A Whole Lot!

I haven't been keeping up with my list! And as I am reviewing, I see where some of the items I listed where a little...ambitious. So I am going to revise the list at some point to make it just a bit more attainable...

#1 - I dyed my hair blonde again! I like being blonde so much better - it's a better look for me!

#35 - Visit dad's camp. We did this over the Thanksgiving Holiday. Me, the hubby, the kids, Sue Sue and Papa all went to Venice for the holiday. We had a lot of fun just hanging out and chillin'. Joey was supposed to go fishing with Papa and Daddy but it was too cold. We are going to have to do it again!!

#43 - Board game night. We did this last weekend. I actually am not a board game kind of girl, but Bobby and Sam insisted. We played Sorry - and I won!!! That's pretty cool!

#49 - Have a garage sale. Well, we did this, but it wasn't a garage sale at our house. We joined a parking lot sale with some other people in New Roads. We actually did it twice - in October, which we did pretty good and then in December which was... not so good. It's something we will probably try again though!

#68 - Donate household items. We got rid of a bunch of stuff, and are waiting on Salvation Army to get the others! We also brought about 2 big black trash bags of books to the library for their free book program.

#69 - Donate clothes. Definitely did this just last weekend!

#19, Wear Makeup to Work

Since I've been back to work from maternity leave, I've actually put make up on quite a bit! It's still not an every day thing, but it's definitely at least 50... maybe 30% of the time!

#3, Get A New Job

DONE! I started working for the Department of Education on November 2, 2009. It's definitely a lot busier than working for LTC, but I don't want to set the place on fire. That can only be a good ting...

#40, Visit Willie and Parin

I've actually done this twice! In January, Bobby, Sam, Joey and I all went to Alabama and visited. Then in May, Dad and I took Joey and Ellie to visit. And we are hoping to all go in late July for Parin's 80th birthday party. Yay!

Good thing I have a long time to complete this list, because I keep forgetting about it!

#67, Pick up the tab for the car behind me in line

I went to Starbuck this morning. I had a $15 gift card from my birthday that a friend gave me. Since there isn't a Starbucks convenient to where I live and work, I don't go very often. So I got my frappacino and coffee cake, and my total was $6.10. I was already debating using the rest for the car behind me - until the new, shiny SUV pulled behind me. I'll admit I was in a dilemma - and I judged... Someone with a nice, shiny SUV probably doesn't need their $5 coffee paid for. But then I thought "hey, maybe she's having a bad day" - you never know what's going on in someone's life. So I gave my gift card with the remaining $8.90 balance to the cashier, and said "Use it till it's gone" - so maybe the car behind me, and the car behind them had a little bit better day!

#18, 37, 61ish...

I'm not doing quite so well! I need to keep a print out of my list where I can see it. But I can check off #18 - wake up before 6 a.m.... I've been waking up at 5:55 a.m. - yeah, it's only 5 minutes, but it counts! And today it was 5:30 a.m.!!

#37... pretty self-explanatory!! :) I wonder if Becky/Jena ever think to pop over and read this... If so they will be the first in the family to know!!! If not, guess they are waiting until after Joey's birthday!!!

#61 - Nothing but water/milk for 30 days.. I was actually on a roll with this one until this morning - I had a small cup of coffee. I might have to adjust some of my goals - I think it might be a little ambitious...

#2 Start a Blog

DONE! I've actually started TWO blogs! But the other is just for me... Shhhhh...

Other than that, I'm going slow and steady. I've tried to cut out caffeine, but it's a daily battle. Same with fast food - it just hasn't work out this weekend. I want to start exercising, so that's my new goal. There's just a lot going on right now!