resolutions, shmesolutions…

Oh Fine… I’ll go through the 101 list again & update it for New Year’s…

For the original post, take a look here

My 1001 day is Wednesday, January 12, 2011

house and yard maintenance

1. get stairs on the deck
~ this WILL happen… someday
2. clean and plant flower bed in backyard
~ it’s more of an herb garden, but it is planted!
3. build a sunflower house for the girls
~ this was a dismal failure last Summer – the sunflowers finally grew around October!  We will try again though…
4. clean and maintain the flowerbed outside the office
5. finish planting the pathway to garden
~ umm… yeah…  now I have to pull the weeds ont first!
6. finish making stepping stones for path
7. terrace back hillside for garden
~ it has been begun… just waiting for weather to cooperate to finish it!
8. find a new home for the evergreen trees before they get too large to move
~any takers?
9. paint the outside of the house
10. finish M’s mural
~ as soon as I can get too the wall, I will paint more
11. finish A’s mural
~ ditto
12. get laundry room remodeled
~ may have given up on this idea… more involved than originally thought
13. finish bathroom remodel
14. put down hardwood floors
15. re-carpet the downstairs
16. tile the stairs
17. clean out the garage
~ I can once again get 1 car parked inside!  Certain people want BOTH inside though
18. fix the garage door opener
19. fix the side fence and gate

office
20. get all the fabric organized and PUT AWAY
21. get filing done
22. KEEP filing done – do all filing 1x per month
23. get all buttons, clasps and hooks organized
~  got  them into the drawers, now I just need to get to the drawers…
24. make and hang a ribbon organizer
25. hang pictures/whiteboards up
~ I even hung some decorative ironwork up too!
26. get rid of the extra boxes
27. post unwanted fabrics to sell every 6 weeks
28. unpack and put away office supplies from move
~how about donating them?  Got rid of 2 boxes worth in 2008!!!
29. donate/pass on patterns that are too small for the girls

work
30. get rid of excess flowers
31. remove flowers from website
32. find a new home for Carole’s table runners
33. finish moving TC products over
34. Clean up website – delete old product pages
35. sell/donate purchased bags
~ DONE!!!
36. build wholesale site
37. send out newsletter to wholesale companies every 6 weeks
38. make swatch books
39. hire a bookeeper
40. get all patterns copywritten
41. review 2 products each month
42. update/catalog orders & donations 1x per month
43. send out newsletter 2x per month
44. post new blog 1x per week for Mimsi
45. post 6 blogs per month for gift guides family (recipes, reviews, etc)
46. find wholesale supplier for fabric
47. make 1 RTS/art bag each week
48. do inventory
49. meet with mastermind group each week

Health/cooking
50. cook 3 vegeterian/vegan meals per week
51. learn to use 1 new ingredient per month
52. post 2 new recipes per month (1/24)  cottage-recipes.com
~ I posted about 5 today… does that count for anything?
53. exercise 3x per week
54. drop 4 dress sizes
55. learn to use the dutch oven well
56. bake bread once per week
~ This has been happening for some time – about every 4 days I bake 2 new loaves.  I’m now spoiled on the store-bought stuff.
57. clean out the fridge 2x per month
58. use/freeze leftovers
59. grow corn
~ the seeds have sprouted!   And then they died…
60. go on a walk with the girls & eric at least 1x per week (0/7)
61. climb the stairs at the end of the road 2x per week (0/7)
62. make healthy snacks for the girls
63. use up the CSA produce each week
64. learn to bake with flours other than wheat
65. make 1 entire meal from a different country 2x per month
66. get a bike
67. get up by 7 every day
68. go to bed on time
69. eat 1 raw meal per week

personal
70. read psalms each morning
71. make Eric’s pants
72. make Mom H’s piano bench cushion
73. keep the granite cleaned off (0/7)
74. have a clean, empty sink each night before going to bed (0/7)
75. make at least 1 trip to goodwill each month
76. save up for a new car
~new car purchased May 2nd!!!
77. build up an emergency fund
78. post cd’s to swap or take to sell/trade in
~ freecycled a BIG box of cd’s
79. get last summer’s camping trips scrapbooked (and the summer before…)
80. teach the girls to sew
81. teach the girls to garden
82. memorize 1 scripture per week
83. memorize with the girls!
84. find the cord the the keyboard
~ I bought a new one… then I found the old one!
85. practice the piano again (0/7)
86. teach the girls the basics of playing the piano
87. get M into violin lessons
~ well, lessons lasted about 4 months, then she got tired of it.  Moving to the piano.
88. go on a date with Eric 1x per month
~ want to know how sad it was?  we went from 12/1/07 to 11/1/08 with NO DATE NIGHT!!!!
89. find a good babysitter
90. have QUALITY 1-on-1 with M each week (1/7)
91. have QUALITY 1-on-1 with A each week
92. have QUALITY 1-on-1 with Eric each week (1/7)
93. finish A’s curtains
94. have “girlfriend time” 1x per month
95. send a handwritten letter 1x per month
96. send a letter to Norma 1x per month
97. pray more
98. read the bible through
99. read 1 book every 6 weeks (but don’t ignore everything else!)
~ does this limit me to one?  I think I’ve read about 30 in the past 6 months.  I read 5 last week.
100. be a better mom
101. be a better wife

Who needs resolutions?  I have a list that I still have 2 years to finish!  I like 2 years…

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