: september goals and an august recap :

hey everybody!
[disclaimer : i have a lot of goals // theres a lot to read]
because i have so many goals this month, i will be breaking them up.
a) life goals
b) dianapantz goals
here we go...

september business goals : 
1) 12 new items in the shop
2) contact 5 places to sell my art
3) 30 days of lists ; 30 days of bags ; 30 days of biking
4) host 2 giveaways
5) do 2 giveaways ; want me to giveaway something on your blog? email me!
6) fill out this business plan
7) have 8 new sponsors ; interested? click here.
8) join 3-6 linky parties. [why havent i been sharing all the goodies i make??!]
9) 'like' 10 new fb pages // leave 20 blog comments // and follow 30 twitter pages [leave me your faves in the comments!]
10) donate 10-15% to 88bikes [oh my goodness ; i love this organization!][visit their site, i promise you will be in tears!]

september life goals : 
1) pay $ ____  on credit card and $_______ on student loans
2) hang all art around the house
3) STOP swearing [seriously, i am like a sailor]
4) open a $_____ savings bond [for my future or my future human]
5) write all minneapolis friends
6) volunteer 2x
7) follow half-marathon training plan 90%
8) read 3 books
9) reburn all cds [seriously. 80% of my cds are scratched]
10) get a car wash AND clean car

and an august recap : 

in august i want to : 

1) be 100% vegan [i have been slacking lately] [not done ; i dont know what my deal was this month!]

2) NO WASTING CSA VEGGIES [seriously, we pay a lot of money for this food!]

3) get down two more pounds [not done, but my running times have improved a billion percent!]

4) send 12 emails to people i care about [real, friend emails]

5) leave 15-18 blog comments

6) follow training plan for half-marathon 95%

7) run 10-12 times AND do zumba abs 10 times

8) pay $______ for loans loans [seriously?! i kicked SO MUCH ASS on this one this month!!]

9) do third Thursday bike event at MIA [not done ; it was the night before we left for chicago! too much to do]

10) make $_______ profit [not done ; my sales were a little rough for a few weeks]

11) add 15-17 NEW items to the shop 

12) finish jills book 100%!

13) GO CAMPING

14) GO BERRY PICKING

15) make all baby gifts [i have five little humans to create for!]

16) shop at ethnic markets [at least 2-3 times AND try NEW ethnic markets] [not done 1/3]

17) shop from the bulk bins as much as possible [grains, flours, laundry soap!, ect]

18) start and finish james birthday gift [my nanny-baby is turning 1!]

19) start and finish Crystelles case

20) birthday gift for my sister [i have the.best gift EVER in mind!]

21) donate 10 [15%?] of EVERY SINGLE PENNY made to cancer research [this month will mark 1 year since my grandpa passed away][he was one of my biggest fans in the universe and i think of him a billion times a day!]

not bad : 14/21 ; i did really well, actually

heres to a rad september!

: two tasty treats and my :dianapantz: story :

hey everybody!
i feel like i have been super absent this weekend.
i had a lot of scary family stuff going on ; i really hope that this week will be better.

anyways, this past week, a few of my favorite blogs [and august sponsors!] hosted me for a few fun guest posts!

wanna learn how to veganize this rainbow cake?

head over to liz's blog and check it out.


how about these delish [and so stinkin' easy!] banana chocolate dessert bites?!

jello has my recipe over on her blog.

annnnnd, wanna read a bit about how :dianapantz: came to be? head over to katies blog and read my story, where i am at and what my goals for the future are.

also, i am looking for a few fun guest posters.
this is open to everybody! a fun recipe, a project you are working on, your favorite season, big news, anything!
send me an email or leave me a comment!

thanks for reading!

: august goals : and a july recap :

oh my goodness.
the eighth month?!!?
man, remember when it was january?!

so, here are my goals for august : 
1) be 100% vegan [i have been slacking lately]
2) NO WASTING CSA VEGGIES [seriously, we pay a lot of money for this food!]
3) get down two more pounds
4) send 12 emails to people i care about [real, friend emails]
5) leave 15-18 blog comments
6) follow training plan for half-marathon 95%
7) run 10-12 times AND do zumba abs 10 times
8) pay $______ for loans loans
9) do third Thursday bike event at MIA
10) make $_______ profit
11) add 15-17 NEW items to the shop [seriously, august is gonna be my month!]
12) finish jills book 100%!
13) GO CAMPING
14) GO BERRY PICKING
15) make all baby gifts [i have five little humans to create for!]
16) shop at ethnic markets [at least 2-3 times AND try NEW ethnic markets]
17) shop from the bulk bins as much as possible [grains, flours, laundry soap!, ect]
18) start and finish james birthday gift [my nanny-baby is turning 1!]
19) start and finish Crystelles case
20) birthday gift for my sister [i have the.best gift EVER in mind!]
21) donate 10 [15%?] of EVERY SINGLE PENNY made to cancer research [this month will mark 1 year since my grandpa passed away][he was one of my biggest fans in the universe and i think of him a billion times a day!]

yikes. lots to do!

and here is a recap of my july goals : 
[dont judge : i pretty much sucked this month ;) ] 

1) run 10 times

2) follow training plan 90+% [running a half-marathon in october] [*i ran one a few years ago and got super injured* NOT happening this time ;)]

3) have 75 ties made before Very Jane deal goes live [more on this later!!!] [NOT DONE : had 55 done]

4) pay $_____ in loans/credit card [NOT DONE : paying off a chunk, but hoping it would be larger]
5) spend $____-____ in summer clothes with NO GUILT [i dont 'do' well with spending money. it makes me super anxious] [NOT DONE : told you, i have such a terrible complex about spending money, i just dont do it!]
6) sell ___ items and turn a profit of $______ [NOT DONE : are you seeing a pattern here?!][made a little over half my goal]

7) send 35 ties and 5[+?] bags to Hoot-N-Annie [again, more soon!][NOT DONE : well, 20 ties are going, and NO bags ; so maybe this is 1/2 done?]

8) have Jills book 80% finished [i was asked A YEAR AGO[!] to scrap a wedding book for a friend, and i need to get it done!][NOT DONE : i am planning on doing this for 8 hours on thursday!]

9) get down a few more pounds [i have my health goal in mind][i am down almost 10 pounds and have a little ways left to go!]

10) have 140 blog followers [@121 right now]

11) NO WASTING CSA veggies and fruit [we pay good money to eat fresh and organic. we pick up a new box each week. sometimes its hard to keep eating certain veggies [spinach!!!]. this month = no wasting!] [NOT DONE : wasted every.single.head of lettuce : DUMB!]

12) volunteer 5x {NOT DONE!]





oh my goodness : not good.
i dont even know what i did this month.
i am a little bummed, but really, i am in a bit of a creative rut right now.
i will get out and its lame to see how many things i didnt do, but i am proud that i held myself accountable.


what are you looking to do this month?