Eli and Family: Photo update

September 29, 2007

Today and over the next few days I'll post some pictures I've been meaning to share.

Marc, Mom and me at Brockway Mountain 9/07

Me, Marc and Dad at Brockway Mountain 9/07

The colors were just starting to turn when we were up there. They are in full force right now, and gorgeous!!

101 Things in 1001 Days

Travel/Adventure

Wellness/Sports

Get buff.
Get a facial.
Be as physically flexible as I was in high school.
Get a teeth guard to keep from grinding them.
Wear my retainer once a week for 2 months consecutively. (5/8)
See a dermatologist for skin cancer screening (done Nov 27th, 2007).
Walk 3 days/week for 20+ mins. for a month.
Get a bike rack on my car and go biking at least 3 days a week during an entire summer.
Visit New Orleans again, mainly for the food.
Par (or better) 9 holes of golf (not in one round, obviously).
Try skate skiing.
See the dermatologist about eradicating cystic acne from my life FOREVER! (done Nov 27th, 2007).
Gain 10 pounds and still look good! (does pregnancy count?)
Take up road biking.
Get an adjustment from the chiropractor.
Take a multivitamin every day for 2 weeks. (~10/14 - I don't believe in taking daily multivitamins, after further contemplation)

Just for Fun

Professional

Get paid what I’m worth, a promotion, or a better job.
Stay late one night at work and completely clean out my email. (done. 2/22/08)
Get business cards.
Enjoy work for a day. (done. the entire week 10/22/07-10/26/07, managed my first large sampling and survey event)

Food/Drink

Learn to make at least 1 killer Thai and Indian dish that Marc will request on occasion. (Thai - check!)
Make Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce.
Fill a binder with tried and true recipes, and to-be-tried ones.
Cook my way through an entire magazine or cookbook (appealing recipes only).
Have a new eating experience, such as blind tasting.
Try a new cuisine.(does SUSHI count? 2/20/08)
Grow something I can eat, besides a herb.

Things to Read/Watch

Go to the movies alone.
Read 10 books for pleasure. (1/10/08 1. Suze Orman "Women and Money", 3/16/08 2.the Secret)
Watch 5 of my favorite children’s movies.
Watch a favorite movie in a foreign language. (10/27/07, "The Breakup" - In French)
Watch 5 documentaries I haven’t already seen.
Read all the Harry Potter books, separate from my 10 for pleasure. (10/29/07-Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone, 10/30/07 - The Chamber of Secrets, 11/1/07 - The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Goblet of Fire - in progress)
Have a Lord of the Rings marathon on a rainy day.

Finance

Friends/Family

Make a new friend in the Houghton area who lives here permanently too.
Build a contacts list of my friends.
Send out xmas cards to my new contact list.
Plead with my parents to quit smoking and hope I succeed. (working relentlessly on this one, now that 3rd hand smoke is proven!)
Host a party, complete with hors d oeuvres and drinks, elaborate invitations, with some sort of theme and invite lots of friends/family.
Make a family tree and distribute to family members for a keepsake.
Make a mixed CD for a friend and mail it as a surprise.
Go to Bleacher’s trivia with Marc and some friends.
Cook dinner for my parents.
Attack a huge chore as a team and celebrate as a team (with Marc and/or others)

Hobbies

Brush up on my piano skills.
Make (or begin) a quilt. (have picked a pattern and calculated materials needed 10/21/07)
Use some cast-off clothing of mine on my quilt.

House/Home

Buy a house.
Start a portfolio of elements for my dream house. (I already have my dream house).
Take inventory of personal property for insurance purposes.
Compile emergency supplies for home with a fire escape ladder.
Find a way to donate used clothes to something other than GoodWill or St. Vinnie’s.
Sell, donate, or toss 101 items.
De-clutter every room in my home.
Make my own piece of unique artwork and feature in my home.
Learn how to banish kitchen odors.

Things with Marc

Environmentally Friendly Things

Helping Others

Personal Challenges

Publish this list to my blog. (done 10/17/07)
Update my blog daily for a month.
Teach myself Italian or French at a beginner/intermediate level.
Keep a personal journal (complete after 100 blog entries).
Go a day without saying anything sarcastic.
Inspire someone else to start a 101 in 1001 list. (1/23/08 - Thanks IDA!)
Refrain from cursing for a week.
Keep the interior of my car clean and junk-free for two weeks.(done late Feb-early March 08)

Eli and Family