"In Progress" Goals

I wanted to give you all a update on how things are going.  When I started this, I was completing goal after goal so fast, and now, I'm slowing down.  I guess I'm not as motivated about it as I was when I first began (typical bad habit of mine).  I'm making progress on a few of my goals, but it's taking longer than planned.  So, I wanted to give you an update of those that are "in progress."

17 - Take 1 photo a day for a year.  So far, I've completed January 1-10.  I'm using the hashtag #bde101in1001 on Instagram to kind of keep track of each day.  If you don't follow me on Instagram, you can click the link on the right of my page, or search for me (bdenglebert).  You can follow as I go, or wait until I have completed this one.

20 - Finish reading the Hunger Games series.  I've finished 1 and 2.  Started #3, but got very bored.  As much as I'd love to be, I'm really not a reader.  So it takes a lot for me to finish a book.  But, the second movie is coming out this year (I think) so I'm hoping this will motivate me to finish the series.

22 - Lose 40 pounds.  This one has been in progress since last summer, but I fell off that band wagon and gained every single pound that I lost and then some more.  I started dieting again right after Christmas and lost weight fast (couldn't eat much because I was sick).  I'm down a total of 6 lbs as of Sunday.  I believe if I would actually get up and move, the weight would start pouring off.  Exercising makes me feel so good when I'm done, so I don't know why I never do it.  BTW - I just had an AWESOME Zumba Wii workout.  :)  (One of my goals for 2013 - I do goals, not resolutions - is to lost weight.  I have a few more I'll mention throughout the blog)

38 - Read every chapter of the Bible.  Another 2013 goal - read through the Bible in one year.  I found a neat plan that goes through chronologically.  So far, I've stuck with it.  I've read Genesis 1-11 and Job 1-28.  If you'd like to check out the plan I'm using, click here.  I encourage everyone to do this if you're not already - it's not too late to start!  You'll only have to catch up a few days!!!!!

47 - Devote 30 to 45 minutes each day to God.  I started this one out on the wrong foot, but am happy to report that I'm spending true quality time with the Lord.  Spending time in the Word and talking with God each day has made me feel so much happier and more at peace with things.

50 - Laugh out loud everyday.  I LOVE to laugh!  It's true that laughter is the absolute best medicine.  When you're having a bad day, try it!

58 - Save all my change for 1001 days and cash it in when the challenge is done.  At Christmas Village I got this glass jug that says Rollin in the Dough.  I now put all my change in it instead of spending.  I don't care cash much, but have got a good bit saved in there right now.

62 - Do 10 nice things for random people I know without telling them.  So far, I have found the opportunity to do this twice.  One person did find out that I did the random act of kindness.

80 - Complete all the workouts on my Zumba for the Wii.  As I said before, I had a fabulous Zumba workout just tonight!

81 - Complete 10 DIY projects from Pinterest.  I'm sad to report that I have only done 2 since this began.

82 - Try 25 recipes from Pinterest.  I'm slacking on the projects, but I've been a cooking maniac!  I've done at least 20 of these!!

So these are my "in progress" challenges.  I hope to put a huge dent in my list in 2013.  As expected, there will be some things that though I thought I'd be able to afford, I won't before this list ends.  But, that's ok.  It's just good to have goals.

One other 2013 goal that I didn't mention - learn to budget.  My sister will be moving out in May which means I'm short a roomie.  However, I'm ok with that because it will be a learning experience.  My dad tells me almost every time I see him that I really need to start a budget.  I agreed, but blew it off and was LAZY and never did one.  I made one for January and it's a real eye opener to how much money I really spend.  So, I'm learning to budget this year and learning to really manage my money.

I'm excited to see what all is in store for this year!  I hope you all have a fantastic 2013.  Stay tuned for more updates!!

Numbers 18, 19, 89

Wow!  I have not blogged about any of my projects since September!  I've been a slacker.  I haven't even thought about my list in the longest time and didn't realize that I had a few things on the list I could mark off.  So where do I start?  Let's start from the least exciting...

First, I got a nice new Keurig plus a ton, ton, ton of coffee!  I LOVE it.  I love it so much, day 2 with my Keurig, I drank about 5 cups of the different drinks I had and got very sick.  Oops...overdid it just a little bit.   My favorite drink (and I highly recommend it if you have a Keurig):  Cafe Escapes - Cafe Caramel.  YUMMY!  However, it is a tad more fattening than the plain coffee.

Secondly, I got a New Year's kiss from James Paul.  New Year's Eve 2011, we decided not to be together.  So, he stayed with his family, I stayed with mine which meant no sugies to bring in the New Year.  Well, this year I got it, but it was not very exciting.  I was SICK and told him not to even come near me actually, but he insisted.  Sweet boy knew how bad I wanted a New Year's kiss before I was sick, so he thought it was important I got one.

Last:  I got that bug, ugly TV out of my shed.  That sounds exciting, right?  No, not really.  And it wasn't an exciting thing, but what an eventful day that was!  I had been on an overnight work trip to Louisiana (and sick - Alabama weather really kills my sinuses) and returned home tired and ill.  The electric fence had not been working and Riley was hitting his body as hard as he could against my semi-new sliding glass doors.  Set off #1.  Anyway, being the sweet roomie that I am, I had decided that even though I was sick, I was going to get all the Christmas decorations out because the roommates had wanted to decorate a little early so that they had plenty of time to enjoy it before going home for the holidays.  I opened up the shed only to find a jumbled up mess.  I couldn't get to any of the decorations.  Set off #2.  So, I'm sick, tired from traveling, and MAD.  I notice that big TV in the corner of my eye and decide it has to get gone right then and there, and I am going to do it all by myself.  Well, it was a lot heaver than I thought and I couldn't slide it through the yard to the street.  So, I decided to try to shimmy it through the yard.  In the process, I pulled the TV over my foot, snagging my toenail.  I have lost a toenail before, but this was worse.  The nail stayed in tact, but was ripped from the skin a little.  It hurt and bled worse than when I actually lost my toenail.  That's been two months ago, and I still have a nasty brown toenail, but I've still got it!