My Month In Numbers

This is going to be pretty depressing, but here it is:

Books read: 12

Movies watched: 0 (I did watch some Mullet TV and some old Star Trek episodes, thanks to the Fake Husband playing with the Roku.)

Visits to the vet: 3

Metrics reports pulled: thousands — ok probably closer to hundreds but still, probably three times what I normally pull in a month.

BlogHer panels moderated: three

BlogHer panels as an attendee: zero

BlogHer Keynotes attended: 5 (including the community keynote) I skipped out on Guy (don’t ask) and I skipped out on Majora Carter, Lisa Donovan, Brit Morin and Randi Zuckerberg. The latter was a keynote I wanted to see but I was exhausted and still not really feeling well so I went back to the hotel to get a nap.

Bags carried into the Chicago Sheraton: 9
Bags carried out of the Chicago Sheraton: 18

Asshattery: I gave up counting by the third day of the month and I was at 25 hash marks.

Work-Related Phone Calls: I gave up counting by the third day of the month and I was at 30 hash marks.

Dog toys purchased: 30 (plus a bag of antlers) Dog toy gifts: 2 from Sassymonkey and the fake husband. Dog toys destroyed: 12 (I threw away a much too small antler that I was sure Skeeter was going to swallow hole and get lodged somewhere inside of her digestive system.)

Family members spoken to on the phone: 5 Family members texted: 9. None of these were my father.

Items crossed off of my to do list: THREE. How pathetic is that?

Art journaling pages complete: Just that first loan tag page, for this little By the Numbers challenge. Pathetic. Very pathetic.

It was probably a bad idea to start a new meme last month — too much going on at work + puppies + BlogHer ’13. Not that August is going to be any better, but hey — I’m still going to try. Look for a new To Do List tag later today. Hopefully.

For the last (insert time period) I’ve been sharing a monthly to do list over on BlogHer.com. It’s helped me get things done, it’s been fun seeing other people’s lists and learning new things from those. But, I think it’s time for me to try something new so I’m going to join My Month in Numbers. This will combine the art journaling that I’ve been enjoying + my compulsive need to create lists. It might even make my life look a little pretty… which would be nice for months that have been anything BUT pretty. Hell, at the very least it will make my life look interesting.

I haven’t figured out exactly how I’m going to do this so the first month is definitely going to be a work in progress. I will probably post updated or update my post as I go along, particularly if I learn something big or make some drastic change to my process.

This first month, I’m going to try using tags because I have a bunch of tags leftover from JMPs tag book and it seems like a good exercise for the first month — and a month that will be really hectic from day one til day 31. I’m also not sure how the photograph part will work for me — it will probably be all dogs, all food, all dogs, maybe a JMP or two and then BlogHer photos. Maybe this will help me do more with a camera than just take puppy/food photos? We shall see, eh?

Now I’m off to surf some My Month in Numbers posts to get some inspiration and some ideas for my posts (and journaling.)

You can join My Month in Numbers, too. If you like. Or you can just heckle me from the sidelines. Whichever… You can also throw in a Ten To Dos in July 2013, in the comments, if you like. I’m still totally interested in those lists! In fact…. take a peek at mine!