The End!! Goodbye 2010

Wow what a year! I didn’t do quite as well as I hoped, but not too bad I guess. Especially for the first time I’d tried this and I did have a LOT going on this year. Items in RED I completely missed out on this year, items I completed are struck through and some items are not marked off but I at least gave it my best shot and tried to explain a little. This was so much fun to try! Much better than some dumb ol’ New Year’s Resolution that I’d never keep anyway. Here’s how I did:


1. Be intentional about my quiet time

I never really got this one back to the level of intentional I wanted, not consistently. I know that when I needed Him most, that’s really when I should have been turning to him, but I am guilty of letting the busyness of life get in the way.

2. Pay off all my bills

3. Save some money

4. Read 20 books (14/20)

I did finish one last book before the end of the year. Maybe I was overly optimistic, but 14’s not too bad. It’s more than 1 per month anyway. I still have a huge stack I want to tackle, so maybe next year…

The Shack by William Young
Big Girl by Danielle Steel
Stuck in the 70’s by D.L. Garfunkle
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
Body Double by Tess Gerritsen
Jinx by Meg Cabot
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
Flawless by Sara Shepard
Perfect by Sara Shepard
Unbelievable by Sara Shepard
Motor Mouth by Janet Evonavich
Don’t Blink by James Patterson

5. Go on a “Girls Weekend” with friends

6. Go to Disney World

7. Buy a new CD the day it’s released

8. Tone up and be bikini ready by May

9. Buy a new bikini (and be proud to wear it)10. Make a new friend

11. Write a story

12. Go roller skating

I did do this one more time before the end of the year...with 5 teenagers!  and I was STILL better than any of them were! :P

13. Go bowling

14. Meet someone famous

15. Take a class

16. Donate blood

17. Try something new

18. Visit a museum

19. Go to the zoo

I can’t believe I didn’t go to the zoo at least one time in a year?! That is just wrong…

20. Buy flowers for myself

21. Get teeth whitened

22. Do a cartwheel often and for no reason

23. Finish a 5K in 25 minutes or less

24. Complete 12 scrapbook pages (0/12)

25. Clean out the office

This one I attempted and got almost done with, but then never really finished…I started cleaning out so much other stuff that this room kind of became the catch all once again and just never really got finished. If I can get rid of all this crap I’ve cleaned out I’ll be in good shape though.

26. Dress up for Halloween this year

27. Make a time capsule

Why did I not do this? Lazy I guess :-/

28. Get the 3Gs

29. Put my belly ring back in

Never really got back to the level of skinny I wanted so….yah…

30. Stay in a city I’ve never been to before

Again….time and finances kind of hindered this one. But I totally have plans for next year and several people that want to go with me so….it’s gonna happen!

31. Finish my quilt

32. Learn a new skill / craft

33. Make some jewelry

34. Try a new food

35. Try a new drink

36. Eat at a fancy restaurant

I feel like I should be able to cross this one off, I ate out at PLENTY of restaurants and none that were really hole in the wall quality, but just nothing that I really had in mind as “fancy”….

37. Buy True Religion jeans

38. Enter a contest

39. Have portraits done

Again….no excuse! I have 2 friends that are photographers….make that 3!

40. Meet more online friends in person

41. Get a new pair of ‘bans

42. Fill my charm bracelet (9/12)

I managed to get 2 more on before the end of the year, but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades right? :-/

Big Sister
XOXO
French Heart
High Heel
Butterfly
Margarita Glass
Baseball Glove
Alpha & Omega
Shopping Bag

43. Try a new recipe

44. Learn to use Photoshop

45. Dance in the rain

46. Go horseback riding

47. Exercise at least 4 times a week, religiously

48. Learn to play a song on piano or guitar

49. Join a volleyball team

50. Go to a parade

51. Make a snow angel

52. Help a stranger

I don't really have an excuse for this one...it was just a very selfish year for me I guess :(

53. Buy something at an expensive store

54. Go to a Cowboys game at the new stadium

55. Go to a Rangers game

56. Go to a Stars game

I just ran out of time….although I DO have the tickets in my hot little hands! I got a pair for Christmas, but the game isn’t until next week.

57. Go to a Mavericks game

58. Play golf

Just never really found anyone to teach me...or take me :(

59. Learn to do the splits

60. Buy a pair of designer shoes


AAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The absolute BEST thing on this whole list!!  Merry Christmas / Happy Birthday to me!!!! I got my Louboutin’s!!!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them! And contrary to what some people think, I do NOT vacuum the carpet in them…..YET! :P

61. Go see a movie in the theater once a month (13/12)

Sherlock Holmes
Valentine’s Day
Alice In Wonderland
Planet 51
Bounty Hunter
The Last Song
Sex And The City 2
Toy Story 3
Grown Ups
Inception
Charlie St. Cloud
Life As We Know It
Tangled

62. Try each type of cheesecake on the menu at Cheesecake Factory (16/32)


Dang…I ate here 3 times in the past week…but only tried 3 new flavors.

Banana Cream
Dolce de Leche
Tirami Su
Red Velvet
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup
Wild Blueberries
Fresh Strawberries
Chocolate Coconut Crème
Carrot Cake
Pineapple Upside Down
Chocolate Tuxedo Cream
Lemon Raspberry
Kahlua Cocoa Coffee
White Chocolate Caramel Macadamia Nut
Dutch Apple Caramel Streusel
Oreo

63. Order something I’ve never tried at my favorite restaurant

64. Shoot a successful combo by myself at pool

65. Sing karaoke

66. Get a massage by a real masseuse

I went on New Year's Eve and had a massage at the chiropractor's office by a real massage therapist.  It was only 30 minutes, but I may have to marry that girl! :-O hahaha67. Take a CPR class

68. Go water skiing

69. See a Broadway play

70. Ride a jet ski

71. Test drive a fancy car

72. Go to the circus

73. Take pictures in the bluebonnets

74. Eat a corndog at the State Fair

75. Go camping

76. Get better at Guitar Hero

Well our wii broke earlier this year and I just never really replaced it. We weren’t using it that much anyway…

77. Serve lunch at a soup kitchen

78. Encourage someone with my testimony

79. Call my parents, and sisters, once a week

I wasn’t 100% faithful, but I think I did pretty good. Close enough for government work anyway :P

80. See at least 5 concerts (12/5)

Nick Jonas and the Administration (House of Blues 01/02 – 01/03)
Honor Society (House of Blues 03/28)
Bamboozle Road Show (Six Flags 05/29)
Jordin Sparks (House of Blues 06/29)
Disco Curtis (Compass Church 07/10/10)
The Maine (Six Flags 07/24/10)
Aerosmith (Superpages 08/03/10)
Goo Goo Dolls w/Switchfoot (08/21/10)
Rooney (08/26/10)
Jonas Brothers (09/12/10)
Elton John (11/13/10)
Hey Monday (11/23/10)

81. Visit family in California

82. Meet my new nephew (he’s due in May)

83. Finish my Christmas shopping by October

Well….I didn’t really finish by October, heck I didn’t even start my list this year until October. But I was done by November….not counting the extra stuff I kept picking up even though I didn’t really need it….and the one gift that I ordered that still hasn’t even come in! :(

84. Make a list of 10 things I am thankful for

 ~ I am thankful for my family
 ~ I am thankful for the friends that love and support me and have impacted my life
 ~ I am thankful for my health, and that of my family
 ~ I am thankful to know Christ, and that He loves and forgives me my many failings on a daily basis
 ~ I am thankful to have a job and the ability to support my family, especially in these times when so many people do not, even if I’m not always satisfied with it
 ~ I am thankful for every opportunity I’m given, and there have been many, not all of which I’m always smart enough to take
 ~ I am thankful for a church that loves and supports me and makes me feel like family
 ~ I am thankful for the beauty and the renewal of life that surrounds us everyday
 ~ I am thankful for the strength to persevere in the midst of trials and the faith that God has a plan for me
 ~ I am thankful for Friday afternoon every week, as I look forward to the weekend and having 2-days off work

85. Quietly enjoy a sunrise and reflect on its beauty

I saw a few sunrises, and did think about how pretty they were, but never really had quiet time to think about just that and be grateful. Heck I could barely drag my ass out of bed early enough this year.

86. See a shooting star and make a wish

87. Watch a sunset with someone special

Saw some pretty sunsets….just not really anyone special I guess.

88. Tell people I love them and not assume they know

I did try to do this. I’m not super good about it, but I did say it more this year than ever, but yeah it did take a little more special effort. I love you ALL!

89. Go to the park and swing on the swingset

90. Take a boot camp class at the gym

91. Listen to my entire iTunes library (currently 4269 songs)

92. Get a cooler job

93. Ride a roller coaster

94. Audition for something

95. Go to the horse races

96. Go to the drag races

97. Raise money for a charity

98. Remember to use my green grocery bags

Again….not 100% faithful, but I did this more than I ever have before! Win for me and I’ll definitely keep trying! :)

99. Plant a tree

100. Take a random road trip by myself

101. Journal / Blog my achievements on this list

Exhibit A….although there was a point where I slowed way down with this one, I did keep it up and think I actually did pretty well. I hope I was somewhat entertaining and thank you all for reading! I actually had a blast doing this, this year. It was so fun to try and do some new stuff and step out of my comfort zone a little. I feel like I actually grew and found some courage I didn’t really know I had, not even just with this, but in other ways too. I’ll probably make a new list and try and finish up a few of these things in 2011 and I hope you’ll stick around with me. Did I say I love you? Cuz I DO!! xoxo

Day 335: December 1, 2010

OK apparently I suck at this! I know, I know…I haven’t even updated in almost 3 months…I really hadn’t realized it had been that long! But there has just been so much going on in my life lately that I haven’t had time to sit down and blog….much less accomplish many of these things I’d wanted to do :-/ I have done a couple of them, but not many.

Keep in mind that not only time (which will decrease even further with the holidays looming), but finances play a part in accomplishing some of them. Oh which also dwindles this time of year….*sigh*

Oh well, I’m not giving up… I am optimistic that I’ll still squeeze in a couple more in the next month though *crosses fingers* :D

But here’s how I’ve done recently…

The original list: http://juststuffbytricia.blogspot.com/2009/12/2010.html

2. Pay off all my bills

OK so if I wasn’t having to pay attorney fees and support my family alone, I feel like I’d be a LOT closer on this one :-/ I’m going to go ahead and mark it off because obviously it isn’t going to happen in the next 3 weeks…as a matter of fact, I’ve been using a couple of those credit cards for Christmas shopping, so better luck next year I guess.

3. Save some money

Ditto. :-/

4. Read 20 books (13/20)

So I made a little progress here…I finally finished the other two books I had in the Pretty Little Liars series. Perfect and Unbelievable by Sara Shepard, plus I read Motor Mouth by Janet Evonavich… HILARIOUS!!

But 7 books in 3 weeks?...plus holidays?! This one will most likely not be accomplished, but I won’t mark it off yet…

8. Tone up and be bikini ready by May

Obviously I failed epically at this one…at least to my standards anyway. I have however maintained a steady weight all year that I’m happy with, but that pesky mid-section is the HARDEST part to get rid of. I think I just need a tummy tuck. :-/

23. Finish a 5K in 25 minutes or less

Well…I did not train faithfully, nor even do another run until the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving day. I did finally get down to a 9:56 mile…but just not close enough on this one. I guess there’s always next year…

26. Dress up for Halloween this year

Haha…well… I did go out for Halloween…I dressed as a club-goer! Does that count? >.<

40. Meet more online friends in person

I’ve not met any other online friends in person but the ones that I did meet this year, I’ve actually become pretty good friends with and have hung out several time! I’m happy with this! :)

42. Fill my charm bracelet (7/12)

I’m getting nervous about this one….pesky finances kept me from it. I know there’s still Christmas to look forward to, but I bet I don’t get 5 :-/ I’ve only gotten one since

my last post…a Baseball Glove, in honor of the FABULOUS job my Rangers did this year! :)

 60. Buy a pair of designer shoes

I’ve tried them on several times (this past weekend even) and I absolutely WILL do this before the end of the year, here's the pair I've got my eye on! ….Happy Birthday / Merry Christmas to ME! :D

61. Go see a movie in the theater once a month (13/12)

Done! I even went over hahaha. I saw Life As We Know It with the girls from church and Tangled with Renee and all the kids on Thanksgiving night. There are still so many others I want to see though :)

62. Try each type of cheesecake on the menu at Cheesecake Factory (13/32)

Ugh….another one I see quickly going down the tubes…unless I can eat 20 more pieces in the next 20 days! I don’t really live close enough to stop by there every day…plus they’re freaking $8 a slice!! :-/ I did go a couple of weeks ago with friends for dessert and tried Lemon Raspberry and Kahlua Cocoa Coffee. But Tori and Matt didn’t cooperate and they got flavors I’d already tried! Party Poopers! :P

74. Eat a corndog at the State Fair

YAY! I went to the fair this year with Pam and OMG I didn’t just have a corndog! I ate until I couldn’t eat anymore and EVERYTHING was fried! Fried Margarita, Fried Cookie Dough, Fried PB&J, Fried Frito Pie, Fried Pecan Pie and of course…a CORNDOG!! :D

83. Finish my Christmas shopping by October

FAIL! I didn’t even START my list till October this year :( I did however finish this past weekend after Thanksgiving! Well….except for one thing, but I know what it is, and I just ordered it!

94. Audition for something

Another fail….I don’t see this happening. But Goose auditioned for something, can I count that?? I took her! Here’s a video of her AWESOME audition to sing the National Anthem for the Rough Riders….I hope she gets it! *PS if she doesn’t those judges are STONED! :P

101. Journal / Blog my achievements on this list

Ummm…..I was doing so good :( Just a lot of life got in the way the second half of this year and really messed with my mojo on the list. But this has been super fun and I’ve done a LOT of things this year that I never have, or haven’t done in a long time! I’m going to call it a win and start another list for next year! :D

Heck, with all the ones I have left here I already have a good start! :P hahaha

Day 236: August 24, 2010

The original list: http://juststuffbytricia.blogspot.com/2009/12/2010.html



Wow! I haven’t updated in like a month! And BOO! I don’t really think I’ve done all that much either… >.<

There just has really been a lot going on in my life that gets in the way with fun stuff so…yeah I know, “excuses, excuses” but it’s true I promise. Oh well, let’s see where I am…

1. Be intentional about my quiet time

So….um….yeah still being lazy. I don’t even know why, because when I do this I can TOTALLY tell a difference. Stupid life…

2. Pay off all my bills

I did pay off 3 more! …. But then promptly charged something on 2 of them. *sigh* But they are small so I can take care of it soon. And I promise I’ll cut them up after that! O:-)

4. Read 20 books (10/20)

I’m trying to remember if there was one in between or not, but I know I’ve read at least 2 books since last month. My friend gave me the Pretty Little Liars set for my daughter to read and curiousity got me to check them out first. I finished the first two, Pretty Little Liars and Flawless and am currently midway through number 3, Perfect.

7. Buy a new CD the day it’s released

This was already checked off but I did get Goose the new Jonas LA CD for her birthday when it came out. It counts, even if it wasn’t for me…right?!

8. Tone up and be bikini ready by May

Ugh….not as much as I’d like. If I had the money, I think I’d seriously consider lypo.

14. Meet someone famous

Again….already checked off, but just wanted to throw out there that I won M&G for the Goo Goo Dolls this weekend! I GET TO MEET JOHNNY RZEZNIK!!!! *excuse my teenie moment* ;-)

22. Do a cartwheel often and for no reason

I’m gonna go ahead and mark this one off….I’ve been randomly doing them! :-)

23. Finish a 5K in 25 minutes or less

Ugh….haven’t even done one since March! But I have been running. I joined a soccer team!

25. Clean out the office

Well the room is pretty clean, it’s the “out” part I’m not satisfied with. I got to a point and still work on this one occasionally…and am actually really close but not quite there. I’ve been cleaning out some other rooms though too and now have a HELL of a garage sale pile. I look at it and whine….”I hate garage sales, maybe I’ll just drop it at CCA”…but I could really use the $$. I’m just already dreading it. :-/

42. Fill my charm bracelet (6/12)

I got a new charm….a Margarita Glass! Sooo me! :-) Now I have all my favorites…Shoes, sunglasses and margaritas…what else could a girl need!?

54. Go to a Cowboys game at the new stadium

DONE! A friend and I got tickets to the pre-season game against the Raiders for $35! We had AWESOME seats in the end zone! The guy next to me was a Raiders fan and SUPER ANNOYING, so I was REALLY glad he left before the 4th quarter when the Raiders scored 2 touchdowns to beat us, but it was still fun. I definitely need to do this again! :-)

60. Buy a pair of designer shoes

Still looking…and trying them on! But the Louboutin boutique opens in HVP NEXT MONTH!!!! I can’t wait! =D

61. Go see a movie in the theater once a month (11/12)

Almost time to mark this one off! I’ve seen two movies in the past month, Inception and Charlie St. Cloud. Both were really good! :-)

62. Try each type of cheesecake on the menu at Cheesecake Factory (11/32)

Tried a few more! Went recently and had a girls stress reliever and totally pigged on comfort foods. We tried Carrot Cake, Pineapple Upside Down, and Chocolate Tuxedo Cream….MMMMMMM xP

But dang I wish that place wasn’t so expensive! I still have a lot left to try in the next 3 ½ months :-/

65. Sing karaoke

OMG I sang karaoke!!! I went to McKinney Avenue Tavern a couple of weeks ago with Janice and we didn’t even know they were going to do karaoke. But we worked up the nerve to get up there and put our name in for “Don’t Stop Believing.” Unfortunately someone else had too and they were called first, so we did “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” instead! I was scared to death, but just got up there and did it…partially because it was on this list so I couldn’t chicken out. We were cheered and I think comparatively, we didn’t suck too bad! Hahaha :P

72. Go to the circus

Oh yay! I did this too! I got a presale notice from AAC and was able to get decent tickets for a great price. Bing…Bang…ZOOM! :-)

79. Call my parents, and sisters, once a week

I think I’m doing pretty good on this. Although I am not always the initiator, I have been talking to them pretty regular. We even had dinner with my dad this past weekend.

80. See at least 5 concerts (6/5)

Overachiever! Hahaha we saw The Maine at Six Flags on July 24th, and scored some decent seats for Aerosmith for $10 at Superpages on August 3rd! Plus….I already have my tickets for Goo Goo Dolls and Switchfoot for this weekend…did I mention I GET TO MEET JOHNNY RZEZNIK!?!? And Rooney on the 26th!

83. Finish my Christmas shopping by October

Oh yeah….I still need to make this list! :-/

86. See a shooting star and make a wish

So the Perseid meteor shower was the same night as the Cowboys game. I had JUST gotten home and called my friend to let them know I’d made it and walked outside to look up. The conversation: “I’m home.” “Good, I’m glad you made it.” “Yeah, I’m walking outside to see if….Oh WAIT! There’s one RIGHT NOW!!!” hahaha

But I can’t tell you what I wished for….or it won’t come true! :P

91. Listen to my entire iTunes library (currently 4504 songs)

Wow! I know this was already marked off too, but of course I’ve added new songs! I’m up to 4504, which is 385 more than I had back in June when I marked it off. And 1566 more than I had at the first of the year. I do however still have 59 songs to listen to now.

So wow – maybe I’ve done more than I thought I had! I’ll try and update sooner.

Day 194: July 13, 2010

Wow so 10 days since I’ve blogged and basically I’ve done nothing! :-/ I mean it was a really busy week and a half with lots of drama and stress and carting kids around, but I didn’t accomplish anything from my list that I could mark off. Slacker…


4. Read 20 books (8/20)

I did manage to finish another book. It was one that Goose had checked out at the library and she hadn’t read it so I picked it up. It was pretty good, Jinx by Meg Cabot.

47. Exercise at least 4 times a week, religiously

Still trying to do this. I am at least doing sit-ups or push ups or something, though I’ve not done real well at keeping up with that schedule either. I’ve run already twice this week and it’s only Tuesday, although yesterday I got over heated and got sick. I still have a headache today, so no running for me. *sigh-slacker*

80. See at least 5 concerts (4/5)

This week we went to a free show at Compass Church in Colleyville to see Disco Curtis. I don’t know that I really consider it a “concert”, because my definition of those would include a big venue and big name band. These were all locals.

But let me start by saying that this was NOT at all what I had expected. I guess because it was at a church I was assuming that Disco Curtis would play and maybe one other local band and that it would be pretty tame. Well we all know what happens when you “assume”.

So Compass was a nice big church. Nice facility, AWESOME Youth Room, we need something like that a GracePointe. So I mentioned expectations…

First off, the crowd was FULL of scene kids, which Okay that doesn’t bother me, but it was somewhat amusing. There was a pretty wide age range, most anywhere from 12-20’s, but I even saw an old couple that looked to be in their 50’s jamming out! What was gross about it though, was that they couldn’t keep their hands off each other…..REALLY? Get a Room!! This is a church! :-/ But the old couple weren’t the only ones guilty of that….and there were even some girl/girl couples! It’s a CHURCH people! :-I

Then, the show started at 6:00 and we were expecting to be done by 8:00-ish and go have dinner. NOT! 6 bands played!! Now the first 3 only played like 4 songs, so I wasn’t super worried, but then they EACH had to tear down and set up in between, and they all did their own sound checks. Which to me hardly seems worth it. We spent just as much time waiting for all that as we did for their 20 minute sets. The last 3 bands only played 6 sings, which again was fine. But when Disco Curtis only played a short set as well, we were disappointed, because by that time we’d already ENDURED all the rest of them. We actually thought about leaving a few times but we’d come to see Disco Curtis. Although they did come back and do an encore of 2 more songs.

So the bands…

The night started off with Crown the Empire. This was a group of teenagers, they were total garage band screamo. They weren’t tight and you could barely understand most of their lyrics. Not really impressed.

Next came The Kid Has Heart. I felt better about this band while they were setting up. They were clean cut and looked to be at least of drinking age. They were still a heavy metal sound, with some scream, but not a lot. They were at least better than the first band, but I guess just not my scene anymore.

After that was American Mantra. These guys too were adults and they were much more personable with the crowd. They were a total heavy metal “hair-band”, but they were pretty tight and good with the crowd. I could understand all of their lyrics at least. LOL. Their guitarist was pretty good, he had kind of an Eddie Van Halen-ish style and I actually kind of liked them. Goose got a guitar pick and was excited about that.

The next band was Red Car Wire. They were young, maybe 18-22ish and the band was actually very good, but their singer STUNK! It was sad, he almost ruined the whole show in my opinion. They played a heavy rock and their guitarist looked a little like a younger Andrew Lee.  Plus, I didn’t see exactly how it came about, but during their set up, somehow Goose got him to come over and give her a hug :-/ and then he gave her a pick after their set... Groupie! I’m gonna have to keep an eye on her!


The next to last band was Memphis Mayfair. OMGsh! :-S They were hardcore screamo! The band was very tight and they had synchronized movements and as a band they were good, although not my preference of music. But they had everything turned up all the way so the mix was WAY over the top, and you couldn’t understand a word of anything they sang screamed. It was just a bunch of screaming, and I swear the guy screamed “Die, Die, Die” several times. At least that was what I thought it sounded like….remember we were in a CHURCH!?! 

When the mosh pit started, we moved back agains the far wall and I sat on the floor and played Wors With Friends. haha ya think they were offended?  Anyway...Afterward, I saw one girl sporting a bloody nose,  I think my ears were bleeding before the end of thier set!!

Finally, Disco Curtis came out. They were by FAR the best band of the night. I can’t help but wonder if they chose these other bands to play before them to make themselves look better? Because it’s like they totally didn’t fit with the rest of the line up at all. Like seriously I was singing the Sesame Street song to myself, “Which of these things is not like the other one? Not like the other one? Not like the other one?...”

They are nice, clean cut kids and although they play a little heavier pop style music, it’s very catchy and likable. I could understand everything, they played well together, and Tanner can actually sing. They had fun with the crowd and played 6 songs, which included a cover of "Just What I Needed" by the Cars. After their too short set, they thanked the crowd and all the other bands and said goodnight, but then came back for an encore.

The encore was GREAT! Hahahaha... Tanner came out in a gold lame bodysuit and huge matching hat and sang "Let’s Dance" by Lady GaGa!  It was HILARIOUS!  I love when they do crazy stuff like that!

What surprised me most was that my youngest had fun and didn’t want to leave, and she was the one who hadn’t really wanted to go in the first place! haha

So the night was not a total bust, although we had endure a lot of music (if you can even call some of it that) that we didn’t really like, it was a free show. However, since it was 11:00 when we finally got out of there, we were STARVING! So we raced to Blue Goose and had some food, then went home and went to bed.

91. Listen to my entire iTunes library (currently 4269 songs)

So yes….I’ve added new music after I crossed this one off. I went through the entire library and made sure I had Cover Art and that it was the correct album on everything and than have also added 150 songs. As I type this I’m listening through the new entries. I still have 101 to go…

One thing this task has done for me is expose me to new stuff, like I have some stuff on here I really don’t like since I download all the freebie stuff. But I also have stuff on here I’d never heard before that I really like and I may never have known about it if I hadn’t taken the time to do this.

98. Remember to use my green grocery bags

I think I’m doing pretty good at this. You know another good thing about using these bags, besides not promoting the gathering of useless non-biodegradable plastics in the landfills? I can get MORE groceries in LESS bags! It’s easier to carry/load my groceries and they fit better and don’t slide around the back of my car. It’s just a win all over! :)

101. Journal / Blog my achievements on this list

While I may be sometimes sporadic, I’m still keeping up and keeping you up to date on my progress….whether you’re interested or not! :P

Day 183: July 2, 2010

The original list: http://juststuffbytricia.blogspot.com/2009/12/2010.html

Hello again!  OMG HALF WAY!!! :-I
It feels like I did a lot of fun stuff this week, but now I'm seeing that not all of it crossed off something on my list.  Goose was gone all week at youth camp and I thought I would be super bored, but I found things to keep me busy.

4. Read 20 books (7/20)

I finished another book this week, Body Double by Tess Gerritsen. It was a murder mystery and was really good. It turned out to solve 2 different crimes, one old and one new, and wasn’t who you’d expected it to be! I’m starting another one today that Goose had checked out at the library, but hasn’t read yet.

28. Get the 3Gs

How come I didn’t mark this off last week??? I GOT THE 4!!!!!!!!!!!! It came to my front door a day EARLY!

Seriously, there were crazy people camping out at the Apple store for DAYS and I pre-ordered online the day I became eligible. Then it got delivered to my front door by the FedEx guy at 11:00 the day BEFORE the official release! I even chatted with a ‘Words’ friend in LA during a game, on that next morning from my new iPhone 4 while he stood in line for 2 hours to get his. Hahaha YAY ME! :)

32. Learn a new skill / craft

Not sure if I should officially mark this one off yet. It isn’t really a “skill” yet…but details below…

33. Make some jewelry

I got out a craft kit I had gotten for the girls last year and made a hemp beaded bracelet for Goose while she was a camp this week. I was sitting on endless, boring conference calls and was bored and just sat and tied the knots while I listened. It may not have been the prettiest bracelet ever, but I made it and sent it to her via mail. I wonder what she thought of it? Guess I’ll find out when she gets home. >.<

45. Dance in the rain

I walked in the rain today…does that count? …No? …Okay fine. *leaves open*

47. Exercise at least 4 times a week, religiously

Ummm….yeah…. not so much. I did run...once...on Wednesday.  Don’t even ask about the bikini or belly ring :-/

60. Buy a pair of designer shoes

Okay not yet, but OMGGGG!!! They are opening a Louboutin Boutique right here in Dallas!!!! I’m so excited…I can’t wait! I better start saving NOW!!!

Oh yeah....I did get a new pair of Steve Madden's this week, aren't the cute??  But they're still not Louboutins...*waits, saves, ants in my pants*



61. Go see a movie in the theater once a month (9/12)

I went and saw two new movies this week. Oh YAY I’m ahead! hahaha

I think they were both release last week, but they are still new. On Monday I went with my youngest to see Toy Story 3. It was really cute, as usual and YES I cried! It was storming really bad that afternoon and we had a prediction of “probable” funnel clouds. While we were driving to the theater, we could see the “hangy-downy” clouds that looked like they might be trying to form, and right after the movie started the power flickered and briefly interrupted the movie but we weren’t evacuated or anything. So we stayed for the whole thing, and when we got out it was still raining but actually lighter than it had been when we’d gotten there.

On Thursday, I went with Ashley to see Grown Ups. I specifically wanted to go to Harkins because of The Cheesecake Factory, right across the street. It had been a stressful week and I knew that would hit the spot.

And far be it for me to not have drama! So about 5 minutes into this movie, the screen went dark and the fire alarms started going off! Everyone sat for a minute looking around and then they make an announcement that there has been the report of an emergency and that we should proceed calmly to the nearest exit and evacuate the building…..WHAT?!?

So we all walk out the backdoor and stand around for 20 minutes waiting for the Southlake FD to come clear the alarm. They do and we go back in and wait around for 20 more minutes for them to start the movie back up.

Needless to say I was out later than anticipated and almost didn’t get out in time to get my cheesecake to go! :P

62. Try each type of cheesecake on the menu at Cheesecake Factory (8/32)

See above item for details, but yes I was able to try two more flavors this week. Fresh Strawberries and Chocolate Coconut Crème. 1. The strawberries were NOT fresh! They were glazed – ICK! And 2... The Chocolate Coconut Cream was to DIE FOR! SOOOO good! :)

Man....still 24 flavors to try and only 6 months left! How am I going to get that bikini bod and belly ring like that!?!  I may have shot myself in the foot on that one. :-/

72. Go to the circus

Okay I didn’t go yet, but I did buy tickets today! I haven’t been in years, but we’re going on July 29 at AAC! *queue clown music*

79. Call my parents, and sisters, once a week

Okay so maybe I didn’t initiate the calls, but I did talk to them all this week….well except Doug. *starts writing*

80. See at least 5 concerts (4/5)

On Tuesday, I went to see Jordin Sparks at House of Blues with Ashley. She had two bands open for her.

Days Difference, which was a young group of guys playing pop music. They were pretty good and kinda cute, Goose will be jealous. The guitarist (Jeremiah) tossed his water bottle directly (intentionally) to me at the end of the set, even though (maybe because) I was the only one NOT freaking out in the middle of a group of screaming teenies that was standing around me. LOL Ashley got a huge kick out of that and made me hold onto it all night and then he signed it for me at meet and greet after the show. He looked like he was about 16 though, but he was super sweet and his brother introduced himself to me and gave me an awesome hug. Great guys! :)

Ashlynne Huff played next. I have to admit, I’m really not that impressed with her, but she seems like a sweet girl.

Jordin came on last and put on a really good show. She is just the CUTEST thing and just seems really sweet and REAL. I love her. I never watched her on American Idol and really didn’t know who she was until after she’d released her first album and even then only barely. But I just think she has a beautiful spirit and I enjoy her music.  I was told there might be a surprise at the show, but it didn't happen.  I'm not sure what to think about that, but it's okay, I was there for Jordin and she did not disappoint.

Funny story about her set, which really didn't have anything to do with her set actually, was the 3 flamers that were standing next to us. These guys were SOOO freaking prissy it was ridiculous!  They were freaking out and screaming like teenage girls the whole time. They danced around and had a great time the whole show and it was quite amusing, but I did finally had to move away though because they were drinking and getting sloppy and kept bumping into us. But it’s all good, whatever floats your boat! Hahaha

Man only one more show till I can mark this one off and I already have tickets to 2 more shows this summer! And there are at LEAST 5 more I want to see before October! This one will be a piece of cake!


OK so darn….only two things marked off this week…what the heck?! It felt like I did more than that, and at the rate of only 1 per week with still 70 items left to complete, I’ll never make it! :-/

But I still feel like I’m getting close and making progress on many…keep rooting for me!

xoxo

T

Day 176: June 25, 2010

Wow it feels like I haven’t updated in a while, but it’s only been about a week and a half. How are you? I’ve been busy. Most of this stuff (which really isn’t much) happened last week, but it’s been CRAZY!
 I got some stuff added to my workload at work and had to rush multiple places every night this week, between volleyball, acting classes, cheer and whatever else … *whew*


18. Visit a museum

We went to the Ft. Worth Museum of Science and History last weekend and looked around and even saw a movie (Sharks!) in the Omni iMax dome theater.

While the theater and everything was really cool, the movie itself was BORING! It was very dated and equivalent to me to watching the something on the Science or History Channel….BOY STUFF! ICK!!!

But the dinosaur was cool!

22. Do a cartwheel often and for no reason

Since cheer started last week, I had to show off my cartwheels….which were BETTER! hahahaha

49. Join a volleyball team


I know this is old and already marked off but I thought I would add that I’m now going to play soccer! …Outdoors! …in August! ….in Texas!!! I’m afraid I’ve lost my mind…but Tanya and Michelle were very convincing! >.<


91. Listen to my entire iTunes library (currently 4119 songs)


OMGsh!! I did it! I listened to EVERY song at least once in my iTunes library. I wasn’t’ sure I’d really ever get there, given my apparent addiction to downloading music, but I did! Granted I’ll probably have to listen to some more as I keep adding, but that’s okay – I got to the END!


I started with 2938 songs on January 1st, last week I was at 3980 and as of today there are 4119 songs in the library. Now I’m going to go through and make sure I have good artwork for all of it. Some of them didn’t load right, or have none at all.

93. Ride a roller coaster

I know this was already marked off, but just thought I'd throw out there that we went to 6 Flags again.  This time we got to ride the Aquaman and OMGsh!  I swear there wasn't a single inch of me that was not drenched!  We looked like drown rats and literally dripped for hours!  It was a BLAST!! hahaha


Alright – well that’s all for this week, but be assured there will be something new next post! It’s summer so I’m gonna go do something FUN! :)


Be Blessed!

Day 166: June 15, 2010

Dang almost half way through the year already!!  My time flies!!
Well here's my update for this week...still chugging along, but I'm starting to feel behind :-/  Maybe the summer will bring lots of fun and new opportunities!

original list: http://juststuffbytricia.blogspot.com/2009/12/2010.html

1. Be intentional about my quiet time

Well I started the week with good intentions….I’ve not been consistent everyday but I am spending more time. I just need to get back to my daily intentional routine, I miss it and I KNOW it will be a blessing.


4. Read 20 books (5/20)
 I finally read The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. Funny story…my mom had given me this book when it first came out, after she read it, then I misplaced it. When the movie came out a couple of months back I decided to go ahead and read it, since we enjoyed the movie so much. I couldn’t find it ANYWHERE! I looked and looked. So I put a hold on it at the local library.


Understand my mom is a VORACIOUS reader. She must give me at least half a dozen books a month. I obviously am not quite as fast as she is, so I have stacks of books in the closet and in my bookcase that I haven’t even read.


So after a month and a half wait, the book finally comes in. I picked it up on Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday, I’m looking through a stack books telling a friend how many I have and offering my own library services and what do I find?! The Last Song! I had it all along! ….DUH! :-/


Anyway, I read it in about a week and really enjoyed it! As per usual, the book is better than the movie so I’m glad I saw it first so I wasn’t disappointed in the movie, but even so the movie was still good and did actually follow most of the story, with a few minor detail changes.


Hmmm….what to read next???


7. Buy a new CD the day it’s released
 I know this was already marked off, but I bought another CD on release day this week. Rooney released their new offering, Eureka last Tuesday and I made a point to go find it. Although it was a little stressful…


I stopped at Wal-Mart on the way home from work and couldn’t find it. My store is in the process of remodeling so there was hardly anything on the music shelves. So I went and asked if maybe it just hadn’t been put out yet, because I know they do that and have had to ask for it before.


The jerk at the Electronics counter apparently couldn’t be bothered to go look! He tells me where it should be, so I suggest that maybe its in the back...He tells me, “Well, I don’t have a code to look up and see.” Are you kidding me?! Can’t you walk your lazy ass back there and check?! I politely respond, “Maybe you could GO look” *smile* He calls over some poor high school kid and tells him to go look…ON THE SHELF! Where I have already scoured. This poor kid walks over there, I explain again that I have already LOOKED over here and maybe, just MAYBE it’s in the back. He’s all confused and obviously can’t do it either. “Ya know what! Thanks for nothing I’ll give someone ELSE my money!” *huff* …obviously I didn’t say that out loud, I just offered “Yeah Thanks” but I’m sure he knew I was perturbed.


THEN…I totally would have just left, but I was picking up something for VBS, so I just got that and left. I’m walking out to my car and there is a lady parked 2 spaces over from me, with an empty space in between. She’s loading her stuff in her car and then leaves her cart in the empty space between us. I put my pool noodles in the back of my SUV and walk around to my door, and the wind had blown her stupid cart into my DOOR! And she was still sitting there WATCHING IT! BEYOTCH!!!


I’ve decided that people at Wal-Mart area FREAKING LAZYYYY!!!!


UGH! Now I’m worked up again….*deep breaths*

20. Buy flowers for myself

Oh yay! This makes me feel better :D

I bought myself flowers this week and they are sooo pretty….Red and white roses to be exact. They are sitting on my dining room table right now.

24. Complete 12 scrapbook pages (0/12)

Hmmm….still didn’t start this task, but I decided I’m going to do pages for all the concerts Goose and I have gone to this past year. That’s at least half of my 12 pages. :)

• Jonas Brothers (Dallas and San Antonio)

• Switchfoot

• Nick Jonas and the Administration

• Honor Society

• Bamboozle Road Show

28. Get the 3Gs

Well….you know I shattered my screen a couple of months ago. No, technically Goose did it! Anyway, so it was going to cost the same amount to replace the glass as it would for a new phone. However, I didn’t qualify for the upgrade yet….so I waited. I qualified this week for the new one and had been debating on going to get the 3GS, which I’d been wanting anyway, or waiting to see if they released the 4 sometime this summer. Guess what!? They announced last week that the 4 comes out next week! AND….pre-orders started TODAY!

So while I don’t technically have it in my hand quite yet….I just pre-ordered the iPhone 4!!! I can’t WAIT! *jumps up and down*

47. Exercise at least 4 times a week, religiously

I started a 100 push ups challenge…you increase your reps each time and by the end of 6 weeks you should be able to do 100. Today I did, 35! I also started the 200 sit-ups challenge as well. Same thing, I did 131 yesterday.

I haven’t run since last week though because it’s too dang hot! Plus I sprained my ankle at volleyball practice last week and it’s still tender. Oh speaking of volleyball, I did play in last nights game even with my horrible injury (hehehe) but we WON! Well one game anyway, and only lost another by 2 points. GO DUCKS!!

91. Listen to my entire iTunes library (currently 3980 songs)

 Yes….I’ve added new music since last week, 124 songs to be exact! :P But….only 106 left to listen to…so at least I’m listening more than I’m adding. :)

101. Journal / Blog my achievements on this list



I think I’m doing pretty good at this right?

So I already know some more will be marked off next week. Slow and steady wins the race…right?