NaBloPoMo - DONE

I have marked another item off my list!!
I was able to complete NaBloPoMo for November.

Massive Update

I just italicized a few things in the sidebar since they are what I consider complete.

Here is the more info on them.

5. Finish the bow-tie quilts for the girls. - This is TWO quilts of 6" finished blocks, 9x11 field.

Both DONE as of September.
6. Finish the matching bow-tie doll quilts. - This is TWO quilts of 6" finished blocks, 4x6 field.

Both DONE as of July
16. Make my RWB Road Quilt. I have a mass of Red, White & Blue fabrics from a single coordinating line that are destined for a Yellow Brick Road Quilt. I bought them knowing that was there purpose. They are still a "PIG" status UFO.

Partially finished - top and back are done, need to sandwich and quilt, then bind.
21. Get my OWN 100 list journal going. Maybe even a blog for it... all end up with all these linked but different blogs. LOL

Started the journal and published the linked blog, now I need to get some of the lists posted on the blog.
33. Crochet some Socks.

I have made a pair for each of the kids, pair for Mom & Mom's boss. Started on Hubby's pair and 3/4 completed one sock for me. I also amassed a large number of skeins to do more.
34. Get my passport.

Got the ENHANCED ID instead. Valid for land and sea crossing.
41. Make a list of links on the sidebar of this blog.

DONE - see sidebar
44. Try 10 new main dinner recipes.
Have tried a few, but not 10 yet.

47. Get a new sewing machine.
Has been purchased, need to get it set up and in use now.

48. Join: NaBloPoMo - and DO IT!! - at least once.

November 2009 (participating NOW)
52. Complete at least 10 of my 100 lists.

They were written, I need to get them posted.

56. Join TBR Challenge.
See post below, I have COMPLETED THE 12 books for the year.

57. Go to the Denver Zoo.

We went on the last free day before we moved out of Colorado. It was a bit cool that day, but I left A2007 with Daddy, and took A2002 and her friend. We had a BLAST!
69. Replace the broken plate in the set & get flat bowls to complete the set.

We now have a full set of 12 on all the plates and bowls.
74. Take re-useable bags to the grocery store more often than not. (I'll count them as I go to the store.)

We take them ALL the time now. It also does not hurt that we get 5 cents back per bag that we use on our groceries.
79. Read the series that inspired "Bones".

Have finished almost all of them.
80. Start a MySpace page - So I can view the family pics that are on "friends only" profiles.
Started Facebook - not MySpace yet.

86. Visit two states I have not yet been to.

Drove thru Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon on the way to Washington from Colorado.
99. See at least five movies in the theater.
Have seen one so far. Harry Potter Year 6. Looking forward to seeing New Moon.

TBR update

This is just copied from my original list with notes at end of each line.

The first 1/2 is a series - RAVENLOFT: The Covenant

1. Death of a Darklord - LKH === NOT FINISHED -- I started this book & posted on goodreads that I had started it. I got thru about 20 pages. I now understand why fans of LKH did not like it. I may at some point finish it & have it sitting by my chair for that purpose, but I have not touched it since we got to Washington. === As this is FIRST in the series, I have not moved on to the others.
2. Vampire of the Mists - CG
3. I, Strahad - PNE
4. to Sleep with Evil - AC
5. Tapestry of Dark Souls - EB
6. Scholar of Decay - TH

The next six are the Kathy Reichs books that "Bones" was based on.

7. Deja Dead - KR === FINISHED READING
8. Death Du Jour - KR === FINISHED READING
9. Deadly Decisions - KR === FINISHED READING
10. Fatal Voyage - KR === FINISHED READING
11. Grave Secrets - KR === FINISHED READING
12. Bare Bones - KR === FINISHED READING
In fact I have also read the next three books in the series as well.

The alternates are listed below.

A1. Swallowing Darkness - LKH === FINISHED READING
A2. From Dead to Worse - CH === FINISHED READING
A3. The Shadows - LAB === NOT STARTED YET
A4. The Thirteenth - LAB === NOT STARTED YET
A5. White Witch, Black Curse - KH === FINISHED READING
A6. Skin Trade - LKH === FINISHED READING
A7. Living with the Dead - KA === NOT STARTED YET
A8. Dead and Gone - CH === FINISHED READING
A9. The 6th Target - JP === FINISHED READING
A10. 7th Heaven - JP === FINISHED READING
A11. 8th Confession - JP === NOT STARTED YET

So I have read 13 of the books on my list & it is only October right now.

I hope to finish the LAB books before the end of the year. AS well as possibly the KA book and the two that have been released since that are part of the series too.

I am considering this challenge DONE!!!

Long time - no Internet...

& no internet means "NO UPDATES" to the challenge.

A few of the things have been happening... some have been waylaid.

Look for updates to start happening now that we have internet access.

first official day as been here now

So it is time to UPDATE!

56. TBR:
1. Death of a Darklord - LKH - I own this - reading in between library books
7. Deja Dead - KR - Finished!
8. Death Du Jour - KR - started
A1. Swallowing Darkness - LKH - Finished!
So I have finished TWO of my books for the year. - I need to be more dilligent about writing down all the books I read. I have come to the realization that I do not know all the names of the books I have finished in the last 6 months since we made it to Colorado.

57. Denver Zoo - we went on Saturday 2-14
It was a free zoo day and it turns out it will be our last chance to visit the zoo. Wea re in the process of packing up the house to move.... OUT OF STATE!


3. The official removal of the duplicate item on my list.... it will be replaced with:
Make at least one cross stitch item a month. (Biscornu, needlebook, bookmark, SOMETHING!)

Pre-Game Planning

One of the swap-bot group that got me started on this journey likened my buying the crayons & the coloring book to pre-game work of a football team - that helped a lot... THANKS!!

I have the book and a new 64 count box of Crayola crayons.

I have realized I am still missing a #3 on my big list... I really need to figure out something, unfortunately all I can think of is that I need to pack up the house propperly when we move this time. And that sounds like such a crapy thing... but anyone who knows me would understand 100% about me having issues packing for a move.

We found out this past week that the house we are renting is now in forclosure - with auction set for March.
This added to the potential of Husbands shop merging with another of the companies locations & not knowing where we might have to move leads to some sewrious stress for me. If we signa lease in the next two months, then find out we have to move 100 miles, how would that work??? - yep - it SUCKS!!

Start date approaching

So - since I have the list posted and all, I am torn between waiting on everything, and starting now....
I am going to start on the TBR challenge, because the rules there are we can start as of Jan 1 - and since one of my Books was a library book that has a hold list, I have to start on it now.

It is thoings like the coloring book, and the suduko books, do I buy the book, do I start on the puzzles?? This is where I have the issue.
I am sure I'll decide on something.....

The Whole Numbered list - no Categories here

1. Make a full list of the authors I like to read & distinguish which books I have read & which I need to read. - Post them when done... no more partial lists in various notebooks that I could lose, I want a list the world can see.
2. List some items on Etsy. Since I have a sellers account, it would be good to actually list some things for sale.
3. Make at least one cross stitch item a month. (Biscornu, needlebook, bookmark, SOMETHING!)
4. Complete A2002's Chutes & Ladders Quilt. Fabric is the Moda Chutes & Ladders line so that is all I can think to call it that makes it clear what quilt it is.
5. Finish the bow-tie quilts for the girls. - This is TWO quilts of 6" finished blocks, 9x11 field.
6. Finish the matching bow-tie doll quilts. - This is TWO quilts of 6" finished blocks, 4x6 field.
7. Convince mom to do the "Ultimate Charm Quilt Challenge" with me. - Send her the 70 pieces of 9"x11" to use. This is from the book, Beyond Charm Quilts, The Ultimate Challenge.
8. Make the challenge quilts that I have outlined for the UCQC. The idea is to see how many COMPLETE projects you can get from a set of charm squares. My set is 70 fabrics @ 9" square. (There is a two inch fudge space, as they are 1/2 of a fat eighth.)
9. Get pregnant again. - NO NOT NOW.... - but I know we want to have another in the next couple of years if at all possible. That will be during this project.
10. Potty Train A2007. Kinda self explanatory, huh?
11. Make some progress on my EPP Hexagon Quilt. Baste a large number of pieces. Since I have a large number that are clipped, more that are still just stacks of fabrics, and I have a large number of templates, I need to get more in the grab bag to be ready to assemble in sections.
12. Make more sections on my EPP Hexagon Quilt. I have 3 sections together right now. I want to get another two - four sections done - MINIMUM.
13. Lose at least another 20 pounds. I am down over 25 already as of the day this posted. (Started at 245.) == I'll consider this goal reached when I stay under 200 for more than 3 weeks.
14. Take a real family vacation. Trips for graduations or funerals are NOT vacations.
15. Purchase the entire CSI family of shows from start to finish. If it is one of those & out on DVD, we need to get it. We are partway there, but we need to do some searching to get the rest.
16. Make my RWB Road Quilt. I have a mass of Red, White & Blue fabrics from a single coordinating line that are destined for a Yellow Brick Road Quilt. I bought them knowing that was there purpose. They are still a "PIG" status UFO.
17. Learn to Knit. I got the book for Christmas & I want to actually be able to do it without the book, like I crochet.
18. Buy a Nintendo Wii. This will take effort from me to SAVE for it.
19. Get the Wii Fit. Same SAVING issue here.
20. Get a Sony PS3. Again same SAVING issue.
21. Get my OWN 100 list journal going. Maybe even a blog for it... all end up with all these linked but different blogs. LOL
22. Get my "Feet" tattoo for each baby.
23. Put aside $5 for each item I complete (This will be my LAST item to complete!)
24. Take a CPR class. Even if it is at the local rec enter.
25. Host the "Focus Quilt Blocks" Swap that I was designing.
26. Get the Zentangle Kit.
27. Host a Zentangle Swap - or a Zentangle ATC swap.
28. Organize my Crafting Area.
29. Get the cabinets for my crafting area.
30. Donate at least 1,000,000 grains of rice between when I start the list & the end.
31. Finish my Recipie book.
32. Complete the "Couch to 5K" plan.
33. Crochet some Socks.
34. Get my passport.
35. Get passports for the girls.
36. Visit another country.
37. Get State ID cards for the girls.
38. Learn to bake bread.
39. Take "photo booth" pictures with my Husband.
40. Get some Morsbags out there. (at least 5)
41. Make a list of links on the sidebar of this blog.
42. Make a Zentangle each month.
43. Read 101 books & log the titles here.
44. Try 10 new main dinner recipes.
45. Participate in "The Three Day"
46. Do a photo from my front door every week for a year. (Post them here.)
47. Get a new sewing machine.
48. Join: NaBloPoMo - and DO IT!! - at least once.
49. Make things for Project Linus - at least 5.
50. Get family portraits done.
51. See how many banned books I have read - read 10 more.
52. Complete at least 10 of my 100 lists.
53. Complete 50 of the 100 lists that I come up with for my list journal.
54. Put a secret in a library book.
55. Send something to PostSecret
56. Join TBR Challenge.
57. Go to the Denver Zoo.
58. Do at least 5 postcrossings.
59. Finish A2002's Scarf - Purple & Yellow
60. Finish A2002's Hat - Pink & Purple
61. Teach A2002 how to actually make a Friendship Braclet. From the book she got for Christmas from Daddy & I.
62. Send a letter a month to a family member.
63. RAK a Christmas Card to a stranger with $20 in it.
64. Build a snowman with the kids.
65. Post at least 5 pics a month to the family specific flickr.
66. Invite all of the family to the family specific flickr.
67. Write that letter I promised my cousin.
68. Learn to Tat - might be needle or shttle
69. Replace the broken plate in the set & get flat bowls to complete the set.
70. Finish the 4 SuDuKo books I got for Christmas.
71. Send something to my Swap-Bot partner realted to their 101 list.
72. See the AFI's top 100 films. (Even re-watch the ones I have already seen.) - Watch all the movies from BOTH lists, there are a few that were ousted from the list as new ones were added & I want to see ALL of them.
73. Finish the address book of FAMILY.
74. Take re-useable bags to the grocery store more often than not. (I'll count them as I go to the store.)
75. Give some "just because" gifts. (at least 5)
76. Finish the latch hook Christmas Tree Skirt that I rescued from Mom.
77. Have a font made from my Handwriting.
78. Come up with & post one good "one sentence".
79. Read the series that inspired "Bones".
80. Start a MySpace page - So I can view the family pics that are on "friends only" profiles.
81. Make a household inventory, for insurance reasons.
82. Write a will.
83. Get three professional massages.
84. Get five professional pedicures.
85. Give myself a home pedicure 8 times with the gift I got for Christmas.
86. Visit two states I have not yet been to.
87. List the states I have already visited (from before this list) as it is one of my life goals to visit all 50 states.
88. Post my actual life list.
89. Go camping as a FAMILY! with all of us.
90. Get a decent sized coloring book & new box of crayons. Color the WHOLE book by myself. Color the entire page - even the backgrounds.
91. Get Birthday info on ALL of BOTH our families.
92. Take Kids to the Park at least 5 times.
93. Have money is savings by the end of the challenge. (More than just the amount set aside for finishing each task.)
94. Teach A2002 to play the Sonic games we bought her - means I have to re-learn how to play them too.
95. Release a "PenPal Balloon" - address a letter on a Balloon string & let it go.
96. Dye my hair Purple - even if it is only temporary dye.
97. Make a set of hankies for each family member, to help reduce tissue waste.
98. Do my nails at least 5 times.
99. See at least five movies in the theater.
100. Read at least five books off of the newbery list. (Can be ones I have read before.) - these will count to my 101 books as well.
101. Convince at least one other person to make their own 101 list. (And start my next list near the end of my 1001 days.)

The Why & Where to list your own.

From The Day Zero site you can find the reasonings and such - I am copying them here for ease of my readers.

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Creating your own 1001 Day Project

The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as New Year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

Some common goal setting tips:
1. Be decisive. Know exactly what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it.

2. Stay Focussed. Any goal requires sustained focus from beginning to end. Constantly evaluate your progress.

3. Welcome Failure. Frequently, very little is learned from a venture that did not experience failure in some form. Failure presents the opportunity to learn and makes the success more worthy.

4. Write down your goals. It clarifies your thinking and reinforces your commitment.

5. Keep your goals in sight. Review them frequently, and ensure that they are always at the forefront of your thinking.

The End

92. Take Kids to the Park at least 5 times.
93. Have money is savings by the end of the challenge. (More than just the amount set aside for finishing each task.)
94. Teach A2002 to play the Sonic games we bought her - means I have to re-learn how to play them too.
95. Release a "PenPal Balloon" - address a letter on a Balloon string & let it go.
96. Dye my hair Purple - even if it is only temporary dye.
97. Make a set of hankies for each family member
98. Do my nails at least 5 times.
99. See at least five movies in the theater.
100. Read at least five books off of the newbery list. (Can be ones I have read before.)
101. Convince at least one other person to make their own 101 list. (And start my next list near the end of my 1001 days.)

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DONE!!! now I have to go back thru and organize them... then I can find them to mark them off.

trying to finish the list

71. Send something to my Swap-Bot partner realted to their 101 list.
72. See the AFI's top 100 films. (Even re-watch the ones I have already seen.) - Watch all the movies from BOTH lists, there are a few that were ousted from the list as new ones were added & I want to see ALL of them.
73. Finish the address book of FAMILY.
74. Take re-useable bags to the grocery store more often than not. (I'll count them as I go to the store.)
75. Give some "just because" gifts. (at least 5)
76. Finish the latch hook Christmas Tree Skirt that I rescued from Mom.
77. Have a font made from my Handwriting.
78. Come up with & post one good "one sentence".
79. Read the series that inspired "Bones".
80. Start a MySpace page - So I can view the family pics that are on "friends only" profiles.
81. Make a household inventory, for insurance reasons.
82. Write a will.
83. Get three professional massages.
84. Get five professional pedicures.
85. Give myself a home pedicure 8 times with the gift I got for Christmas.
86. Visit two states I have not yet been to.
87. List the states I have already visited (from before this list) as it is one of my life goals to visit all 50 states.
88. Post my actual life list.
89. Go camping as a FAMILY! with all of us.
90. Get a decent sized coloring book & new box of crayons. Color the WHOLE book by myself. Color the entire page - even the backgrounds.
91. Get Birthday info on ALL of BOTH our families.

maybe a few more

57. Go to the Denver Zoo.
58. Do at least 5 postcrossings.
59. Finish A2002's Scarf - Purple & Yellow
60. Finish A2002's Hat - Pink & Purple
61. Teach A2002 how to actually make a Friendship Braclet. From the book she got for Christmas from Daddy & I.
62. Send a letter a month to a family member.
63. RAK a Christmas Card to a stranger with $20 in it.
64. Build a snowman with the kids.
65. Post at least 5 pics a month to the family specific flickr.
66. Invite all of the family to the Family specific flickr.
67. Write that letter I promised my cousin.
68. Learn to Tat - might be needle or shttle
69. Replace the broken plate in the set & get flat bowls to complete the set.
70. Finish the 4 SuDuKo books I got for Christmas.

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My start date will officially be FRIDAY 2-13-2009 - this makes my end date 11-11-11

Joining TBR

I have to have a separate post to join TBR. So this is it.

The first 1/2 is a series - RAVENLOFT: The Covenant

1. Death of a Darklord - LKH
2. Vampire of the Mists - CG
3. I, Strahad - PNE
4. to Sleep with Evil - AC
5. Tapestry of Dark Souls - EB
6. Scholar of Decay - TH

The next six are the Kathy Reichs books that "Bones" was based on.

7. Deja Dead - KR
8. Death Du Jour - KR
9. Deadly Decisions - KR
10. Fatal Voyage - KR
11. Grave Secrets - KR
12. Bare Bones - KR

The alternates will be listed below. - In all likelyhood, I will read all of the above and the alternates as well.

A1. Swallowing Darkness - LKH
A2. From Dead to Worse - CH
A3. The Shadows - LAB
A4. The Thirteenth - LAB
A5. White Witch, Black Curse - KH
A6. Skin Trade - LKH
A7. Living with the Dead - KA
A8. Dead and Gone - CH
A9. The 6th Target - JP
A10. 7th Heaven - JP
A11. 8th Confession - JP

more things for the list

So last time I got to 16 - therefore this will start with 17.

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17. Learn to Knit. I got the book for Christmas & I want to actually be able to do it without the book, like I crochet.
18. Buy a Nintendo Wii. This will take effort from me to SAVE for it.
19. Get the Wii Fit. Same SAVING issue here.
20. Get a Sony PS3. Again same SAVING issue.
21. Get my OWN 100 list journal going. Maybe even a blog for it... all end up with all these linked but different blogs. LOL
22. Get my Feet Tattoo for each baby.
23. Put aside $5 for each item I complete (This will be my LAST item!)
24. Take a CPR class. Even if it is at the local rec enter.
25. Host the "Focus Quilt Blocks" Swap that I was designing.
26. Get the Zentangle Kit.
27. Host a Zentangle Swap - or a Zentangle ATC swap.
28. Organize my Crafting Area.
29. Get the cabinets for my crafting area.
30. Donate at least 1,000,000 grains of rice between when I start the list & the end.
31. Finish my Recipie book.
32. Complete the "Couch to 5K" plan.
33. Crochet some Socks.
34. Get my passport.
35. Get passports for the girls.
36. Visit another country.
37. Get State ID cards for the girls.
38. Learn to bake bread.
39. Take "photo booth" pictures with my Husband.
40. Get some Morsbags out there. (at least 5)
41. Make a list of links on the sidebar of this blog.
42. Make a Zentangle each month.
43. Read 101 books & log the titles here.
44. Try 10 new main dinner recipes.
45. Participate in "The Three Day"
46. Do a photo from my front door every week for a year. (Post them here.)
47. Get a new sewing machine.
48. Join: NaBloPoMo - and DO IT!! - at least once.
49. Make things for Project Linus - at least 5.
50. Get family portraits done.
51. See how many banned books I have read - read 10 more.
52. Complete at least 10 of my 100 lists.
53. Complete 50 of the 100 lists that I come up with for my list journal.
54. Put a secret in a library book.
55. Send something to PostSecret
56. Join TBR Challenge.

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Well that should do it for now - I am more than 1/2 done & I wanted to start this as a 1/1/09 thing.... but I may postpone the start date to make the end date better.

A beginning....

Everything must have a beginning.

On swap bot I am part of a group that swaps lists of 100 things. (ie: 100 things that make me happy, 100 songs that I love, etc.)
Well today there was a link to this new swap. It is a goal thing and titled: day zero 101 things to do in 1001 days swap.
The idea is to go to this site, start a list, join the project & maybe get a "sponsor" to encourage you in your 101 things.
I am not sure if I want to actually join the swap, mainly because it will take up one of my precious 20 spaces, but I DO KNOW that I want to make a list & see if I can get it done.
So... I have started a second blog, just for my 101 things. As I think of them, I will get them posted. I will make a SINGLE post with the 101 things once I have reached the magic number.

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In no particular order (besides the order that the popped into my head) here we go:
1. Make a full list of the authors I like to read & distinguish which books I have read & which I need to read. - Post them when done... no more partial lists in various notebooks that I could lose, I want a list the world can see.
2. List some items on Etsy. Since I have a sellers account, it would be good to actually list some things for sale.
3. Organize my craft area, so that the baby can not reach all the things that she should not have.
4. Complete A2002's Chutes & Ladders Quilt. Fabric is the Moda Chutes & Ladders line so that is all I can think to call it that makes it clear what quilt it is.
5. Finish the bow-tie quilts for the girls. - This is TWO quilts 6" finished blocks, 9x11 field.
6. Finish the matching bow-tie doll quilts. - This is TWO quilts 6" finished blocks, 4x6 field.
7. Convince mom to do the "Ultimate Charm Quilt Challenge" with me. - Send her the 70 pieces of 9"x11" to use. This is from the book, Beyond Charm Quilts, The Ultimate Challenge.
8. Make the challenge quilts that I have outlined for the UCQC. The idea is to see how many COMPLETE projects you can get from a set of charm squares. My set is 70 fabrics @ 9" square. (There is a two inch fudge space, as they are 1/2 of a fat eighth.)
9. Get pregnant again. - NO NOT NOW.... - but I know we want to have another in the next couple of years if at all possible. That will be during this project.
10. Potty Train A2007. Kinda self explanatory, huh?
11. Make some progress on my EPP Hexagon Quilt. Baste a large number of pieces. Since I have a large number that are clipped, more that are still just stacks of fabrics, and I have a large number of templates, I need to get more in the grab bag to be ready to assemble in sections.
12. Make more sections on my EPP Hexagon Quilt. I have 3 sections together right now. I want to get another two - four sections done - MINIMUM.
13. Lose another 20 pounds. I am down over 25 already as of the day this posted. (Started at 245.)
14. Take a real family vacation. Trips for graduations or funerals are NOT vacations.
15. Purchase the entire CSI family of shows from start to finish. If it is one of those & out on DVD, we need to get it. We are partway there, but we need to do some searching to get the rest.
16. Make my RWB Road Quilt. I have a mass of Red, White & Blue fabrics from a single coordinating line that are destined for a Yellow Brick Road Quilt. I bought them knowing that was there purpose. They are still a "PIG" status UFO.

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OK that is it for the first post - because I ran out of things I KNOW I want to do in the 1001 days that this project will give me. - Besides, sixteen is always a good number.
I do believe that this will be a lot of crafty things & home related things.