Janie's 101 List: July 2009

Intro/Explanation

Since my first attempt was such an epic failure, I'm going to try this again. This time, I have more defined goals in mind, and am hoping that I can get some friends on board (since we're back in the States now) to help keep me accountable. I will start today, July 14th, 2012, which gives me until April 11, 2015.

It seems forever away, but as I learned the first time, it goes FAST! In the meantime, I've edited my list in the sidebar according to what I got accomplished (not much), until I can get my revised list completed and posted.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Urgent Prayer Request

I just wanted to post a quick request for as many prayers as possible. Stellan is am 8 month-old little man who was born with a damaged heart. For more info on him, you can check out his mom's blog here.

I found her blog through a mutual friend when I was still pregnant last year, and have followed their family ever since. Stellan is an amazing baby, and is just that much more special to me because he and Jeffery are only weeks apart in age. It breaks my heart to see a family going through this, and I hold my own little boy closer today knowing that it could be anyone's child.

Please take a moment today to pray for this most precious little guy. It seems he could really use it. Also, please pray for his parents' comfort, and the doctors' wisdom and leading.

Janie's 101 List

Getting Started

1 – Start a blog to track my progress with this list

2 – Post at least once a week (with photos where I can)

Health

3 – Be consistent with workouts (at least 3 times a week)

4 – Drink at least 6 glasses of water per day on a consistent basis

5 – Gain no more than 25 pounds for pg #3

6 – Get down to a healthy weight for me (at most 140, striving for 130lbs)

7 – Finish the “Couch to 5k” program

8 – Run a 5k without stopping

9 – Find a tennis partner and start playing again

10 – Develop a flat belly

11 – Join a gym

Neal and Me

12 – Watch the sunset and sunrise with Neal

13 – Dress up and go out with Neal

14 – Have a date night at least twice a month

15 – Plan a way for Neal to drive a Ferrari

16 – Go out dancing with Neal

17 – Go on an anniversary trip without the kids

Family/Friends

18 – Post on our family blog at least twice a month

19 – Put Jeffery’s scrap book together

20 – Fill out Jonathan’s baby book

21 – Start a baby book for #3

22 – Get rid of maternity clothes within 3 months of baby #3

23 – Go on a girls’ trip with some friends

24 – Visit Uncle Gil and Aunt Peggy

25 – Have a regular prayer/bible study time with two girlfriends

26 – Have a monthly lunch date with at least one friend

27 – Make all of one year’s Christmas gifts myself

28 – Call just to catch up with a friend once a week

Education/Enrichment

29 – Learn Italian

30 – Read at least ten (adult) books, 3 literary classics

31 – Post on my crafting blog at least once a week

32 – Start writing again

33 – Take a ballroom dance class with Neal

34 – Start playing piano again

35 – Finish AFC program before baby #3

36 – See “Phantom of the Opera”

37 – Make a list of uncompleted sewing projects as of now, and finish them

38 – Make an inventory list of my cake decorating supplies

Projects/Crafts

39 – Make Jeffery’s UT quilt

40 – Finish at least a dozen Pinterest projects

41 – Make sampler burp cloths

42 – Come up with more baby item ideas, make samples

43 – Make baby girl quilt (preferably before baby #3 comes)

44 – Make burp cloths for baby #3

45 – Take sample burp cloths to boutique stores to sell

46 – Learn to crochet a baby blanket

47 – Organize all our family pictures and videos

48 – Use some of my leftover fabric for at least one project (scrap quilt, etc)

49 – Open an Etsy shop

50 – Recover at least one piece of furniture from a yard sale/thrift shop

Cooking/Baking

51 – Learn to make crème brulee

52 – Bake my own bread on a regular basis

53 – Do a wedding cake for profit

54 – Organize my recipe collection

55 – Make my own pasta

56 – Host a dinner party

57 – Host a backyard BBQ

58 – Try to make sushi at home

59 – Make pancit

Finances/Organization

60 – Buy a house in Knoxville

61 – Use my daily planner on a consistent basis

62 – Get back to planning meals on a regular basis and using my plan (4+ weeks in a row)

63 – Combine data from two laptops and desktop, backup to external hard drive

64 – Scan all paperwork/files

65 – Get credit score up to 750 or higher

66 – Register JC as a business, get tax ID #, etc. – become “official”

67 – Make Janie’s Creations (JC) profitable

68 – Save 6-12 months’ emergency fund

69 – Pay off Mountaineer early

70 – Start contributing to IRA again

Charity

71 – Complete 50 community service hours

72 – Donate blood

73 – Participate in a fundraiser

74 – Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity on a house build

Travel/Fun/Me

75 – Get a tattoo

76 – Sing karaoke

77 – Go on a cruise

78 – Go to three concerts

79 – Dress up for Halloween

80 – Attend a New Years’ Eve party

81 – Go camping

82 – Treat myself to a spa day

83 – Drive a 1969 Shelby GT

84 – Plant a flower garden just for me

85 – Revamp my wardrobe

86 – Go to UT homecoming

Misc

87 – Unsubscribe from crappy email lists

88 – Cancel catalogs/etc. we don’t use and get off junk mailing lists

89 – Decide “what I want to do when I grow up”

90 – Bring in $40k in one year’s time (after taxes, etc.)

91 – Get published

Spiritual

92 – Memorize a bible verse weekly for a year

93 – Go on a mission trip

94 – Find a good church and get involved

95 – Have a daily quiet time

Gardening

96 – Plant and care for bulbs in the fall and continue them through the year

97 – Frequent a local farmers’ market

98 – Learn to compost and do it

99 – Learn how to cultivate roses

100 – Get some chickens to raise for eggs (location-permitting)

Lastly

101 – Write a new list including anything I haven’t completed.

Janie's 101 List

Intro/Explanation

My Countdown!

Monday, July 27, 2009

Urgent Prayer Request

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