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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to everyone who reads this blog! I’ve already started working on several of my 101 goals. I’ve decided that at the end of every month, I’ll write a short summary of my progress. If I complete a goal, I’ll do a separate post and try to post a picture.
The cat has tried several times today to climb up the Christmas tree. She hadn’t bothered the tree until AFTER Christmas, which I suppose is a plus. Jack says she’s telling me it’s time to take the tree down. The way we have the living room arranged right now we’re going to have some extra space when we take the tree down, so we’ll probably be rearranging soon.
Well, I’m off to clean the bathroom and possibly get some laundry done. How exciting.
Posted: 5 hours ago Category: Real Life
A New Year, A New Project
I’ve decided that I need a change for the new year, or at least a new project. I’ve seen several of these lists floating around on the internet, and I’ve decided to start/work on my own. So, without further ado, I present:
101 things in 1001 (Click title to see full list)
START DATE: January 1, 2009
END DATE: Thursday, September 29, 2011
THINGS COMPLETED: 0
THINGS IN PROGRESS/PLANNED: 9
Internet-Related
1. Complete a 100 Random Things About Me list
2. Design my own theme for my blog.
3. Blog at least once a week (1/143)
4. Meet in person someone I’ve talked to online.
5. Sell something on eBay or Etsy.
6. Rejoin the QBee
7. Write 101 comments on other people’s blogs. (0/101)
8. Set up a message board on my domain, and get at least 101 posts. (0/101)
Housekeeping/Remodeling
9. Remodel the stairs, dining room, and/or upstairs bedrooms.
10. Organize my email.
11. Organize my computer files.
12. Landscape my yard.
13. Make the bed every morning for at least a month.
14. Clean the bathroom once a week – Monday (1/143)
15. Vacuum the floors at least once every two weeks – Sunday (0/71)
16. Organize/rearrange the kitchen cupboards.
Hobbies/Projects
17. Take a photo of a rainbow.
18. Organize my photos into albums and scrapbooks.
19. Watch at least 50 movies. (2/50)
1. College Road Trip (January 1, 2008)
2. Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (January 2, 2008)
20. Read 50 books. (1/50)
1. A Wrinkle in Time (January 1, 2008)
21. Design my own house.
22. Submit a postcard to PostSecret.
23. Participate in Project 365. (4/365)
24. Participate in NaBloPoMo at least once (0/1)
25. See at least 5 movies in the theatre. (0/5)
26. Read all 7 Harry Potter books (not to be counted with my other 50 books) (0/7)
27. Watch all 3 Lord of the Rings movies (not to be counted with my 50 movies) (0/3)
28. Make my own ceramic tile topped table.
29. Learn to knit or crochet, or make clothes
30. Make Christmas stockings for Jack and myself
31. Make a Christmas tree skirt
32. Go see at least 5 shows with Jack (0/5)
33. Complete a 1,000 piece puzzle.
34. Make Christmas gifts for everyone for one Christmas.
35. Make a quilt
36. Grow a vegetable garden.
37. Grow my own herbs.
Gaming
38. Play the Sims 2 for one week without cheats or hacked objects.
39. Catch all fish in Animal Crossing: City Folk (17/64)
40. Catch all bugs in Animal Crossing: City Folk (1/64)
41. Dig up all fossils in Animal Crossing: City Folk (0/58)
42. Complete all Sims 2 challenges on thesimsresource.com
43. Play all Guitar Hero 1 songs on medium.
Pets
44. Get another kitten.
45. Buy a cat condo/perch for Delilah and kitten
Travel/Cultural
46. Return to Ocean City.
47. Return to Vermont.
48. Go to the zoo.
49. Go to Kennywood
50. Go see The Nutcracker.
51. Go see Trans-Siberian Orchestra
52. Go to a spa.
53. Go to a baseball game.
54. Go to the Carnegie Science Center
55. Write travel recommendations for the places I visit.
56. Go see a drive-in movie.
57. Go to a flea market.
58. Go to a renaissance festival.
Purchases
59. Get a Vermont Teddy Bear.
60. Get a king size bed.
61. Get a new (new to me) car
62. Get another tattoo
63. Get a DSLR camera.
64. Get a Cricut
65. Purchase Sims 3
66. Purchase Sims 1 and Sims 2 Prima Guides (15/17)
67. Get a Tatty Teddy.
Charity/Causes
68. Find a cause I believe in and do something to support it.
69. Convince someone else to start a 101 things in 1001 days list.
70. Donate 1,000,000 grains on the Free Rice Challenge (15,000/1,000,000)
Personal/Health
71. Renew my First Aid/CPR certification.
72. Get my wedding/engagement rings resized.
73. Lose at least 50 lbs. (0/50)
74. Exercise at least 3 times a week for 6 months.
75. Find a bikini, wear it in public, and be confident.
76. See a sunrise and a sunset in the same day.
77. Drink 8 cups of water a day for at least 6 months.
78. Lower my cholesterol.
79. Take a vitamin every day for at least 6 months.
80. Stop drinking pop
81. Have a baby
82. Have sex in every room of the house.
83. Keep a food diary for at least 3 months.
84. Get a manicure and pedicure at least once.
Money/Work
85. Save for a romantic vacation.
86. Save $1 every day for 1001 days. – ($0/$1001)
87. Start my own business.
88. Work a job that I enjoy.
89. Go a month without making impulse buys.
90. Save $500 and go on a guilt-free shopping trip. ($0/$500)
91. Pay off credit cards.
Family/Friends
92. Start a tradition.
93. Have family pictures taken.
Food
94. Try 25 new restaurants. (0/25)
95. Make hard-tack candy
96. Learn to make lasagna (and have it taste good).
97. Try at least 20 new recipes. (0/20)
98. Bake a bear-shaped cake and a castle-shaped cake.
99. Make a recipe book
100. Try Thai or Indian food.
101. Make brownies from scratch.
Posted: 7 days ago Category: 101 in 1001
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New theme...sort of
I’m working on a new theme for my blog. I’m stuck though, because stuff looks wrong and I’m not sure exactly what I want to do with it. I start a new job next Wednesday, and I’d like to have the theme done by then, but we’ll see what happens.
Posted: 152 days ago Category:
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Comments not working
I’m trying to fix it.
Posted: 305 days ago Category: Site Updates
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Woo
I uploaded a new layout. Don’t think that I made this one myself because I didn’t. However, I do like the set-up, and so I may make a layout based off of this one. I need to finish grad school first though.
Posted: 305 days ago Category: Site Updates
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Eh
Sometimes I wish this site wasn’t just a blog, and I think that I should go back to just hand-coding everything. Then I think I’d have more of a drive to do something with my site.
Posted: 305 days ago Category: Site Updates
Brief Summary of 2007
In July, I got married to Jack. We bought a house in August. In October, we found out we’re going to have a niece or nephew, due in May 2008. And in November, we got the most adorable little kitten named Delilah. We’re still working on the house, I’m still substitute teaching and working on my Master’s degree. Not much has changed over the past year, except for my name and where I live. Prior to July, not much was happening – I was busy doing schoolwork and planning a wedding.
And now, I’m off to fabulous Las Vegas.
(I can really add more to this, but I will do so later, because I’ve never been on an airplane before and my stomach is not happy right now.)
Posted: 370 days ago Category: Real Life
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Eureka!
I’ve finally solved the mystery that was the forgotten password. Not that I ever worked that hard to remember my blog password in the first place, but today I found an article detailing how to reset the password for Textpattern. Just what I needed.
I realize I need to do a lot of updating, and that may come later tonight. However, we’re leaving for Las Vegas tomorrow, so another update before than is unlikely.
Hope everyone had a merry Christmas!
Posted: 371 days ago Category: Real Life
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Well...
There were approximately 80 people interviewing for about 2 positions. So…we’ll see what happens.
Posted: 511 days ago Category:
w00t
I have a job interview! That’s all I’m going to say, I don’t want to jinx anything. It’s not for a few days, and I probably won’t find anything out for at least a week. So…I’m really hoping to get SOMETHING!
Posted: 517 days ago Category:
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