Taken from this blog.
My 101 in 1001
My start date: August 13, 2008
My ending date: May 10, 2011
- learn to deal with my anger
- participate in a drama ministry both behind the scenes and out front
- learn to read signs better instead of just signing myself
- finally learn to stop getting embarrassed for others
- get a job
- pay off some bills (major ones, not little $20 deals)
- get my kids in some fun classes (specially: GG in dance, Allie in dance or signing, Ben and Silas in gymnastics, Caetie and Toby in an instrument)
- host and organize a home school field day
- take some college classes at night in something I want to do when my kids are older
- BEGIN to organize, scan, and store all my pictures
- take a weekend vacation to the mountains
- take the kids back to the beach
- go to Holiday World
- learn to accept thanks and appreciation without feeling awkward
- stop doing more than my fair share even if it means something doesn’t get done
- stop saving things to put on ebay (my table is currently covered with things I need to photograph and list)
- stop saving everything! *candle light* My name is Wendy and I am a hoarder.
- frame some cool pictures we have taken
- paint a canvas… I have always wanted to do this and never have. I always see cool stuff and think.. I can do that!
- stick my neck out and tell someone about Jesus
- go visit my sister in Georgia
- go on vacation with my sister and her family
- go on a cruise
- submit a magazine article
- be a better wife
- lose 10 lbs
- lose 10 more lbs
- lose 10 more lbs
- lose 10 more lbs
- lose 10 more lbs
- lose 10 more lbs
- lose 10 more lbs
- get nice bedroom furniture
- get a bedroom with a door that locks
- do something nice for the neighbors just because
- get a new digital camera
- have enough eating utensils (plates, forks, cups, etc..) to cover a full day without having to wash something
- read Jan Karon’s Mitford series again
- go to the dentist YIKES!
- get a tattoo
- let the kids play in the rain with raincoats and umbrellas
- print nice pics we have taken of other people and give it to them
- redo my vows with Danny with all the kids and us dressed up all perty *pending*
- cook dinner 5 times for someone just to be nice (not the same person, 5 different people)
- bake 10 pies and give them away to be nice
- learn to play the guitar/ukulele
- Try the sax or piano again
- start my own emergency fund and savings
- don’t eat out for a full month
- walk 1mile, 1 day a week, for 1 month
- walk 2 miles, 2 days a week, for 2 months
- walk 3 miles, 3 days a week, for 3 months
- walk 3 miles, 4 days a week, for 6 month
- get a bicycle and ride it regularly
- stick with counseling until I am complete
- forgive my family ***I forgive but it still hurts and I don’t trust.
- forgive others that have hurt me
- get a new purse and wallet
- shop at Farmer’s Market 10 times
- stop yelling at anyone in anger
- pay for the person behind me in the drive thru just to be nice
- make a house cleaning/chore list for a week and follow it like before
- take the kids camping
- work on step 4 of recovery
- take the kids on 15 picnics
- take the kids to see Bolt at the movies
- go to a drive in movie
- buy myself flowers
- enter something in the county fair with the kids
- finish the girls quilts
- read and pray psalm 139 daily
- check on late fees at the library and take the kids back regularly
- learn to french braid
- open a saving account for each of my kids and put $5 a week in each account
- find and write to Brandy
- go to a paint your own pottery place without the kids and take my time painting
- get outdoor fall pictures of all of us with warm fall color clothes on
- get 5 pedicures **2 to go
- get new cute panties and throw out the old ones
- get 2 new bras
- dress the kids up and take them to Centennial Park for pictures (don’t forget bread and popcorn for the ducks)
- host a fondue party (chocolate and cheese)
- get reusable grocery bags at Kroger
- buy something for a child on the Christmas Angel Tree (not an angel tree but same difference)
- fill a Christmas shoebox for a boy and girl and give $7 each to ship them (didn’t fill it but paid to ship 14 boxes)
- add a third prayer to the kids daily routine
- hand wash my van 5 times
- apply to be on a game show LOL! ***8/14/08 DONE***
- invite friends over for dinner 10 times
- meet Danny for lunch 10 times with the kids
- take the kids to TPAC
- give 5 thoughtful small gifts to good friends for no reason ***3 to go
- give 5 thoughtful small gifts to a quiet person at church I don’t really know
- learn to make sushi
- get some shoes other than flip flops
- go to bed at 11pm every night for 2 weeks
- play cards with Danny 5 times
- get in more pictures with the family
- blog about everything I do on the list
- celebrate the end of the list if I complete it all
- make another 101 list