So I haven't done a check off post in a while off of my list.
13. Go to Saddlebag
I did this this past summer. Met my sister & her family and my parents up there for the night.
40. Send flowers to a friend
I did this on July 2nd for my BFF's birthday. Speaking of...I got to see her this past Sunday for the first time in several months. We live about 300 miles apart, so we don't see each other very often, but when we do, it's always a good time!!
48. Sell my car
We ended up trading it in for our new vehicle
51. Go camping
This was also a part of my summer overnight trip with my family. I don't know if it really counts because I just showed up. Everything else was taken care of...or maybe that's the way to do it?
54. Buy a new (to us) vehicle
Did that, here.
66. Reach 100 Blog posts
Did this last week as well
90 Put up bookshelves in the office.
The office is still a work in progress, but my dad stopped in a few months ago on his way home from my sister's place in AZ and spent the night. The next morning he helped me put all the bookshelves together that I had bought like 10 months ago. :) Thanks again, dad!
Not too shabby. I don't always realize that I'm doing things that I'm able to knock off my list. Like I forgot that putting the bookshelves together was on the list. It's always a nice surprise to be able to cross off more things than I thought. I'm the kind of person that loves to make lists, and I will add things to the list that I have already done, just so I can cross it off. Weird? Yeah, maybe, but it makes me feel more productive on that day!
Showing posts with label 101 in 1001 List. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 101 in 1001 List. Show all posts
101 List update
I've been meaning to update my 101 in 1001 list, but just haven't got around to it. There are quite a few things to cross off...
6. Go fishing with Chris
We fished off the pier on our anniversary vacation in May.
12. Go on a 2 night vacation at the coast with Chris
Completed here.
31. Have our giant wedding picture framed
It is framed, just need to get it hung on the wall.
38. Decorate the front bathroom
I really need to do a whole post on this, because I think it turned out awesome!
52. Buy more ewes from Fresno State
We bought one more a few months ago. She was implanted and put in with the buck in May. Hoping for some fall babies out of her.
77. Cull 5 ewes that aren't producing as they should
Oh we culled more than that because we spent some money on some better ewes.
83. Make jam from fruit that I grew
I made strawberry freezer jam this past friday. If i had made it from fruit that I grew, I would have about 1 tablespoon of jam. One strawberry just doesn't cut it.
88. Plant summer garden
This has been done for a while now.
99. Plant more flowers in the front
The whole front flower bed is full of mums. Most of them are either in full bloom or almost blooming. I can't wait till they are big enough and fill in the whole flower bed.
Wow, I have completed more things than I thought!
Do you have a 101 in 1001 one list, or maybe something similar??
Love me some coupons!
Today starts my quest of completing #57-Blog Monday-Friday for 4 weeks. We shall see if I can make it.
So, #19 on the list is Start using coupons. Check!
And let me tell you, I love coupons. However, my worst fear came true the other day while checking out at Target. I had a good stack of coupons, at least one for almost everything in the cart and the check out lady told the lady behind me that it was going to be a little while if she wanted to go to a different line & then she shut off her light. I was so embarrassed. Although, she was really nice about it and said that she was a coupon shopper too, but still, doesn't changed the fact that my checkout took 4x longer than normal. AND I signed up for their Target debit card, so that took a little longer too. BUT, I did end up saving about $30! I was so excited! The trip to Target a couple weeks before that I only saved $10. So, yay for me.
I refuse to go to Target at any other time of the day than when they just open because then there are too many people in there and then I'd make a lot of people wait while the clerk is scanning all my coupons. No thanks, I can feel my face getting red just thinking about it.
Is couponing a lot of work? Yeah, kind of. Is it worth it? I think it absolutely is.
Check out www.myfrugaladventures.com It's a lady in Southern CA that has basically made couponing her business. She shows off all the amazing deals and different way to coupon. It's amazing!
Happy Monday to you all!
#85 & #93...CHECK!
85. Get rid of car payment
Halle-freakin-lujah!!!!
I bought my lovely little Korean car in August of 2008. I then owned two vehicles. Well, I owned one and the bank owned the other and was letting me borrow it. My other vehicle, that I bought right before I moved here and started college, is a 1997 Ford F-250 4x4 with the turbo diesel. Polar opposites! I bought the car when diesel was almost $5 a gallon. As a poor college student, it was cheaper for me to make a car payment on a car that got 35 mpg, and park the truck until it was needed, than for me to pay for a crap-ton of diesel. Anyways, we still have the truck. Love that thing even though we have been having a lot of problems with it lately.
We decided that it was time to pay off the car, so we could have a little extra money each month, so that is what I did last week. I should frame the receipt. Paid off 2 1/2 years early!!
93. Throw a party
We had to celebrate me being married to an old fart now! :) We had a party the week after his birthday because we were supposed to be at a jackpot show the weekend of his birthday. I'm kind of bummed that I didn't really take any pictures. It was a ton of fun tho. We had a bunch of our friends over for a BBQ and drinks...and CUPCAKES!
68 to be exact. I think there were more than that, but I couldn't get Chris & James to stop eating them while I was trying to frost them.
I stayed up till 11 frosting cupcakes the night before. All. made. from. scratch. Including the buttercream frosting! Red velvet and chocolate. All from PW. Love her!
It was fun to hang out with everyone. We hadn't been together with everyone since the wedding, so it was great to see everyone again.
After most people left, there was some of us that just hung around the fire pit and drank some more margaritas!
I was exhausted the next day, but it was sooo worth it.
Check, Check & Check
I've got a few more checked off in the past couple of weeks
#63. Convince Chris to get a massage from Tami
Tami and her husband are good friends of ours and she is also a massage therapist. I've been getting massages from her for a couple years now (about once every 6 wks or so) I've been trying to convince Chris to let her work on him, but it hasn't worked yet. Two thursdays ago, she came over because she was my valentine's day gift from Chris. Major husband points!! After I got off the table, her and I convinced him to jump on. Needless to say, he has already said a couple of times "It probably wouldn't hurt if Tami worked on my back again" Ha ha. Now he's hooked too. :)
#71. Buy a stand up/chest freezer for all our butchered meat
Did this not too long after I made the list. Just forgot it was on the list.
#80. Remove the giant juniper pile from in front of the house
We've been waiting on this for months. I think it was like...last August that a friend of ours ripped most of the juniper out of the ground. Come to find out, there were several giant wasps nests in there. So we couldn't pull it the rest of the way out till the wasps were gone. They have been gone for a while now, just no time to pull it all out...until this past weekend. Hooray!!
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| Just after we bought the house...this is only like 1/2 of the mass. It was huge! |
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| 1st round of juniper removal |
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| 2nd round of juniper removal |
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| Ta-daaaa!!!! Now i just need to get working on getting on the remaining debris out of there, but it looks SOOO much better! |
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#3 & #65 CHECK!
I can cross #3 off my list. Chris's mom bought us curtains for our bedroom & office for my birthday/Christmas present. A couple weeks ago, my mom & I made a trip to Ikea in Sacramento because I couldn't find any curtains that I really liked here where we live. Found ones that I love for both rooms. Haven't got the ones up in the office yet, but our bedroom is finished! :)
#65 was to get up before 7 every day for 2 weeks. Ugh...done. And not only is this my routine for the weekdays when I have Caylob, but for the weekends too. Now for anyone that knows me, knows that I am NOT a morning person. Probably the farthest thing from it. Once I'm actually up out of bed I'm fine, but it's getting out of bed that's the problem. I'm the type of person that will push the snooze button for an hour if I can get away with it.
12 of these things are what's making me get up early in the mornings. We are raising some baby goats for a few months then going to sell them. However, they all take a bottle. One at a time. They get fed 3 times a day. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy this. I was the one that wanted to really do it. I would just like it better if they could eat at 9:30 am on the weekends instead of 7 :)
#18 is to reach 50 blog followers. So if you're reading and not a follower, click the link on the right side.
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New Years Resolutions...Not for me.
So I've tried to do the whole "New Years Resolution" thing and it just doesn't work for me. I give up about 5 days into the year, and it usually doesn't get accomplished. Or I do, do it and never think twice about it.
I am VERY much a list person. I love making lists and crossing things off. I will even add stuff to a list after I've done it, just so I can cross it off! Lame? Maybe. But I like to do it.
So this year, I've been seen a lot of stuff about this 101 things in 1001 days, and I decided to give it a try. I've spent the past week or so working on my list. I didn't think that it would be that difficult to come up with 101 things, but holy crap, it isn't an easy task. So, here is my list. If you can help in any way, shape or form, I would love the help! I will blog about things that I will be crossing off the list. There are some that will be done relatively quickly and some that are long term goals.
Here goes...
1.
Organize everything in the pantry and label
appropriate containers
2.
Gain 5 new reoccurring customers through my
Conklin business
4.
Put up curtains in the office
5.
Refinish all the kitchen cabinets (a DIY
project)
7.
Replace all the windows in the house
8.
Sweep or vacuum all the floors in the house
every Monday for 1 month
9.
Get the barn cleaned out and useable
10. Plant
pastures
11. Build
fences for the sheep pens
14. Find
matching couch covers for both couches
15. Take
a multivitamin everyday for one month
16. Learn
how to use iCloud and use it
17. Get
pregnant
18. Reach
50 blog followers
20. Complete
all the laundry once a week for a month (wash, fold & put away!)
21. Organize
iPhoto on my computer
22. Go
to a national livestock show
23. Consign
our sheep at a sale
24. Visit
a state I’ve never been to
25. Clean
out all the crap being stored in the office
26. Sell
100 rabbits (explanation coming on that soon)
27. Do
something nice for Chris everyday for 2 weeks
28. Make
it all the way through my 3 month work-out program
29. Take
Chris to The River
30. Turn
the spare bedroom into a nursery
32. Go
duck hunting again, and be successful
33. Go
dove hunting again, and be successful
34. Have
the wall fixed in the dining room
35. Paint
the kitchen
36. Paint
the dining room
37. Replace
light fixtures in kitchen
39. Have
a baby
41. Spend
at least 4 consecutive hours outside in one day
42. Buy
an iPad
43. Visit
5 local restaurants we’ve never been to
44. Learn
to cook 10 new meals
45. Be
able to do 50 pushups
46. Buy
a new TV
47. Get
a hot rock massage
49. Plant
a winter garden
50. Plant
a lemon tree
53. Have
date night once a week for a month
55. Get
all birthday dates for family and close friends
56. Send
birthday cards to each of the family members & friends
57. Blog
Monday-Friday for 4 weeks
58. Unsubscribe
myself to all the emails I get from stores I never shop at
59. Finish
making the curtains for the dining room and kitchen
60. Go
to Yellowstone
62. Make
the office an organized place to work
64. Do
a devotional 5 days a week for a month
67. Reach
100 blog followers
68. Find
either vertical blinds or curtains for the sliding glass door in the dining
room
69. Watch
3 “man” movies with Chris
70. Put
$10 away for each item on this list that is completed (use money to go on
vacation with Chris)
72. Buy
the 2nd Pioneer Woman Cookbook
73. Buy
the Pioneer Woman’s children’s book for the nephews
74. Buy
a sewing machine
75. Get
a flag and holder for the front of our house
76. Have
the outside of our house painted
78. Make
a compost tumbler
79. Get
a manicure every other week for 2 months
81. Juice
(and drink) daily for 2 weeks
82. Blog
an informative agricultural post once a week for 2 months
84. Use
the crock pot 2x/week for a month
86. Get
the internet to work correctly on my laptop
87. Refinish
small dresser
89. Buy
Leah’s new children’s book (link coming soon)
91. Get
Mallie’s hips and eyes checked
92. Breed
Mallie (if hips & eyes are ok)
94. Clean
clothes out of my closet that I don’t wear anymore
95. Memorize
1 verse a week for two months
96. Add
some colors to the walls in the office
97. Learn
10 new meals
98. Keep
the house clutter free for 2 weeks
100. Sell 100 more rabbits
101. Complete at least 80% of this list
Well, there it is. On October 4, 2014, I'm hoping to have at least 80% of this list completed, if not all of it.
Keep me on it. Don't let me forget about it. Lots of stuff to do, but I'm excited.
I challenge you to make you own 101 in 1001. It's a pretty big task, but it will be fun to track your accomplishments!
