Resolution Check-in 2

So another month has passed and I'm still keeping track of my resolutions. 

1) Exercise for 20 minutes per day. Eh, I did alright this month. I exercised more days than not, 18 out of 29 days. Not as good as last month, but I still didn't gain any weight. Which is more than I can say for last February, that's for sure. I did actually run three out of the four weeks, but I only did two weeks with one day of weights. Which is almost like not doing any at all. So this next month's challenge remains the same. One day of real running and one day of real weights per week. 

2) Send one letter per week. This was mostly true. I sent at least one thing for three weeks, and one of those weeks I sent lots of things so I think that makes up for the last week. Not to mention that one of the things I sent was a cake. And the other was a Socktopus!

I've been knitting this guy for a year. I started him for a friend who had a baby LAST February and hoped to send it to her shortly thereafter. In combination with my stocking fail and general un-craftiness for a time, it took way longer than expected. Embarrassingly so. Not to mention the thing has eight legs. Next time I decide to make a toy for someone I'm going to limit the number of limbs to two. I got the pattern from Knitty. 

3) Bake and decorate one thing outside of work per month. Since I'm still technically NOT working, everything I bake and decorate is outside of work. See this post. And see these pictures:   

There is this fun website called Cake Central that's sort of like Wikipedia meets Facebook for cake nerds. And they have fun contests every once in a while. This month's was Owl Themed Cakes. Lily LOVES the book In My Tree about a family of owls. So I had to make a cake based on it. The leaves ended up looking like eggs, but oh well. They're made from Wilton's new Sugar Sheets. I was skeptical at first, but they're actually pretty fun to use. They are EXTREMELY over priced, though. 

4) Stop comparing myself to other moms. My planner, my daughter, and I had great fun together this month. And I have the squiggles, arrows, and lines in my planner to prove it. I'm still a little jealous of B's craftiness, but I try to channel that into inspiration to be a little bit creative each day.