Oh my word, has it really been a year and a half since I have blogged?!?!? Facebook has definately given me another outlet for sharing---but I have missed the blog. Really more for the "memory-keeping" that it allows. So, now that I am quite certain no one will be reading this except for me (and, maybe my sister who knows I am starting back), I should feel quite comfortable making this blog more than just about the kids---but about me a little, as well. A little diary of sorts.
In keeping with that, MG and I have entered into a kind of journey together called 101 in 1001. It is an idea that 1 year is too short to really keep meaningful resolutions. You need several seasons to allow for life's unforseen interruptions. So, following this, you make 101 goals--some big, some small--and you get 1001 days (or about 2 3/4 years) to accomplish them. Part of my reason for getting back to the blog is to document (for myself, really, b/c I think this would actually bore anyone else) my accomplishment of or progress towards these goals. I won't publish all 101 b/c some are more private than others.
So, here it goes. Here is the list:
1 Find out the blood type of each member of my family
2 One month of flossing every night
3 Spend a day at the beach---just me and my sister
4 Resurrect my blog and have 1 blog entry/month for a year
5 Have a job that I generally enjoy
6 Be at a weight and "toneness" that I am happy with
7 Complete my family geneology thru 5 generations
8 Compliment someone each day for an entire month
9 Write in each kid's diary 1x/week for 3 months
10 Start of diary of my own
11 Take vitamins every day for 2 months
12 Start a "diary" of my favorite quotes/scriptures/mantras
13 Pay off Explorer
14 Donate 50% of my current wardrobe
15 Re-evaluate our 401k plans
16 Volunteer 80 hours
17 Unsubscribe myself to at least 10 email subscriptions
18 Purge 101 non-clothing items
19 Write Vshak at least 1x/month for a year
20 Participate in 5 races
21 Spend a fun and relaxing day by myself (Ross Bridge or the like)
22 Finish a 10K race
23 Learn to edit my own photos
24 Read 5 books from my existing unread bookshelf
25 Spend 30 minutes in prayer each day for 1 week
26 Take both kids to Disney
27 Spend 15 minutes stretching each night for 1 month
28 Be able to do 25 full, correct-form push ups
29 Be able to do a full plank for 5 minutes
30 Say nothing negative for 1 week
31 Improve my posture
32 Go to a home Alabama football game
33 Clean out every closet/drawer in the house
34 Find a really good eye cream
35 Read 5 books out of "Honey for a Child's Heart" to each of my kids
36 Memorize 2 scriptures/month for 1 year
37 Learn to work my DSLR camera on a setting other than "auto"
38 Take Reese and John to a Alabama game to tailgate
39 Take Reese and John to a Samford basketball game
40 Teach Reese and John to ride a bike with no training wheels
41 Buy a bike
42 Get the kids baby/school books up to date
43 [redacted--private goal]
44 Successfully give up something for Lent
45 Use Mere Christianity as a Bible Study
46 Help a stranger in time of need
47 Start recycling at home
48 Have myself following the 80/20 rule regarding organic/natural foods
49 Sell 20 books to 2nd and Charles
50 Take a vacation with just Lee
51 Add 5 new "staples" to our family menu rotation
52 [redacted--private goal]
53 [redacted--private goal]
54 [redacted--private goal]
55 Finish the memory book for me that I will one day share with the kids
56 Push the 2 grandmothers to complete the memory book for the kids. Make a copy of Mama's for MG
57 Have all old VHS tapes converted to DVD
58 Organize DVDs. Give away all that we do not watch anymore
59 Pull all old CDs into iTunes. Give away those that I do not have a burning desire to keep
60 Do 3 of my "Projects for Later" off Pinterest
61 Add 5 "staple" pieces to my wardrobe
62 Save $300 out of our normal budget by cutting spending for a period of time. Use that money to go to a nice dinner with Lee
63 Drink 80 oz of water every day for a month
64 Save 2 months salary
65 Go with Reese to a Mommy/Daughter weekend somewhere
66 Help the kids find a charity project that they can participate in
67 "Plant a seed" for 3 people who are not following Christ
68 Clean out basement
69 Develop a fun nativity season tradition for our family
70 Do something special for my 40th birthday
71 Send the kids off and spend a weekend with Lee at home
72 Develop a "couponing" system that works for me
73 Host a "Favorite Things" party
74 Scan the pictures I have that are only hard copy
75 Organize photos and determine the best "forever" storage (external drive, online, etc)
76 Redo the pictures/art on the walls in my house
77 Frame the storyboards that Heather has done for me
78 No cokes for a month
79 Viking cooking class
80 Take Reese to a play/musical
81 Take Reese to see the Nutcracker
82 Do something anonymous and fun for a friend
83 Go to Jackson Hole
84 Lead Reese thru the "I am a Christian Now" book and determine if she is ready for baptism
85 Rechallenge our will
86 Do something with my wedding dress
87 CLEAN the oven, eyes of the stove, and toaster oven
88 Make a list of 25 things I love about each kid and record it in their diary
89 Get 8 hours of sleep for an entire week
90 Along with MG, go thru with my parents their will to make sure we understand the intent
91 Go to an Alabama basketball game
92 Clean out both work and gmail
93 Go to a concert
94 Develop a "contact matrix" to use for keeping in touch with friends
95 Develop a "contact matrix" to keep up with business contacts
96 Go to the dermatologist for a mole screening
97 Get a full physical
98 Have lunch with Reese at school 7 times in a school year
99 Have 8 family "game nights" in a year
100 Develop a good way for our family to have a devotional/scripture memory time together on a regular basis
101 Develop a system of keeping my house relatively clutter-free
I will say that I have made progress towards a few of these already.
In keeping with that, MG and I have entered into a kind of journey together called 101 in 1001. It is an idea that 1 year is too short to really keep meaningful resolutions. You need several seasons to allow for life's unforseen interruptions. So, following this, you make 101 goals--some big, some small--and you get 1001 days (or about 2 3/4 years) to accomplish them. Part of my reason for getting back to the blog is to document (for myself, really, b/c I think this would actually bore anyone else) my accomplishment of or progress towards these goals. I won't publish all 101 b/c some are more private than others.
So, here it goes. Here is the list:
1 Find out the blood type of each member of my family
2 One month of flossing every night
3 Spend a day at the beach---just me and my sister
4 Resurrect my blog and have 1 blog entry/month for a year
5 Have a job that I generally enjoy
6 Be at a weight and "toneness" that I am happy with
7 Complete my family geneology thru 5 generations
8 Compliment someone each day for an entire month
9 Write in each kid's diary 1x/week for 3 months
10 Start of diary of my own
11 Take vitamins every day for 2 months
12 Start a "diary" of my favorite quotes/scriptures/mantras
13 Pay off Explorer
14 Donate 50% of my current wardrobe
15 Re-evaluate our 401k plans
16 Volunteer 80 hours
17 Unsubscribe myself to at least 10 email subscriptions
18 Purge 101 non-clothing items
19 Write Vshak at least 1x/month for a year
20 Participate in 5 races
21 Spend a fun and relaxing day by myself (Ross Bridge or the like)
22 Finish a 10K race
23 Learn to edit my own photos
24 Read 5 books from my existing unread bookshelf
25 Spend 30 minutes in prayer each day for 1 week
26 Take both kids to Disney
27 Spend 15 minutes stretching each night for 1 month
28 Be able to do 25 full, correct-form push ups
29 Be able to do a full plank for 5 minutes
30 Say nothing negative for 1 week
31 Improve my posture
32 Go to a home Alabama football game
33 Clean out every closet/drawer in the house
34 Find a really good eye cream
35 Read 5 books out of "Honey for a Child's Heart" to each of my kids
36 Memorize 2 scriptures/month for 1 year
37 Learn to work my DSLR camera on a setting other than "auto"
38 Take Reese and John to a Alabama game to tailgate
39 Take Reese and John to a Samford basketball game
40 Teach Reese and John to ride a bike with no training wheels
41 Buy a bike
42 Get the kids baby/school books up to date
43 [redacted--private goal]
44 Successfully give up something for Lent
45 Use Mere Christianity as a Bible Study
46 Help a stranger in time of need
47 Start recycling at home
48 Have myself following the 80/20 rule regarding organic/natural foods
49 Sell 20 books to 2nd and Charles
50 Take a vacation with just Lee
51 Add 5 new "staples" to our family menu rotation
52 [redacted--private goal]
53 [redacted--private goal]
54 [redacted--private goal]
55 Finish the memory book for me that I will one day share with the kids
56 Push the 2 grandmothers to complete the memory book for the kids. Make a copy of Mama's for MG
57 Have all old VHS tapes converted to DVD
58 Organize DVDs. Give away all that we do not watch anymore
59 Pull all old CDs into iTunes. Give away those that I do not have a burning desire to keep
60 Do 3 of my "Projects for Later" off Pinterest
61 Add 5 "staple" pieces to my wardrobe
62 Save $300 out of our normal budget by cutting spending for a period of time. Use that money to go to a nice dinner with Lee
63 Drink 80 oz of water every day for a month
64 Save 2 months salary
65 Go with Reese to a Mommy/Daughter weekend somewhere
66 Help the kids find a charity project that they can participate in
67 "Plant a seed" for 3 people who are not following Christ
68 Clean out basement
69 Develop a fun nativity season tradition for our family
70 Do something special for my 40th birthday
71 Send the kids off and spend a weekend with Lee at home
72 Develop a "couponing" system that works for me
73 Host a "Favorite Things" party
74 Scan the pictures I have that are only hard copy
75 Organize photos and determine the best "forever" storage (external drive, online, etc)
76 Redo the pictures/art on the walls in my house
77 Frame the storyboards that Heather has done for me
78 No cokes for a month
79 Viking cooking class
80 Take Reese to a play/musical
81 Take Reese to see the Nutcracker
82 Do something anonymous and fun for a friend
83 Go to Jackson Hole
84 Lead Reese thru the "I am a Christian Now" book and determine if she is ready for baptism
85 Rechallenge our will
86 Do something with my wedding dress
87 CLEAN the oven, eyes of the stove, and toaster oven
88 Make a list of 25 things I love about each kid and record it in their diary
89 Get 8 hours of sleep for an entire week
90 Along with MG, go thru with my parents their will to make sure we understand the intent
91 Go to an Alabama basketball game
92 Clean out both work and gmail
93 Go to a concert
94 Develop a "contact matrix" to use for keeping in touch with friends
95 Develop a "contact matrix" to keep up with business contacts
96 Go to the dermatologist for a mole screening
97 Get a full physical
98 Have lunch with Reese at school 7 times in a school year
99 Have 8 family "game nights" in a year
100 Develop a good way for our family to have a devotional/scripture memory time together on a regular basis
101 Develop a system of keeping my house relatively clutter-free
I will say that I have made progress towards a few of these already.
On #4--The blog is hereby resurrected. Will need to see if I stick with it and can post 1x/month to call this one "completed."
On #5--I recently accepted a position back at EY, and I am very excited about what the future holds there. So, I count that one as completed.
And, on #60, I did one of my "Projects for Later" on Pinterest for Christmas teacher gifts (technically outside this 1001 days--but I am counting it!). It was just a tumbler mug, with individual size lemonade packets inside, with a flag that says "Thanks for quenching my thirst for knowledge". Was quick and easy. So, now just 2 more Pinterest pins to go!
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