tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43114154659968296482011-07-07T22:36:18.336-07:00Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00633327700832406744noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311415465996829648.post-66623890516341634332008-12-24T21:59:00.001-08:002011-01-07T19:55:15.952-08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">Things Completed are in <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">BOLD</span>...</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">things just updated are in <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">BOLD</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To Better Myself:<br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1) Read through the entire Bible<br />2) Find a good devotional<br />3) Create a prayer jar<br />4) Attend one scripture portions work time each month<br />J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O, N, D - 2009<br />5) Learn to speak Spanish (from my cd's I bought)<br />6) Practice a special piano piece to play at church</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To Be More Caring:</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">7) Volunteer for something (spend time not money)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">8) Do 6 charity walks: March Of Dimes Walk, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222163082_0">Breast Cancer</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, Heart Walk... (0/6)</span><br />1 -<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">9) Buy Flowers for someone for no special reason</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="yshortcuts"><br /><b><s>10) Baby-sit</b></span><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> for a friend</s></span><br /></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">11) Make a new friend</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">12) Send </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="yshortcuts"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222163082_1" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;">birthday cards</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to all my friends in 2009</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O, N, D - 2009</span></span><br /><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>13) Bake something to take to work and share</s></span><br /></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">14) Look up an old friend and reconnect</span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222163082_2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />15) Experience</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> something life changing</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;"><s style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">16) <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Rock a baby to sleep</span></s> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Did both 10/19/08 &amp; 10/21/08, 3 babies total :)</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">17) Spend a time getting to know someone</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">18) Be an encouragement to someone </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To Be Crafty:</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">19) Finish my Houston Scrapbook</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">20) Sew a tote bag</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">21) Have a calendar made from pictures I've taken</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">22) Make a matching set of earrings/bracelet</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">23) Do a craft project at Michaels</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To Pursue My Hobbies:</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">24) Take a photography class</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">25) Enter a photography contest</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">26) Read 12 non fiction books (1/12)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">1 - Nordie's At Noon - Dec 08<br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">27) Join a book club</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">28) Take a cooking class</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">29) Cook or bake one ridiculously complicated thing</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">30) Post in my blog at least 1 time a week.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">31) Practice piano 30 mins a week</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;" href="http://allthingsmelissacooks.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>32) Start a cooking blog</s> <span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">Done 10/7/2008</span></span></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To Be Healthy:</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">33) Get to and maintain goal weight instead of being a seesaw</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">34) Maintain walking at least 6 days a week, 30 mins a day</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">35) Have a better understanding about nutrition</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">36) Try new fruits/veggies (<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">3</span>/10)<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">Butternut Squash </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">Spaghetti Squash </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mango </span> </span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">37) Take Fish Oil and a multivitamin every day</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;" href="http://eatingwithmelissa.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>38) Blog everything I eat for 1 week</s> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Done 10/11/08</span></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">39) Find skin care products that work and stick with it!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><s>40) Buy “healthy” water bottles</s></b></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><s>41) Find a tall building and take the stairs to the top</s></span><span> -<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">Holiday Inn - Done 9/28/08</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">41) Cut out sweets for 2 strait weeks</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"><s style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">42) Join a gym over the winter</s>...Bought a treadmill instead </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">November 08</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To Enjoy Stuff That Tastes Good!:</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">43) Make a cheesecake</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">44) Create my own </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="yshortcuts"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222163082_3">gelato recipe<br />45) Eat at 8 new restaurants (0/8)</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">46) Try food from a ethnicity that I've never tried before</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">47) Cook a food from a ethnicity that I've never tried</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">48) Make a new recipe once a month<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O, N, D - 2009</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">49) Make a new dish with unexpected ingredients</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">50) Start/join a cooking club </span><br />51) Eat a Mesa Grill - Love Bobby Flay!!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To Enjoy The Outdoors:</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><s>52) Bike through Gettysburg</s> - <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Done 10.11.08</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><s>52) Take a hike in the mountains</s> -<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Done 10.5.08</span></span><br />54) See a waterfall</span><a href="http://allthingsmelissa.blogspot.com/2008/10/vacation.html"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://allthingsmelissa.blogspot.com/2008/10/vacation.html"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>55) Watch a sunrise</s> - <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Done 9.30.08</span></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">56) Spend a day at a lake</span><br /><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>57) Sit by a campfire and roast marsh mellows</s></span><br /></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">58) Take a </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222163082_4">hot air balloon</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ride </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To Be Pampered:</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">59) Spa day – massage, facial, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222163082_5">manicure and pedicure<br />60) Take a bubble bath</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">61) Buy silk sheets</span><br /><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>62) Buy sunflowers for myself</s></span><br /></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To Say "I Love You" To My Family:</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><s>63) Cook an entire meal for my family</s></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span>- Done October 08</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">64) Clean the house for mom 1 week each month</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O, N, D - 2009</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">65) Get my parents to exercise 30 mins a day 4 times a week </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To Dream My Dreams:</span></span><br /><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>66) Buy a house(2010)</s></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>67) First kiss</s></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>68) Get Married</s></span></b><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">69) Start a family </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To Travel:</span></span><br /><s style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://allthingsmelissa.blogspot.com/2008/10/vacation.html"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">70) Go to the beach</span></a></s><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://allthingsmelissa.blogspot.com/2008/10/vacation.html"> - <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Done 9.29.08</span></a><br /><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>71) Visit a friend who lives in another state</s></span><br /></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">72) Travel to a state I've never been in before</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">73) Get a passport</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><s>74) Visit a </b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222163082_7"><b>bed &amp; breakfast</s><br /></b>75) Go to a farmer's market</span><br /><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>76) Visit a museum</s></span><br /></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">77) Visit another country </span><br />78) Take a bus trip to New York City<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To Have Fun:</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">79) Have a girls only night</span><br /><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>80) Go to a concert</s></span><br /></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">81) Go on a picnic</span><br /><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>82) Go to a baseball game at a park I haven't been to</s></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>83) See a IMAX movie</s></span><br /></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">84) Just the girls getaway - </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/just-the-girls/"><span class="yshortcuts">http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/just-the-girls/</span></a><br /><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>85) Throw a housewarming party at my new house!</s></span><br /></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">86) Go to a play ground and swing</span><br /><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>87) Go to a wedding</s></span><br /></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><s>88) Celebrate my parents 30th wedding anniversary!!</s><br /></b>89) Ride a horse<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To Be Organized:</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="yshortcuts"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1222163082_9"><br />90) Completely</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> organize my room!!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">91) Organize all my digital photos and burn copies to disk </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To Have Secure Finances:</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">92) Start a budget for 2009(to prepare for when I buy a house)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">93) Save $x0,000.00 </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Miscellaneous:</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">94) Get birthstone ring re-sized</span><br /><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>95) Vote for new president</s></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>96) Become an Aunt</s></span><br /></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">97) Buy a color book and color all the pictures: : ) </span><span><br />98)<br />99)<br />100)<br />101)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4311415465996829648-6662389051634163433?l=allthingsmelissa101in1001.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00633327700832406744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311415465996829648.post-8865642775983528512008-10-23T03:08:00.001-07:002008-12-24T22:12:45.858-08:00New things done are in bold...there's not to many...<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span>I got a few more things done!! : ) They are highlighted in green... Happy Monday!!</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://allthingsmelissacooks.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>32) Start a cooking blog</s> <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Done 10/7/2008</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://eatingwithmelissa.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><s>38) Blog everything I eat for 1 week</s> <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Done 10/11/08</span></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">52) Bike through Gettysburg - <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Done 10.11.08</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4311415465996829648-886564277598352851?l=allthingsmelissa101in1001.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00633327700832406744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311415465996829648.post-30510038659379348632008-09-27T16:52:00.000-07:002008-10-13T02:45:36.989-07:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span>Welcome to my list!! I wasn't sure I'd ever make it to 101 things(not quite there...almost). And it was more challenging that I first thought it would be. I'm sure some of the things may seem a little "weird" or perhaps even funny. But most stuff I really do want to do, and though I probably won't get everything accomplished, I'm going to do the best I can!! This blog will basically just be for me to keep track my list and what I'm getting done. I will <s>cross things</s> off of my list once they have been completed but check my other blog for pictures and updates on how my 101 things are progressing... </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4311415465996829648-3051003865937934863?l=allthingsmelissa101in1001.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00633327700832406744noreply@blogger.com3