Der Überlist: 2007

I just did the mad-dash last-minute attempt at ticking off a few extra items from my 2006 Überlist. I’m at just 44, a Kelly (as usual), but I’d need 8 even to make it into Andrea territory, and who really wants to be an Andrea, anyway? So I gave up all hope of getting anything else done–very liberating!

It’s WAY too ambitious, so there’s little hope of becoming a Brenda in 2007. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, but you’re strangely intrigued, you should buy my datebook–they’re going fast!) Also: too much work and not enough fun. And definitely not enough anti-hag measures. Lately, I’m looking rode mighty hard and put away wet.

olive: failures strikeout: hooray! or: close enough blue: delusionally hoping to tick off a few more of these

Current tally: 53 Possible: maybe 3 more

Score: freakin’ Andrea. 13 away from Brenda. I’d need a Chrismakuh miracle, or to be way more lenient in my assessment of some of the more amorphous goals. Which would really amount to lying. I want to be Brenda, but not like that. Oh, well.

1. TCB: File giant stack of papers
2. NEST: Put together bucket for paint supplies
3. SIMPLIFY: Get rid of those acoustic tiles, one way or another
4. SIMPLIFY: Get rid of that old computer equipment and misc. junk in basement closet
5. TCB: Business filings/paperwork $$$
6. TCB: Send out remaining Yarn School package

1. TCB: Scan & retouch Eskridge photos $$$
2. HARVEYVILLE: Organize Home Ec Room $$$
3. HARVEYVILLE: Better insurance
4. SIMPLIFY: Organize and label storage/linen closet
5. ANTI-HAG: Be more of a girl. Use beauty products (lotion, makeup, what-have-you) 3x a week
6. MONEY: Plan menu at beginning of each month and shop accordingly
7. NEST: Refill the water cooler as soon as I notice it’s empty
8. SIMPLIFY: At the end of the year: sell or donate any clothes that don’t fit (they don’t have to look good, but they need to be able to be tugged over the actual anatomical locations where they will be worn, and they must button or zip) I’m giving myself a reprieve and shifting this to next summer.
9. TCB: Buy another external hard drive and make an archive backup of old drive; then move everything still in use over to main drive, organize to avoid redundancy, and use old drive as backup drive for a monthly backup $$$
10. TCB: Submit 4 patterns to yarn companies & knitting magazines/sites (2 down)
11. TCB: Finish and submit Yarn School proposal
12. TCB: Come up with a better merch/inventory system
13. TCB: Add outstanding info/patterns to naughtyneedlesknitting.com
14. FUN: Put all my CDs on my iPod
15. NEST: Repair carving and attach to wardrobe $$
16. GREENING: Exchange unopened window film (which Skinny destroys) for rolls of caulk and caulk windows
17. GREENING: Invoostigate solar hot water heater systems and put together a little report for myself, including prices, sources and returns.
18. HARVEYVILLE: Write up a 10-year plan for the buildings, and a detailed plan for this year
19. HARVEYVILLE: Sweep and throw away trash from Eskridge grade school building (got started, but not as far as I’d hoped)
20. HARVEYVILLE: Sweep and throw away trash from Eskridge high school building (got started, but not as far as I’d hoped)
21. HEALTH: Actually do weight watchers instead of just paying for it. And by “do Weight Watchers,” I mean food and EXERCISE, and attend at least one meeting a month.
22. HEALTH: Get a complete physical $$$
23. HEALTH/TCB: Stock and eat breakfast; try making granola and several muffin batters for that stupid muffin machine
24. NEST: Set up shiny new kitchen to my liking $$$
25. FUN: Make 2008 Naughty Needles wall calendar $$$
26. FUN: Add book reviews (or really, reports; because who am I, a critic?) to Thrifty Knitter & Out of the Frying Pan
27. NEST: Unpack 52 boxes
28. TCB: Use of icalendar and to do lists (without getting utterly mired in it)
29. TCB: Work on 2008 calendar one day each month so that I’ll have it finished EARLY
30. ANTI-HAG: Limit complaining on any given subject to one minute (obviously, this rule only applies to speech; I may complain in writing as much as I please)
31. MONEY: Use breadmaker for 80% of breadstuffs (used it a lot, but also bought a lot of bread)
32. HEALTH: Brush 2ce a day (I can’t believe I’m 36 and have to put this on my uberlist); floss Sundays
33. FUN: Send out Christmas cards on December 1 $$
34. NEST: Fix lock for wardrobe & replace $$
35. NEST: Paint bedroom closets $ (have paint; need primer)
36. NEST: Plant a bay laurel in herb garden $
37. NEST: Plant 6 tomatoes
38. NEST: Paint office $ (have paint)
39. NEST: Paint bedroom $ (have paint)
40. HARVEYVILLE: Write up architecture student proposal for Nathan
41. HARVEYVILLE: Find answers to KTA questions
42. HARVEYVILLE: Submit 4 grant applications, one each quarter
43. FUN: Improve my terrible tennis
44. FUN: Make needlepoint portraits of Kiki and Herman $
45. FUN: Finish 10 Dirty Needles projects $$$
46. MONEY: Update LSF site
47. MONEY: Make spreadsheet to track true cost of projects over $200
48. TCB: Make a weekly and monthly tea towel type schedule and test it out for at least a month. (Still trying to fine-tune this.) Monday: TCB (bills, obligations, money, etc.) Tuesday: Etsy Wednesday: Harveyville Project Thursday: Craft Friday: Write 1st weekend: Cook 2nd weekend: Web 3rd weekend: Deep Clean 4th weekend: Make/Improve

1. FUN: Post something, somewhere, every day.
2. NEST: Make bed every day
3. FUN: Try a new recipe or dish each week.
4. MONEY/SIMPLIFY: Get rid of 500 items, including 50 items of clothing–sell or donate
5. MONEY: Pay bills as they arrive or add to calendar if funds are low
6. ANTI-HAG: Get dressed every day (quit with the freakin’ pajamas!) and wear something cute once a week even if I’m not leaving the house. When I do actually leave the house, try not to look so much like a bag lady (not great, but much better than ‘06, so I’m calling it a win)
7. NEST/FUN/GREENING:Write up a little report on the expenses and labor estimates for raising chickens.
8. TCB: Redesign & relaunch Out of the Frying Pan (not complete, but a good start)
9. HARVEYVILLE: Dig up and review application; post to site, contact all interested parties, then respond within 48 hours going forward. (easier when I lost all my old mail & could only do the going forward part…)
10. HARVEYVILLE: Set up all unused beds with clean folded sheets & drop cloth (did twice, but back to square one now; need a better process…)
11. FUN: Play Scrabble twice a month (with partners or the computer)
12. FUN: Read a book purely for pleasure, not for reference (less satisfying than I had hoped)
13. FUN: Take a trip somewhere new
14. FUN: 2 swaps
15. FUN: Start a We Call Them Pirates knitalong
16. FUN: Take a class (continental knitting & Norwegian purl)
17. FUN: Knitted Burlesque show
18. FUN: Get nice American flag and a Jolly Roger flag (decided against the Jolly Roger due to weird historical/wartime usage); look for a site that alerts you when flag should go half-staff
19. FUN: Make real Art Club etsy site
20. FUN: Upload all photos to flickr
21. FUN/TCB: Make and send Ashley’s critter $
22. FUN: Photograph and post all 2006 FOs by the end of January; generally, post FOs within 48 hours
23. GREENING: Insulate hot water heater
24. HARVEYVILLE/FUN: Yarn School $$$$
25. HARVEYVILLE: Host an open house or community event/meeting/what-have-you
26. HARVEYVILLE/FUN: Dye Camp or other fiber workshop $$$$ (It’s looking like FELT SCHOOL!)
27. HARVEYVILLE/FUN: Prom
28. HARVEYVILLE: Expand/update Harveyville Project site
29. HEALTH: Get an annual $$
30. HEALTH: Get a dental checkup $$
31. HEALTH: Air purifier in bedroom
32. MONEY: Make it all the way through January with no personal purchases (I bought a quarter yard of felt on sale and pretended I was buying it for my column. But I’m cool with a $1.25 indiscretion. Net success.)
33. MONEY: Update LSF lit
34. MONEY: Make a budget (monthly for typical expenses and annual for big projects)
35. NEST: Have an big cooking day every other month for beans, soup, stocks, sauces, freezer standbys, etc. (not exactly as I envisioned, but did a lot of make-ahead basics)
36. NEST: Blow up and frame 2 old Harveyville prints $$
37. NEST: Serve dinner in the 8 o’clock hour 5 nights a week (w/ Ron’s new job, impractical; but did a pretty good job before that)
38. NEST: Clean out fridges
39. NEST: Make hanging circular needle case
40. NEST: Checkups/shots for Sugarfoot and Skinny
41. NEST: Repair tear in comforter
42. NEST: Duvets for ugly down comforter & electric blanket
43. SIMPLIFY: Reduce yarn stash so that it fits just in glass cupboard by end of year (this was actually a case of mad extreme Tetris rather than destashing, but I can’t buy new yarn–there is not one inch of spare room)
44. SIMPLIFY: Install chen-whatsit editor and anti-spammy plugins (assuming I like it) onto all Wordpress sites
45. TCB: Dump TV programs I’m hoarding to DVD
46. TCB: Fix glitches in Housewife Wordpress template or pick and install a better one
47. TCB: Make a binder for kitchen manuals to keep with cookbooks (used accordion file instead)
48. TCB: Resolve IL tax thing and do monthly filings (put on calendar)
49. TCB: Ask people who have sent me very nice emails about book to post them to Amazon
50. TCB: Finish and ship Katamari earmuffs by the second week of January $
51. TCB: Register car $$
52. TCB: Get alignment fixed (tried; apparently, it’s more than just the alignment, sigh) $$$$
53. TCB: Send out Naughty Needles books by to models/knitters first week of January $$$ (close enough)

December 30, 2006. Uncategorized. 16 Comments.

16 Comments

1. s t a c i replied:
   

   I could have most of this list as my own! It seems ambitious, but I guess there are 365 days in a year…

   December 30th, 2006 at 9:16 am. Permalink.

2. Erica M. replied:
   

   Oh my god, this makes me so tired. But also, conversely, inspires me to make my own Uberlist.

   I have to insert a plug for Weight Watchers, too. I just made goal and have lost 68 pounds. I highly recommend going to meetings.

   Here’s to a productive and happy 2007,
   Erica

   December 30th, 2006 at 5:51 pm. Permalink.

3. Muffy replied:
   

   You can get that down to the 40 necessities. A list should not include stuff meant to be fun. It just makes the list long and depressing. Just trust yourself to do what you want when you want when it comes to creative/fun/entertaining ideas. How can those things count as fun once they are on a high-pressure list of necessary achievements? That’s bad for your creative energy!
   I’d just keep the anti-hag and health category items. The rest will take care of itself in natural order.
   Fab site BTW.

   December 31st, 2006 at 3:56 am. Permalink.

4. Deb replied:
   

   Wonderful list! I think I may have to borrow some ideas if that’s alright with you!

   December 31st, 2006 at 10:59 pm. Permalink.

5. Faerie Rebecca replied:
   

   Thanks for the inspiration. I’ve shamelessly copied you. Yes, minutes into 2007, and I’m admitting I have no shame. Not an auspicious start, hum?

   December 31st, 2006 at 11:24 pm. Permalink.

6. laurennmccubbin.com » “Some way to greet the year…” replied:
   

   […] I am in KCMO, and Miss Kelly Suzanne is prodding me to complete an Uberlist (Nikol’s big year-long to-do list), so that may show up here at some point. It would be nice to have, if not a plan, at least some suggestions. I have no roadmap. To continue to reach for metaphores, I feel like an just-taken Polaroid right now - stuff is going to slowly become clearer, but right now it just looks black. So, I am shaking it, waiting to see what develops. […]

   January 1st, 2007 at 1:47 pm. Permalink.

7. janet replied:
   

   you might want to look at #116 again. you really want to make a 2005 calendar?

   January 1st, 2007 at 8:17 pm. Permalink.

8. Rhonda replied:
   

   I have many of the same things on my list. Including the brushing of the teeth and the wearing clothes before ten a.m and being more girly. I am a stay at home mom and there really is no reason to be a slob. Other than I don’t have to go through the what to wear rigamarole. I, also added some do gooder things I want to acomplish so that I will at least have done SOMETHING to offset the slacking I’m sure will creep in around March.

   January 2nd, 2007 at 7:19 pm. Permalink.

9. Dianthe replied:
   

   Nikol, I want to be you when I grow up, of course I’m already 38, I guess I better get my ass in gear …. sigh.

   January 3rd, 2007 at 8:58 am. Permalink.

10. Nikol replied:
    

    Muffy, the uberlist is TOTALLY supposed to have stuff that’s fun. That way you get to check things off that you actually want to do, not just stuff that fills you with unspeakable dread. It’s all about hte balance. Oh, and there have to be 107 things. That’s the other rule of the uberlist–the items must correspond to the year.

    January 4th, 2007 at 8:35 am. Permalink.

11. Kelly Sue replied:
    

    In my experience, the uberlist isn’t about manageability. It’s about opening your year up to possibility and remembering to include what you’ve always wanted to do, not just what you think you can.

    I always have at least one item that’s pure fantasy and I know it when I write it down. But I think it’s vital.

    January 4th, 2007 at 9:40 am. Permalink.

12. Suzanne replied:
    

    The list can (and should, in my opinion) run the gamut from very important to completely trivial and/or fanciful. Mine usually ends up being 1/4 things that REALLY should be done (writing a living will, getting a mammogram), 1/4 things that would make my life more pleasant but aren’t a requirement (dolling up more often, have my old laptop fixed) but about 1/2 are fun things that I keep saying I want to do but never do (take a painting class, host a game night).

    January 4th, 2007 at 3:55 pm. Permalink.

13. Muffy replied:
    

    I see what you’re saying.

    I just always rely on my immediate impulses to initiate my leisure and creative projects. Therein lies the fun for me! To each her own though, it’s obviously working great for you.

    January 5th, 2007 at 8:55 am. Permalink.

14. T H E . T H R I F T Y . K N I T T E R » Blog Archive » I started a knitalong! Wheeee! replied:
    

    […] My uberlist this year is almost 25% crafty: […]

    January 8th, 2007 at 11:54 pm. Permalink.

15. Mark replied:
    

    I hate to flaunt my ignorance, but what do you mean when you rank yourself “a Kelly, etc.” I’ve never heard of it before and neither has my GF Jeanna. But then we’re both over forty…

    January 13th, 2007 at 3:36 pm. Permalink.

16. Nikol replied:
    

    There’s a 90210-based ranking system in the back of my annual datebook.

    March 3rd, 2007 at 4:38 pm. Permalink.

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