the 2011 list: august

remember when i used to do these on the last day of the month? yeah, when i had blogging mo-jo and wasn't falling asleep on the couch at 9:30pm...ha.

2. create an actual inspiration board
pinterest will have to do this time around.

6. climb mt. fuji
did it twice this summer. double check.

9. continue ds budget book
am still playing catch-up. finished july a couple weeks ago. august receipts are still waiting...

14. wear a dress or skirt 4 times a month
did easily. it's still very much hot summer skirt weather.

22. try a new recipe at least once a month
i made some kind of pork/eggplant/tomato "summer-y" dish a few weeks back. don't think i have a link for it though.

30. save money (starting goal of 60,000yen per month, average)
pretty sure i did this. will have to see once i actually do my ds budget book.

34. go to the beach at least 3 times
i went once and got stung by a jellyfish 30 seconds into the water. :( unless a sudden okinawa or southern japan trip happens in the next 3 months, no more beach for me.

35. have a pumpkin carving party
this is in the works...

36. host thanksgiving
this is in motion too, but i think Style and his girlfriend are going to be hosting - feel slightly "oh, i thought it was gonna be at my place" sad/replaced but will settle for just attending and taking a couple dishes, especially if it means i don't have to put my hand in the raw turkey again. (could easily not do that ever ever ever ever again.)