Wow I accomplished lots today!!

So i did actually accomplish more goals than just the photo a day and the thankful item.  I made kitty treats and i also bought a julia child book. I am changing #79 to read make all recipies from "The French Chef Cookbook" by Julia Child.  I couldnt find the book I wanted at either half price books or Barnes & Noble.  So i got the one i did find at BN that wasnt $50! Also as I said I did #75 make homemade treats for Kaylee & Allen.  Well the recipie I found was quite easy, my cats even liked the batter, but of course they wont touch the finished treat. I think if i blend it with their normal food they should eat it so it wont go to waste.  Ok so todays #53 is my dinner! lol! I was pretty proud of myself tonight! Tonight was the second time I have made gluten free fried chicken!! Yummo!! I also thawed a veggie mix. Todays item I am thankful for is true friends. Friends that are their when you just need to talk and them to listen. Friends that support you when nobody else does.  So enjoy the following pictures! I am sure you can figure out what is what!

 

#22

Redish Rose
Originally uploaded by Tstittleburg

Picture of the day. A rose from my valentines gift from hubby.

#67

So today I am thankful for my furry friends Kaylee & Allen. They are there when i have no one to turn to. They are there to play with when I am bored. I am also happy that I have such a caring husband. He does so much for me, and alot of it goes unthanked by me. Love that man!!

#22 Take on photo a day for 365 days & #53 Set up a Flikr account & #67 on thing i am happy about or thankful for daily

So here i am starting my 101 in 1001, and actually stating/completeing a goal or three!! So i did set up my flickr account. It was so easy since i had a yahoo account already. Then I took a photo and uploaded to my account. Check it out here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/21559896@N03/sets/72157623443405772/ So that is goal # 22 & # 53. I will do the first post for # 67 also tonight. Tonight I am really thankfull for my husband Kevin. We celebrated valentines day today and all i was expecting was a card, but he surprised me with a dozen red roses. I was so happy, it totally made my day. I was having such a bad day before he came home that it was really nice to be remembered / loved. So that is it for tonight!

101 in 1001

This is my list of 101 goals that i want to finish in 1001 days. I got inspired by seeing some peopls lists. The goal is to list 101 goals that are concreate-no ambiguity. Goals that you can acheive with a little work. It was started by a group on dayzeroproject.com. So here is my list in no spacifc order! I start 2-15-2010. End date is 11-12-2012. Completed Working On101 in 1001

1. Shoot & develop one roll of film from SLR per month (1/33)
2. Write a blog entry once a week (143)
3. Read 100 Books - at least 10 must be from the "50 Essential Reads By Contemporary Authors" List (0/100)
4. Be Under 200lbs
5. Enter & complete half marathon as a walker
6. Go to gym 3 times a week for at least 30 minutes each time (0/429)
7. Paint Guest BR
8. Sit down and review investments with WFA
9. Make/Buy A cusion for window Bench - Pillows as well
10. Have People from church over
11. Have a large picnic party (friends, family & extended family) - 6/19/2010
12. Paint Upstairs Bath room
13. Retile upstairs bath room
14. Make an appointment with a Repro Endo.
15. Drive from Milwaukee, WI to Cape Cod, Mass.
16. Go to 3 Broadway Touring Shows in MKE (0/3)
17. Go a month without consuming Diet or Regular Soda
18. Creat, Finish  get printed a digital scrapbook 6/5/2010
19. Eat Gluten free for one week.
20. Eat 5 Vegan meals (0/5)
21. Take a 100 photos of my city - Greenfield (0/100)
22. Take one photo a day for a year. May not include #1 or #21 in total. (17/365)
23. Go on at least one date night a month with Kevin (0/35)
24. Host Christmas at our house.
25. Create my own photo christmas cards on photoshop
26. Go Geocaching with Kevin
27. Run a 5k Race
28. Learn to make sushi - by reading a book or taking a class.
29. Memorize ten bible passages (0/10)
30. Write a will
31. Get a new joint checking account at associated bank
32. Post 100 Operation Beautiful Post Its (1/100)
33. Cut out refined flour and sugar for one week
34. Go to Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago - 5/8/2010
35. Go to Shedd Aquarium in Chicago - 5/9/2010
36. Go to Mall of America in Minnisota
37. Go visit people from old church in Exland,WI
38. Go see what my old college has become in Ladysmith, WI
39. Have our first child.
40. Knit something other than a scarf!
41. Invite my parents over once every other month (0/17)
42. Have Kevins mom over once every other month (0/17)
43. Take a cooking class with Kevin
44. Scan all of my paper photos
45. Organize and clean out closet in basement. - 5/22/2010
46. Clean and organize basement - 5/22/2010
47. Clean out & Organize Garage
48. Participate in one event for NaBloPoMo
49. Write one blog entry a day for one month. Corralates with NaBloPoMo (0/30)
50. Post 5 Secrets to PostSecret.com (0/5)
51. Go one month without eating out for any meal. Includes Fast Food & Sit Down.
52. Find and purchase pictures / artwork for living & dining room
53. Set up a flickr account and update it with pictures from this list.
54. Purchase Book from RI Short Story Club that has Grandmas stories in it
55. Create an Etsy Store
56. Sell something on etsy
57. Finish scanning all my parents paper photos - 4/30/2010
58. Join a book club
59. Join Crossroads womens group and go all weeks. Do not miss a date because of lazyness.
60. Reuse aldi bags and dont get any more plastic bags!!
61. Make or buy cloth shopping bags (0/5)
62. Buy produce locally at Farmers Market (0/5)
63. For one month keep track of what i eat and how i feel.
64. Host a Dinner Party with friends.
65. Plant a flower garden in memory of Grandma Ruth
66. Get address on Drivers Licence Changed
67. Write down one thing that makes me happy or that i am thankful for daily. Blog it! (17/1001)
68. Finish filling out wedding book - Done
69. Purchase or receive as gift final place setting for formal china
70. Buy loose tea from tea place in mayfair mall
71. Shop at a garage sale 10 times (5/10)
72. Figure out a house cleaning schedule
73. Stick to said schedule for 3 months (0/3)
74. Create a list of 150 Reasons why I love my husband
75. Learn to make homemade treats for Kaylee & Allen
76. Create a book of my favorite recipies
77. Cook 25 New Recipies
78. Bona the dang wood floor
79. Make all recipies in The French Chef Cookbook by Julia Child
80. Aquire said book
81. Keep a daily list of to dos for 1 month (0/30)
82. Complete a word find book
83. Complete a sudoku book
84. See a sunrise and a sunset in the same day (2/18/2010)
85. Learn to embroider
86. Complete 50 Creative Writing prompts http://creativewritingprompts.com/#
87. Sew the two buttons missing back onto kevins coat
88. Eat at least two servings of vegetables a day for a month (0/30)
89. Go on 4 camping trips
90. write and send "The Letter" - wrote an ajusted one. - 6/17/2010
91. Have neice & nephew over for a sleepover
92. Go to 5 New Restaraunts (Fox & Hounds)
93. Go to elegant farmer
94. Build or buy a wheelchair ramp for our house.
95. Read a book about nutrition
96. No chocolate or candy for 2 weeks
97. Get drapes or curtains for living room window
98. Go through yarn stash and declutter - 6/12/2010
99. Create and maintain a list of good workout songs on Ipod
100. Keep the family room clutter free for 1 month
101. Blog about my journey with each of these 101 goals!

Easier Ssid than Done

So last night i was talking to hubby about how i can get motivated to stick to an eating plan and stick to an excersize plan. He suggested that i just need to decide it and then think it to myself. Yeah way easier for a skinny guy to say this to someone who is fat and overweight their whole life. It is so frustrating to me, the fact that i can stick to a diet or eating plan for a day but then the next day i cheat or whatever and get mad at myself for doing it, then i think well if i did this today i guess i blew the whole diet out of the window. I am so angry with myself-and i guess with others that are close to me. I have always been on a diet of somekind-even as a kid, i was a fat baby too. Sometimes it is just so nice to take a day or in my case a month of not caring what you eat, not counting carbs, sugar, calories, whatever. My most recent time that i did this was on my trip with my hubby and parents-of course it ends up in weight gained-but it feels good to not follow a plan all the time. I guess my other problem is that i just cant get motivated to do it, i think it is partially due to being a lifelong dieter. Each program or at home food program i did it was always started with a parents suggestion i need to watch my weight, or we need to get you in this program to get you to loose weight. I have never lost weight just for myself- for my health or whatever goal i had. There are times i really want to start a diet and i have well intentioned goals but then either i cheat like i said or i just totally get unmotivated very shortly after. Every fat person knows what they have to do to loose weight-eat right and excersise. Well I think i got the eating right under control-well to some dgree! I just cant seem to ever get motivated to work out. I have a wii fit and i have a gym membership-both of wich are sitting idle-i dont have friends close to go to the gym with or anything like that. Hubby is stick thin (but he is getting a gut)and he has a very physical and active job so he doesnt feel he needs to work out, so it leaves me alone again. A friend has joined a marathon as a walker and says that her walking plan and the goal of the marathon are keeping her on track-i have debated doing the similar-probably walking a half marathon. But then again I am alone-training alone and doing the race alone-well with other people but no one i know. It is so frustrating. I really need to give it to God, and let him work out the details.

UUGH! Weight Gain

So I know i havent posted in a while but i finally am today!! I was so dissapointed tosay after steping on the scale, it went up as usual :( I suppose some of it is probably from eating out almost everymeal in aruba 2weeks ago, but i thought i was doing good. I went to lunch with a friend this past weekend and was told by her that i look good and what was i doing to loose weight, i said not anything different. Seriously i gotta get motivated, but i cant truely see forking out forty plus bucks a month on weight watchers or similar programs. I have tryed out sparkpeople.com and caloriecount.com they both have great resources, but i need the accountability. Seeing as i am shy i really havent met alot of people on either that jive with me so it is hard to be accountable to myself. I guess I am stressed about the weight, and always really have. But now that I am married and we are wanting to start a family I am getting even more stressed about the weight. Also the fact that i am currently unemployed makes my stress level higher. I guess I need to just relax and give it to God. But that is easier said than done.