101 in 1001 Update #18

What I did:

3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur -- This past month I documented weeks 19 through 27. Only half a year to go...

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (60,302/100,000) -- In June I read a whopping 4713 pages! Only 40,000 more pages to meet my goal. Should take me about a year.

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (233/250) -- 13 differently designed cards this past month. Getting so close to my goal.

54. Try 25 new restaurants (19/25) -- On a trip over to the Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda, we had lunch at Otaez and grabbed some yummy ice cream at Cookiebar.

72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (7/10) -- Our summer social is tomorrow. We held a joint canned food and school supply drive. Ready to donate!

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love

1. Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x (1/2)
2. Build a snowman
5. Date nights x 20
6. Complete a Jar of Life
7. Host a tea party
9. Write a personal manifesto
10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month
11. Give 5 Just Because gifts
12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2016
16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture

17. Attend an opera or musical
18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit
20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges
22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all
23. Watch a meteor shower
24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5)
25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (3/10)
27. Tour a factory
29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur)
30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily
32. Watch 100 different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series)
33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler’s List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King’s Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD
35. See a drive-in movie
36. Listen to every song by The Beatles
37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie
38. Have a Pixar movie month
39. Complete The Artist’s Way
41. Learn Ruby on rails

Food and Drink

44. Take a cooking class
46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it
48. Take a bartending class
51. Make fresh pasta
52. Learn to make a good martini
53. Do a brewery tour
55. Try 5 new to me foods

Health and Fitness

57. Lose 2 pants sizes
58. Walk a 5K
59. Get a massage
60. Take a yoga class
61. Get three pedicures (1/3)
62. Do a spa day
65. Get lasik
66. Get CPR certified again

Travel

67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast
68. Go on a vacation with Josh
70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic

71. Give a 100% tip
73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop

Financial

76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous

79. Get Arthur’s tattoo
80. Get a passport
82. Learn how to use our DSLR
84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch
87. Complete a coloring book
89. Take an IQ test
90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall
95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc)
96. Dye my hair purple
97. Revamp my wardrobe
98. Take real photos of me for my blogs
99. Post a vlog
100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #17

What I did:

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (51,362/100,000) — May reading totaled 2737 pages. Pretty decent showing.

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (220/250) -- I made 14 different designed cards this past month. I seem to be averaging 13 designs per month. Loving my progress!

45. Make 50 new recipes (50/50) -- I made a yummy Strawberry Lemonade Coconut Water that hit the spot!

54. Try 25 new restaurants (17/25) -- I finally got to try Nola in Palo Alto before we went to the Computer History Museum last Saturday. I ordered the Shrimp and Crab Salad Po Boy with Mac n Cheese, but also got to try A's French Toast Bananas Foster. And we had to order Beignets for dessert. So yummy!

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 1. Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x (1/2) 2. Build a snowman 3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2016 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (3/10) 27. Tour a factory 29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) 30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily 32. Watch 100 different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler’s List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King’s Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD 35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist’s Way 41. Learn Ruby on rails

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it 48. Take a bartending class 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 55. Try 5 new to me foods

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures (1/3) 62. Do a spa day 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip

72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (6/10) 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop

Financial 76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur’s tattoo 80. Get a passport 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97. Revamp my wardrobe 98. Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #16

What I did:

3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur -- Weeks 10-18 can be found here.

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (500/500) — We've officially passed the halfway mark! We'll definitely reach 1000 books before kindergarten.

25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (3/10) -- I haven't done another Day in the Life, but I did finish my second Week in the Life. I'm going to count it. Now to finish the printed album.

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (48,625/100,000) -- April's reading totalled 3882 pages!

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (206/250) -- 15 more new designs this past month. Being on the design team has done wonders for my inspiration and motivation.

45. Make 50 new recipes (49/50)

• Mediterranean Orzo Pasta Salad -- Very yummy and filling
• Spinach and Artichoke Melts -- Messy but good
• Pork Lettuce Wraps --Pretty decent. I will have to make this again.

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 1. Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x (1/2) 2. Build a snowman 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2016 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 27. Tour a factory 29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) 30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily 32. Watch 100 different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler’s List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King’s Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD 35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist’s Way 41. Learn Ruby on rails

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it 48. Take a bartending class 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 54. Try 25 new restaurants (16/25) 55. Try 5 new to me foods

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures (1/3) 62. Do a spa day 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip

72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (6/10) 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop

Financial 76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur’s tattoo 80. Get a passport 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97. Revamp my wardrobe 98. Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #15

What I did:

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (497/500) — We're sitting so close to 500! We haven't made it yet, but once we include April's reads, this goal will be accomplished.

25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (2/10) -- Not completed, but I'm planning another DitL post for this coming week.

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (191/250) -- 8 more different designs for this past month. Getting closer to my goal

45. Make 50 new recipes (46/50) -- I made Spicy Thai Noodles a few weeks back. Good, but I need to add a bit more sauce next time.

72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (6/10) -- Our spring social was last week and we held a book drive. I love buying books so I had to buy extra to donate!

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 1. Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x (1/2) 2. Build a snowman 3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2016 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 27. Tour a factory 28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (44,743/100,000) 29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) 30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily 32. Watch 100 different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler’s List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King’s Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD 35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist’s Way 41. Learn Ruby on rails

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it 48. Take a bartending class 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 54. Try 25 new restaurants (16/25) 55. Try 5 new to me foods

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures (1/3) 62. Do a spa day 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop

Financial 76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur’s tattoo 80. Get a passport 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97. Revamp my wardrobe 98. Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #14

What I did:

3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur — Still plugging along with this. You can see weeks 1-9 here.

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (489/500) — We're sitting so close to 500! Probably won't make it in March as we're traveling, but I imagine we will reach this goal in April.

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (48,970/100,000) — In February I somehow read 3895 pages. Holy cow! I've never had a February that strong. And in March, I read 4227 pages (I know March isn't over, but I probably won't finish another book before it is...) My reading is on point this year!

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (183/250) — Only 7 more cards this past month. We've been crazy busy!

75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry)-- With my Happiness Project goal of no frivolous spending for February, I actually completed this goal without realizing it! Woo!

93. Unplug completely for 24 hours -- Another surprise completion. The weekend retreat was a great way to unplug for awhile. Very refreshing!

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 1.Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x (1/2) 2. Build a snowman 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2016 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (2/10) 27. Tour a factory 29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) 30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily 32. Watch 100 different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler’s List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King’s Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD 35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist’s Way 41. Learn Ruby on rails

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 45. Make 50 new recipes (45/50) 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it 48. Take a bartending class 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 54. Try 25 new restaurants (16/25) 55. Try 5 new to me foods

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures (1/3) 62. Do a spa day 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip 72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (5/10) 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop

Financial 76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur’s tattoo 80. Get a passport 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97. Revamp my wardrobe 98. Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #13

What I did:

3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur -- One of my 2016 goals!

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (472/500) -- So close to this goal! Hoping to pass 500 books in March!

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (40,848/100,000) -- In January I read 4951 pages (!!!!!!!). I know the rest of the year I won't be able to top that number, but I'm super excited by my reading so far this year.

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (176/250) -- 8 more card from this past month

45. Make 50 new recipes (45/50)

• Apple Bacon Stuffed Sweet Potatoes -- So incredibly yummy!
• Pork and Green Chile Stew -- Amazing over black beans and rice. Definitely going into rotation.
• Buffalo Chicken Nachoes -- Substituted goat cheese for american cheese. Much better!
• Pizza Sticks -- Very yummy and fun to make. I will have to make these for the twins...
• Not-fried corndogs -- Made in muffin tins using Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix. They fell apart, but were very yummy and reminded me of summer!

47. Give up dining out for one month

54. Try 25 new restaurants (16/25) -- Tried a new breakfast place (Bill of Fare) that's been in San Jose for forever! Decent diner food and nice to go somewhere new for book club.

56. No pop for a month -- In progress!

81. Get rid of 100 things -- February was a month of a big cleanout of the house!

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 1.Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x (1/2) 2. Build a snowman 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2016 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (2/10) 27. Tour a factory 29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) 30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily 32. Watch 100 different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler’s List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King’s Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD 35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist’s Way 41. Learn Ruby on rails

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it 48. Take a bartending class 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 55. Try 5 new to me foods

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures (1/3) 62. Do a spa day 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip 72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (5/10) 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop

Financial 75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry) 76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur’s tattoo 80. Get a passport 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 93. Unplug completely for 24 hours 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97. Revamp my wardrobe 98. Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #12

What I did:

3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur -- One of my 2016 goals!

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (426/500) -- Getting closer to this goal and the larger goal of 1000 books.

22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all -- I asked for suggestions on Facebook. Now to spend the next year reading them...

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (35,897/100,000) — In December, I read 1769 pages. Decent showing for the last month of the year.

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (168/250) -- 11 different greeting cards were made in this period. getting closer to this goal!

45. Make 50 new recipes (40/50)

• Overnight Apple Pie French Toast -- Pretty yummy even if J is not a huge fan of french toast.
• Broccoli Cheddar Chicken Pasta Bake -- Perfect for freezer meals.
• Tex Mex Chicken -- Another freezer meal.
• Simple Chicken Casserole -- The last of my freezer meals for January.
• Apple Cider Bourbon Punch -- My choice for Christmas Eve cocktails. Very very good, but must be made in a big batch.
• Pomegranate Gin and Tonics -- Our New Year's Even cocktail. Very yummy.
• Tuscan Kale and White Bean Soup -- Very yummy, although a bit salty. Next time I need to use low sodium vegetable broth and low sodium sausage.

54. Try 25 new restaurants (15/25)

• The Hoppy Gnome (Fort Wayne) -- While in Indiana, mom, uncle and I tried The Hoppy Gnome. I had a very yummy Cubana sandwich and two great new-to-me beers.
• Vault Cafe (Berkeley) -- I just had lunch with a friend at a decent diner cafe in Berkeley. Now I have a spot if I'm in the Ashby area of Berkeley and need a bite.

85. Finish a Soduku puzzle -- I finally did one!

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 1.Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x (1/2) 2. Build a snowman 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2016 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (2/10) 27. Tour a factory 29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) 30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily 32. Watch 100 different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler’s List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King’s Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD 35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist’s Way 41. Learn Ruby on rails

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it 47. Give up dining out for one month 48. Take a bartending class 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 55. Try 5 new to me foods 56. No pop for a month

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures (1/3) 62. Do a spa day 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip 72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (4/10) 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop

Financial 75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry) 76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur’s tattoo 80. Get a passport 81. Get rid of 100 things 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 93. Unplug completely for 24 hours 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97. Revamp my wardrobe 98. Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #11

What I did:

1.Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x (1/2) -- I actually remembered to send these out with traveling and crazy toddler antics!

8. Choose and document One Little Word 2015 -- Finished! I decided that I didn't love this process, so I'm not going to participate in 2016. Instead I will be focusing on a variation of Gretchen Rubin's Happiness Project. For the purpose of the Day Zero Project, this goal has been completed.

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (423/500) -- 14 new picture books this past month!

22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all -- I asked for recommendations on FB this past week. The books highlighted are going on my TBR list for 2016.

26. Read 50 of my owned unread books (50/50)  -- And with this month's reading, I've finished this goal! Even though this goal is crossed off my list, I'm still trying to read from my own shelves and empty out some space.

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (34,128/100,000) — In November, I only read 2215 pages. Not great, but I'll take it.

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (157/250) -- 15 new designs this past month. Getting closer to this goal!

40. Complete a year of no book buying -- Did it! Woohoo! I'm not going to go crazy buying books in 2016, but I am giving myself permission to grab a book or two when I see a great deal.

As we near the end of 2015, I've chosen to modify a few goals. Those with an asterisk have been modified.

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 2. Build a snowman 3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2016** (I originally had this for 2015, but I'm going to wait until next year when he might actually get into the process) 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (2/10) 27. Tour a factory 29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) 30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily 32. Watch 100 different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler’s List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King’s Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD 35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist’s Way 41. Learn Ruby on rails

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 45. Make 50 new recipes (33/50) 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it 47. Give up dining out for one month 48. Take a bartending class** (This used to be Try Whole30, but after some more thought, I'll never to commit to that. A bartending class is much more likely!) 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 54. Try 25 new restaurants (13/25) 55. Try 5 new to me foods 56. No pop for a month

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures (1/3) 62. Do a spa day 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip 72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (4/10) 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop

Financial 75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry) 76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur’s tattoo 80. Get a passport 81. Get rid of 100 things 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch 85. Finish a Soduku puzzle 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 93. Unplug completely for 24 hours 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97. Revamp my wardrobe 98. Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #10

What I did:

1.Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x -- I've gotten most of the cards made, but haven't sent any out yet...

8. Choose and document One Little Word 2015 and 2016 -- Working on it!

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (409/500) -- Getting closer to this goal! And he just turned 2.

26. Read 50 of my owned unread books (49/50)  — Three more books read from my shelves this past month. One more book to finish this goal.

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (31,913/100,000) — In October, I read 3187 pages. Not a great month, but it's something...

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (142/250) -- 41 new designs from the last month! Participating in 30 Days of Christmas cards really pushed me.

45. Make 50 new recipes (33/50) -- No new food recipes, but we did try four new cocktail recipes for Thanksgiving.

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 2. Build a snowman 3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2015 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (2/10) 27. Tour a factory 29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) 30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily 32. Watch 100 different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler’s List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King’s Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD 35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist’s Way 40. Complete a year of no book buying 41. Learn Ruby on rails

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it 47. Give up dining out for one month 48. Try Whole30 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 54. Try 25 new restaurants (13/25) 55. Try 5 new to me foods 56. No pop for a month

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures (1/3) 62. Do a spa day 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip 72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (4/10) -- Another amazing social in the books. 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop

Financial 75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry) 76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur’s tattoo 80. Get a passport 81. Get rid of 100 things 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch 85. Finish a Soduku puzzle 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 93. Unplug completely for 24 hours 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97. Revamp my wardrobe 98. Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #9

What I did:

8. Choose and document One Little Word 2015 and 2016 -- Working on it!

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (374/500)

26. Read 50 of my owned unread books (45/50)  — Three more books read from October. Getting super close to finishing this goal.

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (28,726/100,000) — In September, I read 2142 pages. Not a great month, but it's something...

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (101/250) -- 15 new designs from the last month! Slowly plugging along with this goal. Being on the SSINK design team is really helping me keep on track!

45. Make 50 new recipes (29/50)

• Sausage and Apple Stuffed Acorn Squash -- Incredibly yummy!

54. Try 25 new restaurants (13/25)

• Casa Orozco -- Decent Mexican place in Dublin

69. Visit the Redwoods (any park) -- For this fall's retreat, we vacationed in the Russian River area. Saturday morning we visited Armstrong Woods for a nice walk (which turned into a moderate hike). Such amazing trees!

72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (4/10) -- Another amazing social in the books.

74. Donate to a Kickstarter campaign I love -- One Bad Mother launched an awesome Kickstarter featuring Parenting Merit Badges. Check it out here!

91. Go horseback riding or hiking -- Unintentionally I went hiking on the retreat. We started out with a 1-3 mile easy walk, but instead we climbed over 400' along a trail.

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 1.Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x 2. Build a snowman 3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2015 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (2/10) 27. Tour a factory 29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) 30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily 32. Watch 100 different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler’s List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King’s Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD 35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist’s Way 40. Complete a year of no book buying 41. Learn Ruby on rails

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it 47. Give up dining out for one month 48. Try Whole30 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 55. Try 5 new to me foods 56. No pop for a month

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures (1/3) 62. Do a spa day 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop

Financial 75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry) 76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur’s tattoo 80. Get a passport 81. Get rid of 100 things 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch 85. Finish a Soduku puzzle 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 93. Unplug completely for 24 hours 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97. Revamp my wardrobe 98. Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #8

What I did:

8. Choose and document One Little Word 2015 and 2016 — Still plugging away…

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (351/500) — Past the halfway mark for this goal!

21. Make 10 non-greeting card crafts from my Pinterest boards (10/10) -- I finished some cute decorated bags and candy boxes for the retreat and dino cupcake toppers, and dino favor bags for Arthur's birthday party.

26. Read 50 of my owned unread books (42/50)  -- Three more books read!

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (26,584/100,000) -- In August, I read 3862 pages!

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (86/250) -- 17 new cards made this month. Woohoo!

42. Participate in 30 Days of Lists 2x (2/2) -- September isn't quite over, but I'm on track to finish this goal in a few days. I love doing this no-pressure challenge.

45. Make 50 new recipes (28/50) -- Light on the new recipes this month, but I really enjoyed the two I did try out!

• Flank steak sliders with dill and harvati -- yum yum!
• Garlic ranch chicken pizza -- decent easy recipe

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 1.Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x 2. Build a snowman 3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2015 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (2/10) 27. Tour a factory 29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) 30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily 32. Watch 100 different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler’s List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King’s Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD 35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist’s Way 40. Complete a year of no book buying 41. Learn Ruby on rails

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it 47. Give up dining out for one month 48. Try Whole30 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 54. Try 25 new restaurants (12/25) 55. Try 5 new to me foods 56. No pop for a month

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures (1/3) 62. Do a spa day 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 69. Visit the Redwoods (any park) 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip 72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (3/10) 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop 74. Donate to a Kickstarter campaign I love

Financial 75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry) 76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur’s tattoo 80. Get a passport 81. Get rid of 100 things 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch 85. Finish a Soduku puzzle 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 91. Go horseback riding or hiking 93. Unplug completely for 24 hours 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97.Revamp my wardrobe 98. Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #7

What I did:

8. Choose and document One Little Word 2015 and 2016 -- Still plugging away...

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (303/500) -- Past the halfway mark for this goal!

26. Read 50 of my owned unread books (39/50) -- Three more books from my own shelves this past month.

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (22,722/100,000) -- In July I read 3438 pages! Very good reading month!

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (69/250) -- 13 more differently designed greeting cards. Making progress on this goal!

45. Make 50 new recipes (26/50)

• Kale caesar pasta salad -- Oh my yummy! Especially when I added a bit of salami.
• Fresh tomato sauce -- Found a super simple recipe to make fresh tomato sauce. Definitely going into heavy rotation.
• Ranch chicken club roll-ups -- Nope.

54. Try 25 new restaurants (12/25) -- We spent last Sunday in Niles riding the old train. We stopped at Joe's Corner for some lunch. I got the chicken pesto panini. Very yummy!

92. Participate in 30 Day Wardrobe Challenge -- I've been doing a summer capsule wardrobe that is ending this week. I'm counting it as my 30 Day Wardrobe Challenge. I kept my wardrobe to about 50 pieces and really weeded out what I like and what I don't. It was a great experiment.

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 1.Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x 2. Build a snowman 3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2015 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 21. Make 10 non-greeting card crafts from my Pinterest boards (7/10) 22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (2/10) 27. Tour a factory 29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) 30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily 32. Watch 100 different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler’s List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King’s Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD 35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist’s Way 40. Complete a year of no book buying 41. Learn Ruby on rails 42. Participate in 30 Days of Lists 2x (1/2)

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it 47. Give up dining out for one month 48. Try Whole30 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 55. Try 5 new to me foods 56. No pop for a month

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures (1/3) 62. Do a spa day 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 69. Visit the Redwoods (any park) 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip 72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (3/10) 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop 74. Donate to a Kickstarter campaign I love

Financial 75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry) 76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur’s tattoo 80. Get a passport 81. Get rid of 100 things 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch 85. Finish a Soduku puzzle 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 91. Go horseback riding or hiking 93. Unplug completely for 24 hours 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97.Revamp my wardrobe 98. Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #6

What I did:

8. Choose and document One Little Word 2015 and 2016 — Still plugging away.

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (277/500) -- We added a few amount of books this past month.

21. Make 10 non-greeting card crafts from my Pinterest boards (7/10) -- I started working on traditional scrapbooking pages for the Find Your Voice class. They are turing out great!

26. Read 50 of my owned unread books (36/50) -- Six more books from my shelves this month.

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (19,284/100,000) -- I read 3975 pages in June. Very exciting reading month! Hoping to continue the trend.

31. Catch up on the twins scrapbook albums -- They are caught up to this summer which means that I did almost two years worth of pages in about a month!

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (56/250) -- Nine more different card designs made this past month.

43. Go to 5 tourist things in San Francisco -- While my mom was here we hit up

• Lunch in North Beach
• Musee Mechanique
• Pier 39
• City Lights Bookstore
• Ice Cream at Humphry Slocombe in the Ferry Building

45. Make 50 new recipes (23/50) .

• Baked Peaches -- Very yummy and simple dessert. Perfect for summer nights.
• Chipotle Smashed Sweet Potatoes -- Decent recipe, but I've decided that I don't love the chipotle flavor.
• Garlic Cheddar Beer Bread - Oh so good and so easy!
• Potato Bacon Casserole -- Easy and a nice alternative to breakfast potatoes.
• Cucumber Avocado Chilled Soup -- Incredibly easy and great for hot summer days. Even Arthur liked it.
• Ranch Chicken Tacos -- Another easy recipe, but I think next time I'll make nachos out of it instead of tacos.

49. Make a pie on PI day -- Okay it's second PI day, but still counts. J made a wonderful blueberry lemon pie. I devoured a piece on Wednesday night.

54. Try 25 new restaurants (11/25)

• Calzone's in San Francisco -- We ate here while my mom was visiting for a week. Amazing Italian, must get their bruschetta!
• The Sunflower Caffe in Sonoma -- Lunch stop during the winery day while my mom was here.
• Fish on the Grill in San Ramon -- Castro Valley isn't great with restaurants, so we've been trying places in San Ramon. Nice little fish and chips place.
• Lucca's Deli -- Nice traditional deli in downtown Castro Valley. We will have to go back.

64. Complete a 30 miles in 30 days challenge -- My goal for June. I need to increase my goal next time.

72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (3/10)

83. Take one free online class -- I currently in the middle of rukristin's Find You Voice class and I'm loving it!

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 1.Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x 2. Build a snowman 3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2015 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (2/10) 27. Tour a factory 29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) 30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily 32. Watch 100 different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler’s List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King’s Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD 35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist’s Way 40. Complete a year of no book buying 41. Learn Ruby on rails 42. Participate in 30 Days of Lists 2x (1/2)

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it 47. Give up dining out for one month 48. Try Whole30 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 55. Try 5 new to me foods 56. No pop for a month

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures (1/3) 62. Do a spa day 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 69. Visit the Redwoods (any park) 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop 74. Donate to a Kickstarter campaign I love

Financial 75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry) 76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur’s tattoo 80. Get a passport 81. Get rid of 100 things 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch 85. Finish a Soduku puzzle 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 91. Go horseback riding or hiking 92. Participate in 30 Day Wardrobe Challenge 93. Unplug completely for 24 hours 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97.Revamp my wardrobe 98. Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #5

What I did:

4. Spend a day at the beach -- The three boys and I spend yesterday at the beach. It was lovely!

8. Choose and document One Little Word 2015 and 2016 -- Still plugging away

21. Make 10 non-greeting card crafts from my Pinterest boards (6/10) -- Made a chalkboard blogging calendar. Actually I made two: one that failed miserably and one that actually worked.

26. Read 50 of my owned unread books (30/50) -- Read 3 more of my own books this month.

31. Catch up on the twins scrapbook albums -- Finally jumped back into this project. So far, I've scraped at least 10 pages bringing me to Christmas 2013. Only a crap ton more to go, but switching the albums to Project Life style has really helped speed up the process.

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (47/250) -- Made 8 more cards this past month.

45. Make 50 new recipes (17/50) -- Made some apple pie cookies that were good but not quite what I thought they would be like.

54. Try 25 new restaurants (7/25) -- Grabbed some fast food Hawaiian BBQ this week. Pretty good!

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 1.Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x 2. Build a snowman 3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2015 13. Pass 500 books for Arthur's 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (243/500) 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (2/10) 27. Tour a factory 28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (15,309/100,000) 29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) 30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily 32. Watch 100  different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler's List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King's Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD 35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist's Way 40. Complete a year of no book buying 41. Learn Ruby on rails 42. Participate in 30 Days of Lists 2x (1/2) 43. Go to 5 tourist things in San Francisco

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it 47. Give up dining out for one month 48. Try Whole30 49. Make a pie on PI day 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 55. Try 5 new to me foods 56. No pop for a month

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures (1/3) 62. Do a spa day 64. Complete a 30 miles in 30 days challenge 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 69. Visit the Redwoods (any park) 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip 72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (2/10) 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop 74. Donate to a Kickstarter campaign I love

Financial 75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry) 76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur's tattoo 80. Get a passport 81. Get rid of 100 things 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 83. Take one free online class 84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch 85. Finish a Soduku puzzle 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 91. Go horseback riding or hiking 92. Participate in 30 Day Wardrobe Challenge 93. Unplug completely for 24 hours 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97.Revamp my wardrobe 98. Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #4

What I did:

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur's 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (243/500) -- Read another 36 different books this month.

21. Make 10 non-greeting card crafts from my Pinterest boards (5/10) -- I made a chalkboard blogging calendar for the wall in my craft area. Hoping this will help me organize at least my craft blog.

25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (2/10) -- Just barely got this one in this quarter, but I did it!

26. Read 50 of my owned unread books (27/50) -- 13 more books read this month!

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (15,309/100,000) -- In April I read 4544 pages and in May I read 4383 pages. It was two amazing months of reading! Hoping to keep the momentum going through the summer.

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (39/250) -- I made 14 different designs this past month. That brings my total to 39.

45. Make 50 new recipes (16/50) -- I tried four new recipes this month.

• BBQ Beef Stuffed Potatoes -- Very yummy. Probably even better with sweet potatoes.
• BBQ Shrimp Scampi -- Not the best
• Egg Muffins -- Very easy and convenient. Need to try again with different ingredient combos.
• Stuffed Flank Steak -- I stuffed mine with sun dried tomatoes, feta, and spinach. Very yummy!

77. Cash in my piggy bank for something special and frivolous -- My piggy bank totaled $141 in change. I took that money, deposited it into my account, and went and bought some cute new shirts. Not a completely frivolous purchase, but I didn't really need the shirts.

86. Grow something from a seed -- We got some mini sunflower seeds at preschool a few weeks back. They've come up a bit... Still trying to not kill it.

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 1.Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x 2. Build a snowman 3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur 4. Spend a day at the beach 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 8. Choose and document One Little Word 2015 and 2016 9. Write a personal manifesto 10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2015 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 27. Tour a factory 29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) 30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily 31. Catch up on the twins scrapbook albums 32. Watch 100  different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler's List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King's Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD 35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist's Way 40. Complete a year of no book buying 41. Learn Ruby on rails 42. Participate in 30 Days of Lists 2x (1/2) 43. Go to 5 tourist things in San Francisco

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it 47. Give up dining out for one month 48. Try Whole30 49. Make a pie on PI day 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 54. Try 25 new restaurants (6/25) 55. Try 5 new to me foods 56. No pop for a month

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures (1/3) 62. Do a spa day 63. Meditate daily for a month 64. Complete a 30 miles in 30 days challenge 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 69. Visit the Redwoods (any park) 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip 72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (2/10) 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop 74. Donate to a Kickstarter campaign I love

Financial 75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry) 76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur's tattoo 80. Get a passport 81. Get rid of 100 things 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 83. Take one free online class 84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch 85. Finish a Soduku puzzle 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 91. Go horseback riding or hiking 92. Participate in 30 Day Wardrobe Challenge 93. Unplug completely for 24 hours 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97.Revamp my wardrobe 98. Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #3

Made some progress on a few of my goals...

What I did:

8. Choose and document One Little Word 2015 and 2016 -- Still working on this although I lost some steam in March.

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur's 1000 Books Before Kindergarten -- Up to 199 books... Making some great progress.

26. Read 50 of my owned unread books -- Read 5 more books from my own bookshelves. My total is up to 11 books.

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal -- I read 2111 pages in March. That puts me at 6382 pages so far.

29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) -- I worked on March while in Indiana and wrapped it up once i got back. Now I'm starting my work on April's pages. Still going strong.

34. Make 250 different greeting cards -- I only made four different designs this past month. Up to 18. Got to get cracking on this goal.

37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie -- Still working on this one...

42. Participate in 30 Days of Lists 2x -- Officially completed one round of 30 Days of Lists this past March!

45. Make 50 new recipes -- Two new recipes this past week.

• Oven Roasted Broccoli -- Yum yum and easy
• Blueberry Croissant Puff -- Very yummy. Just need to adjust the cook time a bit.

50. Meal plan for an entire month -- I got my crap together and meal planned for the entire month of April in March. So excited! I've got a new meal planning plan (hee hee) that uses categories to help organize the process.

72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (2/10) -- We had a successful spring social supporting CASA.

94. Officially close my Hotmail account -- Finally doing this! I haven't opened my account in almost a month. I've got one more month of not opening it before Microsoft will officially close it.

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love
1. Send out homemade holiday cards in December
2. Build a snowman
3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur
4. Spend a day at the beach
5. Date nights x 20
6. Complete a Jar of Life
7. Host a tea party
9. Write a personal manifesto
11. Give 5 Just Because gifts
12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2015
16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture
17. Attend an opera or musical
18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit
20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges
21. Make 10 non-greeting card crafts on my Pinterest boards
22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all
23. Watch a meteor shower
24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5)
25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts
27. Tour a factory 30. Finish 2015 and 2015 December Daily
31. Catch up the twins scrapbook albums
32. Watch 100  different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series)
33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982)

• 1982: Gandhi
• 1983: Terms of Endearment
• 1984: Amadeus
• 1985: Out of Africa
• 1986: Platoon
• 1987: The Last Emperor
• 1988: Rain Man
• 1989: Driving Miss Daisy
• 1990: Dances with Wolves
• 1991: Silence of the Lambs
• 1992: Unforgiven
• 1993: Schindler's List
• 1994: Forrest Gump
• 1995: Braveheart
• 1996: The English Patient
• 1997: Titanic
• 1998: Shakespeare in Love
• 1999: American Beauty
• 2000: Gladiator
• 2001: A Beautiful Mind
• 2002: Chicago
• 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• 2004: Million Dollar Baby
• 2005: Crash
• 2006: The Departed
• 2007: No Country for Old Men
• 2008: Slumdog Millionaire
• 2009: The Hurt Locker
• 2010: The King's Speech
• 2011: The Artist
• 2012: Argo
• 2013: 12 Years a Slave
• 2014: TBD
• 2015: TBD
• 2016: TBD

35. See a drive-in movie
36. Listen to every song by The Beatles
38. Have a Pixar movie month
39. Complete The Artist's Way
40. Complete a year of no book buying
41. Learn Ruby on rails
43. Go to 5 tourist things in San Francisco

Food and Drink
44. Take a cooking class
46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is one it
47. Give up dining out for one month
48. Try Whole30
49. Make a pie on PI day
51. Make fresh pasta
52. Learn to make a good martini
53. Do a brewery tour
54. Try 25 new restaurants
55. Try 5 new to me foods
56. No pop for a month

Health and Fitness
57. Lose 2 pants sizes
58. Walk a 5K
59. Get a massage
60. Take a yoga class
61. Get three pedicures (1/3)
62. Do a spa day
63. Meditate daily for a month
64. Complete a 30 miles in 30 days challenge
65. Get lasik
66. Get CPR certified again

Travel
67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast
68. Go on a vacation with Josh
69. Visit the Redwoods (any park)
70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic
71. Give a 100% tip
73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop
74. Donate to a Kickstarter campaign I love

Financial
75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry)
76. Open an Etsy shop
77. Cash in my piggy bank for something special and frivolous

Miscellaneous
79. Get Arthur's tattoo
80. Get a passport
81. Get rid of 100 things
82. Learn how to use our DSLR
83. Take one free online class
84. Make a chalk mural on the balcony/driveway
85. Finish a Soduku puzzle
86. Grow something from a seed
87. Complete a coloring book
89. Take an IQ test
90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall
91. Go horseback riding or hiking
92. Participate in 30 Day Wardrobe Challenge
93. Unplug completely for 24 hours
95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU,etc)
96. Dye my hair purple
97. Revamp my wardrobe
98.Take real photos of me for my blogs
99. Post a vlog
100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #2

Two months into my second attempt at 101 in 1001 and things are moving along swimmingly...

What I did:

8. Choose and document One Little Word 2015 and 2016 -- Still keeping my word at the front of my mind. I've finished Arthur's two rooms and started major work on some of the others. I need to tackle the twins' room when I get back to Indiana.

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur's 1000 Books Before Kindergarten -- We're up to 183 different books so far! Hopefully we can get to the library soon for another good new book haul.

14. Throw a Favorite Things party -- Did this as an activity at our women's retreat. It was so much fun, we're going to do a kid's version after I get back from Indiana.

21. Make 10 non-greeting card crafts on my Pinterest boards -- I made some great gift tags for the retreat, a welcome baby banner for a shower, favor boxes for a bridal shower, and decorated chalkboard signs for the shower. So that's four different crafts down!

26. Read 50 of my owned unread books -- For February, I read 6 of my own unread books! Woohoo! Progress!

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal -- February's total pages read was 2226 which puts me at 4271 pages so far.

29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) -- Still plugging along on this. Loving how the new monthly format is working out!

34. Make 250 different greeting cards -- 14 different designs made this month! I had some great inspiration from Stampin' Up's Occasions and Sale-a-Bration catalogs. 229 to go!

37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie -- Still working on this goal.

42. Participate in 30 Days of Lists 2x -- Almost finished with March's edition. I love this little twice (and sometimes three) times a year challenge.

45. Make 50 new recipes -- Four new recipes, all winners, for this month!

• Garlic Parmesan Salmon: Not enough flavor, but I can probably fix it next time
• Texas Cheese Fries: So good! And I made a light version with less fat.
• Pesto Pasta with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Asparagus: I added black olives to this recipe and loved it. So easy to make and great for leftovers!
• Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup: Very good recipe and so yummy!

54. Try 25 new restaurants -- We tried five new restaurants this month: Diggers (decent burgers), Buffalo Bill's Brewery (not very good), Postales Taqueria (yum yum), Top Thai (decent), and Acqua E' Farina (decent Italian place).

61. Get three pedicures -- Getting one done today as part of the bachelorette party I organized.

88. Buy the perfect LBD -- Another part of the bachelorette party. Our dress code was LBDs with lots of bling.

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 1. Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2. Build a snowman 3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur 4. Spend a day at the beach 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2015 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts 27. Tour a factory 30. Finish 2015 and 2015 December Daily 31. Catch up the twins scrapbook albums 32. Watch 100  different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982)

• 1982: Gandhi
• 1983: Terms of Endearment
• 1984: Amadeus
• 1985: Out of Africa
• 1986: Platoon
• 1987: The Last Emperor
• 1988: Rain Man
• 1989: Driving Miss Daisy
• 1990: Dances with Wolves
• 1991: Silence of the Lambs
• 1992: Unforgiven
• 1993: Schindler's List
• 1994: Forrest Gump
• 1995: Braveheart
• 1996: The English Patient
• 1997: Titanic
• 1998: Shakespeare in Love
• 1999: American Beauty
• 2000: Gladiator
• 2001: A Beautiful Mind
• 2002: Chicago
• 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• 2004: Million Dollar Baby
• 2005: Crash
• 2006: The Departed
• 2007: No Country for Old Men
• 2008: Slumdog Millionaire
• 2009: The Hurt Locker
• 2010: The King's Speech
• 2011: The Artist
• 2012: Argo
• 2013: 12 Years a Slave
• 2014: TBD
• 2015: TBD
• 2016: TBD

35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist's Way 40. Complete a year of no book buying 41. Learn Ruby on rails 43. Go to 5 tourist things in San Francisco

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is one it 47. Give up dining out for one month 48. Try Whole30 49. Make a pie on PI day 50. Meal plan for an entire month 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 55. Try 5 new to me foods 56. No pop for a month

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 62. Do a spa day 63. Meditate daily for a month 64. Complete a 30 miles in 30 days challenge 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 69. Visit the Redwoods (any park) 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (1/10) 71. Give a 100% tip 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop 74. Donate to a Kickstarter campaign I love

Financial 75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry) 76. Open an Etsy shop 77. Cash in my piggy bank for something special and frivolous

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur's tattoo 80. Get a passport 81. Get rid of 100 things 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 83. Take one free online class 84. Make a chalk mural on the balcony/driveway 85. Finish a Soduku puzzle 86. Grow something from a seed 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 91. Go horseback riding or hiking 92. Participate in 30 Day Wardrobe Challenge 93. Unplug completely for 24 hours 94. Officially close my Hotmail account 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU,etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97. Revamp my wardrobe 98.Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

101 in 1001 Update #1

My first update during my second attempt at 101 in 1001...

What I did:

8. Choose and document One Little Word 2015 and 2016 -- I chose my 2015 word (HOME) and have completed January and February prompts. I've also done a fair amount projects related to my word.

10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month -- It's hard, but I've done it for January and February so far.

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur's 1000 Books Before Kindergarten -- We read 18 new books in January which puts us at 166 total books.

15. Host a Pinterest party/crafting day/crop -- With my new Meetup group, I've committed to hosting an open house / crop day once a month. January was a big success and I've already scheduled February, March, and April's days.

19. Create and order my own personalized stamp -- Ordered and arrived. I've already used it a few times.

24. Attend 5 concerts -- J and I saw Tim Minchin in San Francisco a few weeks back. Awesome concert!

25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts -- My thought is to do one of these once a quarter. I've gotten Winter 2015's done and scheduled to publish this week.

26. Read 50 of my owned unread books -- January I only read 3 books from shelves, but it's a start!

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal -- January's total pages read was 2045.

29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) -- I've started on 2015's PL books. I finished the family's January pages and started Arthur's January pages. I want to finish his pages during the retreat next weekend.

34. Make 250 different greeting cards -- 7 different designs done. 243 to go...

37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie -- I've already finished Next Gen. We are in the middle of The Original Series, Voyager, DS9, Enterprise, and the movies.

45. Make 50 new recipes -- I've tried 6 new recipes in January and the first half of February. Most will go into our regular rotation (pork roast wasn't the best...).

• Blueberry Crescent Rolls
• Smothered Pork Chops (Crock pot)
• Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
• Ranch Potatoes
• Parmesan Honey Pork Roast
• Mini Quiches

54. Try 25 new restaurants -- We tried one new restaurant in Castro Valley: Boulevard Burgers. Decent burger place as an alternative to fast food.

72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 -- For the Winter Social, we were collecting for Mended Little Hearts. I bought some extra toiletry items for their Bravery Bags.

78. Invest in blog business cards -- I ordered some new cards with a slightly new design and my new address.

101. Find and buy a signature piece of jewelry -- Done! I found a nice silver infinity design necklace.

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 1. Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2. Build a snowman 3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur 4. Spend a day at the beach 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2015 14. Throw a Favorite Things party 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 21. Make 10 non-greeting card crafts on my Pinterest boards 22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 23. Watch a meteor shower 27. Tour a factory 30. Finish 2015 and 2015 December Daily 31. Catch up the twins scrapbook albums 32. Watch 100  different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982)

• 1982: Gandhi
• 1983: Terms of Endearment
• 1984: Amadeus
• 1985: Out of Africa
• 1986: Platoon
• 1987: The Last Emperor
• 1988: Rain Man
• 1989: Driving Miss Daisy
• 1990: Dances with Wolves
• 1991: Silence of the Lambs
• 1992: Unforgiven
• 1993: Schindler's List
• 1994: Forrest Gump
• 1995: Braveheart
• 1996: The English Patient
• 1997: Titanic
• 1998: Shakespeare in Love
• 1999: American Beauty
• 2000: Gladiator
• 2001: A Beautiful Mind
• 2002: Chicago
• 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• 2004: Million Dollar Baby
• 2005: Crash
• 2006: The Departed
• 2007: No Country for Old Men
• 2008: Slumdog Millionaire
• 2009: The Hurt Locker
• 2010: The King's Speech
• 2011: The Artist
• 2012: Argo
• 2013: 12 Years a Slave
• 2014: TBD
• 2015: TBD
• 2016: TBD

35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist's Way 40. Complete a year of no book buying 41. Learn Ruby on rails 42. Participate in 30 Days of Lists 2x 43. Go to 5 tourist things in San Francisco

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is one it 47. Give up dining out for one month 48. Try Whole30 49. Make a pie on PI day 50. Meal plan for an entire month 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 55. Try 5 new to me foods 56. No pop for a month

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures 62. Do a spa day 63. Meditate daily for a month 64. Complete a 30 miles in 30 days challenge 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 69. Visit the Redwoods (any park) 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop 74. Donate to a Kickstarter campaign I love

Financial 75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry) 76. Open an Etsy shop 77. Cash in my piggy bank for something special and frivolous 78. Invest in blog business cards

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur's tattoo 80. Get a passport 81. Get rid of 100 things 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 83. Take one free online class 84. Make a chalk mural on the balcony/driveway 85. Finish a Soduku puzzle 86. Grow something from a seed 87. Complete a coloring book 88. Buy the perfect LBD 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 91. Go horseback riding or hiking 92. Participate in 30 Day Wardrobe Challenge 93. Unplug completely for 24 hours 94. Officially close my Hotmail account 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU,etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97. Revamp my wardrobe 98.Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking

New 101 in 1001

Last time, I really lost steam about 2/3 of the way through.  I'm going to try and do it again, but be a bit more realistic with my goals.

Start: January 1st, 2015 End: September 28, 2017

The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks/goals/challenges in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria: Tasks must be specific with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and represent "stretching."

Ideas:

1. Friends, Family, and Love - Send out homemade holiday cards in December
2. Build a snowman
3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur
4. Spend a day at the beach
5. Date nights x 20
6. Complete a Jar of Life
7. Host a tea party
8. Choose and document One Little Word 2015 and 2016
9. Write a personal manifesto
10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month
11. Give 5 Just Because gifts
12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2015
13. Pass 500 books for Arthur's 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
14. Throw a Favorite Things party
15. Host a Pinterest party/crafting day/crop
16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa
17. Crafting and Culture - Attend an opera or musical
18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit
19. Create and order my own personalized stamp
20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges
21. Make 10 non-greeting card crafts on my Pinterest boards
22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all
23. Watch a meteor shower
24. Attend 5 concerts
25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts
26. Read 50 of my owned unread books
27. Tour a factory
28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal
29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur)
30. Finish 2015 and 2015 December Daily
31. Catch up the twins scrapbook albums
32. Watch 100  different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series)
33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982)
34. Make 250 different greeting cards
35. See a drive-in movie
36. Listen to every song by The Beatles
37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie
38. Have a Pixar movie month
39. Complete The Artist's Way
40. Complete a year of no book buying
41. Learn Ruby on rails
42. Participate in 30 Days of Lists 2x
43. Go to 5 tourist things in San Francisco
44. Food and Drink - Take a cooking class
45. Make 50 new recipes
46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is one it
47. Give up dining out for one month
48. Try Whole30
49. Make a pie on PI day
50. Meal plan for an entire month
51. Make fresh pasta
52. Learn to make a good martini
53. Do a brewery tour
54. Try 25 new restaurants
55. Try 5 new to me foods
56. No pop for a month
57. Health and Fitness - Lose 2 pants sizes
58. Walk a 5K
59. Get a massage
60. Take a yoga class
61. Get three pedicures
62. Do a spa day
63. Meditate daily for a month
64. Complete a 30 miles in 30 days challenge
65. Get lasik
66. Get CPR certified again
67. Travel - Stay at a Bed and Breakfast
68. Go on a vacation with Josh
69. Visit the Redwoods (any park)
70. Travel to a new state
71. Philanthropic - Give a 100% tip
72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10
73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop
74. Donate to a Kickstarter campaign I love
75. Financial - Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry)
76. Open an Etsy shop
77. Cash in my piggy bank for something special and frivolous
78. Invest in blog business cards
79. Miscellaneous - Get Arthur's tattoo
80. Get a passport
81. Get rid of 100 things
82. Learn how to use our DSLR
83. Take one free online class
84. Make a chalk mural on the balcony/driveway
85. Finish a Soduku puzzle
86. Grow something from a seed
87. Complete a coloring book
88. Buy the perfect LBD
89. Take an IQ test
90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall
91. Go horseback riding or hiking
92. Participate in 30 Day Wardrobe Challenge
93. Unplug completely for 24 hours
94. Officially close my Hotmail account
95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc)
96. Dye my hair purple
97. Revamp my wardrobe
98. Take real photos of me for my blogs
99. Post a vlog
100. Go apple/berry/etc picking
101. Find and buy a signature piece of jewelry

Day Zero Project Update: Weeks 115-134

Instead of daily posts, I thought it would be a lot easier for me and you if I did weekly update posts.  These will track my progress each week.  I will highlight what I’ve done, what I want to do, and any interesting tidbits.  Sometimes I’ll add pictures and/or links.  Hopefully these posts will keep me accountable to me list…

What I Did

8. Have a Pixar marathon -- As part of my IMDB movie month, I watched a ton of Pixar movies including their two new ones: Monsters University and Brave.

12. See all of IMDB’s Top 250 movies  (61/250)

• 68. Back to the Future -- A favorite of the boys.  We rewatched it over Christmas break.
• 34. Dr. Strangelove -- Another Christmas break catch on tv.  We had to introduce my step-dad to this classic.
• 240. Ip Man -- Somehow I just didn't record that we watched this last summer, but we did.  So, I'm adding it to the list.
• 215. The Social Network -- Watched it, but was fairly disappointed.
• 216. The Truman Show -- J and I randomly watched this before Christmas.
• 81. Singin' in the Rain
• 163. Groundhog Day
• 23. Raiders of the Lost Ark
• 214. In Bruges -- Watch this before Christmas, totally forgot to add it.  Really enjoyed the movie, although it wasn't what I thought it was going to be...
• 231. Pirates of the Caribbean
• 126. The Lion King
• 136. Toy Story
• 245. Monsters Inc
• 46. Spirited Away
• 212. The Incredibles
• 71. The Prestige
• 241. A Beautiful Mind
• 189. Avatar
• 160. District 9
• 170. Finding Nemo
• 137. Cool Hand Luke
• 133. The Big Lebowski
• 125. Jaws
• 103. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• 143. Donnie Darko
• 88. Gladiator
• 37. Toy Story 3
• 171. The Terminator
• 56. The Departed
• 41. Terminator 2
• 186. Good Will Hunting
• 19. Casablanca
• 90. Braveheart

24. Keep a journal for this project

37. Pass 250,000 pages read for my 1,000,000 pages challenge (171,786/250,000)

82. Do a 3-5 km walk -- I routinely walk 6 miles at Shoreline on Mondays.  I'd say that this fulfills my goal.

Overall Progress

37/101