Friday, July 30, 2010

The start of the 5000 question Survey!

So figured I might as well start this for now...here are 100 questions out of the 5000 lol I'll find some more later and maybe do some more...

1. Who are you?
Jamey!

2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you?
I trust too easily, I care too much and I LOVE my husband :)

3. When you aren't filling out 5,000 question surveys like this one what are you doing? Working, spending time with the husband and the dog, reading...lots of things

4. List your classes in school from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least (or if you are out of school, think of the classes you did like and didn't like at the time).
The ones I liked the most were Art, English, History, Biology...the ones I likes the least were math, general science, sometimes English (depended on the teacher), Computers....mostly I just hated math...I was so bad at it lol

5. What is your biggest goal for this year?
To pay off as much debt as possible and bank some money

6. Where do you want to be in 5 years?
With a couple of kids and a house of our own

7. What stage of life are you in right now?
Mid-twenties, married, hopefully going to be a homeowner soon...which will lead to maybe a baby soon after :)

8. Are you more child-like or childish? Childish

9. What is the last thing you said out loud?
Kairo, go away!

10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life right now?
honeslty I have no idea...

11. Have you ever taken martial arts classes?
No...it was always something that looked interesting, but by the time I was interested I was way too old

12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same?
It has its ups and downs...theres lots of good times and a couple of bad times...

13. Does time really heal all wounds?
I'm going to say yes

14. How do you handle a rainy day?
Same as a not rainy day...just with an umbrella!

15. Which is worse...losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights?
Losing your luggage

16. How is your relationship with your parents?
Good...better with my mom than with my dad but thats a story for another day

Will you miss them when they are gone? of course I will

17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you?
Yes, I'm a people watcher...I always have to know what everyone is doing at all times

18. What is the truest thing that you know?
Love

19. What did you want to be when you grew up?
Lots of things...a teacher, a children's author, a fashion designer

20. Have you ever been given a second chance?
Yup...but I didn't opt to take it

21. Are you more of a giver or a taker?
Definitely a giver

22. Do you make your decisions with an open heart/mind?
I try to

23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you?
When my appendix was about to burst a couple of years ago

24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you?
When my Nana passed away

25. Who have you hugged today?
the dog

26. Who has done something today to show they care about you?
My hubby

27. Do you have a lot to learn?
Sure...everyone does

28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be?

A – How to cook

B – to drive standard

C – how to clean everything immaculately

29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do or how other people make you feel?
What other people say

30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship?
Communication, compromise and love

31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die?

A – Start a family

B – Know that I made a difference in someone's life

C – own a house

32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing?

A – Murdering someone

B – Watching my husband suffer

C – Causing a war

33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause?
not really...

34. What does each decade make you think of:

The 19..

20's: prohibition

30's: Great Depression

40's: WWII

50's: Leave it to Beaver

60's: Hippies

70's: Disco!

80's: When I was born

90's: Boy bands, Pop Music

2000 (so far): Y2K

2010's: Here and Now

35. Which decade do you feel the most special connection to and why? – 90's...lots of memories about growing up

36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song?
Anything by Bon Jovi...old school though like Living on a Prayer

37. What country do you live in and who is the leader of that country?
Canada - Harper

If you could say any sentence to the current leader of your country what would it be?
Stop screwing us over

38. What's your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night?
Food Network or TLC or A&E

39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why?
Hmmm...The Beast? kinda misunderstood lol...I have no idea

40. Have you ever been a girl scout/boy scout?
I was a Brownie for a whole year lol

41. If you were traveling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat? a Boat...planes scare me

42. Why is the sky blue during the day and black at night?
Magic!

43. What does your name mean?
Nooo idea...

44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outer space?
Ocean

45. Word association

What is the first word that comes to mind when you see the word:

Air: Bender

Meat: Steak

Different: Same

Pink: Purple

Deserve: Punish

White: Hair

Elvis: Presley

Magic: Wand

Heart: Love

Clash: of the Titans

Pulp: Fiction

46. If you could meet any person in the world who is dead who would you want it to be?
My mom's BFF from childhood

47. What if you could meet anyone who is alive?
Not Sure

48. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday?
Dirty Dancing

49. You are going to be stuck alone in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do?
Food and Books and Flashlights

50. Have you ever saved someone's life or had your life saved?
not that I know of

51. Make up a definition for the following silly words...

Fruitgoogle: Online Search for Fruits

Ambytime: some kind of dance move

Asscactus: a type of alcoholic drink

52. What was the last thing you made with your own hands?
a game at work for the kids

53. What was your favorite toy as a child?
Barbies...they were the best!

54. How many TV’s are in your house?
2 right now

55. What is your favorite thing to do outside?
Sit in the sun and read

56. How do you feel when you see a rainbow?
happy

57. Have you ever dreamt a dream that came true?
I don't think so

58. Have you ever been to a psychic/tarot reader?
I've had my cards read twice...not sure if I believed them though

59. What is your idea of paradise?
Living a happy life with the ones you love...somewhere tropical with beaches doesn't hurt either ;)

60. Do you believe in god and if so what is he/she/it like?
Yes...and I don't know

61. Do you believe in Hell?
yes

62. What one thing have you done that most people haven't?
nothing that I can think of...

63. What is the kindest thing you have ever done?
I couldn't tell you...I've done lots of kind things, just don't know which one would be the kindest

64. Are you a patient person?
only when children are involved

65. What holiday should exist but doesn't?
Friendship day lol

66. What holiday shouldn't exist but does?
meh I dunno

67. What's the best joke you ever heard?
Whats a mans idea of safe sex?.....A padded headboard lol...I dunno why but I find that pretty funny

68. Where is the most fun place you have EVER been?
Disney world!

69. Is your hair natural or dyed?
Right now its dyed

70. Do you have any deep dark secrets or are you pretty much up front?
maybe a couple

71. What is under your bed right now?
nothing....well maybe a dust bunny but thats it!!

72. If you were in the Land of Oz would you want to live there or go home?
Go Home for sure...

73. If you drive do you frequently speed?
I do whatever everyone else is doing...which usually involves going about 10km/h over

74. What is the world's best song to dance to?
Hmmm.....macarena!...ok but really...I'm not big on dancing so I'm the wrong person to ask

75. What song was on the last time you danced with someone?
Any of the songs that played at my wedding...thats probably the last time I danced

76. Do you prefer Disney or Warner Brothers?
Disney

77. What is the first animal you would run to see if you went to the zoo?
Gorillas...they're fun to watch!

78. Would you consider yourself to be romantic?
I like to think that I am

79. If the earth stopped rotating would we all fly off?
maybe...maybe not

80. What is the one thing that you love to do so much that you would make sacrifices to be able to do it?
spend time with my husband

81. If you (and everyone) had to lose one right or freedom, but you could pick which one everyone had to lose, what would you pick?
Freedom of the press

82. If you had to choose would you live on the equator or at the North Pole? – Equator....not big on winter all year round

83. Would you rather give up listening to music or watching television?
AHH...what about music on television does that count? cause if I can have music on television that I choose to live with television

84. What do you think makes someone a hero?
Willingness to stand up and fight for someone or something that you truly believe in with no alternative motives fueling you

85. What cartoon would you like to be a character in?
Simpsons lol

86. Name one thing that turns your stomach:
Boogers....big green dripping boogers UGHHH

87. What was the last thing you paid for?
To wash the dog

88. Are you a coupon clipper?
Nope

89. Get anything good in the mail recently?
no unfortunately

90. Which would you rather take as a gym class...dancing, sailing, karate, or bowling?
Dancing or Karate

91. In Star Trek people 'beam' back and forth between different places. What this means is they stand in a little tube and their molecules are deconstructed and sent to another tube somewhere else where they are reassembled. Only problem is when the molecules are deconstructed the person is dead. When they are put back together it is only a clone that has all the dead person's memories. So...

Is the person who gets beamed the same person on both ends?
I'm going to say yes...looks like you, thinks like you, remembers everything you knew...must be you?

92. What insects are you afraid of?
Spiders, bees...all of them pretty much

93. If you could print any phrase on a T-shirt, what would it say?
Monkeyman!! with a picture of a superhero monkey

94. What's the most eccentric thing you have ever worn?
something when I was a child...I like to think I have pretty good taste now

95. If you could pick one food that you could eat all you wanted but it would have no effect on how much you weigh, what food would it be? cheeseburgers

96. What are your parents interested in? – Dad – cars...model cars, real cars..all cars really. Mom - cake making, jewelery making, reading

97. Have you ever caught an insect and kept it as a pet?
nope...yuck

Have you ever caught and tamed a wild animal?
nope can't say I have

98. What is more helpful to you, wishes or plans?
Plans...wishes are just something you want to happen...a plan actually makes it happen

99. When do you feel your life energy the strongest?
At work with the kiddies

100. You are spending the night alone in the woods and may bring only 3 items with you. What do you bring?
Tent, Flashlight and sleeping Bag

I Hate Being Sick...

So this week was almost completely a write off :(

Sunday night after updating my blog I noticed that I wasn't really hungry and that I had only eaten one meal that day...so I cooked something and ate for the sake of eating. Normally on Sundays I spend the day scavenging for food around here because I can't stop eating. I also noticed that I was getting a bit achy...but thought nothing of it because I had went to the gym that morning. Anyways I went to bed and woke up Monday morning burning up with fever and just feeling shitty. Every movement made me break out into a sweat, I was super tired and just felt BLAH! I went to work for an hour and then came home and took a 4 hour nap...fever went away and I ate 1 meal that day, as I had zero appetite...went to bed Tuesday I woke up burning up with fever again, my throat was killing and still felt generally shitty. I got up and dragged myself into work, somehow survived the day then headed to the walk in to find out I had a lovely case of strep throat! The doctor's exact words were "Eww...that's nasty in there...you have some septic tonsils going on!"...this was at about 6pm...I was given meds, instructed to take a whole days worth before going to bed and then start a regular med. schedule in the morning...finally started feeling better on Wednesday, and was back to my regular self by Thursday :)

I have never had strep so bad in my life...and I've had it millions of times! Its crazy how one night of meds can make all the difference in the world...but anyways thats why not much has happened this week. I feel like I'm not accomplishing much off my list, granted I only started a couple of weeks ago.

This weekend Mike and I are going to go up to Rattlesnake Point, go hiking and have a picnic. I'm looking forward to it :) This will knock two things off my list...38. Go on a hike through Rattlesnake Park and 93. Have a picnic in the Park. I might also try to talk him into catching a movie or two..or three at the Drive-In since it's the long weekend, which would be something else, but thats still up for discussion.

Anywaysssss....I'm off to get ready for the day, going to get my hair all nice and did ;)

Sunday, July 25, 2010

This week....

So unfortunately I didn't get as much accomplished as I wanted to...but on the bright side...I started book #2 of the 50 I need to read...my goal is to finish it this week, my next book will be Eat, Pray, Love...which will mark book #3 and also be a new author for me...so two birds with one stone :)

Last weekend Mike and I went to a taping of Comedy Now! which is a comedy show played here on CTV. One of the comics is pretty well known in the industry, Glen Foster. He has made appearances on several tapings of Just For Laughs and Comedy Now!...so I guess that knocks off 37. See a famous stand-up comedian live. The show was hilarious...I was dying of laughter at some points. There were actually two comedians that night...one hour was Glen Foster and the second hour was a new up and coming comedian. It is definitely something that we would do again :)

I also watched a few movies so I can knock a few off the alphabet too! This weekend I watched Did You Hear about the Morgans?, Planet 51, Mulligans and Inception.

Did You Hear About the Morgans
was pretty funny. It stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant...basically its about a couple who witness a murder and have to go into a witness protection program. It was free on TMN on Demand so I figured why not!?, as were the next two movies I watched...

Planet 51 is a cartoon about aliens...lots of famous people do the voices for the characters including Justin Long and Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock). Honestly it was cute...it had some funny moments and was pretty much a twist on the "aliens invading our planet" theme. Basically the movie is based on an alien planet "Planet 51" and an astronaut lands on the planet and the aliens believe that he is an alien who is there to take over their planet.

Mulligans was ok...not at all what I thought it was going to be about based on the description I read. I assumed it was going to be about friends (what I thought would be a guy and a girl) who fall in love with each other over the summer...but nope it was about two guys who spend the summer at one of the guy's family summer houses...the best friend admits that hes gay and then secretly has a fling with his best friend's father. The acting wasn't terrible for a B movie but meh the storyline was kind of boring.

Inception was awesome!! Mike and I went to a late viewing of the movie on Saturday night. The special affects and storyline were really good! It's pretty long (2.5 hours) but we weren't bored for a single minute of the movie....highly recommended if you haven't already seen it!

I have decided that for my scrapbook I am going to make a scrapbook for Mike and I over the years....it's obviously not a scrapbook that I can finish before this challenge is done but it is something that will be well under way by that point. Before our anniversary next month I am going to pick up a scrapbook at Michaels and get started. I'll start with a couple of pages of us over the past few years, followed by an engagement page and finally one for our wedding. I will then do a page for our 1 year anniversary and any big life event following. I'm excited!! I have a bunch of scrapbooking stuff already, and now I have a plan so time to get started!

To address my last message...I sent my so called BFF a bbm message pretty much asking if we were ever going to get together for dinner...like we've been talking about for the last couple of months....or if I should just give up...and the response pretty much says it all.....I haven't gotten a response yet! Oh well I guess...

Anyways...hopefully this week I can accomplish more off my list :) Cheers!

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

A Letter to You...

So...in the past year and a bit I seem to be losing my best friend...I'm not really sure whats happening, maybe it's just that we're growing apart, as our lives are very different...especially since she moved away. Well...now she is back and things are just well...awkward? lonely? I don't even know...but I miss the old us. Anyways...this is just kind of a rant/open letter to her...chances that I will ever send it are probably slim to none...but at least I wrote it!

Dear You,
We've been through a lot together in the last 9 years. We've gone from riding around in strange cars with boys we kind of knew to marrying strange boys we picked up at pub ;)....but...and theres always a but....things have changed between us. I miss the friendship we used to have. It feels like over the last year that I am losing you...us. It's easy to pretend that I don't care and that things will get better, because lets face it...with us, they usually do, but this time feels different. It doesn't feel like the other times this time, this time feels more permanent and although I really hope it isn't, I still have that nagging feeling. You have been back for a couple of months now and have only made the effort to see me twice and one of those times you barely said shit all to me all night long. I message you and ask you if you can let me know when you are free so that we can get together and you ignore my messages for a day or longer and then message me back, when I know you read them right away (that little 'R' in bbm means read btw). You tell me you will let me know days and times and NEVER do...or come up with these total last minute ideas and expect me to just come. I know that you make way more time for your other friends and yea I'll admit it...I'm jealous...what makes them more important than me? What do they do to make you commit to something when you can't commit to a fucking dinner or a drink with me? It drives me crazy...I hate being the only one of us who seems to care...you tell me that you miss me, but then fail to do anything to strengthen this weakening friendship. I feel like you barely even know me anymore...you have no idea what has gone on in my life since the wedding and it sucks...UGH...

This week I am going to make one last effort at getting together...I will initiate a get together...whether its dinner or a movie or whatever...heres hoping you take this opportunity to get to know me again...if not...then I guess its goodbye and goodluck

Sincerely,
Your Broken Hearted Friend

Friday, July 16, 2010

This Weeks Tasks...

So this week I didn't accomplish a whole lot...I completed the 50 Questions to Free Your Mind Survey...but I'm going to aim higher this week. So far I am in the process of reading a new book...and I have 2 new authors lined up for one of my other tasks. I am also going to try a new recipe this week :) which I'm excited about....if any of you have any yummy recipes you want to share please leave them and I will give them a shot!

This week I think I will also put my cake decorating skills to use...I plan to make cupcakes for the girls at work (using cake decorating techniques), as one of the girls recently got engaged. Not sure what I'm going to do just yet...but should be fun! Along with this, I plan to bring my own lunch for the entire week...keep your fingers crossed that I can do it...I'm usually one of the first to cave when someone steps out for lunch.

Next month I plan to complete the no pop and no fast food for a month tasks...I've made it a competition with the girls I work with, we're all going to put some money into a jar and whoever lasts the entire month splits the money...I'm doing this for me to prove I can do this...but a little incentive never hurt anyone...right?

Sunday, July 11, 2010

50 Questions to Open Your Mind...

Alright...so I thought I would tackle something on my list today and since hubby is busy watching FIFA I thought I would do the 50 Questions to Open Your Mind Survey that is on my list....so here goes!!

1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? hmmm...I feel like a 30 year old...but looking at me I would think I was maybe 20ish
2. Which is worse, failing or never trying? Never Trying
3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so
many things we don’t do?
because it's easier to do what we're used to then to venture out and try something new...and if people are anything like me...we're very good at procrastinating
4. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
Most likely...I tend to say I am going to do things and then don't...hopefully this project will help me with that
5. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world? Poverty
6. If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich? What I do now...working with children...they make me happy every day :)
7. Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing? a little bit of both...I love working with children and I know what I do helps build their foundation for later in life...but at the same time I'm sure there is more that I could be doing
8. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently? hmm...I'd spend my time doing more that I love doing...have a house and kids by now too probably
9. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken? I would say 75%ish
10. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things? Doing the right things
11. You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do? I would stand up for the friend in some way...knowing me the other people still wouldn't stop, but I would at least say that I didn't agree with what they were saying...and if it got bad enough I would probably leave
12. If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be? you are loved
13. Would you break the law to save a loved one? If it was a matter of life and death, YES
14. Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity? yes
15. What’s something you know you do differently than most people? the way I eat...I don't like when things touch on the plate...yuck!
16) How come the things that make you happy don’t make everyone happy? because not everyone feels the same way about the same things I do
17. What one thing have you not done that you really want to do? What’s holding you back? buy a house...mostly money is holding us back...but we'll have our own house one day
18. Are you holding onto something you need to let go of? I'm going to say yes...I have a tendency to do that...I always feel like I need to hold onto things in order to keep the memories and feelings intact...even though deep down I know that's not true.
19. If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why? Out East somewhere...life is so much quieter there
20. Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster? sometimes..I know it doesn't make it come any faster but I can be impatient
21. Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton? A joyful Simpleton. I already worry enough as it is, and it is not productive.
22. Why are you, you? this is just who I am...this is the person that life has made me out to be
23. Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend? I try to be...and I like to think that I am
24. Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you? Losing touch with a friend who lives right near you.
25. What are you most grateful for? Being alive
26. Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones? I would rather not be able to make new ones...like I said before I tend to hold on to memories...and they've made me who I am
27. Is is possible to know the truth without challenging it first? nope
28. Has your greatest fear ever come true? No
29. Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset? Does it really matter now? yes...it felt like the end of the world..but no it doesn't matter at all now
30. What is your happiest childhood memory? What makes it so special? Christmases at Nana and Papa's house...it was a time when all of the family was together and it is even more special because Nana and Papa were still here...
31. At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive? working with the kiddies
32. If not now, then when? Then never
33. If you haven’t achieved it yet, what do you have to lose? that feeling of triumph...that you were actually able to do it...even when people tell you you can't
34. Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best conversation ever? Yes
35. Why do religions that support love cause so many wars? lots of reasons...money, politics, greed...the list goes on and on...
36. Is it possible to know, without a doubt, what is good and what is evil? no...its a fine line that can easily be crossed, but does not have an actual definite definition
37. If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job? maybe....I'd maybe work part-time or just do volunteer work...a million dollars doesn't last that long nowadays
38. Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing? More work I actually enjoy doing.
39. Do you feel like you’ve lived this day a hundred times before? Yes, I have
40. When was the last time you marched into the dark with only the soft glow of an idea you strongly believed in? probably never
41. If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today? I'd throw a party and have them all over
42. Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous? nope...it wouldn't make me any happier.
43. What is the difference between being alive and truly living? everyone is alive...truly living is what makes you feel alive...it's living your life to the best of your potential..
44. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what you know is right? probably right away....but I think everything over way too much
45. If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake? because sometimes we don't always learn from a mistake the first time...its only normal to fear making a mistake
46. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you? Probably nothing.
47. When was the last time you noticed the sound of your own breathing? every now and then...when I have a panic attack...not the best time to think about it but its when it becomes most obvious
48. What do you love? Have any of your recent actions openly expressed this love? Family, Friends, Mike, the dog....and yes I let them know I love them everyday
49. In 5 years from now, will you remember what you did yesterday? What about the day before that? Or the day before that? probably not because I didn't do anything really worth remembering...
50. Decisions are being made right now. The question is: Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you? I try to make my own decisions...I do whats best for me and my family...

101/1001 List!

1. Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet. (0/26)
2. Get professional pictures taken. (Boudoir or Pregnancy)
3. Ride a mechanical bull.
4. Buy essentials for a family in need. Make it an anonymous donation.
5. Pay for the next person in line at Tim Hortons.
6. See the sunrise and sunset in the same day.
7. Find an inspirational quote/verse and incorporate it into a piece of artwork or home decor.
8. Try 10 new restaurants. (0/10)
9. Get pregnant/have a baby.
10. Read 50 books (1/50)
11. Make a scrapbook
12. Buy a dSLR camera.
13. Write an inspirational note and leave it in a book for someone to find.
14. Learn to drive standard
15. Get a professional relaxing massage.
16. Move out of Catherine's house.
17. Create a list of 100 things that make me happy
18. Find a class at the gym I like and attend it at least once a week
19. Complete a 1000 piece puzzle.
20. Update my blog at least once a week for 6 months.
21. Watch all seasons of Nip/Tuck
22. Learn Sign Language
23. Go horseback riding.
24. Don't complain about anything for a whole week.
25. Try 5 foods I've never had before. (0/5)
26. Make a new recipe a week for 3 months.
27. Pay off 2/4 credit cards minimum
28. Begin the process of buying a house (if not buy a house).
29. Invite someone to go out or come over for dinner. (someone I have never asked.)
30. Go to dinner in the dark
31. Learn a new word a day for a month. Blog the word for others to learn.
32. Go to Las Vegas.
33. Go snow-tubing.
34. Go to the AGO
35. go to Marine Land with Mike
36. Visit the Scenic Caves at Blue Mountain
37. See a famous stand-up comedian live
38. Go on a hike through Rattlesnake Park
39. Eat at 5 new local non-chain restaurants (0/5)
40. Go yard saleing
41. Go to St. Jacob's
42. Bring a homemade lunch to work every day for a week (0/5)
43. Make a dessert completely from scratch
44. Write for an hour every weekend for a year (0/52)
45. Fill a sketchbook with drawings (1 drawing or 3 doodles per page)
46. Read 5 books by authors I haven't read before (0/5)
47. Host a dinner party
48. Organize the entire basement
49. Go one day without internet (Willingly, not minus access)
50. Go one day without television (willingly, not minus access)
51. Answer the 50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind
52. No Facebook for a week
53. Take the 5000 question survey (0/5000)
54. No fast food for a month
55. No pop for a month
56. Take a picture of 26 different things, one starting with each letter of the alphabet A-Z (0/26)
57. Go to a yoga class
58. Donate to a charity each Christmas
59. Donate Hair to Charity
60. Inspire someone else to start a 101/1001 list
61. Buy 10 food items for the sole purpose of donating to a food bank (0/10)
62. Compliment everyone I interact with for 1 day (must be a day spent outside the house)
63. Fill wedding photo album
64. Have a date night once a month with Mike
65. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
66. Send a secret to PostSecret
67. Donate blood
68. Take my mom and Mike's mom out for dinner (not necessarily together) (0/2)
69. Stay awake for 24 hours
70. Do some Volunteer Work
71. Do the splits
72. Give a 100 percent tip
73. Make 5 new friends
74. Say yes to 50 things I want to say no to
75. Paint a picture
76. Donate 5 dollars for every goal that I don't complete.
77. Drink nothing but water for a week
78. Go to a drag show
79. Do 100 full sit-ups in a row
80. Lose a minimum of 1 inch of my thighs (currently 38 inches)
81. Go a week without wearing any make-up other than Mascara and cover up
82. Work out 3 times a week for 3 months straight (1 hour)
83. Walk every other day for one month (min. 30 minutes)
84. Get back to praying every night before bed
85. Buy nothing but essential items for one month
86. Go to a concert
87. Go to the Drive-in and stay awake for all of the movies
88. Go to a Toronto FC Game
89. Go to the Top of the CN Tower and face my fear of heights
90. See a Musical in Toronto
91. Go shopping in New York
92. Buy 1 designer piece of clothing
93. Have a picnic in the Park
94. Go to the driving range
95. Use my cake decorating skills to make someone a cake
96. Learn how to Snowboard
97. Take a cooking class
98. Go wine tasting in Niagara
99. Get my hair done and let the stylist decide what to do
100. Kiss in the Rain
101. Floss every day for a month (0/30)

Saturday, July 10, 2010

And it begins...

I'm totally notorious for starting blogs and abandoning them shortly thereafter. In the last year I have probably started 3 or 4 blogs, but I'm hoping that this one will actually inspire me to keep this one open and up to date.

This blog has been started because of something called the Day Zero Project. Basically the goal of this project is to create a list of 101 tasks that you want to complete and you are given 1001 days to do it in. Over the next couple of days I am going to put my list together and get started :) I'm actually pretty excited to get started on this...hopefully I will be able to keep this up and not drop it as soon as I'm bored of it.

So the list is up...

Start Date: July 11, 2010....lets begin!!