My July goals...a little late

With the holidays last week and being busy with end of the year (fiscal year) worries at work, it slipped my mind to look at goals.  I thought I would do it now, though before too much more time in July passes.  Here is what I wanted to accomplish in June:

1. Finish and mail Catherine's gift.  Yes, I finally managed to get it in the mail and she received it safely-Yay. 
2. Work on Jodi's Birthday gift (try and get it to her by July 7!) Still working on it, but she knows I will be late
3. Work on Merry Cox Shaker Spool Holder No, didn't happen in June
4. Try and finish poor little bunny/Prairie Schooler: April design (yes, have fallen behind on this monthly project!) I stitched July instead!  It is ready to be finished as a little pincushion
5. Keep working on Elegant Accessories I don't think I got in many stitches on this one
6. CHS: Houses of Hawk Run Hollow house #2 (If I keep saying I will work on this, maybe it will really happen)  Yes, I finally finished this one
7. UFOs: Choose one that is nearly finished...and FINISH it! I finished the stitching on "The Dainty Housewren"--now I need to add beads and finish it as a pillow
8. UFOs: Choose one to work on--try and make a little progress! (see, I am trying to be conscious of those UFOs!) I haven't chosen a new one yet. 

I did manage to finish a few things off the list, and I also started Goode Huswife's "Sampler Farm", too!  Now for what is left of July:

1. Finish Jodi's Birthday gift!!!
2. Work on house #3 of HoHRH
3. Work on square #1 of VoHRH
4. Work on Merry's "Shaker Spool Holder"!!!
5. Choose either August or one of the months I missed on Prairie Schooler's "A Prairie Year" and try and stitch it this month
6. Try and continue stitching on "Elegant Accessories"
7. Work on "Sampler House Farm"

The most important thing is to finish Jodi's gift.  I am having such a hard time working on it.  I mentioned this before.  The backstitching is really tripping me up.  Also I am a little afraid of messing up on the finishing, as I have never attempted this sort of finishing before.  I was thinking earlier as I was doing errands that maybe I should start something else different and finish it as something I am comfortable doing.  Only I do think she would like this design, and I hate to give up on it when I am halfway finished.  So I plan on sticking with it and hope I am not too late with it!

Jodi and I are in a small stitching group and there are plans underway for a Halloween exchange.  I am very tempted to join only I have been so lethargic with my work lately.  However the thought of stitching something for fall is also very attractive.  I love Halloween designs.  Last year I participated in the exchange.  It was a sweet bag exchange, and I received the most gorgeous sweetbag (you can see it in my Picturetrail album--in the gift album).  I have a little time to think it over, but I am already wanting to pull out  my  Halloween charts!