Ketchup!: furniture shopping with monica

we weren't successful at buying a bedroom set at belfurniture but we were successful at finding an iron horse!

101 in 1001!

See blog: Monday, July 21, 2008

Start Date: July 21, 2008
End Date: April 18, 2011
Family
01. Visit Ohio and see Carl's family once a year. May 2009
02. Visit Kansas and see my family once a year. December 2008
03. Go on a cruise with Carl.
04. Visit my mom in Laos.
05. Go on a "sisters" mini-vacation with Ranee and Kim.
06. Reconnect with cousins in France.
07. ~~Write a letter to Grandma and Grandpa Schmidt.~~ December 2008
08. Have as much family over for a holiday dinner in Texas as I can. Thanksgiving 2008
09. Introduce my mom to my mother-in-law before she moves to Laos.
10. Take my step sister out for an entire day to do whatever she wants alone.
11. Go camping with Carl.
12. Go fishing with Alex and Carl at Galveston Bay.
13. Float down the Arkansas River from Wichita to Winfield (KS) with my dad and Carl.
14. Float down the Rio Grande River (NM) with Sue (My mommy-in-law).
Friends
15. ~~Plan a surprise birthday party for a friend.~~ April 13, 2009
16. ~~Have dinner with a friend at least once a week until I leave Albuquerque.~~ 7/27/2008. 7/30/2008. 8/2/2008. 8/6/08. 8/16/2008. 8/20/2008. 8/29/2008. 09/05/2008. 09/10/08. 9/13/08.
17. ~~Invite friends for dinner at least once a month.~~ 10/6/2006, 12/15/2008, 12/31/2009, 1/2009, 2/2009, 3/2009, 4/2009
18. Start the Amish Friendship Bread starter kit.
19. Bake and deliver Christmas goodies to neighbors.
20. ~~Send a card to an out of town friend once a week.~~
21. Send a thank you letter to mentors throughout my life every other month. December 2008, February, 2009
22. Send a care package to a friend in the military/college. Spiritual/Service
23. Read the Bible/Book of Mormon all the way through.
24. Get Temple recommends.
25. Be sealed in the Salt Lake Temple.
26. Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
27. ~~Take discussions with missionaries in Spring Ward.~~ 12/29/2008 Elder Udy
28. Have missionaries over for dinner once a month for 6 months consecutively.
29. Donate blood.
30. Volunteer for an eye clinic in Texas.
31. Help other members from church by setting up babysitting at my house for date night/moving a family into the ward/moving a family out of a ward.
32. Donate to Goodwill twice a year. I
33. Host an enrichment activity for Relief Society.
Work
34. ~~Complete Office Manager Calendar for my successor at work.~~
35. ~~Revise and Post contact lens price sheet.~~ 7/22/2008
36. ~~Relieve Ins. A/R by 10,000.00 before end of August.~~
37. ~~Train JW on VF and Photos by end of 7/21/08 work week.~~ 7/22/2008
38. ~~Hire another Opt Tech by end of Aug.~~
New Skills
39. Design and put a "California Closet" in our master Bedroom.
40. Mow a "Diamond cut" on our front lawn.
41. Play a song on Alex's guitar (If he'll teach me or buy a guitar and learn)
42. Write in Laos.
Financial
43. Pay off truck.
44. Pay off car.
45. Buy stock.
46. ~~Keep checkbook updated for a month.~~
47. ~~Set up online billing.~~
48. ~~Open up a bank account at a local Credit Union in Houston.~~ February 13, 2009
49. Open a retirement fund (other than 401k).
50. Make at least 1 extra mortgage payment.
Health
51. Walk 2 loops (1 mile) with Sue twice a week until I move. II
52. ~~Park in a parking spot "far away" and walk to stores I go to.~~
53. Take a spin class at L.A. Fitness.
54. ~~Go get my physical before I leave Albuquerque.~~ 8/13/08
55. Weight lift with Carl once a week. 10/6/2008
56. Use mouth wash after lunch at work everyday for a month.
57. Go to the dentist.
58. Take multi-vitamin everyday for 90 days.
Cooking
59. ~~Make my own sweet chili sauce.~~ 09/03/2008
60. ~~Send a recipe card to 5 friends.~~ 8.13.08
61. Make a homemade chicken pot pie (crust and everything)!
62. Make and decorate sugar cookies with Carl and take them to new neighbors.
63. ~~Make Ashlie a Cookbook.~~ 8.13.08
64. ~~Make one new entree once a month for 6 months.~~ 9/26/2008, 10/14/2008, 10/17/2008, 11/10/2008, 11/15/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/15/2008, 12/20/2008 , 12/29/2008
65. ~~Give Josh Rowe my BBQ Sauce recipe. (This has been a promise for 2 years running!)~~ 7/30/2008
66. ~~Make homemade dinner rolls from scratch.~~ 11/27/2008
67. ~~Make "dinner" kits for the boys to take to work.~~
68. ~~Bake/decorate someone's wedding/birthday/special occasion cake.~~ 9/13/08
Miscellaneous
69. Create a one of a kind Couples Halloween Costume for Trunk or Treat.
70. Finish reading the Work & the Glory series.
71. Scrapbook our wedding.
72. ~~Take a lazy day and read an entire novel under the shade of a tree.~~ October 4, 2008
73. Go to the Annual Texas Crawfish and Music Festival Old Town Spring
74. Go to a pro baseball game in Houston.
75. Go to a pro football game in Dallas.
76. Create a LDS 72 Hour Emergency Survival Kit
77. ~~Visit South Padre Island.~~ May 2009
78. Ice Skate at the rink in the middle of Galleria Mall.
79. Start a fire in our fireplace and roast marshmallows.
80. Rollerblade around our block.
81. ~~Update my address book. (You can help starting now :)~~
82. Create a photobook for my dad with all our old photographs.
83. Create a photobook for my mom with all our old photographs.
84. Build a deck in our backyard.
85. ~~Get a massage.~~ 12/15/208
86. Learn to Golf.
87. Get my undergrad.
88. Find a custard place that's better than Colonel Mustard's Custard (If Possible)
89. Complete a triathalon with Tonya.
90. ~~Help a friend quit smoking.~~
91. Find Thai Hot peppers and plant them in our garden.
92. ~~Make 1 handmade gift for Christmas.~~ 11/27/2008
93. Get a real estate license.
94. ~~Spend an entire day in Old Town Spring.~~ 11/30/2008
95. Learn how to make more of my mom's authentic recipes. 12/26/2008 Beef Salad, Tempura Shrimp, Ohk Het
96. ~~Find a new craft.~~
97. ~~Buy and use re-useable grocery bags.~~
98. ~~Write a poem.~~
99. Leave May baskets at door steps.
100. Start a new family tradition during a holiday.
101. ~~Try to keep one present to Carl for any reason a secret. If you know me and our history...this hasn't happened yet. I always blow it.~~

Wish me luck and join in if you'd like!

Ketchup!

Friday, June 12, 2009

furniture shopping with monica

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