Welcome Norah Alise Sanner!

Nan and Rusty's baby girl Norah Alise was born today weighing 7lb, 2oz - isnt she a beautiful baby?

January 25, 2009

Got 2 more things marked on my list as complete! Last night Kody and I received a KitchenAid stand mixer from our great friends Tom, Rachelle, Scott and Peggy as a wedding gift - they rock!

Yesterday and today I took the junk room and turned it into a bedroom. I got my old daybed from the folks and threw out alot of junk and now it actually looks like a bedroom! YAY ME!!!!! I just have to put some finishing touches to make it look nice, but it is now a fully functioning bedroom!

Motivated

Book Number 5 Dave Ramsey's The Total Money Makeover. All I got to say is holy cow - i WILL be debt free in the next few years - this year: credit card next year: car year after that: student loans - its a MUST READ

Day 3 - My not so eventful day

Nothing too eventful so far today. Last night Kody and I went eat sushi (first time in about a year that I ate sushi - YUMMY!) and then went home and watched the Hornets win again! This weekend I am going to participate in the prolife walk being held. I also hope to get started on cleaning out the back bedroom because I told my momma that I would go pick up the bed from her this weekend.

I also came up with a fabulous idea for a business downtown, so I may look further into it this weekend.

So I guess this is what blogging is? A really boring read, eh?

Day One of 1001

I decided to do the 101 in 1001 because there are so many goals that I would like to reach, some being small and some a bit larger. So now I will blog about my achievements!

Bold = Completed

Italics = In Process

1. Write out a list and start a blog - completed 1/20/09

2. Update blog with accomplishments

Health

3. Ride bike for 3 hours every week for a month (0/12)

4. Take yoga classes

5. Lose 74 pounds (4.2/74)

6. Keep food journal for 2 weeks (0/14)

7. Take my vitamin(s) once a day at least 100 times (7/100)

8. Get health insurance for husband and me

9. Get life insurance for husband and me

10. Dry my own fruit using a dehydrator

11. Go see the eye doctor and get some new eyeglasses and contact lenses

Self Indulgences

12. Get a facial just because

13. Get a manicure just because

14. Get a pedicure just because

15. Buy sexy lingerie and actually wear it

16. Read 50 books in 2009 (5/50)

17. Taste a new food that I normally would not eat

18. Have a 'girls night' at least 3 times a year (0/9)

19. Have a 'date night' with my husband at least once a month (1/33)

20. Keep my nails well groomed and polished for an entire month (0/31)

21. Spend a day at the spa and get the full treatment

22. Purchase myself a KitchenAid stand mixer - received as a gift 1/24/09

23. Shave my legs every 2 days for a month (0/15)

Financial

24. Write a will and living will

25. Work on Dave Ramsey's Baby Steps 1, 2, 3 - started 1/25/09

26. Deposit $10 into savings for each item completed ($30/$1010)

27. Deposit $1 into savings for each day of the project ($17/$1001)

28. Make a budget and stick to it for 3 months (0/3)

29. Use coupons to shop for groceries

30. Pay off credit card balances and then cut up the cards (0/4)

31. Pay off Mustang

32. Save all change for duration of list and cash out at the end of 1001 days

33. Sort the bills as they come in and toss the junk mail

Services

34. Adopt a family/child every Christmas (0/2)

35. Randomly pay for someone's meal in a restaurant

36. Donate 101 things I no longer need/use/wear (20/101)

37. Remember important dates and send cards

38. Send a care package to a soldier overseas

39. Buy and donate children's books to a worthy cause

40. Write and mail 10 handwritten letters

41. Volunteer for a cause that I believe in - joined the Susan G. Komen foundation

42. Attend at least 6 Art Walks or art exhibits with my husband (0/6)

43. Surprise my husband with a candlelit dinner

44. Bring dog/cat food to an animal shelter once a month for a year(0/12)

Home

45. Clean out back bedroom and turn it into an actual bedroom - completed 1/25/09

46. Own a home

47. Own land

48. Buy flowers for the house once a month for a year (1/12)

49. Make the bed every day for a month (0/31)

50. Clean out my closet and drawers

51. Clean my car at least once a month for a year (0/12)

52. Obtain a piece of original art for my home

Projects

53. Make a book of my favorite recipes for me

54. Publish a book of my favorite recipes and sell

55. Make a scrapbook

56. Learn how to sew using a sewing machine

57. Bake and decorate a wedding cake

58. Transfer all home videos to DVD

59. Photograph a part of my life every day for a year (0/365)

60. Start a new craft and follow through to the finish - painting name letters

61. Learn conversational French

62. Make calendars for the family with all the important dates

63. Grow an herb garden

64. Grow a vegetable garden

65. Practice my guitar for at least 1 hour a week for 6 months (0/24)

66. Sort all photos and make them into photo books

67. Scan all of the family land documents to disc

68. Get my business off of the ground

69. Make all gifts for one Christmas

70. Acquire and use reusable grocery bags

71. Visit graves of lost loved ones at least once a year (0/3)

72. Find a group on Meetup and join it, and attend a meeting for this group - joined a group on 1/28/09 and will attend a meetup when one is scheduled

73. Eat a picnic lunch in a park or near a body of water

74. Make my own jelly/preserves OR can something

75. Host a 'Goodwill Formal' costume party

76. Go bargain hunting at least 20 times (0/20)

77. Take a cooking or baking class

78. Keep a dream journal for 1 month (0/31)

79. Go 1 week without watching any television (0/7)

80. Find quotes to live by and jot them in my 'hope' notebook

81. Get up when the alarm goes off, not after snoozing for 1 month (0/31)

82. Campaign for a candidate in an election

83. Change the burnt tail light on my car

84. Renew the inspection and plate on my car (they are expired/expiring)

85. Pay the 'fee' for my car insurance

Travel

86. Go on vacation with a group of friends

87. Go to New York

88. Go to Las Vegas

Inner Health

89. Identify 100 things that make me happy (0/100)

90. Identify 25 things I like about myself (0/25)

91. List one thing I am grateful for, every day for a year (0/365)

92. Go to church once a week for 3 months (1/12)

93. Make a baby (after a majority of this list is completed, of course)

94. Graciously accept every compliment I receive for 6 months (0/6)

95. Give at least one compliment per month for 6 months to someone I dont know (0/6)

96. Give at least one compliment per week to someone I do know (2/142)

97. Do an unselfish act once a month (1/33)

98. Do a selfish act once a month (1/33)

99. Don't complain about anything for 1 week (0/7)

100. Start a new 101 list on day 1000

101. Encourage a friend to start their 101