Finding Jackie with 101 in 1001: May 2008

The List

Household (making my house into a home):
1. Clean out the frig
2. Clean out and organize the freezer
3. Clean out and organize the pantry
4. Organize the Kitchen cabinets
5. Get barstools for the bar
6. Clean out and organize my clothes closet
7. Donate unused clothes
8. Clean out and organize the laundry room
9. Clean out and organize the Master Bath
10. Clean off the buffet and find a home for the clutter
11. Clean out and organize our bedroom
12. Clean out and organize the guest room
13. Decorate the guest bath
14. Organize and put all our CDs in their proper cases
15. Frame all our art and decide where to hang it (0/15)
16. Hang all the family/friend photos we have (0/15)
17. Decide where to put Dad’s clock and hang it up.
18. Plant tomato plants
19. Plant a herb garden for my kitchen
20. Get plants for all 3 big planters that are now empty
21. Plant a cherry tree in our front yard
22. Fill in one flower bed

Office and PC (decreasing the clutter and making my life simpler):
23. Find a home for all of the paperwork I need to save
24. Organize my books
25. Find a new home for all unneeded/unwanted books via PBS or FotL
26. Organize my toy closet
27. Organize and clean out my desk
28. Clean up and organize my bookmarks
~~29. Start and use a RRS for the things I look at regularly~~
~~30. Make a blog or something to host this list online and upload it~~

Cooking (I shoulder remember I know how to do this):
31. Organize all my recipes, either online or in a binder
32. Organize all my cookbooks and mark all favorite recipes for easy access
33. Make weekly menus for a year (0/52)
34. Make groceries lists from the menus and shop from the list (0/52)
35. Watch sales fliers to put my food money to the best use for 3 months (0/3)
36. Try 10 new recipes (0/10)
37. Learn to cook Bulgogi.
38. Learn to make Kimchee.
39. Make a Korean dinner for my dad.
40. Make biscuits.
41. Try completely 5 new ingredients in cooking (0/5)

Money (getting back on track):
~~42. Find a job~~
43. Update Money by Saturday every week for 4 months (0/18)
44. Make a budget
45. Stick the budget for 12 months (0/12)
46. Save at least $2000.00
47. Pay off the Visa
48. Start a Retirement Account
49. Buy Life Insurance for both of us (1/2)

Travel (on the road again):
50. Take a girls only trip
51. Go to Disneyworld (we all know who to blame for this one).
52. Go to DragonCon
53. Go to ChattaCon
54. Travel to at least 2 states I’ve never been to (0/2)
~~55. Go to Nashville with Dwight~~
56. Go see Vegas again (and drag Dwight)
57. Go to Callaway Gardens
58. Rent a cabin in the mountains to see the leaves change.

Books! (too much of a geek for this one not to have its own section):
59. Read 150 new books (42/150)
~~60. Read 12 new authors~~
61. Read 12 Classics (0/12)
62. Review all the books new books I read on my GoodReads account (42/150)
63. Read 10 works of nonfiction (0/10)

Photography (I see people! Or things!):
64. Develop all the rolls of film I have sitting around
65. Organize all my photos.
66. Upload my favorites into my Flickr account
67. Upload all my icons into my PB account
68. Take at least 1 roll of film a month for 12 months and develop it (0/12)
69. Learn Photoshop

Health (taking control of it before it controls me):
70. Lose 100 pounds (0/100)
71. Walk an average of 10 miles/week for a year (0/520)
72. Learn how to meditate and practice it 2x/week for a 6 weeks (0/12)
73. Get my cholesterol under 200 and BP numbers under control
74. Log my food every day - track 30 days to make it a habit (11/30)
75. Get a facial
76. Get a massage
77. Try yoga
78. Develop my cardiac diet and stay on it for 3 months to make it a habit (0/3)

Self-Development (if I don’t do it, no else is going to do it for me):
79. Take at least 9 hours toward my BA
80. Finish learning HTML
81. Learn CSS
82. Take a beading class
83. Read the entire bible in a year
84. Complete NaNoWriMo one year
85. Complete the first chapter and a plot outline for a novel
86. Journal everyday for 21 days (0/21)
87. Write a short story
88. Learn a new word per day for 30 days (0/30)
89. Explore at least 3 new churches (0/3)

Keeping Loved Ones Close (because someday you may not be able to)
90. Take Dwight on a picnic
91. Leave Dwight 6 love letters on a random basis (0/6)
92. Send out Christmas cards to our friends and family
93. See my dad 12 times with in 24 weeks (4/12)
94. Go see Grandpa
95. Go out to see a movie or have dinner with Crystal at least 12 times (3/12)

For Fun (Cause girls just want it):
96. Get Bug trained completely
97. Go to the Mossy Creek Festival for the first time
98. See a play
99. See a ballet
100. Go to a museum
101. Go to a concert

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Nashville Trip (Item 53)

I went to Nashville this weekend for the Cobra BBQ they traditionally have over Memorial day weekend. I met Flea and few other new folks. They were all great. Don't know if I'd do it again. The extra folks were a bit annoying.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Item 57 Update (April Reads)

10. Dark Lover By: J.R. Ward (New Author)
11. Twilight By: Stephanie Meyer (New Author)
12. Undead and Unappreciated By: Mary Janice Davidson
13. Fantasy Lover By: Sherrilyn Kenyon (New Author)
14. Undead and Unreturnable By: Mary Janice Davidson
15. Dead End Dating By: Kimberly Raye (New Author)
16. Dead and Dateless By: Kimberly Raye
17. All Together Dead By: Charlaine Harris
18. Grave Sight By: Charlaine Harris
19. You Slay Me By: Katie MacAlister
20. Lover Enternal By: J.R. Ward

Books Read: 20/150
Reviews: 20/150
New Authors: 6/12

Books mailed to new homes via Paperbackswap: 16

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