Pieces of Me

Looking ahead to 2010

2009-12-29T23:09:00.001-08:00

So... what am I looking forward to in 2010? Completing more of my list, of course! Here's a few things I'd like to get accomplished before the end of January in 2010:

1. Read the Complete Works of Shakespeare (3/38)
12. Catch up on Stargate Atlantis (one freaking episode left!)
20. Complete the Chicago scrapbook
22. Complete a 2008 highlights scrapbook
40. Write in my personal journal once a week (like to start)
42. Take my pills/vitamins every day (like to start)
44. Work out three times a week (like to start)
58. Organize my CD collection (ALMOST finished)
81. Send a secret to Post Secret

9 goals for the month of January. The hardest one will probably be 1. Reading Shakespeare. #12, #58, and #81 will be super easy... I just need motivation!

2009 in Review

2009-12-28T20:10:00.000-08:00

Completed 37. Bake 10 new recipes (11/10). I made salsa chicken and crab pasta salad for dinner tonight.

Here's the list of items I've completed in 2009. Yes, yes, I know 2009 is not over yet. Technically I still have three more days. However, I don't see that I'll complete any more goals in the next 3 days.

8. Have a Star Wars marathon
10. Catch up and watch all episodes of Sanctuary
11. Watch all episodes of Homicide Life on the Street
13. Catch up on The 4400
14. Have a Pretender Marathon
15. Finish writing The Vampire Wars
16. Actively participate in a NaNoWriMo Challenge
17. Complete a NaNoWriMo Challenge
29. Complete my U.S. Quarter collection
31. Design my own cross-stitch pattern
33. Learn to crochet and/or knit
37. Bake 10 new recipes (11/10)
38. Visit the Grand canyon
45. Open a savings account
47. Pay off credit card balances
52. Donate 10,000 grains of rice on freerice.com (17,120/10,000)
54. File all unfiled paperwork at home (and keep up with it!)
55. Get bookshelves
56. Organize my books into bookshelves
57. Organize my DVD collection
59. Create a control journal
61. Create an electronic filing system (and keep up with it!)
62. Clean out closet and dresser
63. Organize spoon collection
65. Go to sleep by 10:30 sharp for 60 days (60/60)
66. Wake up naturally on Saturday for 5 days (5/5)
67. Drink only 1 soda (or less) for a day for 10 days (10/10)
70. Go hiking
71. Arrive at work later than 7:15am for 30 days (30/30)
72. Do absolutely NO school work on Sundays for 10 days (10/10)
73. Organize lesson plan materials already in binders
77. Frame family photos from HS and NMU gradation in matching frames
78. Frame HS senior photograph
82. Get a pet
84. List places for summer jobs for 2009
88. Finish this 101 list
90. Organize my recipe book
91. Realize that this list is not set in stone and may change as I change
94. Eat at an IHOP
96. Finish watching Star Trek Enterprise
99. Go to the zoo
Completed: 41

I was really, really ambitious when I first started, then forgot about this list for a bit, then some of them got completed completely by accident, then I found motivation again. However, I've completed 40% of my goals in 360 days. Not too shabby. If I can match or exceed this next year (which'll be harder considering the goals that are left are some of the hardest), I'll make it without a problem. :) I have 24 items that are currently in progress:

1. Read the Complete Works of Shakespeare
2. Read the Count of Monte Cristo
3. Read The Brother's Grimm Fairy Tales Collection
5. Read 50 books (7/50)
12. Catch up on Stargate Atlantis
20. Complete the Chicago scrapbook
21. Complete my college years scrapbook
26. Print all my pictures from Europe
30. Finish stitching my TW dragon
32. Stitch Mom's lighthouse
35. Complete Mom's International bears project
41. Post to my live journal once a week
43. Blog the progress of my 1001 list
46. Set aside $2,000 by the end of this mission
50. Save all coins until the end of this mission
58. Organize my CD collection
60. Use control journal
86. Be able to count to ten in ten other languages (4/10)
87. Finish Indiana Jones Legos for PS2
89. Complete my Homeworkopoly game
95. Bind together a printed copy of Centre of Evil
97. Watch the original Star Trek Series
98. Write down one positive thought a day
100. See 101 new movies (83/101)

Some of these are very, very close to completion, so long as I get off my lazy little butt. Several of these (aka, the ones that cost money) are going to probably be put off into the middle of 2011. My boyfriend surprised me by propsing to me over Christmas, so all of our funds are getting pushed towards the wedding.

I look forward to the progress that I'll be making in the next year and half (or so).

I had forgotten about these!

2009-12-01T19:19:00.000-08:00

I tried three new recipes:

7) Veggie Pizza
8) 7 layer Mexican Dip
9) Quesidallas (or however the heck they are spelled)

One more and I've got this beast complete!

Three Down!

2009-11-29T10:14:00.001-08:00

Well... its been a while. I've gotten three crossed off my list:

15. Finish writing The Vampire Wars
16. Actively participate in a NaNoWriMo Challenge
17. Complete a NaNoWriMo Challenge

SWEET! The Vampire Wars is one lousy piece of crap but its done. That's all I needed.

36/101 complete!

Setting Some Goals

2009-07-13T12:38:00.000-07:00

Under Health, goal number 64 is to Slim down my tummy. I just went out and bought a Wii Fit and the new EA sports game for the Wii. In order to help me slim down my tummy my plans is to excerise on the Wii Fit for 30 minutes each day in the morning before my shower.

Now, I know that the Wii Fit is not supposed to be used as your ONLY source of excerise and but this will be, I think, a good way to get me started excercising and sort of wean me back into the habit of it. We'll see how it goes!

Two More Down!

2009-06-24T22:47:00.001-07:00

Accomplished #38 Visit the Grand Canyon and #70 Go Hiking. I hiked the trails at the Grand Canyon. Perfect!

Pictures coming once I fix the laptop!

33/101 Complete!

Zzzzzzz....

2009-06-15T00:46:00.000-07:00

31/101 complete!

Finished watching Homicide Life on the Street. Done. Complete. Awesome series. I loved it and would love to purchase it.

Saw the Hangover, Bride Wars, and A Beautiful Mind this weekend. All were good. I'm at 48/101 movies. This one is actually taking me longer to complete than I thought. I do watch a lot of TV, but apparently not new items or films. Hmm... I'm going to have to work on that.

I haven't made a lot of progress elsewhere. My focuses have been elsewhere, the school year, three weeks of classes/training, and distractions of fun craft progjects. Here's what I know:

I still have TWO, SGA episodes left to watch. Its been like this for weeks, but I can't seem to watch them. I'm beginning to remember the reason I quit watching this show in the first place.

My CD organization is in progress but on hold due to absolutelty no money right now. I have also started knitting a better poncho and one that I really like.

Well... I'm off to bed and hopefully making more progress this week.

Chug Chug

2009-06-11T13:56:00.000-07:00

Nothing else crossed off but a little bit more progress on some of them. I've completed Season 3 of Homicide Life on the Street and am halfway through Season 4. I can ALMOST cross this one off! :)

Yum! Yum!

2009-05-26T21:01:00.000-07:00

Tried two more new recipes today! (Pictures to come, I'm in the middle of an ADIML so I'll load photos tommorrow).

First off was the pasty. A Yopper (Its a Michigan thing) staple. Available only there. Sadly, unable to get them here in Arizona, obviously. I've never made one before and they turned out pretty good. I made the basic meat and potatoes one. Next time I'll add some veggies to mix it up. I'm going to try to add something different to the dough though... it doesn't taste quiet the same.

The second was a coffee frap. Turned out great, I'll be making these more often. I'm not a Starbucks person - can't afford 'em everyday too darn expensive - now I can! Homemade is good.

So that brings me to 6 out of 10 recipes made.

In other progress I'm on the last disc of Star Trek's season 1, with season 2 on hold on the library (as well as Seasons 3 & 4 of Homicide Life on the Street).

Started my poncho today on my infinity loom. Frakking hard to work with because its so big, but I'll figure it out, I'm sure. It'll take some getting used to.

Chug Chug

2009-05-25T16:18:00.001-07:00

Saw two new movies: TMNT and Milk

Cooked a new recipe. Spring Salad from my "101 uses for Ramen". It tasted awful. Chris and I threw it away.

A little bit here and there

2009-05-24T17:28:00.001-07:00

Made some progress. Watched Seasons 1 & 2 of Homicide Life on the Street. WOW, those were SHORT seasons and Bayliss... kind of a dick in the first season. Only seasons 3 and 4 to go!

Saw three new movies: Angels and Demons (book was better!), Material Girls (it was on TV and dumb... no wonder it flopped), and Last Holiday (predictable but cute!)

Now that I'm on summer break (although it is packed with a visit to Chris's family, prepping for a new school year, and a family visit, I'm hoping to get more accomplished on my list.

Sushi!

2009-05-17T16:39:00.001-07:00

Made Sushi tonight for dinner. I forgot to take pictures though... :(

New recipes stand at: 3/10

30/101

2009-05-17T14:41:00.000-07:00

Another one down!

#82 Get a Pet has been accomplished! I got a pair of male guiena pigs this afternoon. I named them Artemis and Porthos... I'm such a geek!

3 More Down!

2009-05-01T12:20:00.000-07:00

29/101 Completed!

31. Design my own cross-stitch pattern: I've actually designed several small ones that I just adore. You can find photos over at my craft blog.

72. Do absolutely NO school work on Sundays for 10 days: This was actually completed about three weeks ago without me even realizing it.

99. Go to the zoo: I kind of cheated on this one... I took my 6th graders on a field trip to the zoo, but it was a blast all the same!

I've got a few more goals I might add to list on bonuses...

26/101

2009-04-18T20:45:00.000-07:00

Approx. 25% of my list is completed!

#8: Have a Star Wars Movie Marathon. I actually did this one several weeks ago but never crossed it off.

#14 Have a Pretender marathon. I define marathon as one whole season. Completed yesterday, although I am still going strong through Season 2 and will probably complete the whole series. Man, I miss this show!

#45 Open a savings account. Big one! Completed. Whew.

Major One Achieved

2009-04-09T07:39:00.000-07:00

Credit Card Balance = $0

SWEET!

That was number 47 on THE list.

23/101 COMPLETE!

Not Much to Update...

2009-03-15T20:09:00.000-07:00

Not much to update as I have sort of fallen behind on some things. I've completed quiet a few items on this list already so I figure a small month/month and a half break won't kill or hurt me as I have 2.75 years total to complete this entire thing.

*Shrugs*

Update

2009-02-25T18:25:00.000-08:00

One minor update.

Number # 67. Drink ONLY 1 soda (or less) a day for 10 days completed. I've been sick the last few days which has made this easier than it normally is. 10 days doesn't sound like very long but for someone who drinks 6 or more cans of soda a day... 10 days is really, really difficult.

20/101 completed

Whew.

Further Changes

2009-02-18T07:21:00.000-08:00

Ever since I started knitting last month I've renewed my passion and love for crafts. So I've changed a few goals that I really could care less about to match my new desires.

Changed number 31: Finish stitching my "Weekend A Paris" to "Design my own cross-stitch pattern)

And changed number 83. Write and mail myself a letter to "particpate in a craft swap" (probably through crafster.org

Two small changes but I think it'll make a large difference in how I'm beginning to look at this list. :)

Last Post of the Day...

2009-02-16T19:22:00.000-08:00

I'm having some trouble with #47. Pay off credit card balances. To help me with this, I've developed a system. I'm crossing my fingers that it works.

Currently I hve five envelopes... eventually they'll be jars.
1. Crafts
2. Household
3. Pets
4. Wardrobe & Accessories
5. Sewing Machine

Okay, okay, maybe having five is too many but oh well.

Every paycheck I get to put $20-$60 (starting with the 20s now and eventually moving up in amounts until my credit cards are paid off) into ANY of these five envelopes that I choose... depending on what my obcession for the week is. If I just put the money in a regular savings envelope/jar I might spend all the money on crafts and none on pets, etc.

THIS way... I'll have funding for the things that I want and won't be using my credit cards now. I should be able to pay off the bulk of it (like 95% of it with my tax refund but I have yet to do my taxes... hopefully next weekend). I removed my credit cards from my wallet and put them away with my passport and my dorminat cards from Michigan.

This'll help me save up for the things that I want (I love crafts, I want a pet but have no money, I'd love to upgrade my wardrobe, etc.) My obcessions vary from week to week and where I want to spend my money varies from week to week. So if one week I'm desperate to own a sewing machine that money will go there, etc.

I think the majority of it will go into crafts, sewing machine, and wardrobe for the next couple of weeks. The sewing machine being number 1 probably... but these things are so darn expensive.

Well we'll see how it goes... I'm off to apply for a second job followed by summer jobs.

Still Working on it...

2009-02-16T16:24:00.000-08:00

I SHOULD be lesson planning today but screw it all... I'm finishing up some of my almost done projects for my 101 project.

90. Organize my recipe book - - COMPLETE! I have a SLEW of photographs of my cookbook. I am SUPER excited that this is done. Now that all my old recipes are organized I can start adding new ones!

I had over 20 photos to share... but decided I had to limit it to my favorites! :(

This is the cover. Its just held into a nice black binder, as I want my cookbook to be flexable and easy to add to and change. It says "There's No Place Like Home."

I DO have a table of contents but its not the prettiest page... so I'm not posting it. ;p. I used tab dividers I created to divide it up into the different sections that I need.

And SOME of the pages:

This thing is HUGE! I'll probably need to break it up into a few smaller binders at some point... but that's another project.

Completed: 19/101

Photos as Promised

2009-02-16T15:02:00.000-08:00

Pecan Walnut Salad AND the dressing:

Closeup of the Salad:

YUM! YUM! YUM!

My Shawl (laid out nicely):

I tried to take a picture of me when I was wearing it:

And finally... the fringe in action! (Shockingly the fringe was the hardest part!)

Another One Down!

2009-02-16T14:10:00.001-08:00

54. File all unfiled paperwork at home (and keep up with it!)

Filed ALL unfiled paperwork AND cleaned up the area around the desk to help me keep up with filing paperwork away right away. I created a nice in/out system, using regular black baskets (from the dollar store).

Whew! I've been working like crazy today.

18/101 Complete!

Two more down!

2009-02-16T12:30:00.000-08:00

62. Clean out closet and dresser

Made my second purge this morning. My wardrobe is now half of what it was. SQUEE! Nice cleaned out areas.

and...

94. Eat at an IHOP

This morning Chris brought me to an IHOP down the street for breakfast. It was good... but Dad's pancakes are stll better.

17/101 COMPLETE!

DVDs are Organized!

2009-02-15T11:51:00.000-08:00

57. Organize my DVD collection is now COMPLETE! Halfway through this project I was regretting it. I have my DVDs in those CD cases. 280+ DVDs to pull out, put back in, and organize alphabetically. HOLY COW!

But... its complete and I am glad that it is done.

15/101 COMPLETE!

Several in progress... If I keep this up I just MIGHT finish my "smaller" goals (ie. finish TV series, crafts, etc) before the end of the year. Financials and etc will take longer of course.

Happy V-Day!

2009-02-14T17:22:00.000-08:00

Changed number67. to: Drink ONLY 1 soda (or less) a day for 10 days. Before it said Drink ONLY 1 soda a day for 10 days. It was supposed to be a lead up to the Drink no Soda for a Week straight so far today I've had only Ice Tea to drink so I consider that an accomplishment... so we'll see. Its still early yet and I have a headache from no caffeine...

Friday - due to a rush to return Season 4 :( - I've finished 96. Finish watching Star Trek Enterprise.

14/101 COMPLETE

OH! And I cooked another new recipe... Pecan Pear Salad... pictures to follow.

Use the Control Journal

2009-02-12T10:02:00.000-08:00

Now that I HAVE a control journal... I need to USE it. This one will not be crossed off until I have done every routine in the journal for 120 STRAIGHT days... no breaking routines. For me, it'll probably take this long for me to consider the habits in it "established". The whole point is to establish the routines in it, which are:

1. Eat Breakfast every morning (0/120)
2. Brush my teeth every morning after breakfast (0/120)
3. Take my vitamins (0/120)
4. Take my fiber (0/120)
5. Wash my face every morning (0/120)
6. Use teeth whitener - twice a day (0/240)
7. Write for 15 minutes a day, EVERYDAY (0/120)
8. Daily Spanish Practice, everyday (0/120)
9. Workout 30 minutes, 4 times a week (0/18)
10. Cleaned all my zones weekly (0/18)
11. Planned all meals (0/18)
12. Wash my face before bed (0/120)
13. Take a shower every evening BEFORE bed (0/120)
14. Have all my items packed BEFORE morning (0/120)

Most of these are routines that I do daily as it is but have no set schedule (ie, sometimes I shower in the evening, sometimes in the morning) but without a set schedule my days are too choatic. I'm hoping this way things'll work out better for me.

Anytime I miss ONE of these, I have to reset the counter for ALL of them, back to zero. It needs to be 120 days (or 18 weeks, based on goal) consectutive days. It's the only way I'll make my goals.

I am currently working on an incentive plan, which I'll post later.

2009 Scrapbook list

2009-02-12T07:41:00.001-08:00

Here's a few of the things I need to remember when working on my 2009 scrapbook (ie. Things to scrapbook)

1. New Years Eve
2. Martin Luther King "Eve" Celebration

Control Journal

2009-02-11T20:39:00.000-08:00

59. Create a control journal

COMPLETED! I'll admit this was in progress since late last year but I finally got it finished! It houses my daily routines, weekly zones to clean, menus to fill out, budgets, wish lists, reading lists, basically my whole life.

13/101 COMPLETE!

Other photos:

63. Organize spoon collection
COMPLETE

37. Bake 10 new recipes (1/10)

First recipe backed: Cashew Chicken. I should be able to knock three more out this weekend as I'm cooking QUITE the meal for Chris for Valentine's Day.

Other Accomplishments: My knitted hat! Here's a bunch of photos from various angles.

Here we go again!

2009-02-11T18:23:00.000-08:00

In the Other Accomplishments category I have FINALLY hung up all my wall decorations on the walls of my new apartment.

AND I completed 63. Organize spoon collection. When I hung it up on the wall I organized the spoos the way I wanted them to be. Sounds like a simple goal but it hasn't been done in all of 23 years so I consider this a HUGE accomplishment.

Photos to follow.

Completed: 12/101
In Progress: 18/101

Round and Round we go

2009-02-11T06:46:00.000-08:00

Added another day of arriving at work after 7:15. Today was unintentional but all the same... I did it.

Also, I added another "Other accomplishment" to my list. Last night I knitted a green hat on my new circle loom (pictures to follow).

SWEET!

2008 Highlights Scrapbook

2009-02-10T13:08:00.001-08:00

Some items may not have lists to follow but others do have lists but rather smaller tasks that are necessary to complete it.

2008 Highlights Scrapbook:

Pages/Sections to Create

1. 2008 Entry Page
2. The Move Out West
3. The New Apartment
4. Halloween
5. The Coyotes v. Red Wings Game
6. Christmas

Breaking Down the Steps

2009-02-10T12:50:00.000-08:00

Some items may not have lists to follow but others do have lists but rather smaller tasks that are necessary to complete it.

Chiacgo Scrapbook:
1.

List of Possible Jobs

2009-02-10T08:11:00.000-08:00

Completed: #84 Make a list of possible jobs for the summer of 2009. I decided on going with retail, Hobby Lobby, Michaels, and Joann's being my first three choices to work. I have yet to send in applications, I want to wait until March or April since I can't start until Mid to end May, what with me still teaching 6th grade and all. hehe.

Hobby Lobby
http://www.hobbylobby.com/

Michaels
http://www.michaels.com/

Joann Fabrics
http://www.joann.com/

Wal-Mart
http://www.walmart.com/

Target
http://www.target.com/

Best Buy
http://www.bestbuy.com/

Barnes and Noble
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/

Borders
http://www.borders.com/

Kohl’s
http://www.kohls.com/

JC Penny
http://www.jcpenney.com/

The Dollar Tree
http://www.dollartree.com/

Manpower
http://www.us.manpower.com/uscom/index.jsp

Complete: 11/101. SWEET!

Update

2009-02-10T06:27:00.000-08:00

Just a small note. I'm on a knitting frenzy. Still not done with my poncho but yesterday at Hobby Lobby I picked up a kit of circle looms and am currently knitting a hat. I'm straying WAY off track with my list but I can't help it. Loom knitting is easier than knitting with regular needles and much, much faster. At Michael's last night I also picked up a kit of long looms and hope to learn how to do knitting on those later.

Progress...

2009-02-05T07:13:00.000-08:00

I'm still chugging away about my "arrive at work after 7:15am". I'm loving this goal and that I'm meeting it. If I keep it up I'll be done with this goal mid-March. Yippie! Hopefully I'll keep up the habit.

Went to bed before 10:30 last night... so another day chalked up on that one.

Got a list of 1-10 in French. I'm going to practice these until I have them down then move to Czech.

Finish Season 7 of Homicide Life on the Street. I didn't like the way the series ended. Man Bayliss! Really!? The library doesn't have the movie on DVD (and I'm not sure Netflix does either... I haven't checked).

This weekend I want to finish Season 3 of Star Trek: Enterprise. Then I only have 1 season left to go and this goal is Com-plete!

The library is currently holding Season 1 of the org. Star Trek for me... I'm waiting until Saturday to pick it up along with returning other items checked out... mostly DVDs.

My cookbook is chugging along nicely... It's almost organized. The hardest part is not putting new recipes in there while I'm currently organizing the ones I have already!

Counting To Ten

2009-02-03T00:03:00.000-08:00

Changed #86 from "watch Mom graduate from LSSU" to "Be able to count to ten in ten other languages" (not including English!). As previously mentioned, my mom is no longer walking in graduation. With my students (I teach 6th grade) I always count to ten and then the students hold up their whiteboards. I spent 5 months in Germany and learned to count to 10 while I was there (from Kate's mom!) The kids love counting to ten in a language they don't know (the majority of them know both English and Spanish), so this is also a career focus goal becuase my students enjoy it so much.

Here's the languages I know so far:
1. Spanish
2. German
3. French
4. Czech
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Spanish 1-10
1. uno
2. dos
3. tress
4. cuatro
5. cinco
6. seis
7. siete
8. ocho
9. nueve
10. diez
Known this since I was a kid, probably in thanks to Seasame Street

German 1-10
1. eins
2. zwei
3. drei
4. feer
5. foonf
6. zecks
7. zeeben
8. ahkt
9. Noyn
10. Tsayn
Learned in the fall of 2007 while I was in Germany. Kate intially taught me how and her mom worked with my on pronunciation.

French 1-10
1. un
2. deux
3. trois
4. quatre
5. cinq
6. six
7. sept
8. huit
9. neuf
10. dix
Got the list on Feburary 5, 2009, am currently practicing and looking to teach my students (provides great practice for me too!).

Czech 1-10
1. Jedna (Yeh-Dnah)
2. Dva (Dvah)
3. Tri (Tri)
4. Pet (Piet)
6. Sest (Shest)
7. Sedm (Seh-dum)
8. Osm (Os-um)
9. Devet (Deh-viet)
10. Deset (Deh-set)

Other Accomplishments

2009-02-02T23:51:00.000-08:00

I've decided not to minimize the other accomplishments I've made during this 2.75 year project. So this post is going to be used to keep track of all the accomplishments that go +101.

102. Chris moved in (January)
103. Put together 9 cube organizer (January)
104. Move into a new apartment with Chris (02-01-09)
105. Designed a new 5-point reward/disipline system (02-02-09)
106. Implemented the new system in my classroom (02-04-09)
107. Learned to knit using circle looms (02-09-09)
108. Knitted a hat on a circle loom (02-10-09)
109. Hung up pictures on the wall in my new apartment (02-11-09)
110. Knitted a gray shrawl (02-15-09)
111. Knitted a fun fur tube scarf with pom poms (02-25-09)

Goals that have lists...

2009-01-30T12:27:00.000-08:00

Okay this morning after I published the previous post, I realized that I'm going to need make a list of my goals that have lists of their own so I can keep track of what stories I've read (Brothers Grimm goal), which seasons of TV shows I've watched, etc. So without further ado... here we go... one goal at a time.

Read The Complete Works of Shakespeare
1. The Tempest
2. The Two Gentlemen of Verona
3. The Merry Wives of Windsor
4. Measure for Measure
5. The Comedy of Errors
6. The Comedy of Errors
7. Much Ado about Nothing
8. Love's Labour's Lost
9. A Midsummer-Night's Dream
10. The Merchant of Venice
11. As You Like It
12. The Taming of the Shrew
13. All's well that Ends Well
14. Twelfth Night; or, What you Will
15. The Winter's Tale
16. King John
17. King Richard the Second
18. The First Part of King Henry the 4th
19. The Second Part of King Henry the 4th
20. King Henry the Fifth
21. The First Part of Kig Henry the 6th
22. The Second Part of King Henry the 6th
23. The Third Part of King Henry the 6th
24. King Richard the 3rd
25. King Henry the 8th
26. Troilus and Cressida
27. Coriolanus
28. Titus Andronicus
~~29. Romeo and Juliet~~
30. Timon of Athens
~~31. Julius Caesar~~
32. Macbeth
~~33. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark~~
34. King Lear
35. Othello, the Moor of Venice
36. Antony and Cleopatra
37. Cymbeline
38. Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Homicide Life on the Street
~~Season 1~~
~~Season 2~~
~~Season 3~~
~~Season 4~~
~~Season 5~~
~~Season 6~~
~~Season 7~~
Homicide: The Movie

Star Trek Original Series
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Star Trek The Motion Picture
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek Enterprise
~~Season 1~~
~~Season 2~~
~~Season 3~~
~~Season 4~~

The Brother's Grimmm Fairy Tales
1. The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich
2. The Companionship of the Cat and the Mouse
3. The Virgin Mary's Child
4. A Tale about the Boy who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
5. The Wolf adn the Seven Young Kids
6. Faithful Johannes
~~7. The Good Bargain~~
8. The Marevlous Minstrel
9. The Twelve Brothers
10. Riffraff
11. Brother and Sister
12. Rapunzel
13. The Three Little Gonmes in the Forest
14. The Three Spinners
15. Hansel and Gretel
16. The Three Snake Leaves
17. The White Snake
18. The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean
19. The Fisherman and His Wife
20. The Brave Little Tailor
21. Cinderella
22. The Riddle
23. The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage
24. Mother Holle
25. The Seven Ravens
26. Little Red Cap
27. The Bremen Town Musicians
28. The Singing Bone
29. The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs
30. The Louse and the Flea
31. The Maiden Without Hands
32. Clever Hans
33. The Three Languages
34. Clever Else
35. The Tailor in Heaven
36. The Magic Table, the Golden Donkey, and the Club in the Sack
37. Tumbling
38. The Wedding of Mrs. Fox
39. The Elves
40. The Robber Bridegroom
41. Herr Korbes
42. Godfather Death
45. Thumblings Travels
46. Flitcher's Bird
47. The Juniper Tree
48. Old Sultan
49. The Six Swans
50. Brier Rose
51. Foundling
52. King Thrushbeard
53. Snow White
54. The Knapsack, the Hat and the Horn
55. Rumpelstiltskin
56. Sweetheart Roland
57. The Golden Bird
58. The Dog and the Sparrow
59. Freddy and Katy
60. The Two Brothers
61. Little Farmer
62. The Queen Bee
63. The Three Feathers
64. The Golden Goose
65. All Fur
66. The Hare's Bride
67. The Twelve Huntsmen
68. The Thief and his Master
69. Jorinda and Joringel
70. The Three Sons of France
71. How Six Made Their Way in the World
72. The Wolf and the Man
73. The Wolf and the Fox
74. The Fox and his Cousin
75. The Fox and the Cat
76. The Pink Flower
77. Clever Gretel
78. The Old Man and His Grandson
79. The Water Nixie

Another Progress Report

2009-01-30T10:45:00.000-08:00

Here's some more tracking data on some items that I am working on:

11. Watch the complete Homicide Life on the Street Series: Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, ~~Season 6~~, and Season 7. I just picked up Season 7 from the library but don't think I'll get that accomplished this weekend what with the move and all.

12. Catch up on Stargate Atlantis: I have to finish watching the following episodes - 5x15, 5x16, 5x17, 5x18, 5x19, and 5x20. Then I'm all caught up.

Pay off Credit Cards: Made another sad little payment this week. Hopefully followed by a MUCH larger payment after my tax refunds come back.

59. Create a control journal: This has been in the process for a while, I wish I had had this finished before the move started but I've been so distracted by my poncho and cookbook!

62. Clean out closet and dresser: Cleaned it out quiet a bit a few weekends ago, plan on finishing this pre/post move

71. Arrive at work later than 7:15am for 30 days (6/30): I'm absolutely loving this goal of mine! I might add the goal to higher than 30 days. Its nice not being at work 2 hrs before school starts! :)

72. Do absolutely NO school work on Sundays for 10 days (1/10): I plan on not doing any work this Sunday with the move and it being superbowl Sunday!!! Plus I have Monday off to do it....

86. Watch Mom’s graduation from LSSU: I'll need to change this one as my Mom isn't going to be walking in graduation anymore... my sister's prom is the same day and she doesn't want to miss sending her off.

90. Organize my recipe book: Still a WIP. Probably won't get finished this weekend...

96. Finish watching Star Trek Enterprise: ~~Season 1~~, ~~Season 2~~, Season 3, and Season 4. Just picked up a reserved copy of Season 3 from the library. I'm already about halfway through it thanks to cable reruns and netflix.

Progress Report

2009-01-24T09:31:00.001-08:00

Donated 80 more grains of rice at freerice.com. I might change this goal to 100,000 grains of rice through any subject matter because I'm sick of seeing the same questions over and over again...

Read Nights in Rodanthe my Nicholas Sparks, so I've read two out of fifty books. This one was actually for a book club and I had a really hard time getting into it.

Woke up naturally this morning... okay so Chris got up to an alarm but I stayed in bed so that counts!

Got to work at 7:30 on Friday morning so thats one more day down as "arrive later than 7:15" (I'm such a workaholic so this is a really good improvement).

I've watched 8 Stargate Atlantis episodes I haven't seen yet so I've only got about 11 left to go and then I'm all caught up on the series!

I'm currently working on organizing my recipe book. I retyped a lot of bad looking recipes that I copied out of books. I just need to print them, find a binder I want to put them in, and come up with an organizational system that works for me!

6/250... a long way to go!

2009-01-21T10:00:00.000-08:00

Started working on number 3 this afternoon: Read The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales Collection. There are 250 stories in my collection and today I read six of them:

1. The Frog King or Iron Heinrich
2. The Companionship of Cat and Mouse
3. The Virgin Mary's Child
4. The Boy who went Forth to learn What fear Was
5. The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids
6. Faithful Johannes

So far... not what I was expecting.

10/101 still complete (not bad! not bad!)

Another One Bites the Dust

2009-01-20T12:55:00.000-08:00

73. Organize lesson plan materials already in binders. Did this today... when I shouldn't have. Oh well.

10/101 Complete!

Photo Gallery

2009-01-17T19:08:00.000-08:00

#78 Frame HS senior photograph

#33 Learn how to crochet and/or knit

#29 Complete my U.S. Quarter Collection

#77 Frame family photos from HS and NMU graduation in matching frames

#55 Get bookshelves

#56 Organize my books in the bookshelves

A few changes....

2009-01-17T18:52:00.000-08:00

Well I already reached number 91: Realize that this list is not set is stone and may change as I change, as I changed a few items on my list. NOT because I can't reach them but because there are other things I'd also like to accomplish during this time.

Changed #37 "Bake Bannana Nut Bread" to "Bake 10 new recipes".
Changed #94 "Revise and edit Centre of Evil" to "Eat an IHOP" (just something I've always wanted to do! lol).
Changed #101 "Write a new 101 List for the 2012 challenge" to "Knit a Ponho." I learned to knit the other day (fullfilling another requirement) and fell in LOVE with it. I've always wanted to knit a poncho so that seemed like a great one to add.

Things accomplished:
29. Complete my U.S. Quarter Collection - - Found my last quarter Hawaii! Chris threw his change in the out bin and I saw it!

33. Learn how to crochet and/or knit - - Stopped at Hobby Lobby Thursday and picked up needles, yarn, and a "learn to knit" book and a few hours later... *bam* I had nailed the first type of knitting stitch. I made a whole wash cloth!

55. Get bookshelves: Picked up two black finished ones at Target

56. Organize my books in the bookshelves: Spent ALL day today on this. I have a LARGE collection.

91. Realize that this list is not set is stone and may change as I change: Changed a few items already on my list so I made this one already in my brain.

9/101 Complete! I hope I can keep this up! :)

Progress

2009-01-15T09:51:00.000-08:00

3/101 Completed.

Yesterday I framed my high school senior photograph in a nice 8x10 photo frame (that I actually had lying around the house!) This seriously shouldn't be that difficult but considering the fact that its been sitting around for 5.5 years... I guess it was. A photograph coming soon.

Here's a list of the goals that are in progress:
1. Read The Complete Works of Shakespeare (3/37 plays): Hauled the book out of storage and picked up an "Idiot's Guide to..." book to help me.
2. Complete the 50bookchallenge for 2009 (1/50): This one will be in progress for probably the rest of the year.
11. Watch the complete Homicide Life on the Street Series: requested Season 1 from the library. I'm currently 6 out of 7 requests I believe.
12. Catch up on Stargate Atlantis: Have begun downloading the episodes, will begin watching this weekend.
19. Look seriously into the book publishing process: picked up a few books from the library on this topic.
20. Complete my scrapbook from my Chicago Trip
21. Complete my scrapbook from “The College Years”
29. Complete my U.S. Quarter Collection I have one quarter left to go! Hawaii.
40. Write in my personal journal at least once a week
41. Post to my livejournal at least once a week
43. Blog the progress of my 1001 List: am currently doing so. :)
51. Learn the basic grammar of the Spanish Language: starting with nice good notes from cliffnotes.com
52. Donate 100,000 grains of rice on freerice.com via the German Language (3,000/100,000): this one will be going on for a while.
55. Get bookshelves: I found ones that I like at Target, but they were out of the color I wanted, so I'll have to go to a different store.
59. Create a control journal: Almost finished!
62. Clean out closet and dresser: Started yesterday and I got rid of a lot of stuff but there's still more things that need to go.
64. Slim down my tummy: Bought an Ab-Lounger to help with this.
65. Go to sleep by 10:30 sharp for 60 days (1/60): Started yesterday! Yippie!
77. Frame family photos from HS and NMU graduation in matching frames: Found a frame, now I just need to print off and rezie the four photos
82. Get at pet: Am reserching the pet's needs.
93. Update teaching portfolio: Located portfolio. This was a biggie!

101 NEW films

2009-01-13T20:09:00.000-08:00

Here's my list of 101 new flims seen during this project.
1. Hot Fuzz
2. Kite Runner
3. Unborn
4. Bablyon A.D.
5. The Death Race
6. The Initiation of Sarah
7. The House Bunny
8. The Butterfly Effect 2
9. Eagle Eye
10. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
11. Speak
12. Freshmen Orientation
13. Kill Bill Vol. 1
14. Kill Bill Vol. 2
15. Obcessed
16. Dark Beauty
17. The House Next Door
18. He's Just Not That Into You
19. Vacancy
20. Madgascar 2
21. Wedding Daze
22. The Ultimate Gift
23. Quarantine
24. Body of Lies
25. Nights in Rodanthe
26. Another Cinderella Story
27. High School Musical 3
28. Changeling
29. Rush Hour 3
30. Beuwolf & Grendel
31. Baby Mama
32. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
33. Journey to the Center of the Earth
34. Fast and Furious
35. Wolverine
36. 17 Again
37. August Rush
38. Star Trek
39. Angels and Demons
40. Material Girls
41. Last Holiday
42. TMNT
43. Milk
44. Becoming Jane
45. Mall Cop
46. A Beautiful Mind
47. The Hangover
48. The Bride Wars
49. Knowing
50. Transformers 2
51. The International
52. The Perfect Child
53. When Innocence is Lost
54. Our Mother's Murder
55. Big Fish
56. Transformers
57. The Women
58. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
59. Wanted
60. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
61. Finding Amanda
62. G-Force
63. The Watchmen
64. Sex and Consquences
65. The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
66. Supernova
67. 300
68. X-Files: Fight the Future
67. Made of Honor
68. Dead Like Me: Life After Death
69: Simply Sexuality
70. The Clique
71: Battlestar Galatica: The Plan
72: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
73: GI Joe: Rise of the CObra
74: Paranormal Activity
75: The Clique
76: My Mom's New Boyfriend
77: The Babysitters
78: 2012
79: James Bond and the Quantum of Solace
80: The Ugly Truth
81: Deck the Halls
82: Obcesssion (the Beyonce film, not the lifetime)
83: Deck the Halls
84: Taken

50 books

2009-01-13T20:08:00.001-08:00

This a complete list of the books read in 2009.
1. The Kite Runner
2. The Nights of Rodanthe
3. The Secret Life of Bees
4. Big Fish
5. It's called a Breakup because It's Broken
6. Julie & Julia
7. Pride

The Idea Behind the Blog

2009-01-13T19:52:00.001-08:00

The whole idea behind this blog is keep a close record of my 101 "to-do" list to be completed in 1001 days. This project started on January 1, 2009 and will complete on September 29, 2011. 2.75 years total.

Without further ado, here is my list:

Read and Watch
1. Read The Complete Works of Shakespeare (3/38 plays)
2. Read The Count of Monte Cristo (35/1462 pages)
3. Read The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales Collection (6/250 stories) I
4. Read Gone with the Wind
5. Read 101 books (2/101)
6. Watch the film U-571
7. Watch the film The Thief Lord
~~8. Have a Star Wars movie marathon~~
9. Watch the Farscape Series
10. Catch up and watch all episodes of Sanctuary
~~11. Watch the complete Homicide Life on the Street Series~~
12. Catch up on Stargate Atlantis
~~13. Catch up on The 4400~~
~~14. Have a Pretender Marathon~~

Writing Projects
15. Finish writing The Vampire Wars
16. Actively participate in a NaNoWriMo Challenge
17. Complete a NaNoWriMo Challenge
18. Complete my fanfic100 challenges (27/100)
19. Look seriously into the book publishing process

Scrapbooking & Photographs
20. Complete my scrapbook from my Chicago Trip
21. Complete my scrapbook from “The College Years”
22. Complete a 2008 highlights scrapbook
23. Work on and keep an up-to-date scrapbook for 2009
24. Work on and keep an up-to-date scrapbook for 2010
25. Begin a scrapbook for 2011 and keep up with it
26. Print all my pictures from Europe
27. Put all my pictures from Europe in photo albums
28. Provide captions for said pictures

Other Hobbies
~~29. Complete my U.S. Quarter Collection~~
30. Finish stitching my TW Dragon
~~31. Design my own cross-stitch pattern~~
32. Stitch Mom’s Lighthouse
~~33. Learn how to crochet and/or knit~~
34. Paint three canvas paintings (0/3)
35. Complete International Bears Project for mom
36. Begin new International Bears Project (for me)
~~37. Bake 10 new recipes (11/10)~~

Travels
~~38. Visit the Grand Canyon~~
39. Go to Nevada

Blogging and Journaling
40. Write in my personal journal at least once a week
41. Post to my livejournal at least once a week
42. Post 24 Livejournal posts in 24 hours (1 per hour)
43. Blog the progress of my 1001 List
44. Keep a scrapbook on the progress of my 1001 list (with photos!)

Finances, etc.
~~45. Open a Savings Account~~
46. Build up my savings account
~~47. Pay off credit card balances~~
48. Start a retirement plan
49. Start paying my father back the money I owe
50. Save all coins until September 29, 2011

Furthering my Education
51. Learn the basic grammar of the Spanish Language
~~52. Donate 100,000 grains of rice on freerice.com (17,120/10,000)~~
53. Start my Master’s Degree

Getting Organized
~~54. File all unfiled paperwork at home (and keep up with it!)~~
~~55. Get bookshelves~~
~~56. Organize my books in the bookshelves~~
~~57. Organize my DVD collection~~
58. Organize my CD collection
~~59. Create a control journal~~
60. Use control journal
~~61. Create an electronic filing system (and keep up with it!)~~
~~62. Clean out closet and dresser~~
~~63. Organize spoon collection~~

Health
64. Slim down my tummy
~~65. Go to sleep by 10:30 sharp for 60 days (60/60)~~
~~66. Wake up naturally on Saturday for 5 days (5/5)~~
~~67. Drink ONLY 1 soda (or less) a day for 10 days (10/10)~~
68. Drink NO soda for 7 straight days (0/7)
69. Drink only water for 24 hours
~~70. Go hiking~~

Work Related
~~71. Arrive at work later than 7:15am for 30 days (30/30)~~
~~72. Do absolutely NO school work on Sundays for 10 days (10/10)~~
~~73. Organize lesson plan materials already in binders~~

Framing Projects
74. Print 8 x 10 photos (from Europe)
75. Frame 8 x 10 photos for display
76. Put together a family photo collage (in one of those family frames)
~~77. Frame family photos from HS and NMU graduation in matching frames~~
~~78. Frame HS senior photograph~~
79. Frame Egyptian Sampler cross-stitch
80. Frame Dragon & Castle cross-stitch

Miscellaneous
81. Send a secret to Post Secret
~~82. Get at pet~~
83. Participate in a craft swap
~~84. List places for summer jobs for 2009~~
85. Attend Ariel’s high school graduation
86. Be able to count to ten in ten other languages (4/10)
87. Finish Indiana Jones Legos for PS2
~~88. Finish this 101 list~~
89. Complete my Homeworkopoly game
~~90. Organize my recipe book~~
~~91. Realize that this list is not set is stone and may change as I change~~
92. Create teacher website
93. Update teaching portfolio
~~94. Eat at an IHOP~~
95. Bind together a printed copy of Centre of Evil
~~96. Finish watching Star Trek Enterprise~~
97. Watch the original Star Trek Series
98. Write down one positive thought a day
~~99. Go to the zoo~~
100. See 101 new films (83/101)
101. Knit a Poncho (that I will actually wear!)