Really, I do plan to blog more than just my goal updates! Just struggling to find time. I am planning to do a series of post on extending Zend Framework 2 view helpers, particularly for forms, to implement Bootstrap nicely. I also want to do a post (or maybe multiple posts) on using Zend Form Collections, which are fairly complicated to do well as I was reminded earlier this week while trying to explain how it I’d implemented to someone else.
For non-development stuff, I plan to post about my garden renovations and my weight loss of nearly 25 lbs since August. 🙂
Financials
- Pay off the $5,000 personal loan I took out to replace the flat roof
- Get mortgage balance below $85,000
- Get student loan balance below $20,000
- Keep Ting bill under $30/mth. – so far, mostly hovering at or just above $30 because of phone calls pushing me to the medium level. Texts at least are lower, so that should keep it in my target range.
Fitness and Health
- Reach target weight of 145 lbs. (weight on January 1st: 165.6) – Current Weight: 161.6 – down 4 lbs
- Do some form of physical activity, be it go to the rec, walk, or bike campus, at least twice a week – mostly doing, despite some set backs
- Get a new swimsuit so have option to swim by this summer
- Work up to consistently walking up the stairs at work, where feasible (if carrying groceries, etc. can still take elevator) – knees being cranky, so haven’t gotten back to this yet
- Do strength training with partner at least twice a week, weather/life permitting – probably cancelled or will have to be changed due to some changes with my partner’s availability; still debating how to adjust to this one
- Bike ride at least once a week, weather/life permitting
Around the House
- Update/replace locks on front and back door – pretty sure I’ve decided on the locks, just have to get
- Replace or repair ripped up screen door
- Replace faucets in bathroom and add shut off valves (stretch: replace the sink with a decent, relatively inexpensive vanity)
- Paint bedroom
- Repair holes in fascia board and soffits
- Clean up/out home office closet (smaller one)
- Clean up/out built-ins in cat’s room
- Get the final drawer back in the actual kitchen cabinet
- Weed front gardens and try to add new plants as finances permit – almost done! pulled out the stone border and replaced with metal edging, reused syrup tubs from the back garden for two lovely roses; working on the final clean up and replant of the beds over the next two weeks
Clean up back gardens or disassemble until have time/money to properly maintain– DONE! Disassembled…maybe one day can try again 🙁- Get another display cabinet for figurines and what not
- Repair or replace garage door opener
Hobbies
- Complete at least one “project,” started or not, that’s sitting around the house (e.g. puzzle, design own painted pony, horse rug, model car kit, etc.) – one puzzle done! Just needs to be framed 🙂
- Play through at least 3 console games (Tales of Graces F won’t count for this purpose since it was primarily paid in 2015) – now playing Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
- Finish at least one PC game of: Age of Empires II (by completing all campaigns), Age of Empires III (ditto), Baldur’s Gate, Dragon Age: Origins, or
Railroad Tycoon II(complete all missions) - Watch at least 40 DVDs from collection
- Cull DVD collection
- Recode An Eclectic World to PHP with proper admin
- Evaluate possibility of switching to new hosting company
Everything Else
- Replace dying work issued iPad with personal tablet – struggling to decide which one to get
- When hit target weight, give self a $200 budget to go clothes shopping and get rid of any remaining “fat” clothes
- Again look at, and hopefully take, Oracle Certified Professional, MySQL 5.6 Developer Certification exam
- Look at and potentially take Zend PHP 5.5 Certification exam