My month in numbers August 2014. Goals check in.

August was all about art. We hadn´t set that intention, it just happened!

Edited to add: It took me 3 hours to write this post in between editing, resizing photos, making a photo collage and getting the numbers.

What is the longest you took to write a blog post?

For August 2014´s update and goals check in I´m doing {My month in numbers}. It is a project taking place at Julie Kirk´s blog  where you sum up your month with numbers. Here are some inspirational instructions on how to go about it. This is my 29th consecutive participation.

I´m keeping 118 photos and 1 video for the month. Here are my favourites from each day. Click on the mosaic to see it bigger.

I followed 25/31 of the #photoprompts for August plus 3 Plan B takes:  Find September´s prompts here in this note on my Facebook page (note available only during September 2014)!

For daily reminders of the #photoprompts Like my Facebook Page here or Follow me on Twitter here.

"On line" goals:

In August my Paula - Buenos Aires Facebook page grew by 45 followers. I´m hoping for the 900 followers milestone next. Suddenly the "crazy" goal for 2014 of 1000 looks doable. My Twitter account for which I didn´t set goals is growing too. 297 persons are following @PBAtweets.

Btw: everyday at 6pm my time I post a #photoprompt for the next day. Takes off the pressure of thinking what to photograph for your 365 projects, gives you a conversation starter and once you start looking for things you actually SEE more.

Plus I wrote 4 Wednesdays posts and had 1 guest blogger:
+ My July´s numbers.
+ #augustmoon14 writing prompts days 1 to 3
+#augustmoon14 writing prompts days 4 to 10
+ #augustmoon14 writing prompts days 11 to 15
+ Coach Donna: Fall in love with Life



Still working for the International Bloggers Association in my role of  VP of our G+ community which you can join here

I was invited to cohost linky parties:
+ 4 #ilovesocialsaturday
+ 4 Ultimate Facebook parties
+ 3 #Growyourcircles
That many linky parties I´ve been doing had been overwhelming for my Happysnappy blog so I moved them to their own site: Nice to meet you

My "hobbies" goals for this year include:

60 layouts (0 so far), 12 fiction books ( 0 in August, 5 total), 6 non fiction ( 0 for June, 3 in total ) and 6 rereadings (1 ! Finally!!!).

My "go out" goals for 2014:

The girl in the pink shorts is my daughter. :D
You can barely see my face behind her.

From the 6 new places to eat: 0 this month, that is 2 total, 1 craft fairs in August ( 7 total), 0 animé exhibitions ( 3 out of 2 total Yay! ) and  from the 3 new Museums the count is still at 1art exhibit in Jan. and now 1 revisit.
I hadn´t added any theatre or dance, yet we were invited to two events.

First a ballet gala. Marianela Nuñez is one of the Principal Dancers in The Royal Ballet. From London to her childhood neighbourhood, which is my own. She came for a charity event. :) 

The school my kids attend has a theatre for the school plays and also has its own troupe with students, former students, parents and teachers. They usually present German plays because it is a bilingual school Spanish / German. This year we were invited to see Happy End by Bertolt Brecht.

Ever been to a ballet or a musical? 

My month in numbers for July 2014

July was all about the pictures. Not surprising from someone who calls her blog "Happysnappy". ;)

For July 2014´s update and goals check in I´m doing {My month in numbers}. It is a project taking place at Julie Kirk´s blog  where you sum up your month with numbers. Here are some inspirational instructions on how to go about it. This is my 28th consecutive participation.

I´m keeping 220 photos and 3 videos for the month. It was my girl´s birthday and that event got a lot of camera attention. :D Here are my favourites from each day. Click on the mosaic to see it bigger.

I followed 09/31 of the #photoprompts for June plus 7 Plan B takes:  Find August´s prompts here in this note on my Facebook page (note available only during August 2014)!

For daily reminders of the #photoprompts Like my Facebook Page here or Follow me on Twitter here.

News of the month:

My girl´s 15th birthday party

"On line" goals:
In July my Paula - Buenos Aires Facebook page grew by 78 followers. I´m hoping for the 900 followers milestone next. Suddenly the "crazy" goal for 2014 of 1000 looks doable. My Twitter account for which I didn´t set goals is growing too. 268 persons are following @PBAtweets.

Btw: everyday at 6pm my time I post a #photoprompt for the next day. Takes off the pressure of thinking what to photograph for your 365 projects, gives you a conversation starter and once you start looking for things you actually SEE more.

Plus I wrote 4 Wednesdays posts and had 1 guest blogger:
+ My June´s numbers.
+ How to plan a party using Pinterest
+ Something I found on Pinterest that I actually made
+ A step by step tutorial on using jars for souvenirs
+ First steps on setting up Pinterest by China Rodriguez 


Remember I got invited to be part of the board of the International Bloggers Association? Well I was promoted to VP of our G+ community which you can join here AND I´m also in charge of the G+  sharing network. It is brand new, come and make your voice heard.

I was invited to cohost linky parties:
+ 4 #ilocesocialsaturday
+ 4 Ultimate Facebook parties
That many linky parties I´ve been doing had been overwhelming for my Happysnappy blog so I moved them to their own site: Nice to meet you


My "hobbies" goals for this year include:
60 layouts (0 so far), 12 fiction books ( 0 in June, 5 total), 6 non fiction ( 0 for June, 3 in total ) and 6 rereadings (1 ! Finally!!!).

My "go out" goals for 2014:
From the 6 new places to eat: 0 this month, that is 2 total  ,  0 craft fairs in June ( 6 total),1 animé exhibitions ( 3 out of 2 total Yay! ) and  from the 3 new Museums the count is still at 1 art exhibit in Jan. and now 1 revisit.
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Rowing club in Tigre

Navy museum

Do you keep track of your goals on a regular basis?

June´s 2014 summary in numbers

For June 2014´s update and goals check in I´m doing {My month in numbers}. It is a project taking place at Julie Kirk´s blog  where you sum up your month with numbers. Here are some inspirational instructions on how to go about it. This is my 26th consecutive participation.

I´m keeping 115 photos for the month. Here are my favourites from each day. Click on the mosaic to see it bigger.

I followed 18/30 of the #photoprompts for June plus 5 Plan B takes:  Find July´s prompts here! For daily reminders of the #photoprompts Like my Facebook Page here or Follow me on Twitter here.

News of the month:
Edwina, that´s my car, got to her 40000th km on June 1st. I kept an eye on the dial so I could park and take the picture.

Tati participated in an UN project at the National Congress for her school as part of a three team group, one of the teams got a prize for their work. Congrats kids!

Daniel was in Germany representing our school. He learnt how to take selfies because I asked him to. :D <3 p="">

Our son bought his first dot com domain. :)

"On line" goals:
In June my Paula - Buenos Aires Facebook page grew by 143 followers. Somebody must have been promoting my page as I got 100 new Likes in a 24 hours period. I´m hoping for the 800 followers milestone next. *I even have my celebration sign ready* The goal for 2014 is 1000. My Twitter account for which I didn´t set goals is growing too. 206 persons are following @PBAtweets.

Plus I wrote 4 Wednesdays posts:
+ My month in Numbers with May´s data
+ The reasons why a handmade calendar is so awesome by iHanna  
+ My work style
+ Quinn McDonald´s latest book Inner Hero, arrived in a box An autographed copy for me. :)

I got 1 award this month: the 2014 Influencers Award

I also got invited to be part of the board of the International Bloggers Association. I will be in charge of our G+ community which you can join here. It is brand new, come and make your voice heard.

I was invited to cohost linky parties:
+ 4 Saturday Media
+ 4 G+ Mondays

My "hobbies" goals for this year include:
60 layouts (0 so far), 12 fiction books ( 1 in June, 5 total), 6 non fiction ( 0 for June, 3 in total ) and 6 rereadings (1 began in Jan but I got going again this month).

My "go out" goals for 2014:
From the 6 new places to eat: 0 this month, that is 2 total  ,  1 craft fairs in June ( 6 total),0 animé exhibitions (2 out of 2 total Yay! ) and  from the 3 new Museums the count is still at 1 art exhibit in Jan.

This is me with Yasmin from Puchinis

Out and about in May 2014

For May 2014´s update and goals check in I´m doing {My month in numbers}. It is a project taking place at Julie Kirk´s blog  where you sum up your month with numbers. Here are some inspirational instructions on how to go about it. This is my 25th consecutive participation.

I´m keeping 77 photos for the month. Here are my favourites from each day. Click on the mosaic to see it bigger.

I followed about half of the #photoprompts for May:  Find June´s prompts here!

"On line" goals:
In May my Paula - Buenos Aires Facebook page grew by 26 followers. I´m hoping for the 600 followers milestone next. *I even have my celebration sign ready* The goal for 2014 is 1000. My Twitter account for which I didn´t set goals is growing too. 146 persons are following @PBAtweets.

Plus I wrote 4 Wednesdays posts:
+ Reduce the scope and keep the schedule James Clear on what to do when you don´t feel like showing up.
+ Blog planning: big projects, small tasks
+ The cost of lost opportunity
+ A moving story, literally

 And I was a cohost every Saturday for The Ultimate Linky Bloglovin party. If you want to get to know more cool people on different platforms and get people to know you and your work visit Tammy at The Ultimate Linky.


My "hobbies" goals for this year include:
60 layouts (0 so far), 12 fiction books ( 0 in May, 4 total), 6 non fiction ( 0 for May, 3 in total ) and 6 rereadings (1 began in Jan).

My "go out" goals for 2014:
From the 6 new places to eat: 0 this month, that is 2 total  ,  1 craft fairs in May ( 5 total), 1 animé exhibitions (2 out of 2 total Yay! ) and  from the 3 new Museums the count is still at 1 art exhibit in Jan.

Cosplay girls at animé convention

It seems that every month this year starts with a flurry of activities and then things get calmer, smoother and a bit of "I´ve had enough".

My month in numbers: April 14 goal check

For April 2014´s update and goals check in I´m doing {My month in numbers}. It is a project taking place at Julie Kirk´s blog  where you sum up your month with numbers. Here are some inspirational instructions on how to go about it. This is my 24th consecutive participation: my 2nd MMIN anniversary!

I´m keeping 110 photos for the month. Here are my favourites from each day. Click on the mosaic to see it bigger.

I followed just a few of the #photoprompts for April: Find May´s prompts here! Only 13 out of 30.

"On line" goals:
In March my Paula - Buenos Aires Facebook page grew by 40 followers. In April they were 54. Yay! I´m hoping for the 600 followers milestone next. *I even have my celebration sign ready* The goal for 2014 is 1000+
I had 2 guests this month:
+ Tricia Dycka on seeking for approval
+ Michael Bloom on creativity as a life saver

Plus I wrote 4 Wednesdays posts:
+ Tips on how to get guest blogging invitations and be ready for them
+ Launching my nesletter (Still time till 3pm my time to get the first one! Go suscribe!)
+ I made this #01: my first panda jacket made from scratch.
+ Goal check in for March

And I was a cohost every Friday for The Ultimate Linky G+ party. If you want to get to know more cool people on different platforms and get people to know you and your work visit Tammy at The Ultimate Linky.


My "hobbies" goals for this year include:
60 layouts (0 so far), 12 fiction books ( 2 in April, 4 total), 6 non fiction ( 0 for April, 3 in total ) and 6 rereadings (1 began in Jan).

My "go out" goals for 2014:
From the 6 new places to eat: 1this month, that is 2 total  ,  2 craft fairs in April ( 4 total), 0 animé exhibitions (1 out of 2 total) and  from the 3 new Museums the count is still at 1 art exhibit in Jan.

La Cautiva for our 21st wedding anniversary

My mom, me, Gigly and my daughter.
Anita, the owner of the shop wanted a picture of the three generations

A new local crafty fair for autumn

Goal´s check in for March '14

For March 2014´s update I´m doing {My month in numbers}. It is a project taking place at Julie Kirk´s blog  where you sum up your month with numbers. Here are some inspirational instructions on how to go about it.

I´m keeping 130 photos for the month. Here are my favourites from each day. Click on the mosaic to see it bigger.

I expected not taking a picture a day being less stressful but I feel bad about not taking all the pics for my own prompts! Need to work on that. Here are April´s prompts. Come and play!
Here are the 22 of 31 I followed the #photoprompts for:

"On line" goals:
Last month my Paula - Buenos Aires Facebook page grew by 20 followers. In March they were ... 40. Doubled the number! Plus, that made me reach the 500 followers milestone. *celebration* The goal for 2014 is 1000+
I did not have guests this month but I have 2 lined up for April.

My "hobbies" goals for this year include: 60 layouts (0 so far), 12 fiction books ( 1 in March, 2 total), 6 non fiction ( 0 for March, 3 in total ) and 6 rereadings (1 began in Jan).

My "go out" goals for 2014. From the 6 new places to eat: 1 this month  ,  0 craft fair in March ( 2 total), 1 animé exhibitions (1 out of 2 total) and  from the 3 new Museums the count is still at 1 art exhibit in Jan.

My girl (second from left) her two friends and some cosplayers at the animé convention

Dining out for my mil´s birthday

On other news, our son passed his entrance exams and is now ONE university student! Yay!
There were 2 birthday parties.

My bil´s birthday party

There were several doctor´s appointments for the kids´annual check ups.

No cavities! Yay!

What about you? Still on track? Lost a bit of focus? Went absolutely off the original plan? Get back on the saddle. Start again where you are with what you have. :)