Number 67

I made a recipe book.
I went to Granny's over Spring Break and copied some of her recipes to put in my homemade recipe book.  Currently, these are the only recipes I have in it, but I really love having the copies in her handwriting.  I have plenty of my own, but need to type them up and glue them in.  Hopefully I can make some of these tastey treats soon.

These are all the fun scrapbook pages I am using

Number 86

I've had the UGLIEST mailbox since I moved into my house.  So, I decided to fix it up a little.  I used some leftover brown paint to paint the mailbox, and stencilled my house number and name.  It looks so much better!  But that wasn't enough.... I also decided planting a little flower bed around my mail box would be so  pretty and make my  yard look much nicer.  It definitely does!

I planned to do this Sunday by myself.  I knew it would be an all day task, but didn't think it'd be very hard.  Boy, was I wrong.  I could not have gotten it done without Paul.  He randomly came over on Sunday, and I told him to be prepared to work!  And to make it even more difficult, the only shovel I had was a garden shovel!  He had a time digging out some weeds, but he got it done!  It looks so nice! 

Let me also brag that this project only cost me about $11.00.  The paint I used was leftover from when we had the house painted, the bricks were left by the previous owners of the house, and the wood was "borrowed" from the lot across the street (Kayla and I "borrow" a lot of things from that lot).  So, I paid a little for the mulch and stencils.  I got the stencils with a gift card, so really I only spent $4.00.  I love cheap!



Before.  This is how my mailbox looked when I moved in, and remained that UGLY until Saturday.

Paul working hard with my little garden shovel

The finished project!  I love, love, love it!

Number 26

I completed  my third goal today:  Find a new dentist in Tuscaloosa.

I have been seeing the same dentist since I had teeth.  That's a long time!  He's located in Bessemer, so now that I live in Tuscaloosa, it's quite the commute!

Last trip, I supposedly had a cavity and was going to have to spend about $800.00 on a crown.  Of course I put this off until I felt something HAD to be done.  I was having some pain in this tooth, so I decided it was time to get it taken care of.  My friend, Alecia, recommended that I visit Dr. Rush Smith.  Dr. Rush is very close.  By close, I mean I could walk to his office from my office in no time. 

So I had my appointment with Dr. Rush, and, great news, there is no cavity!  Not sure what my other doctor thought he saw (or if he really saw anything), but Dr. Rush says not to bother with that tooth.  Praise the Lord!  I really didn't have $800.00 I could easily pay out.  Turns out, the tooth that was hurting is connected to my sinuses, and that's what caused the pain.  He said if my pain lasted more than a couple of days, something must be wrong.  But with my history with allergies and sinuses, I don't doubt that that was the problem.

I'm glad to share with you my good report.  I think I can add this to my positive though for the day list:  Dr. Rush just saved me a ton of money!

Number 98 - Happy Birthday Momma!

I made a layered cake!  Nothing beautiful, but I made one, it was delicious, and it was weight watchers!  Mom loved it, so I consider it a success!

Mom with her birthday cake!  Happy Birthday Mom!!!

Just a little picture of the layers from the inside.  Yum!

Number 61

I completed my first goal today!

Drumroll please............... I BOUGHT SOME NEW SOCKS!  Yeah!

This is a silly goal, right?  Well, if you know me, you know that I
really needed them because:

A) Almost all of my socks have holes in them!  Eeek!
Ok, really, they didn't look as bad as the ones you see pictured, but they were well on their way.  I have some kind of weird emotional attachment to my socks.  For instance, I've had my Might Mouse socks (which I love) for about 8 years now.  Woah!  And, even though they have holes in them, I'll probably keep them stashed in my sock drawer.



B)  I like to wear socks with my Tom's...particularly white socks with my black Tom's.  Not that I like to wear my white socks with them, it's just that's about all I have.

Sorry sister that I ever made fun of you for sporting the Michael Jackson look.







Look at those socks!  TWENTY new pairs, and ten of those are black!  Yep, I'll no longer be looking a fool in my black dress pants, white/pink/blue/yellow/etc. socks, and black Tom's.

So anyway, I'm thrilled that I got new socks and ecstatic that I completed my first goal.  I know it was easy, but I'm off to a good start. :)

Now I am working on another goal that I hope to be completed in the next few hours.  I'll update on it tomorrow! 

101 Goals in 1001 Days

Today I came across the Day Zero Project.  Basically, you make a list of 101 things you'd like to do in 1,001 days, or 2.75 years.  Sounded like something fun and interesting to do, so I'm giving it a try.

It literally took me 12 hours to figure out my list!  Some of the things on my list are easy, some will be quite difficult, and some were just for fun.  My plan is to blog each time I complete one of the goals.  

When a task is in progress, you will see it italicized, and after I complete a task, you will see it in bold.  Some of these tasks will take the duration of the whole 1,001 days - Today until November 17, 2014

So here goes (in no particular order)...

    1)  Go on a cruise.
    2)  Go skydiving...and take my daddy!
    3)  Buy a new fridge.
    4)  Finally go to the Montgomery Zoo with Amber and Samantha.
    5)  Visit with Haley.  It's been too long.
    6)  Make a list of 100 things that make me happy. (0/100)
    7)  Stay off Facebook for an entire week.
    8)  Finish knitting that pink and brown scarf I started - revised 2-12-13.
    9)  Knit scarves for Christmas presents - revised 2-12-13.
  10)  Hold a brand new baby.
  11)  Donate my hair to locks of love.
  12)  Get a raise...
  13)  Put a mantle on the fireplace.
  14)  No internet - including email - for 24 hours.
  15)  Learn to play Chess.
  16)  Think 1 positive thought a day for a month.  Maybe this can turn into a good habit.  
  17)  Take 1 photo a day for a year
  18)  Get a New Year's kiss from my love.
  19)  Get rid of the ugly old TV in the shed.
  20)  Finish reading the Hunger Games series
  21)  See the Hunger Games movie.
  22)  Lose 40 pounds.
  23)  Celebrate my baby sister's engagement.
  24)  Pay for the meal of the person behind me in a drive through.
  25)  Dig up the satellite dish in the front yard.
  26)  Find a new dentist in town.
  27)  Buy a mattress for the guest bedroom.
  28)  Repaint the front door.
  29)  Make homemade hummus.
  30)  Go to the beach.
  31)  No chocolate for one month. (0/31)
  32)  No soda for one month. (0/31)
  33)  Take my mom to another Bon Jovi concert.
  34)  Find Paul a job.
  35)  Buy a nice camera.  Maybe mom will let me be her business partner! :)
  36)  Throw a surprise party.
  37)  Swim with dolphins.
  38)  Read every chapter of the Bible (38/1189)
  39)  Write Samuel a letter each month (1/33)
  40)  Go to All Fired Up
  41)  Leave a 100% tip.  
  42)  Don't eat out for a week.
  43)  Go on a date with my dad.
  44)  Have lunch with my sister.
  45)  Get new glasses.
  46)  Get engaged.
  47)  Devote 30 to 45 minutes each day to God (10/1001)
  48)  Deposit $10.00 into savings for every goal achieved (30/1010)
  49)  Get a pedicure.
  50)  Laugh out loud everyday (10/1001)
  51)  Go on a hike
  52)  Eat a different flavor of Summer Snow each time I go
  53)  Win a Scrabble game on family game night
  54)  Transform that ugly cement slab in the backyard.
  55)  Clean up the fire pit.
  56)  Play the piano 3 times a week for a month (0/12)
  57)  Send flowers to four special people just because - to Paula
  58)  Save all my change for 1001 days and cash it in when the challenge is done
  59)  Go to Disney World
  60)  Go Black Friday shopping with mom and Kayla.
  61)  Buy new socks
  62)  Do 10 nice things for random people I know without telling them (2/10)
  63)  Go one week without buying anything
  64)  Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with a different letter of the alphabet (2/26)
  65)  Color every page in a coloring book
  66)  Send a note to a friend just because
  67)  Make a recipe book
  68)  Go to a drive-in movie
  69)  Take a photo of a place through all four seasons
  70)  Take a picture for each letter of the alphabet and create an album of those pictures (0/26)
  71)  Buy new furniture for the front living room
  72)  Don't complain for a week
  73)  Give up something for Lint
  74)  Make a list of 100 songs I could listen to forever (1/100)
  75)  Make a list of 100 things I'm grateful for (0/100)
  76)  Eat a City Cafe
  77)  Fast one day a month for a year (0/12)
  78)  Have a movie marathon day in my jammies
  79)  Leave a note of encouragement in a public place for a random person to find
  80)  Complete all the workouts on my Zumba for the Wii
  81)  Complete 10 DIY projects from Pinterest (4/10)
  82)  Try 25 recipes from Pinterest (20/25)
  83)  Visit a state I've never been to
  84)  Go to the mountains
  85)  Host a Pampered Chef Party - revised
  86)  Spruce up the mailbox
  87)  Clean the windows in the house
  88)  Send Christmas cards to family and friends
  89)  Get a nice coffee maker
  90)  Donate blood
  91)  Go through my clothes once a year and donate anything that I didn't wear during the year
  92)  Write to someone who has inspired me
  93)  Dye Easter Eggs
  94)  Have a game night with the fam
  95)  Go one day without TV
  96)  Walk once a week during my lunch break this year (0/52) (Revised 4-28-12)
  97)  Plant flowers
  98)  Successfully make a layered cake (I'm horrible at this)
  99)  Make my own pickles
100)  Take an online class or two
101)  Document the completion of each of my goals