~1,442,880 minutes~ How do you measure?...

Goal update!!!!

2009-04-19T14:12:00.002-04:00

#4 I sent the kids little treats to let them know I was thinking of them. Each was custom to what they like or do. They loved getting the little packages so I plan on doing it more. This will be an ongoing goal!

#2 I am happy to report is going well. I've been enjoying company of friends and my family with these little ventures and it feels good to just do that little extra of prettiness.

#3 has to be my hardest, since really it's kind of an odd goal. But I've been letting people know my feelings and working through some from the past. I actually think I will now count this goal as complete!

#13 I sent St Patty's day gifts to 2 of my friends that had babies recently. I hope to reach more of my friends and their babies with a gift now and again to let them know I'm thinking of them.

#15 My parents surprised me with a treadmill. I've used it a few times and it makes a handy place to put my hangers when hanging clothes,lol.

#16 I've been getting out there and getting walks in, I need to do it more so this is a work in progress that will continue.

#20 I am happy to say I have started this. I had oral surgery in March and had 3 teeth removed. Now I only have 2 more to get filled and I'm done with major stuff.

#65 I have started on this. I bought all new comfy clothes, in a smaller size!, and some nicer things. I've also been getting several pairs of shoes ;)

#70 I got my hair layered more in March and have another appointment for May. I really like this little bit of pampering and am happy to have it happen more than 2 times a year!

#80 I planted a little garden this year. It counts and makes me happy!

#91 I've gotten a few more books read! (don't remember the name right now off the top of my head)

Changes!

2009-04-19T13:55:00.005-04:00

I've decided that certain goals aren't that important to me or they've run their course if they were to be for the entire 101 days. Life changes, feelings change, needs change...so it makes sense to me to have my goals change as well.

Goal 38 is now complete in my book. I have my relationship with God that I'm comfortable with. I talk to him as needed and I don't feel I need to start feeling like this is a chore. So it's off my list.

Goal 22 has to change as well since there are not gyms that offer a boot camp here. I will instead be getting some DVD's I've been wanting as rewards for my weight loss!

Goal 93 honestly any one that knows me knows this will be impossible. So I'm going to make it to where I enjoy one evening/afternoon/morning off the computer. I love all my friends to go a total 24 hours unless I don't have service.

Goal 61 I'm changing it since honestly now I could care less about snorkeling since I don't live near the ocean. I will now have it to learn a new sport or activity I normally wouldn't do.

Goal 23 I'm changing it from a foreign language to a second language since sign can be my second language!

#74 another meal served!

2009-01-21T14:58:00.005-05:00

My big meal for Jan was my fathers birthday, Jan 15th. I made pot roast with small red potatoes, baby carrots and onion, home made cornbread and a peanut butter cake with chocolte icing and peanut butter cream filling...OMG it's to die for!

Here's pics of the cake, the roast was yummy but I didn't fancy it up so no pics were taken.

#77 a craft project

2009-01-14T15:27:00.004-05:00

I needed a bedside lamp for my room so I can read and not have the overhead light blaring all night long (since I have been known to fall asleep reading). I didn't want to spend a fortune so this is where I decided being crafty would come in handy.
The lamp didn't have a shade orginally and was only $4 at the antique store. I also found the shade there but it was stark white, I hated it but for $1.50 who could turn it down. To darken up the shade I did a coffee stain, then to add a bit of wild I added the leopard trim. Now I have the perfect lamp and the total cost was maybe $8.00 counting taxes.

Goal 47... paint a picture

2009-01-13T18:55:00.002-05:00

This was my first painting! I really enjoyed it and have decided to do more for my room.

Completed Goals!

2009-01-06T11:54:00.002-05:00

1. I've started reading the bible. I am enjoying this alot and finding alot of peace in doing so.

91. I completed 3 books (and have started several others). Remember Me by Mary Higgins Clark, awesome book! Crepes of Wrath by Tamar Myers, very cute light mystery. Later at the Bar by Rebecca Barry, Becki sent me this one and it's wonderful... light reading and a book the makes you feel like you can really relate to it's characters in someway or another.

99. I wrote a cookbook of mine and some family recipes for Brian and Melinda for Christmas. I'm saving it to get bound as a book one day but for them I did it in a binder so they can add to it.

43. Michael, Tom and I went the the beach in Nov before I left and I was able to do some sea shell hunting. It was one of the best days I had in Florida my second time living there. It's a nice place to visit, just not to live for me.

56. This goal started as plans for a vacation but turned into a move for me when Tom and I seperated. I really love the beauty Arkansas has to offer and am getting used to the weather, it's alot like TX so it hasn't been too hard to do.

38.I hate to say I have slacked up on the 60:60 but I am praying daily, sometimes several times a day depending on how things are going. Sometimes I give more thanks than asking for help to make it through the day, this is a hugh change from a few months ago.

74. I have made 2 big family meals for the holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

85. I helped get the entire house and outside decortated this year. I loved how everything turned out, even if I don't have many pics :(

5. I managed to send out a few Christmas cards this year. Hopefully I get better with the up coming holidays though.

33. As part of my journey to a "better" self I had to make a list of deepest desires. I did learn a few things about myself which is always a good thing.

96 and 97. I made donations this year to 2 different charity's.

70. I finally got my hair trimmed. I don't have a decent pic yet though. I got some layers and the ends cut off, it's already so much healthier looking and I love it.

81. I managed to get one ornament bought this year, but it's a start. It is a heart that says "Dear God, Christmas is Love"

76. Find a church home. This was a harder goal for me because I also stepped away from the Catholic church. I found a little church close to home and have gone for several weeks. I wasn't sure if it was going to be my "home" until this past Sunday when I had an amazing experience and now I can't see it not being my church home.

When I was MIA!

2009-01-05T18:43:00.002-05:00

I've done a number of my goals while I was offline which was kind of nice. I also did a little editing due to changes in my life and what I feel is important.

music speaks what the soul feels #92 complete!

2008-11-10T13:05:00.002-05:00

Well I can proudly say I learned how to download music for my ipod and found songs that get me moving and grooving!

I however have discovered I suffer from music bi-polar disorder. I never knew that I had as wide of a range in music love as I do, which is a good thing but it makes my play list a bit strange to say the least, lol.

Charity walks

2008-11-08T20:51:00.002-05:00

I want to start my list with the websites for some of the charity walks I want to do. I would like to sign up for my first one starting in the spring.

Oct 2009 Light the Night for leukemia

May 2009 arthritis walk

March or April 2009 MS walk

Need to contact Arkansas Chapter for ovarian cancer http://www.ovarian.org/

Still would like to find one for cerebral palsy/epilepsy, and possibly breast cancer or another charity. I also need to find a run to do.

new and updated list!

2008-11-07T16:16:00.005-05:00

I've recently had some changes in my life so I have changed my list to fit these changes. There are a few on the Home Sweet Home section that I still need to figure out and set, but this will be done later when I have my own sweet home again.

Because those I love are important to me:

1. Read the bible!

2.Have date night once a month, where I have to dress up (doesn't have to be romantic)

3.Let those I love know it!

4.Send flowers to my mom, friends, kids for no reason

5.Send cards for holidays and birthdays

6.Meet more of my MLW/online friends in person

~~7.Dance in the rain with Tom~~

8.Play in the snow with my kids

9.Have a picnic at the beach with someone special

~~10.Make “just because” care packages for my sons~~

11.Update birthdays and address of family and friends

12.Star gaze in a lovers arms

13.Send baby gifts and congrats to new mommas

Because I want to live a long time...

Health/Fitness:

14.Get to a happy & healthy weight

15.Join a gym or buy gym equipment

16. Walk daily (when weather permits)

17.Do 6 charity walks (0/6)

18.Run a 5K

19.Get a mammogram

20.Go to dentist get all teeth fixed

21.Get teeth whitened

22. Take a fitness boot camp class

Never to old to learn:

23.Learn a foreign language ( Spanish?)

24.Take a cake decorating class

25.Learn to sew

26.Learn to can foods

27.Learn how to make candles

$:

28.Save all change

29.Start paying on student loans

30.Save $20 per pay day

It's the little things we often forget:

31.Watch a sunrise

32.Watch a sunset

33. Make a list of deepest desires... must be truthful with self

34.Fall Foliage

35.Real snow

36.A musical/play

37.Enjoy a storm rolling in

38. Pray daily and continue 60:60

~~39.Stop the ice cream truck and enjoy an ice cream like when I was a child~~

~~40.Cloud watch~~

41.Read a loved childrens book

42.Dance like a crazy woman to blaring music (behind closed doors ~wink~)

43.Go sea shell hunting

44.Dress up for Halloween

45.Color in a coloring book

46.Finger paint

47.Paint an abstract picture

48.Play Hop Scotch with the girls

49.Skip (like when I was a child)

Girls just wanna have fun:

50. Go to a race (Dirt, Nascar, drag... any of these count)

51. Enjoy a football game on a crisp autumn day/night

52. Go to a hockey game

53. Amusement park with my kids

54. Learn to shoot a gun

55. Ride a ferris wheel with Becki

56.Arkansas with my parents (family)

57.New York City, just to walk the streets

58. See a play/musical

59. Go to a concert

60. Go on a day long hike

61.Go snorkeling for the first time

62.Go to a Festival

63.Visit an art museum

A beautiful me!

64.Learn to walk in heels

65.Buy a new wardrobe

~~66.Buy makeup~~

67.Do a Glamour shot session

68.Get a pedicure or do my own every 3 months

69.Get a manicure or do my own once every 3 months

70.Get hair trimed 2 times a year (0/5)

Home sweet home:

71.Frame family pics and decorate with them

~~72.Choose paint color for room~~

~~73.Paint room~~

74.Plan and make one big family meal a month (1/33)

75.Deep Clean entire house 4 times (0/4)

76. TBD

77. TBD

78. TBD

79. TBD

80.Plant a garden each spring (0/3)

81. Collect Christmas ornaments

82.Organize the recyling to be more user friendly

83.Buy seasonal door mats

84.Buy art for house and hang

85.Decorate for Christmas ( 0/3)

86.Find bedding I love and get it!

87.Buy a new bed

88.Buy new bedroom furniture

89. Go through stuff in storage

90.Buy a new TV

wait there's more.....

91.Read one new book a month that's not related to school (1/33)

92.Make song list for iPod and transfer songs onto iPod

93.One day a month no computer

94.Put together albums online and order them for us and family

95.Buy a new digital camera

96.Donate to a program for the elderly for Christmas/holidays (0/3)

97.Donate to Toys for Tots (or some other childs program) (0/3)

98.Go to a car show with daddy! (should go under Girls Wanna Have Fun)

99.Write my cook book

100.Buy Post Secrets books (0/4)

101.Leave a secret in a P.S. Book at the store

The next thing on my list....

2008-11-02T15:35:00.003-05:00

I've completed a few things so need to do a quick update. It feels good to be moving forward when alot of my life seems to be sitting still or going backwards.

#10 is marked off the list as I sent Corey, my parents, my girls and ever their step-sibblings some just because treats! They all loved everything and made getting the mail a bit more pleasant then the normal bills we all tend to get to many of, lol.

#66 is also off my list! I decided enough of the frumpy look all the time and bought some makeup. I lost all of mine in TX some how/some where and haven't worn any for close to a year...or more. It felt nice to look how I feel inside.

#91 is one down and 32 more to go (and half of one of those is done). I just finished "The Next Thing on My List". It is a fun and very easy book to read. Becki loaned it to me just as I was writting my list for this project, very fitting for my life and this journey.

Changes...

2008-11-02T15:29:00.002-05:00

As always my life is about change so now is no different. As many of you know I am going through a difficult time and some major changes are on the horizon because of this some of my goals will be changing....
but that's how life goes and how we grow!
From this I will become a bigger and better person, stronger and happier!
Life is a journey and it's all about accepting the ride you are given.

I have meet a few of my goals, and will update those in a few... just wanted there to be no shock when a goal is suddenly different from before.

Dancing in the rain!

2008-10-05T19:37:00.002-04:00

Yesterday was a very rainy day which was started in a very sour mood. I was trying to get into a happy mood by enjoying the rain and coolness that we had when Tom took me by the hand and led me out onto the walkway and started dancing with me. We didn't dance for long but it was wonderful to let the drops take away my mood.

update!

2008-09-29T11:37:00.004-04:00

Monthly family dinner!
Well I hadn't really planned for it but decided one day to make chinesse for everyone so we had a stir fry and homemade egg rolls.
Not sure what I'll plan for Oct and knowing me it'll be just a spur of the moment thing.

I've been walking and wearing my pedmoeter for that and sometimes around the house.
Not much else has been going on, I kind of like the goals just happening and not all forced.

a half goal!

2008-09-18T09:02:00.002-04:00

Cloud watching is something I have always loved doing. Just a spur of the moment seeing something cool in the sky... makes you laugh, makes you smile, and almost always makes you wonder "am I the only one who sees THAT!"

Well I had planned on taking pics of my cloud watching adventure to share, but then it just happened... I looked up and there in the sky was a face profile, that changed into Marge Simpson, then a dogs face profile, and lastly a gorilla. Sooooooo I didn't have a cam handy for pics, which is why this is half a goal meet. I watched that one cloud change shape for a good 20 minutes, laughing and pointing out the shapes to Tom so he could see the amazing art work of nature. Once more I was taken to past summers of fun...
Laying in the grass with my nana, laughing and giggling...sometimes telling nana she needed glasses if she couldn't see what I did, and she'd giggle back maybe I was the one that needed them... or maybe it was pound cake and pickles I needed soooo off I'd dash into the house for a fav treat, one that hasn't been eaten in almost 25 (since losing nana)
Memories of camping with my family, as recent as this summer.... laughing as a child with my parents and then as a parent with my children. Lake water cooling our sun burned bodies and laughter warming our soul.
And then the memory of one of the hardest laughs I've ever had with my sons. In 2005 just before moving back to TX we were walking home from Taco Bell, it had been storming (we had a small hurricane/tropical storm) pass over and Corey had found $20 in the pool from the storm sooo we went to celebrate leaving what we had come to hate (FL)... on the walk back Corey pointed to the clouds laughing so hard. Michael and I looked up and there was a giant penis (and it was very graphic so you couldn't have seen anything but that), and well we all ended up sitting on the sidewalk laughing so hard that even the clouds thought ill of FL (kind of it calling the state it's own name) people driving by thought we were insane, and well maybe by that point we were but it will always be something we laugh about...to this day it's a snorting laugh memory.

Memories like these, moments like these remind me to enjoy your everyday. There is beauty and laughter in everything if you just take the time to look and enjoy.

Childhood memories!

2008-09-15T17:02:00.004-04:00

Goal #39 was a chance to relive some of my childhood by chasing down the icecream truck and getting a childhood favorite. While times have changed prices it hasn't changed the lines, stupid boys not making up their minds, moms complaining to the kids they need to hury up, and my ability to taste the icecream before the ordering it... what sweet memories.
I ordered my old fav with a new twist. The Pushup Pop! Instead of the normal orange I ordered the rainbow... blue rasberry, lime, and orange. Yummmmmmy!
Then I came inside to enjoy it, we have no curbs or steps at the house to sit on plus it's hot and unlike when I was a child I don't do heat, lol

I enjoyed this walk down memory lane so much I think I will do it more often and maybe next time he'll have the snowcones... or better yet maybe there is a special snow cone truck that will make it's way through the neighborhood.

Fiddler on the roof what sweet memories you bring.....

Goal #73

2008-09-06T13:58:00.003-04:00

Well I have completed the goal of painting the room. I changed colors and well this is a bit more peachy brown than I thought but I think it's going to work... it has to because I'm not repainting anytime soon. Sooooo I'll just have to find curtains, shelves, and pictures to help cover some of the wall and I'll be totally happy at that point.

Here's what the room looked like before

Then I put on primer

Then paint... it's Pecan Twist (the blue around the top is painters tape)

I am still going to do the bath but haven't 100% decided what I'm doing. I am thinking of taking the brown from the bedroom and adding a bit of white to make it a bit creamier. I'll post pics of it once I'm done.

now on to the next goal *woohoo*

Bedroom update!

2008-09-02T02:10:00.002-04:00

Well I was finally able to get into the room to start the painting, it took them forever to get stuff out and they had actually left some stuff that I packed up and moved out of the way, lol.

I ended up changing my mind on the paint color, this really shouldn't surprise many people since this is a pretty normal thing for me to do. I went to get the paint today and I rounded the corner where the swatches were and this creamy brown jumped out at me... so the color is Pecan Twist!
Now I knew that had to be the color because it takes me 20 min. just to pick a gum flavor... Tom was beyond shocked that I was able to just say this is it and no second guessing, he didn't even complain about it being brownish (he's least fav color)

I was just able to get primer up today so tomorrow will be the paint and I'll post pics. I took some of the before earlier.

I haven't 100% decided on the accesories in the bathroom (which will be painted the Pecan as well) or curtains for the room, right now there's generic blinds. I've decided that Tom can maybe help in picking that, maybe being the key word, lol.

I've also started my book for the month, Becki sent it to me. It's really awesome and I'll share the name and review once it's finished and marked off my list.

ok well it's late....
Hope everyone is having fun with their goals.

ohhh and I've been posting my jokes of the day in my journal on MLW if anyone wants a giggle or 2.

You color my world... goal # 72!

2008-08-27T12:24:00.004-04:00

or atleast my room, lol.

Tom and I have finally agreed somewhat on a color for the room and bath. I normally go with very deep rich tones but have been encouraged to break free from that and go with something more light and airy...spa like. (Tom is very thankful to Michael for this)

So I have picked a few shades of greens, I still need to see them in person to make sure they aren't terrible but the choices are from Valspar. Apple Slice, Afternoon Delight (it looks a little dark online), Lime Sherbert, and Limescent. The other colors will be creams and browns.

We'll get the colors this weekend and I'll paint on Sunday more than likely and move all our stuff in on Monday.

Now to figure out the rest of my spa plans.....

My Goals!!!

2008-08-21T01:17:00.015-04:00

Because those I love are important to me:

1.Take one day a week for just me and Tom

2.Have date night once a month, where I have to dress up

3.Renew our vows

4.Send flowers to my mom, friends, kids, MIL for no reason

5.Send cards for holidays and birthdays

6.Meet more of my MLW/online friends in person

7.Dance in the rain with Tom

8.Play in the snow with Tom, have a snow ball fight, make a snowman and snow angels

9.Have a picnic at the beach on the sand w/Tom

10.Make “just because” care packages for my sons

11.Update birthdays and address of family and friends

12.Star gaze with Tom

13.Send baby gifts and congrats to new mommas

Because I want to live a long time...

Health/Fitness:

14.Get to a happy & healthy weight

15.Join a gym

16.Wear my pedometer daily

17.Do 6 charity walks (0/6)

18.Run a 5K

19.Get a mammogram

20.Go to dentist get all teeth fixed

21.Get teeth whitened

22.Walk 4 days a week

Never to old to learn:

23.Learn a foreign language ( Spanish?)

24.Take a cake decorating class

25.Learn to sew

26.Learn to can foods

27.Learn how to make candles

$:

28.Save all change

29.Start paying on student loans

30.Save $20 per pay day

It's the little things we often forget:

31.A sunrise on the beach

32.A sunset while strolling the beach

33.Sea Turtles being born

34.Fall Foliage

35.Real snow

36.A musical/play

37.Enjoy a storm rolling in

38.Read a joke daily to enjoy a laugh

~~39.Stop the ice cream truck and enjoy an ice cream like when I was a child~~

40.Cloud watch

41.Read a loved childrens book

42.Dance like a crazy woman to blaring music (behind closed doors ~wink~)

43.Go sea shell hunting

44.Dress up for Halloween

45.Color in a coloring book

46.Finger paint

47.Paint an abstract picture

48.Play Hop Scotch with the girls

49.Skip (like when I was a child)

Girls just wanna have fun:

50.Nascar race

51.Bills game

52.Yankee's game

53.Disney with my kids

54.On a cruise with Tom

55.On a cruise with Krissy for her 50th birthday (May 2010)

56.Arkansas with my parents (family)

57.New York City, just to walk the streets

58.The races at Moroso Motor Sports park

59.Horse Races

60.Dinner cruise on the gambling ship (gotta dress up fancy for this one)

61.Go snorkeling for the first time

62.Go to a Festival

63.Visit an art museum

A beautiful me!

64.Learn to walk in heels

65.Buy a new wardrobe

66.Buy makeup

67.Do a Glamour shot session

68.Get a pedicure every 3 months (0/11)

69.Get a manicure once a month (0/33)

70.Get hair trimed 2 times a year (0/5)

Home sweet home:

71.Frame family pics and decorate with them

~~72.Choose paint color for room~~

~~73.Paint room~~

74.Plan and make one big family meal a month (1/33)

75.Deep Clean entire house 4 times (0/4)

76.Clean and organize laundry room

77.Clean and organize storage shed

78.Go through stuff in storage, throw away stuff we don't need or use

79.Set up patio the way I want it so it's actually a place to relax

80.Plant a garden each spring (0/3)

81.Landscape front and back yard

82.Organize the recyling to be more user friendly

83.Buy door mats

84.Buy art for house and hang

85.Decorate for Christmas ( 0/3)

86.Find bedding I love and get it!

87.Buy a new bed

88.Buy new bedroom furniture

89.Set up a guest room/office

90.Buy a new TV for our room

wait there's more.....

91.Read one new book a month that's not related to school (0/33)

92.Make song list for iPod and transfer songs onto iPod

93.One day a month no computer (0/33)

94.Put together albums online and order them for us and family

95.Buy a new digital camera

96.Donate to a program for the elderly for Christmas/holidays (0/3)

97.Donate to Toys for Tots (or some other childs program) (0/3)

98.Blog about meeting goals

99.Write my cook book

100.Buy Post Secrets books (0/4)

101.Leave a secret in a P.S. Book at the store

Getting Started

2008-08-20T20:37:00.003-04:00

I've started my list and will be posting it later in the week. My start date is Aug 24, 2008 making my last day May 22, 2011. I'm really looking forward to this challenge as I am h0ping it will remind me to set large goals but to also remember the small things that truly make life special.

What inspired my title...

2008-08-19T23:35:00.003-04:00

I love the movie Rent and wish I could have seen it on stage. The entire sound track was awesome but Seasons of Love made me think, just as this challenge with my goals is making me. What is really important to me...Dancing in the rain, learning something new, telling those around me just how much they mean to me..... it is a journey into my soul. To me this is much more than a list of 101 goals, it's a begining of what and who I want to become, where I want to be in life... what little pieces of me have I lost and need to find again.

Seasons of Love from the Rent soundtrack

Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights
In cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.

In five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure
A year in the life?

How about love?
How about love?
How about love? Measure in love

Seasons of love. Seasons of love

Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes!
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Journeys to plan.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life
Of a woman or a man?

In truths that she learned,
Or in times that he cried.
In bridges he burned,
Or the way that she died.

It's time now to sing out,
Tho' the story never ends
Let's celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends
Remember the love!
Remember the love!
Seasons of love!

Oh you got to got to
Remember the love!
You know that love is a gift from up above
Share love, give love spread love
Measure measure your life in love.

How will our moments be measured???