101 in 1001

My friend Trish posted a list on her blog of 101 things she wanted to do in the next 1001 days (well, she made the list a couple years ago and posted it recently) and then invited everyone else to do the same. So here goes!

1. Take Brad on a cruise
2. See my sister's book published
3. Have another baby
4. Buy a 4-door car
5. Sew Katie a dress
6. See The Hunger Games movie at midnight
7. Go on a date with the hubs every week
8. Go to the temple every month
9. See another Broadway show in NYC
10. Have enough money saved up to last for 1 year
11. Quit playing Facebook games!! (At least the Zynga ones!)
12. Skype my family more often
13. Go camping in Yellowstone
14. Go camping a LOT!
15. Drink more water
16. Smell desert rain at least one more time
17. See Jeni get married
18. See Nicole get married ;) (This one is in the works!)
19. Grow out my natural hair color
20. Use less electricity
21. Live someplace where I can paint the walls!
22. Get a kitten
23. Convince Brad to walk with me in the rain
24. (This list is hard! I can't think of anything!) Family vacay to the California coast!
25. Go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando
26. Ride a train
27. Limit fast food to twice a month
28. Work out at LEAST two times a week
29. Get my California tan back!
30. Keep a plant alive for more than a month
31. Have my very own little black dress. :)
32. Read the scriptures every night for at least a month
33. Go to bed before midnight for at least a week
34. Watch every Harry Potter movie in one day!
35. Re-Upholster something!
36. Make cookies for a neighbor
37. Make cookies for a stranger
38. Make something really cool (what qualifies as really cool to be determined at a later date)
39. Make 72 hour kits to keep in the car
    
40. Visit Alaska again
41. Write to my missionaries (Jeni and Ana) at least once a month!
42. Successfully make a loaf of delicious bread
43. Hold a TacOdasso party :D
44. Blog at least once every two weeks
45. Finish our wedding scrapbook
46. Take a picture everyday for one month
47. Start a  Coupon Cooking! Blog
48. (I'm not even halfway through?!?!) Either replace the missing keys on my lappy or get a new one
49. Go to General Conference
50. Write a letter to the editor of something!
51. Vote!
52. See Mitt Romney succeed in next year's Republican primaries! (Ok. This one isn't really up to me. Haha)
    
53. Re-read the Twilight Saga (for the 4th time. hehe.)
54. Go ONE WEEK without Facebook. Ahh!
55. Be 100% on my visiting teaching for a full year
56. Attend Brad's 10 year HS reunion (if they have one. Crazy!)
57. Make my mom and dad's egg rolls
58. Find some family history names to take to the temple
59. Attend a live session at the SLC Temple
60. Find a new couponing buddy in Utah (I'll miss you Daryn!)
61. Take Katie on a walk at least once a week when weather permits
62. Lose 15 pounds :)
63. Have the ability to swim a 500 again
64. Keep our car crumb-free
65. Listen to the entire Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites series again (amazing!)
66. Fill my coin jar to the brim!
67. Turn in my coin jar and buy a special treat for myself and for Brad
68. Send out Christmas cards finally! And on time!
69. Go on vacation with friends
70. Hike a mountain. It's been far too long since I have.
71. Go ice fishing
72. Go regular fishing
73. Go hunting (although I don't want to actually kill anything)
74. Discover an amazing local restaurant
75. Buy snow boots
76. Bear my testimony in sacrament meeting
77. Donate at least 4 pairs of shoes. :/
78. Actually cross something off this list
79. Throw an amazing party with a sit-down dinner and place cards and everything
80. Get involved in a community event
81. Donate to a food bank
82. Make an apron for myself
83. Make super yummy salt water taffy
84. Swim in the Atlantic ocean
85. See Niagra Falls
86. Figure out how to hem Brad's pants
87. Hike in Zion National Park
88. Take a spontaneous trip. VERY spontaneous!
89. Road trip out to the East Coast and make Brad enjoy it!
90. Teach someone in my (future) new ward to coupon
91. Drive to the airport and just fly somewhere! Anywhere!
92. (101 is a LOT of things!!!!!!!!) Learn to play golf
93. Get a part time job
94. Remember to ALWAYS take my reusable bags to the grocery store
95. Have a game night with friends every month for 6 months
96. Visit my sister in Portland
97. Cross 50 things off this list!
98. Read the entire Book of Mormon in less than 6 months
99. Invent another amazing family favorite recipe :)
100. Sew a couch slipcover
101. Never make a list this long again!!!

The end
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WHERE DID FEBRUARY GO?!?!

Yes, I put the title in caps for a reason. Where the heck did February go?! I feel like that was the fastest Feb i've ever experienced.
Updates since my last post:

• Katie is SO close to walking. She can now take four steps or stand on her own for a while. We don't even have to stand her up. She does it on her own and will let go of the couch, table, etc, on her own.
• She now has 7 teeth. It's so cute! But not so cute when she bites me.
  
• Brad is SO close to be done with school! Only one month left and then he is done forever! You know he started college back in 2002? Crazy, right?! It's even crazier that I wasn't even in high school yet. Hehe. ;)
• I bought a case of 9 pineapples as extra with my Bountiful Basket and we are overflowing with pineapples now! Good thing though, because we love em!
• Oh! My coupon class! So many people ask me ALL THE TIME about how I use coupons and how to get started and so I decided to just put together a little class, invite everyone, and teach em all at once! I think it went well. I'm not a great public speaker, or teacher for that matter, but I think everyone got some good information and I know at least a few people have started couponing from it! It was fun and I think I may do another one in the next month or so.
• In sad news, Brad was laid off a few weeks ago. It was VERY sudden (his last day of work was the same day he found out) and it happened to about 80% of the other employees as well. I don't know about Brad, but I always try to stay optimistic and I constantly repeat my mantra "We pay our tithing. Everything will be ok." And it has been.
  

There really isn't too much else going on. Katie gets older every day and it's a little sad, but exciting at the same time. Brad is just truckin' through his last semester and I know he is so ready to be done. I just keep doing the homemaker thing, cooking, cleaning, trying to sew, babysitting, couponing, loving, and trying to maintain a social life. We have a very comfortable, very happy, and very blessed life and I am so grateful for everything. The smile on my daughters face everyday is just a constant reminder of the pure and simple joys in life that Heavenly Father has blessed us with. (Random, but I use a lot of dangling participles)

BIG changes are coming in the NEAR future, so be on the lookout!




Sorry. No pictures this time! Chack my Facebook if you are really curious.