A nice Sunday at home

I have had a nice few days. The weather has been gorgeous here. Thursday night, we went up to the Walton Arts Center to see "Slow Dancing" and wow, really wow! Kate brought the boys over for dinner before hand. We had breakfast for dinner and Thomas ate 5 pancakes, at least. William is getting such a sweet personality, just smiling at me all the time. It warms my heart.

Friday night, Mark and I sat out by the fireplace in the backyard. I have been working on my 101 goal of cutting up my magazines and building binders. He even brought out a lamp for me so I could keep going after dark.

Saturday, Kate got to my house at 8:30 and we set off for War Eagle craft fair. The weather was perfect. We got there at the perfect time and we had a great time. I had expressed concerns that the crowds were dying out at the craft fairs over the last few years. For so long, the exhibitors had sold little wooden signs and very country type decorating items. Let's face it, not many of us decorate like that any more. I was very pleasantly surprised by how awesome some of the booths were! Beautiful glass work including this place www.themeltedpane.com and very modern runners and pillows at another. I fell in love with a wooden carved Santa on a crescent moon but hey, $215 is out of my budget for one Christmas decoration. We scored on some wooden toys for Thomas. Ate some really bad fair food. Next time, we will take a picnic.

We got out just as the crowds were getting really big. Another pleasant surprise.

Today, I talked to my sister and did some catching up. I love her so much but we just don't have enough time together. It was good to hear that she and Emily were as excited about a girl trip as I am. :) The rest of the time, I moved furniture in my living room to accomodate my new chairs. *Check one off the list!* They are much bigger than I expected. Now I need to get rid of my sofa. It is just too big for that room.

This week is going to be very busy. Lots of early mornings and late nights at work.

Thursday was a good day. I have one customer that is extremely high profile. They implemented a new system that has caused a lot of issues. My big boss asked me to take the lead on organizing the clean up, so to speak. That was about 3 weeks ago. We met with the customer yesterday (including the big boss) and the meeting went so well. There are only 4 issues left on the list of 20. The customer was very appreciative and I felt good about the outcome.

I also ate a fruit, made the bed and took a multi vitamin. My list includes researching upholstery classes in my area. That has been done but I don't want to mark it as finished (though technically it is). I researched it but I can't find a class that I want to take.

Swim lessons are pretty important to me, too. I don't want to let Tanya down, for one thing. The Red Cross offers adult classes but they are already booked for this session.

Meg is going to send me a recipe to make pizza from scratch- pretty excited about that. :)

Today I have already accomplished my daily stuff. It has been surprisingly easy to eat a fruit every day. Driving through Chick-Fil-A, I realized that I could have a fruit cup instead of fries. Yeah! There was a service breakfast at work today and they provided fruit. It is almost like fruit is falling in my lap!

Still on track with my daily items. :)

Yesterday, I didn't spend any money and swept the front porch. Today, I made my bed, took my vitamin and ate fruit again. So far, so good.

Jodi, my daddy's middle name is Mayo. Any doubt what part of Ireland my family came from? LOL!

Thanks Meg and Jodi for leaving me comments. :) These lists are very personal insights, aren't they? Jodi, I never realized that you were also of Irish descent until I read your 101 list. How much fun would a group trip to Donegal be? TONS!

So far this morning, I have made my bed, eaten watermelon and taken a multivitamin.

Just following the trends....

Okay, I am in for 101 in 1001 days. This is going to be tough- not necessarily achieving the goals but making the list. So I will start with that as the first goal. :)
1 Make the list

Health:
2 Take a multivitamin every day for 6 months straight (34/183) This goal is not going to happen. The multivamin was making me nauseous. edited to add that I am taken Vitamin D6 for over 2 years.
3 Lose 5 lbs 4 times and not the same 5! I have lost 31 lbs since September 2010.
4. Keep it off for a year
5. Buy new walking shoes. Better yet, I bought new RUNNING shoes!
6. Yearly mammogram (0/3)
7. Be evaluated for Lasik surgery
8. Do TaeBo or walk 4 times a week for 2 months (0/24) walked and also did Couch to 5K
9. Make a menu and cook from that menu for 2 weeks
10. Eat a fruit serving every day (40/1001) Now I do. :)

Home and Hearth:
11. Establish a cleaning routine by 12/1/08 for every 2 weeks (well that didn't happen but I am okay with a new deadline)
12. Sweep front porch every week (5/143)
13. Make my bed every day for a month (59/31)
14. Clean out all cabinets and drawers in kitchen once a year (3/3)
15. Clean out laundry room cabinets once a year (3/3)
16. Take down and wash curtains every 6 months (0/6)
17. Replace all frames in hallway to be black
18. Get 1 new chair or recover chair for home office
19. Finish hanging photos and shelves in my home office
20. Buy and hang chandelier in office
22. Get 2 new chairs for living room
23. Take down divider in living room
24. Lay hardwood floor
25. Build a portfolio of kitchen and bathroom remodel ideas
26. Repaint kitchen and dining room
27. Paint kitchen hutch
28. Repaint bedroom

29. Buy a pallet of flagstone
30. Finish rock pathway
31. Trench ditch beside the house
32. Put rock in the ditch
33. Evaluate need for dirt in front yard
34. Plant grass/lay sod in front yard
35. Move plants in fence gardens
36. Mosiac tile on wrought iron table
37. Cut down blackberry tree
38. Cut down sycamore tree
39. Hang new birdhouse
40. Put up new privacy screen in front of trash can
41. Hang willow screening on chain link fence
42. Replace fascia, soffit board on north side of house
43. Build new shed
44. Strip deck
45. Buy gravel/rock for backyard
46. Remove whiskey barrels
47. Buy fountain
48. Put fountain in place of whiskey barrels
49. Hang curtains on pergola
50. Get rid of old freezer

Professional:
51. Build Signature Weddings website
52. Get dedicated phone line for Signature Weddings
53. Build a front page for MLW
54. Make detailed timelines for enrollments
55. Take free online college course
56. Go through all wedding magazines and build a portfolio (throw them away!)
57. Order shutterfly wedding portfolio

Personal and Financial Growth:
58. Take swimming lessons
59. Host a party at my house (Halloween?)
60. Be measured by a professional bra sizer
61. Take ballroom dancing lessons
62. Bake bread from scratch with yeast
63. Make pizza dough from scratch
64. Have teeth whitened
65. Pay off American Express by 1/1/09
66. Pay off American Express every month from 1/1/09 (0/30)
67. Go to at least 4 events a year at the WAC (2/12)
68. Finish my turtle painting
69. Identify 100 things that make me happy
70. Contact credit bureau regarding inaccuracy on my report
71. Make a will
72. Have 100 days where I don't spend any money (10/100)


Relationships:
73. Meet Kirsten on a trip to San Francisco
74. Meet Gina on a trip to Texas
75. Take a girl trip with my sister and Emily, Susie and Katy, and my girls
76. Get all family's birthdays on a calendar
77. Send cards to all family and friends on their birthday for a year
78. Meet Maria on a trip to Ireland
79. Send Thomas, William and Annie a card once a month (2/33)


Travel:
80. Return to Ireland, see Slieve League in Donegal
81. Take my grandchildren to the coast
82. Take the kids to the wildlife safari in Gentry
83. Take the kids to the Tulsa State Fair

General:
84. Burn all my photos to CDs
85. Subscribe to my favorite magazines instead of buying at the store
86. Go to the Farmer's Market once a year (1/3)
87. Go to the drive-in movies once a year (0/3)
88. Assign all my iPod music to playlists
89. Get a library card

Romance:
90. Give Markie a massage at least 2 times a year (0/6)
91. Surprise Mark with a romantic gesture at least 2 times a year (1/6)
92. Have a date night at least once a quarter (1/11)

Other stuff:
93. Call or mail my grandmother every month (0/33)
94. See my sister at least 2 times a year (0/6)
95. Contact my stepfather via email, just to let him know that I still love him
96. Take grandbabies to the Ren Faire in Kansas
97. Find out if there is an upholstery class in my area
98. Every day, thank God for my blessings (59/1001)
99. Make Christmas stockings for all my grandchildren
100. Plan a celebration if I complete over 50% of the items on this list
101. Execute the celebration!


Optional wishes and dreams:
See Tanya get married
Take my grandchildren to Disney
Clean out 7 years of Cooking Light magazines by building a cookbook

Blue means done
Green means it is underway


edited 12/09/08