A success!

As of today, I have successfully not eaten an appetizer at a restaurant for a month! This is the third thing I've knocked off this list, and I'm quite happy with myself. I feel better for it, too.

My second failure :(

Well, it's a theme this week.
Today the failure is south beach eating for a month. It's just too expensive. Pasta and even microwavable meals are cheaper. So that's what we'll be eating. At least until hubby gets a job.

My first Failure :(

My first failure is "Enter Pentathlon" - the registration sheets are due this weekend, and I'm not sending one in. The reason is our finances. We can't afford for me to spend the money on entering 5 things I'm not even good at. We can't even really afford the money to go to the event. I guess I'll leave it on the list and hopefully enter Pentathlon in 2 years (it's an every 2 year event).

Boo!

5000 Question Meme Part VI

Part 6

100 Snapshots

Tackle


Home


Road


Hazy

100 Snapshots

Safety


Touch


Love


Growth


Child

5000 question meme part V

Part 5

52 pics :)

Cooked Spinach

As strange as this may be, I've never eaten cooked spinach before. I tried it today, with pine nuts and garlic. It was, simply, GROSS! It was as bad as it looks. I won't be trying that one again.

New Recipe - Indian Chicken

My new recipe for January is Indian Chicken out of the 30 minute South Beach Diet cookbook! This was actually fairly simple to make, and as advertised, quick. We made it without the onions and peppers, because Kevin won't eat either, which ended up making it really plain. I think if I were to cook it again, I'd make half for Kevin and half for me with onions in it. Give it some kind of kick. Anyway, this was basically a stir-fry dish with curry. I ate it twice, since we had leftovers. The only real problem is I got sick both times I ate it. I don't know what the problem could be; I know I'm not allergic to any individual ingredient. But I'm told getting sick when you first start the South Beach Diet is normal, so I'll chalk it up to the carb-flu and maybe once I get used to this low carb eating thing, we'll try it again.

5000 Question Meme Part IV

Part IV

Book for January

My first book of the year was The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. I enjoyed it to some degree, but the end just seemed too forced to me. I admit it gave me a few laughs along the way, though, which was probably the point.

Overall I give it *** three stars.

5000 Question Meme Part III

Part 3

Day in the Life

Good Morning!

Wake up to find... I have no voice! And my throat hurts! Well, that's a way to start a day!


Never mind, we don't need a voice to do homework.




Empty bookbag of books from library, don't bother organizing them, just throw them on a bookshelf (regret later!)


Steal husband's favorite mug to make chamomile tea




And on to where the bulk of the day will be spent...


First we need gas.


Aren't the dinosaurs cool?


It is a smoggy day though. Yuck!


Stop for lunch


In search of an appleTV... but they don't have it.


On to an outdoor mall


Where we find an apple store. With appleTV.


Husband likes the new toy.


I don't recommend Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs...


Season 1 Episode 1 of Glee.


Jack discovers a tupperware.


And to bed with the computer.

5000 Question Meme Part II

Part II!

5000 Question Meme

5000 Question Survey Part I

The List

I'm starting a 101 list instead of new years resolutions. Though it does include several that in effect are new years resolutions.

• Start Date: Tuesday, January 1, 2011
• End Date: Thursday, September 29, 2013


Entertainment
1. Have a character in WOW high enough to raid with (21/85)
2. Sew something without help
3. Warp loom without help
4. Learn Inkle weaving
5. Learn pysanky
6. Make recycled paper
7. Finish reading Harry Potter series (5/6)
8. Write in LJ for a month every day (20/28)
9. Have garb appropriate to Ukraine 13th century
10. Take one photo a week for a year (7/52)
11. Complete puzzle book
12. Learn to embroider
13. Finish watching Bones in order
14. Watch Firefly in order
15. Complete a Sudoku book
16. Complete a crossword book
17. Do 100 snapshots project
18. Complete a ‘Day in the Life’ monthly for a year (2/12)
19. Authorize for heavy fighting
20. Post a self portrait every month for a year (2/12)
21. Learn to set up my own sewing machine
22. Read 12 fiction books
23. Watch Glee in order
24. Authorize in archery
25. Make something out of wood
26. Try a new sport
27. Learn medieval dancing
28. Take a train somewhere
29. Go rafting
30. Complete a 1000 piece puzzle
31. Watch 26 movies one for each letter (4/26)
32. Read 3 banned books
33. Read 26 books one for each letter (1/26)



Health
34. Write 25 things I like about me
35. Lose 60 lbs (4/26)
36. Eat Southbeach phase 1 for 2 weeks
37. Take meds every day for a month and continue (17/28)
38. Write 100 things I’m thankful for
39. Walk the dogs 50 times
40. Write a list of 100 things I’ve accomplished in this lifetime
41. Play DDR weekly for 3 months
42. Go swimming weekly while it’s warm enough
43. Eat 3 fruits/veggies a day for a week
44. Go grocery shopping once a week for 3 months
45. Make weekly meal plans for a month
46. Have my hair cut every 3 months for a year
47. Shave my legs weekly for 3 months (7/12)
48. Do 100 pushups (20/100)
49. Do 200 sit ups
50. Do not eat an appetizer at a restaurant for a month
51. Drink nothing but water for 1 week
52. Run a mile
53. Be able to do a pull up
54. Do ab work every day for 30 days straight
55. Eat breakfast every day for 1 months
56. Drink herbal tea weekly for 3 months
57. Weigh myself weekly for a year (7/52)

Cooking
58. Make a period pie
59. Make a hippocras
60. Cook dinner 3x a week for a month
61. Mark up a cook book
62. Eat 10 things I’ve never eaten before (2/10)
63. Make my own cookbook

School and Professional
64. Get 1 A’s Winter quarter
65. Create Latin American book list
66. Get published
67. Work at a summer camp
68. Get a job teaching
69. Read a children’s book in Russian
70. Research camp budgets
71. Research camp grants

Travel
72. Visit Grand Canyon
73. Visit Las Vegas
74. Visit Atlanta
75. Visit LACMA and see Laura’s exhibit
76. Tour a brewery
77. Tour a winery
78. Swim with a dolphin
79. Go to the zoo
80. Go to Wild Animal Park
81. Leave the country
82. Visit Oregon
83. Visit Hawaii
84. Visit Colorado
85. Go snorkeling
86. Ride a hot air balloon
87. Go to Harry Potter World


Other
88. Move
89. Find cheaper place to live
90. Scan in old pictures to make digital copies
91. Clean office and keep clean for a quarter
92. Donate blood
93. Complete the 5,000 question survey
94. Set up a house cleaning schedule
95. See Avenue Q live
96. See Spelling Bee live
97. Clean my car and keep it clean for a month
98. Back up photos on disk
99. Volunteer 5x
100. Do something special for my 30th birthday
101. Send thank you cards to 5 old teachers






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