101 Things in 1001 Days

101 Things in 1001 Days

The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

The History: It originally started here. It's been circulating ever since. I've accepted the challenge. Goals that are accomplished shall be bolded, green and dated. In progress goal will be italicized & pink. I challenge all of you to do the same thing.


Start Date: 01/01/2007
End Date: 09/28/2009

Miscellaneous
1. Post this list. (12/28/2006)
2. Make a new list of 101 in 1001.

Reading, Movies, Writing & Music
3. Watch a DVD I own & haven't seen, at least once a week, until I've seen them all. (and list them!)
4. Beat Prophecies & Factions before Nightfall.
5. Read one new author a month.
6. Read or get rid of all of the unread books on my shelves. (make a list of the ones I read!)
7. Go to at least 2 concerts. (0/2)
8. Make a list of movies we have on VHS that I want to upgrade to DVD & replace them.
9. Go to the Greenshow at least twice. (0/2)
10. Go to the library once a month for six months. (0/6)
11. Watch every episode of Six Feet Under.
12. Read 5 books on this list. (0/5)
13. Watch 10 of the movies on this list that I've never seen before. (list of watched movies) (4/10)
14. Finish the character outline you started.
15. Write at least 6 chapters of the book that goes with #70. (0/6)
16. Make a list of Discworld books we don't own & buy them. (2/11)
17. Make a list of Xanth books we don't own & buy them. (0/14)
18. Make a list of Stephen King books we don't own & buy them. (3/36)
19. Have a movie night with Troy once a month (2/33)

Crafty
20. Learn to make all of the things in both Knifty Knitter pattern books.
21. Make new Christmas stockings for the family before December '07. (0/4)
22. Make really nice Faire garb.
23. Make at least 4 books. (0/4)
24. Make curtains for bedroom.

The Booth
25. Make at least 4 wrist cuffs (for the booth) a month until July. (0/24)
26. Decide on 10 signature soap fragrances for the booth & stick with those.
27. Make lots & lots of bath salts & think of creative ways to package them for display.
28. Design a pouch pattern for Dawn, so she can make them for the booth.
29. Learn to make Tree of Life pendants & make several for the booth.
30. Learn to make Tree Branch earrings & make several for booth.
31. Come up with a purse design that is unique to Three Witches.

Personal
32. Go on a date with Troy at least once every-other month. (2/16)
33. Design & get tattoo.
34. Change name on SS card.
35. Have at least 15 PJ days. (0/15)
36. Have one girls-night-out every three months. (1/11)
37. Buy a warm coat that you love & that fits.
38. Buy a pair of warm boots that you love & that fit.
39. Shower every day for a month. (0/30)
40. Keep the same hair color and keep it touched up for 6 months. (0/6)
41. Buy enough bras to have a different one every day of the week. (0/7)
42. Spend a day in bed, reading, napping, watching movies & eating yummy comfort foods.
43. Take Troy to Mesquite (or anywhere else he wants to go) overnight for his birthday.
44. Make 10 phone calls to people other than Mom, Troy, Dawn, Erin or Rhi (5/10)
45. Go to the park and hang out at least 12 times, not including Faire. (1/12

Family
46. Build mature, adult relationships with Garrett, Erin & Rhi.
47. Get Erin & Rhi's names legally changed.
48. Take mom out to lunch for her birthday.
49. Get a family portrait taken.
50. Do something really special for Rhi's 18th birthday. (5/7/08)
51. Do something really special for Erin's 21st birthday. (8/6/09)
52. Have a graduation party for Rhi. (5/08)

Travel
53. Start a savings account for the Ireland trip.
54. Go camping at Lake Powell.
55. Go to the Grand Canyon.

The House
56. Throw away everything that's cluttering up the kitchen & don't replace it.
57. Throw away everything that's cluttering up the living room & don't replace it.
58. Organize the big bookshelf in the living & keep it that way for 3 months. (0/3)
59. Clean out bedroom closet, toss or donate things that I don't need so I can use it as a closet.
60. Get bathroom clean, de-cluttered & keep it that way.
61. De-clutter bedroom & keep it that way.
62. Clean out storage unit & throw useless things away.
63. Set up an area to keep my in-progress crafts & supplies neat & tidy.
64. Clean off coffee table & keep it clean for 21 days. (0/21)
65. Clean bathroom once a week. (0/143)
66. Do the dishes at least once every other day. (52/500)
67. Make bed every day for at least 1 month. (0/30)
68. Replace bedroom mini-blinds.
69. Stay off computer during the week until housework is done for at least 4 weeks. (0/4)
70. Replace wallpaper in kitchen.
71. Plant the fairy garden you've been planning in your head.
72. Replace pots & pans with 1 set of nicer ones - toss the old - ALL of them (except the cast iron)
73. Replace all of the utensils with 2 sets of nicer ones & throw out the old ones - ALL of them.
74. Buy & hang artwork for the living room.
75. Hang new artwork in bedroom.
76. Buy flowers for the house every payday for 2 months. (3/4)

The Pets
77. Get Tiny leash trained.
78. Finish house-training Tiny.

Health & Wellness
79. Lose at least 130 pounds & keep it off. (19/130)
80. Start an exercise plan & stick with it.
81. Eat fast food no more than once every 2 weeks.
82. Get last 2 wisdom teeth extracted.
83. Buy a set of dumbbells.

Food & Drink
84. Cook a nice dinner every Sunday. (14/143)
85. Learn to cook wonderful tasting, but good for us meals.
86. Eat 3 things I've never tried before. (1/3)
87. Use the real dishes & not paper plates at least 5 times (5/5)
88. Make a cake from scratch.
89. Make a pot of soup from scratch.
90. Make salsa from scratch & can it.
91. Buy a nice gas grill to barbecue with.
92. Drink a martini.
93. Taste caviar.
94. Try 5 beers you've never tried before. (2/5)

Spiritual
95. Get the outside altar built.
96. Celebrate the turning of the wheel for a full year. (0/8)
97. Meditate daily for 2 weeks (0/14)

Finances
98. Find some sort of job to help pay some of these bills.
99. Pay off my smaller credit cards.
100. Buy at least 2 Christmas gifts a month until December 2007. (0/24)
101. Pay off the Dell card.

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10.5 / 101 : 10.5%

Snow. Blows.

There's between 15-20" on the ground at the moment & its still falling very lightly. We got the car dug out & drove the XTerra out to have breakfast with Dawn, Jason & Davy at IHoP. I didn't have breakfast, I had a burger, but same difference, really. Its very icy out there & I was thankful for our 4-wheel drive.

Erin didn't go to California and I'm pretty sure the two of them aren't going at all. Not right now, at any rate. Rhi is out playing in the snow with Sean & his friend Scott, until she has to get ready for work. Erin is at his friend Jordan's house, who knows what they're doing, but at least he's out of the house & not asleep.

Troy's playing a game that Ryan got him for Christmas (he got me an awesome Guinness beanie!), or the one Erin got him. Tiny is drying off from her last romp in the snow. And me? I'm lusting after boots & shoes on piperlime.com & working on my 101 in 1001 list and thinking about fixing a cup of tea.

I need to be cleaning the living room, but I'm not.

Now We Get the Snow

We have about a foot of snow on the ground right now & its still falling. I'm just hoping that we don't lose power during the night at this point. *shiver*

Rhi & Sean are a couple again - I'm probably jinxing it by typing it out. *laugh* I guess his friends were giving him crap for going out with her the last time & he's decided to tell them to screw off & go out with her anyway. So, we'll see.

Erin & Alisha were supposed to leave for California this afternoon, but didn't because of the storm. I don't know if they're going at all now.

That's pretty much all of my news.. the tree is still up, the house is still a mess.

Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas/Yule party with our friends on Saturday night was a lot of fun. Everyone enjoyed the gifts we bought for them (we draw names, plus I always buy my best friend & her kids gifts), and we liked our's very much, too. I got a book to replace one that's falling apart, an elephant purse & penguin socks, a penguin mug & towel. Troy got Reservoir Dogs, a game & a monkey. As a family we got Princess Bride (we owned it on VHS, this was DVD)

The family thing went really well at my folks' house last night. My mom & grandma both loved their scarves, the nieces both liked their gifts, too, thankfully. Mom & Dad got us a nice big ham that's baking in the oven right now.

We slept in this morning until right before Troy got home - well I did - Erin didn't actually sleep very well & was in the shower when I woke up & we woke Rhi up after Troy got here. Everyone seemed to like their gifts and were happy to have them. I know I was happy with all of mine. Everyone is sleeping right now, even the pets.

My Mood:
My Weather:

The cookies are all done, we ended up with Raisin Spice, Funfetti, Strawberry Chocolate Chip & Chocolate Cherry Chip. After I take Rhi to work this afternoon, I plan to start all of the various barks I'm making. Thursday, I do the marshmallows & pretzels, since I need them Saturday night & want them to be as fresh as possible.

I'm having a change of heart over the neck warmer I'm making.. the yarn just isn't chunky enough & it doesn't look very warm, so I may finish it, send it along, but make one that's more functional, too.

Anyway, its still very cold, but not snowing, at least. Troy's working an 8-hour shift today. I have a horrible headache & just want to sleep.

Rhi had a Christmas dinner at work last night & even got a couple of gifts - a Cushie pillow & a beautiful calendar. I think that was pretty cool & she totally wasn't expecting it.

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My Weather: &

It snowed again last night & is supposed to keep snowing through tonight. I restarted, screwed up & frogged the neckwarmer I'm making & restarted it again this morning. Who'd have thought something like that would be so dang hard? I think its because I'm doing ribbing for the first time, and then I made it the wrong size.. so hopefully this time will be a charm.

I went out & got a bunch of stuff to bake cookies & make candy, so as soon as I get the dishes done, I'm gonna decide what I'm making for dinner, get that ready & start my baking/making. I'm really excited to do it. I think on Friday, I'll also make some fudge, since I haven't in a few years.

So, I'm making:

• 4 types of cookies from cake mixes (strawberry, devil's food, spice & funfetti)
• Chocolate covered marshmallows
• Chocolate dipped pretzel rods
• Possibly fudge
• Chocolate Mint Bark
• White Chocolate Peppermint Bark
• Chocolate Cherry Bark
  

Yay!!

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I finished grandma's scarf yesterday & started one I'm making for Rhi for Christmas (so I can only work on it while she isn't here) in her school colors. I also started, screwed up & had to frog the one I'm making for the swap. Oh, and made myself a hat.

I'm supposed to make cookies for Rhi to take to work tonight, but she isn't out of bed yet & I still need to go to the store for eggs, so I think I'll do that tomorrow. (not to mention the car is covered in snow!!)

She went to a movie with Sean last night (yes, the latest ex boyfriend) and then to hang out at his house for awhile. I haven't spoken to her yet, so I don't know how that went, but she seemed to be happy when she got home. She claimed, rather emphatically, that it wasn't a date, though.

So, Christmas is a week away, are you ready? We are, for the most part. I need to get a few more things for the stockings & stuff for Tiny, but everything else is done (except the final scarf).

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Its snowing!!! We have about 6-7" on the ground right now & its still falling. We had plenty of warning that it was coming & I have zero plans to go anywhere today. My car isn't great in the snow or on slick roads like the XTerra is (Troy has that at work today).

I didn't get to stay home yesterday, I forgot the scarf I was working on at Dawn's house Friday night & had to go get that. When I got there, Dawn was at home, so I took her to finish her Christmas shopping and she took me out to lunch.

After I came home, I cooked dinner for Troy & Erin, then Rhi came home & ate too, then we took her back to Caela's house & dropped back by Dawn's to pick up some money that Roger & Morgan owed us, then we came home & relaxed awhile.

Today, I'm going to try to get some cleaning done, if my head stops hurting & I start feeling a little better (I think I have another cold) and THEN work on the scarf some more. Its a good day for staying in & getting things done.

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I let Rhi stay home from school today. There wasn't anything that important going on at school, anyway. We all needed the extra sleep. I'm so thankful that she'll be done with training by the time school starts again. I plan to finish my grandma's scarf this weekend & hopefully start on the other gift scarf I'm making (if i can find some yarn that looks enough like silver) . I'm excited, because after I finish that I can start on my Griffindor scarf!! (I got Wool-Ease yarn today for $1.62 a skein) I also need to do a hat & scarf set for a swap I'm doing, since my partner doesn't knit or crochet, and that needs to be sent before January 5 (its a D&D swap, I'm doing them in gray & calling them chain mail).

Anyhow, I need to change clothes & get ready to go, its Friday & that means gaming. Have a terrific weekend!!

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Please tell me that Christmas break starts after this week. I'm so tired. I so need to sleep in, until I'm ready to get up. I'll be able to sleep in Saturday - hopefully (Troy works that morning & sometimes I can't get back to sleep after he leaves) and Sunday.. and then no school until January 2!!! Yay!!

I don't have much to say. I'm tired & need sleep.. can't get any until I pick up Rhi.

Well, today was better, at least it didn't start out with any injuries, which is always a good sign. I got my Chritsmas cards mailed (so if you're waiting for one from me, its on the way), got Erin up to Taco Time to put in his application, went & picked up Alisha and came home. Got my bedding washed & put back on the bed, my grandma's scarf started.. so it was a pretty productive day for me. And? No fighting with Rhi (or no out of the ordinary fighting)

We have a nother snow storm on the way, its supposed to hit on Saturday, which is fine with me, I don't have to go anywhere this weekend. Tonight, I'm going to watch Friday Night Lights, finish wrapping gifts & work on grandma's scarf some more before I go to pick Rhi up. What are you up to?

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You know its not going to be a good day when you find out that you forgot to unplug the curling iron the night before. By stepping on it with a bare foot. Four of the toes on my right foot are blistered & hurting today, and no, it hasn't been a particularly great day, either. Apparently Rhi is in a bad mood or has decided that, once again, she hates me. Either way, it really hurts my feelings when she treats me badly, especially after seeming to want my company all weekend long.

Oh well. Maybe I can make it to the post office tomorrow. I tried today, but was crying after dropping her off at work & thought it was probably a bad idea to in that condition.

Anyhow.

It snowed yesterday & well into the night, but we didn't get a lot of accumulation, thankfully. It did make the roads very slick last night & this morning. By afternoon the roads were dry & the sky was clear.

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Things have been super-busy the past few days, soI really haven't had much time to post. We had to get our float ready for the festival of lights parade, which took us a couple of mornings. Then we had geocery shopping & gaming yesterday.

Today, Rhi & I got up & headed for St. George so she could get her Christmas shopping done., then we had to take Erin to get his done & after that it was time to go to the parade & finish our setup & then actually walk in the parade. After that, we came home, changed clothes & I drove Rhi & Wade to a birthday party & now I'm waiting to go & pick them up.

Tomorrow, I plan to sleep as long as humanly possible. Tomorrow evening, we've been invited to a Christmas party for the company most of our friends work for. It'll be good, because I get to have coconut shrimp - yay!

Anyhow, I'm very tired & hope Rhi calls soon soI can go to bed.

Troy seems to be feeling better today, but Rhi has an upset stomach now. I keep waiting for her to text me & say she wants to come home from school. I really need to take a shower. I really need to do my laundry & finish the dishes I started yesterday. And so many other things.

I had to get Rhi out of school, her roll at lunch tasted like mold & that sent her over the edge. I hope she's feeling better soon & that Erin & I don't end up with it too, I have too many people counting on me, for too many things, to take time out to be sick.

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Poor Troy came home from work this morning looking & feeling terrible. I guess he threw up at around 3am & has pretty much been in bed ever since. I'm getting ready to go & get him some more juice to drink & check his temperature again.

Erin's in bed.

Rhi's at work.

Not worth cooking anything for dinner, I think I'll have soup or something.

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A Book Tag from Susan.

The Book Tag

The rules are:
-Grab the book closest to you
-Open to page 123
-Scroll down to the 5th sentence
-Post the text of next 3 sentences on your blog
-Name of the book and the author
-Tag 3 people

But most of the time, he was merely starkly perfect. And surely the strongest fledgling I had ever produced. That wasn't due only to the strength of my blood or my own trials and tribulations before I'd brought him over.

This is from Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice (book 5 in The Vampire Chronicles)


Now I will tag: Pam, Karen and Margie.

And remember you can't tag me back!!

*shiver* I've been so cold all day. We had to help my parents move my grandma out of her assisted living facility & into their house. They raised her monthly rent to $2500, so of course she couldn't afford that. I'm hoping this won't make mom as upset as it didt he last time, but grandma is doing a lot better this time around.

I got a new bed out of the deal, my grandparents' cherry wood four-poster. I've wanted this bed since I was a little girl. Its so pretty & I love it!

In other news, my cell phone is slowly killing itself. Earlier my front screen starting going out, now its gone. My inner screen is going out now. I tried to convince Troy that we needed to buy insurance on our phones, but he wouldn't do it, so now I'm screwed. :(