101 things in 1001 days

** means it's completed

1. read Bible straight through
Genesis - June 11, 2008 ...was it cheating to start before my day one? Oh well.
Exodus - June 20, 2008
Leviticus - July 4, 2008
Numbers - July 27, 2008
Deuteronomy - August-ish, 2008
Joshua - September 22, 2008
Judges - Oct 18, 2008
Ruth - Oct 29, 2008
1 Samuel - January 2009
2 Samuel - May 2009
1 Kings - May 2010 (Okay, a year? Really? That's pretty pathetic...)
2 Kings - Oct 2010

**2. empty birthday box
September 21, 2009 Woo-hoo!

**3. hike Sabino Canyon
October 23, 2010 with Maggie and Tanner

4. River walk all day
March 2010 - I found the beginning west end of the walk and walked 6.5 miles of it... I've walked all the areas of the walk at one time or another now. I'm about ready to do the whole thing one way!

5. take ballet or jazz class again

6. earn $100 on Helium
Let's give this a little timeline... joined Helium on Feb 27, 2007
As of July 15, 2008, I have earned a whopping $4.15
GO ME!
Feb 2009 - $4.52
May 2009 - $5.10
I've been rating, now I need to WRITE!
July 2009 - $5.45
Found two topics to write on...
Sept 2009 - $6.17
I have to keep rating to keep my stars or I'm NEVER going to get there!!
Nov 2009 - $6.88


7. read Count of Monte Cristo
5-6-09 got the book down...
11-29-09 regular reading going on...

8. read Book of Mormon in French
9-29-09 Got it out and read several verses during FHE

9. write to all of Marion's descendants
writing regularly to Aunt Marion!

10. organize the loose papers and newsletters pertaining to our extended family history

11. make my own CD

**12. make Ezekiel bread
Does it count that I have the recipe?
August 2010 - Yummy and delicious! And not difficult at all once you buy all the ingredients. Will definitely make it again and again.

13. submit a hymn to Ensign

14. make a baby book for Tanner

15. finish Tanner's sampler

**16. go to Georgia for Christmas
Yippee Skippee we are making plans!
Nov 12 - making hotel reservations!!
December 30, 2008 - Mission accomplished


17. organize recipes (or have the guts to ditch them)
11-29-09 working on getting fave recipes out of old cookbooks, passing on cookbooks

**18. sing in Handel's Messiah
December 19, 2010 at the North Stake Center, Community Sing-Along

19. grow my own salad
June 11, 2009 - got the basil plants going in a pot!
July 17, 2009 - two basil plants died... this'll have to wait for next summer

**20. learn to make Irene's tortillas
Sept 21, 2009 - getting scheduled on Young Women's calendar
Oct 2009 - Ended up being taught by Tammy Butler, but mm-mm-mm!

**21. learn to make Amy's jam
Aug 8, 2009 -- Yay! Enrichment Day featuring Amy's prickly pear jam!

**22. pay off all consumer debt (not including house or student loan)
Nov 1, 2008 - Under the $10,000 mark!
Jan 31, 2009 - Under $8000
May 6, 2009 - Just over $6000 left
July 17, 2009 - UNDER $5000 woo-hoo!
Aug 14, 2009 - Only 3 payments left!!
Nov 23, 2009 - ALL DONE! That debt is GONE GONE GONE!!

**23. Tasmin's afghan
November 11, 2008... ahh... working on it again after the flood
May 5, 2009 - over half way!
Nov 29, 2009 - just the purple bottom and edging left
Feb 4, 2010 - 30 rows to go!
March 2010 - She loves it!!

24. Jason's afghan
San Diego Chargers - Matt needs to create my pattern
June 2010 - 15 rows in...
Sept 2010 - working backwards, have the S and the R finished
December 2010 - half way there!

**25. Levi's afghan
1/16th finished :-)
1/8th finished October 5, 2008
3/16th finished November 8, 2008
1/2 way there Feb 10, 2009
May 5, 2009 decided I need 20 squares instead of 16. :)
17 squares finished - June 1, 2009
July 20, 2009 - now i need 25 instead of 20. Good grief...
Sept 21, 2009 - three squares left, then I can put it together!
Sept 30, 2009 - half a square to go...
Oct 2009 - edged, finished... DELIVERED!

**26. Nicole's afghan
May 2010 - finis!

**27. Aaron's afghan
October 23, 2010 - This was originally my afghan that I wanted to finish, but Aaron went into boot camp and so I made one for him for his leave instead.

28. lose 30 pounds
Woo-hoo! Lost 20 pounds July 7, 2008
Humph. At the "lost 15 pounds" mark Oct 6, 2008
Oh yeah, baby! Back to "lost 20 pounds" Nov 12, 2008
May 2, 2009 - ummm.... sprained foot

**29. remodel kids' bathroom
July 17, 2009 - Matt priced it all out at Lowe's
July 28, 2009 - shower finished!! I get to go buy shower curtain and rug tomorrow!!
Aug 8, 2009 - How beautiful!

**30. paint the outside of the house
June 1, 2009 - the KIDS are doing this!! And it looks fabulous! Even T is helping!

**31. re-floor house (wood)
November 12, 2008 -- just the laundry room left to do!
December 31, 2008 -- Mission accomplished

**32. get my own laptop notebook
It's on my Christmas list :-)
2-13-09 As soon as they're in stock...
2-19-09 Ta-dah! And I just LOVE it!

**33. get a professional facial
Got a coupon!
Went to Rubs... that is just seven kinds of lovely right there, baby!

**34. go to Snowflake (or San Diego) with Matt
booked for Spring Break in San Diego!!!
March 27 - April 2, 2010 Ah... Sea World, San Diego Zoo and two sessions in the San Diego Temple!

**35. take family to Disneyland
Disneyworld Christmas 2008

**36. take family to beach
Disneyworld beach Christmas 2008
...and again La Jolla Cove Spring Break 2010 -- sweet!

37. make a temple picture book

38. put wood blinds in front room
waiting...
found style I want and where I want to order from

39. go to the gym 6x in one week

40. craigslist excess craft stuff (crochet, scrapbk, stamps) or USE it up with the kids!
May 2, 2009 - sold crochet stuff

41. watch 10 Judy Garland movies I've never seen
1. Thousands Cheer (Kelley) Oct 28, 2008

42. watch 10 other movies I've never seen (same era)
1. Bandwagon (Cyd)
2. Silk Stockings (Cyd) (Feb 2009)
3. Never Wave at a WAC (Russell) (Oct 2008)
4. Roberta (Fred & Ginger)
5. Swing Time (Fred & Ginger) (March 2009)
6. Bathing Beauty (Esther Williams) (Jan 2009)

**43. de-clutter 100 things in one week (paper doesn't count but mags do)
Yeah, baby! This got accomplished the week we moved BACK into the house after the flood... September 27, 2008

**44. Harry Potter movie-thon (all 7)
Thanksgiving Day, 2010. Hmph. I've seen all seven -- then they decided to make #7 into TWO movies, with #8 not due within my time frame. Mission accomplished. And #7 wasn't even that good.

45. grow an herb garden

46. watch all prophet DVDs
Joseph Smith July 1, 2008
Brigham Young March 2010
John Taylor April 2010
Wilford Woodruff April 2010
Lorenzo Snow Sept 2010

47. write a living will

48. complete emergency control journal

49. make family favorites cookbook for kids
July 17, 2009 - started with a list from the aunts!

50. download family albums to thumbdrives

51. make 72 hour kits
Aug 8, 2009 -- started collecting backpacks from school sales

**52. make list of OCRs to collect
42nd Street
Annie
Annie Get Your Gun
Anything Goes
Boyfriend
Brigadoon
Camelot
Cats
Chess
Cinderella (Julie Andrews)
Damn Yankees
Fantastiks
Fiddler on the Roof
Geppetto (Disney)
Guys & Dolls
Gypsy
Hello Dolly
Into the Woods (but I have this one)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
King & I
Kiss Me Kate
Les Miserables
Little Shop of Horrors
Mame
Man of La Mancha
Mary Poppins
Music Man (Disney)
My Fair Lady
Oliver
On the Town
Once Upon a Mattress
Phantom of the Opera
Pippin
Sound of Music
South Pacific
Starlight Express
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Unsinkable Molly Brown
Wicked

**53. spend a day downtown with kids
Took Avery, Maggie and Tanner to see Ringling Brothers Circus and had two hours to kill downtown. Ate at Subway, played in the Gazebo, went walking. Oh, and then there was the circus!! (June 2010)

54. play golf (not mini)

55. have Buckners over for dinner
waiting...

56. visit Grand Canyon

57. visit Meteor Crater

58. ride a horse

59. play all the hymns (however badly)

60. sing thru Children's songbook

**61. get a digital scale
January 2, 2010
This was an early birthday present for Tasmin, even though it benefits all of us. There is a cute competition going on between Avery and Tasmin. They both want to lose 12 pounds and they are racing to see who can accomplish it first. Winner takes the other to the movies.

62. memorize a George Winston piece

63. organize Taylor's scout badges

64. organize Avery's scout badges

65. memorize The Living Christ

66. memorize Book of Mormon scriptures mastery

67. do OAMC (once-a-month cooking)

68. re-read Don Quixote

**69. find Christine Moody
gotta love Facebook!

70. find Rani Russell

71. serve in a soup kitchen
Jan 3, 2010 - collected info from several places, now we need to choose and set a date!

72. go to NAU Jazz festival
March 2010 -- told Jordan Saul I want to chaperone in 2011

**73. take Matt to Ice Cat Hockey
December 2009
Actually, he went with the boys and Maggie. They had a ball, and I don't really have a personal desire to go, I just knew HE'D love it, so I'm glad he went with the kids.

**74. cloud watch with Maggie and Tanner and eat ice cream
June 30, 2009 Monsoon season makes the best lightning shows!

**75. meet a new neighbor
Met LOTS walking the neighborhood for Prop 102

76. read 10 Newbery winners
1. Princess Academy (Shannon Hale) October 5, 2008
2. Strawberry Girl (Lois Lenski) February 2010
3. Miss Hickory (Carolyn Sherwin Bailey) July 2010
4. A Year Down Yonder (Richard Peck) October 2010

77. read 20 Caldecot winners
1. "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" Feb 2009

78. sleep in the yard

79. re-learn the rubik's cube

80. go to the Botanical Gardens @ butterfly time
I just saw the billboard that NOVEMBER is the time! But this year we're saving money for Georgia, so it will have to be 2009

81. go to the Renaissance festival (or the planetarium)

82. go roller skating

83. DDR marathon (at least an evening)

84. give apples & cold water to homeless for a summer (carry cooler in car)

**85. read at school Love of Reading week
Feb 11, 2010 - Read "My Monster Mama Loves Me" and "Apple Picking Day" in Tanner's kindergarten class.

86. do the set a date program

**87. Learn how to do my own blog or website
June 12, 2008 Ta-dah!

88. get all my journals in one place (thumbdrive)
Typing up on-paper-only college journal.

**89. ditch my college essays
June 11, 2008: located all the folders and notebooks
Jan 2009 - all gone to the recycle center!

90. de-clutter bedroom shelves
June 27, 2008: Have a list of babysteps
December 28, 2010: half way there!

91. Sedona with family

**92. take a friend to the Easter pageant
April 10, 2009 took Mel and Liz and their kids

**93. 36 temple sessions
1. June 10, 2008 Mary Elizabeth Kyle BCIE

2. June 10, 2008 10 baptisms

3. June 10, 2008 Maria Mersedes (temple name, E)

4. July 5, 2008 Angelina Frasate (temple name, E)
The flood made us miss August... should've planned ahead.

5. September 19, 2008 Barbara Yantis (E)

6. October 18, 2008 Heather Doucet (live sealing)

7. Matt is sure we went to the temple...

8. ...twice in January. I'm sure the name is in my dell. :-(

9. Feb 27, 2009 Elizabeth Foster (E) (with Mel and Liz)

10. Mar 28, 2009 sealing session, family names and temple names
Went to the temple for Easter pageant with the Youth, and Easter pageant with family, but not to do a session.

11. May 29, 2009 endowment session, our name

12. June 10, 2009 Anna Margaretha BCIE

13. June 10, 2009 initiatory session

14. June 10, 2009 Sadie Hardison (temple name, E)

15. June 13, 2009 family sealings - kids all in Visitor's Center :) :) :)

16. June 26, 2009 family sealings - wow, third time in one month

17. July 11, 2009 baptisms with youth

18. July 25, 2009 endowment session, temple name - Rog, Rose and Debbie

19. Aug 21, 2009 family sealings

20. Sept 19, 2009 last-minute youth trip

21. Sept 25, 2009 endowment session with ADAM CLARIDGE, pre-mission!

22. Oct 16, 2009 endowment session, temple name (need to do initiatories!)

23. Nov 11, 2009 initiatories

24. Nov 20, 2009 Rachel Coleman

25. Jan 30, 2010 Rachel Johnson

26. March 11, 2010

27. March 31, 2010 - San Diego Temple Louella J Foster (E)

28. April 23, 2010 - Gila Valley Open House with our whole little family minus
Tasmin. :(

29. May 1, 2010 - endowment session with Nathan Harbison

30. May 21, 2010 - Mesa Temple with our whole little family but Taylor who was home sick :( Tas took kids to visitor's center while Avery, Matt and I did baptisms.

31. May 23, 2010 - Gila Valley Temple Dedication with our whole little family minus Tanner :( Are we seeing a trend that needs breaking here?

32.June 2010 - I know I got to go in June, but I didn't get to go on my regular June 10th anniversary where I spend all day in the temple doing one sister's work all the way through.

33. July 2010 - Ward temple trip day -- went with the Doucets.

34. August 11, 2010 - I just packed up one day and went. All by myself. Needed to be there, at the temple.

35. August 14, 2010 - with Tasmin and Matt in the baptistry.

36.August 20, 2010 - Temple trip with Matt's brothers and sisters, and then Five Guys for dinner. Awesome night. And that makes three times in August alone. Wow did that feel great.



**94. 20 dates with Tasmin
1. June 26, 2008 dying hair, doing nails
2. Summer 2008 (when was that?) Girls' night with Brewers - Nim's Island
3. Fall 2008 Olive Garden dessert
4. June 1, 2009 Enchanted and eegee's Ranch fries
5. July 11, 2009 - WICKED and Cafe Rio
6. July 29, 2009 - Chipotle with Iesha and Misty
7. Aug 14, 2009 - Chipotle with Julie Holladay and Sierra
8. Sept 18, 2009 - dying hair, watching Charly. Tas looks great red!
9. Nov 19, 2009 - Runaway Bride and Eegees fries... mmm!
10. I give up counting... Just about every Tuesday night Tasmin and I chat and watch movies and sometimes even get food...

I know there were more in here than that... darn PDA crash!

**95. 20 dates with Taylor
1. Sept 30, 2008 Open House, Honor Choir Concert, dinner (Jack!)
2. Aug 11, 2009 "Kate and Leopold" at home
3. Aug 23, 2009 Youth Standards Fireside & Settlers
4. Sept 29, 2009 Getting ready for Homecoming, running errands and eating M&Ms
5. And I give up counting here... Taylor and I have our best conversations traveling in the car to concerts, meets and working at the Hardys.

**96. 20 dates with Avery
1. when did we go to Applebees?
2. Aug 4, 2009 - Shoe shopping and cookies @ Foothills Mall
3. Aug 23, 2009 - Youth Standards Fireside & Settlers
4. Nov 2009 - Cold Snap
5. Feb 4, 2010 - Borders
6. June 4, 2010 - Clash of the Titans

**97. 20 dates with Maggie
1. June 26, 2008 doing nails
2. July 5, 2008 @ work with me, Extreme Pita for lunch
3. July 23, 2008 @ work with me all day, Paradise Cafe for lunch, exploring quarters
4. Oct 16, 2008 High School Musical on Ice (with Tanner & Lexi Holladay)
5. Nov 3, 2008 clothes shopping
6. Feb 2009 - playing at the mall
7. Feb 21, 2009 - Wendy's frostees and shopping
8. March 20, 2009 - hiking Honey Bee Canyon on school field trip
9. June 19, 2009 - makeovers and Picture/Picture
10. July 25, 2009 - clothes shopping and hot dogs at Sunflower
11. Sept 19, 2009 - Build a Bear workshop
12. Nov 2009 - Cold Snap
13. Nov 21, 2009 - Double date: Dad and Maggie, Mom and Tanner @ Jason's Deli
14. Feb 6, 2010 - Repeat at Jason's Deli
15. Jason's Deli closed in Tucson permanently. Can life even go on?

**98. 20 dates with Tanner
1. August 8, 2008 @ work with me, homemade lunch together
2. Oct 16, 2008 High School Musical on Ice (with Maggie & Lexi Holladay)
3. Jan 2009 - park day
4. Feb 2009 - playing at the mall
5. Mar 27, 2009 - hiking Santa Cruz River Park and picnic
6. Jun 6, 2009 - hiking Thunderbird Trail
7. Nov 21, 2009 - Double date: Dad and Maggie, Mom and Tanner @ Jason's Deli
8. Feb 6, 2010 - Jason's Deli again, because they loved it so much the first time!
9. So many nights at the park... bball, football, tag on the playground (do we remember Mom wiping out at the bottom of the slide?!) and me walking while Tanner lapped me and giggled on his bike!


99. watch sunrise with Matt

100. do that secret gift for Matt (I can write about it once it's done!)

**101. fix playlists on Nano (EFY & the perfect workout)
Did better than the perfect workout. I have a playlist called "Joy". All the songs that lift my spirits, make me smile and I CAN'T listen to that music without feeling GOOD.