of the thirty isn't so bad!