101 things to do in 1001 day again

I can't believe that it has been almost three years since my last 101 things to do in 1001 days list. I look back and I wish I would have done better but I did get a lot accomplished. It is now time for a new list and a new start. Here is my new list. Feel free to join in on this madness and create your own list!

To be completed by Saturday, November 23, 2013

1 Make this list (completed 2.26.11)

2 Give Jeremy 50 back massages (0/50 complete)

3 Learn to play a song all the way through on the piano without stopping

4 Photograph 5 different temples (0/5 complete)

5 Get a pedicure

6 Get my hair done

7 Organize our ipod with play lists

8 Donate $5 for each goal I don't complete

9 Plant a garden

10 Build a snowman

11 Dance in the rain

12 Don't complain about anything for a week

13 Get the high score on all the just dance song on the wii

14 Get rid of all my clothes that I don't wear and donate them

15 Go to a drive in movie

16 create a budget and stick to it for a year

17 Go geocaching

18 Have a girls night out

19 Throw a party

20 stay off the computer for a week straight

21 Become more fluent in sign language

22 build a fort with Emma and Kate out of blankets

23 make a piece of jewelry

24 research my family heritage back 4 generations

25 Do a puzzle

26 complete a 365 day photo challenge

27 Read the entire bible with my family

28 Watch a meteor shower

29 watch the sunrise and sunset on the same day

30 Make snow ice cream

31 go to zumba 10 times (1/10 complete)

32 try a new recipe once a month for a year

33 Go roller blading

34 Paint something

35 Sell off all our furniture I do not need or like

36 Learn 50 new words (0/50 complete)

37 Organize a folder with all my decorating ideas

38 Get a new glasses prescription

39 print off my journals and type up old journals for one large book

40 send out Christmas cards

41 Do a craft project

42 Have another baby

43 Fame our family picture

44 Put together 72 hour kits

45 Complete a 3-month food storage supply

46 Memorize 20 scriptures or quotes

47 take a trip to the zoo

48 write a simple will

49 Go for a picnic

50 visit a museum

51 Sleep under the stars

52 Take a walk in the rain

53 climb a mountain

54 see a musical

55 See a play

56 Blog once a day for one month

57 Faithfully send out e-mail newsletters for a year

58 Buy bikes for our whole family (1/4 complete)

59 Write 20 religious talks just to have on hand (0/20 complete)

60 Bring our debt to 0 including school debt

61 Read 10 business books (0/10 complete)

62 Write 20 handwritten letters to different people tell them how important they are to me (0/20 complete)

63 Spend a day preparing frozen meals

64 Keep a daily journal

65 Read 10 marriage books with Jeremy (0/10 complete)

66 Read 25 books (0/25 complete)

67 Go one year without drinking soda

68 Make a family cookbook with all our favorites

69 Sew a blanket for Katelyn

70 Decorate my house

71 Be in bed by 9:30pm every night for a month

72 be ready for the day by 9am for one month

73 Keep my house clean for 6 months straight

74 Stretch everyday for 6 months

75 Get a personal progress award from my church

76 put money into a savings account every month and not touch it for a year

77 Go Canoeing

78 Identify 100 things that make me happy

79 Pull an all nighter

80 Cook dinner every night for a month

81 Reduce my worldly possessions by 100 things

82 Camp for more than 3 days straight

83 Run a 5k

84 Catch at least 5 fish on a fishing trip

85 Go on a backpacking trip

86 Visit Yellowstone again

87 Go camping

88 Update my website

89 Make a blog site and do away with the website

90 Find a preschool for Emma

91 Make a china slideshow

92 Exercise faithfully for 6 months

93 Get an associate’s degree

94 Draw a picture once a month for 6 months

95 Take my husband out for Sammy's famous shakes

96 Scrapbook Kate's first year

97 Scrapbook Emma's first 3 years

98 Go on a cruise

99 Loose 10 lbs

100 Visit the ocean

101 make a new 101 things to do in 1001 days list

Atempting Goal number 18 •Rexburg Idaho Wedding Photographer

:) My brother and my mom wanted to see so here it is scanned. (I wish my scanner was better for this kind of stuff.)

Goals

Every Monday night my family gets together for what we call Family Home Evening. Each week we have a song, prayer, lesson, activity, and treat. It's something that I look forward to every week. Well this week I had the lesson so I decided to do it on goals and managing time. I found a quote that really made me think. Here it is:

"I am so thoroughly convinced that if we don't set goals in our life and learn how to master the techniques of living to reach our goals, we can reach a rip old age and look back on our life only to see that we reached but a small part of our full potential. When one learns to master the principles of setting a goal, he will then be able to make a great difference in the results he attains in this life."
-M. Russell Ballard oct. 18, 1981

In the lesson we talked about setting daily goals as well as weekly, monthly, or year goals. Our daily goals should be helping us meet our larger goals. Today I've been coming up with a list of my daily goals. Some of the goals on my 101 things to do list will be accomplished if I can finish my simple chore chart. Goals like doing something fun with my family once a week for a year, and exercising 3x a week for 3 months, keeping my house clean for 6.

I know that when I have a list even if I don't finish it my days are ALWAYS more productive. I found this little chart and even though it was built for a child it makes the tasks not look so daunting. When I wrote out my "chore list" I was trying to come up with goals that would help me balance my life as well.

Goals

I wish that I could say I had all my goals for 2009 made up ahead of time but I'm just now getting around to them. I was going to make a new list but instead I decided to update and revise the one that i had. So, here it is my updated list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. I changed some of them because either they are impossible to accomplish or my needs have changed. I hope I can get most of these done this year!

101 things to do in 1001 days (To be completed Wednesday, January 26, 2011)

1. Make a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days (completed April 2008)
2. Make a photography website or have one made (completed December 2008)
3. Have a trash the dress session
4. Buy a house Move out of state
5. Have another baby
6. Sign on with Pictage or another great company (completed June 2008) (I decided not to use pictage anymore though…)
7. Go to a pug meeting (completed October 2008)
8. Figure out how to make my pictures big on my blog (completed May 2008)
9. Loose 10 lbs
10. Go on a cruise. Just my Hubby and I. (or another nice vacation… not sure if this will be possible)
11. Take pictures of the place I was married and make a canvas print
12. Take a business class
13. Take 3 photography classes at the college
14. Take 3 photoshop classes at the college
15. Make a scrapbook of my Emma's first year
16. Go to lunch with a friend Once a month for a year
17. Go to bed at 9 every weeknight for a month
18. Draw a picture once a month for a year
19. Take a drawing class
20. Learn to play a song on the piano all the way through without stopping
21. Sing in church
22. Plant a garden
23. Buy a new computer for JUST my photography (completed August 2008)
24. Form an LLC (completed June 2008)
25. Buy a Canon 5d
26. Take a public speaking class
27. Take photos for my Aunt's family
28. Exercise faithfully 3 times a week for 3 months
29. Make a quilt
30. Make Business Cards
31. Have a photo shoot once a week for 6 months
32. Plan my daughter's 1 year birthday party (completed august 2008)
33. Eat an entire little caesars pizza by myself
34. Attend 2 photography workshops
35. Read a book a month for 6 months
36. Find a simple video making program be ready for the day by 8am every morning for a month… I like my pjs…
37. Find songs for my website (completed December 2008)
38. Make Slide show of China
39. Get my hair done (completed 2008)
40. Find 5 different photographers that will let me do a photo shoot along with them
41. Organize my house so that EVERYTHING has a place
42. Keep my house clean for 6 months straight. lets see if I can actually get this one...
43. Do something fun with my family every week for a year
44. Write in my daughter's journal every week for a year. I've already done it for 8 months. (Completed August 2008)
45. Visit my grandma in Clay Springs (completed 2008)
46. Walk the three day for breast cancer Every month for a year come up with a list of three things I’m thankful for.
47. Take a dance class
48. Take my daughter swimming (completed May 2008)
49. Design a new Logo for my photography (completed May 2008)
50. Teach Emma sign language
51. Take a day just for me and relax
52. Buy a 15mm fish eye lens
53. Potty train Emma
54. Photograph my own family using the self-timer just for fun
55. Buy a hair light for my studio Do something special for my husband everyday for 2 weeks
56. Baby proof my home
57. Try sushi again. Maybe I'll like it the second time.
58. Sleep for 8 hours straight.
59. Wear a watch every day for a month. I hate looking at my cell phone for the time but also hate wearing a watch.
60. Buy a 50mm lens (completed May 2008)
61. Develop a work flow that really works for me.
62. Make Christmas cards and send them to everyone. (completed December 2008)
63. Do a photo shoot underwater.
64. Learn to play the game rook
65. Beat my husband at monopoly (completed July 2008)
66. Buy a telephoto lens (completed October 2008)
67. Do 5 mini photo sessions in one day
68. Find some fun props for my studio Get to know all our new neighbors after we move
69. Take my parents out to dinner
70. Be a part of some kind of group
71. Take my daughter fishing (completed July 2008)
72. Learn to make crapes
73. Find a program to copy dvds stretch everyday for 3 months to try and get back some flexibility
74. Take a vacation with my family
75. Buy a wacom tablet do a destination wedding
76. Master the pen tool in photoshop
77. Make a fairytale collage from photos I've taken for two of my favorite little girls in the world.(completed May 2008)
78. Make up a song
79. Take lots of pictures of my first niece! (Completed June 2008)
80. Make a portfolio
81. Visit an old family friend. She lives in Queen Creek.
82. Make a new list of 101 things to do in 1001 days when I complete this one
83. Add labels to my photography blog (completed May 2008)
84. Decorate my house. That my husband and I will buy. Put money into my savings account every month for a year and then keep doing it.
85. Learn to cook a turkey
86. Send someone flowers
87. Actually use my jogging stroller to go jogging
88. Go to the cemetery to visit friends and my grandma
89. Go Camping (completed Aug 2008)
90. Go canoing
91. Find my wedding ring
92. Give my husband a back massage once a week for 3 months
93. Spend a day in bed watching movies and eating popcorn (completed January 2009 minus the popcorn)
94. Take my brother's wedding pictures. I'm giving him 1001 days to find a girl and get married. :)
95. Go hiking
96. Identify 100 things that make me happy
97. Cook dinner every night for a month
98. Reduce my worldly possessions by 100 things
99. Take EmmaLee to get a photo shoot at walmart to see what it's like
100. Buy a BBQ take a 10-30 min. walk everyday for 2 months
101. Visit the ocean

Birthday Party Pictures

Well this checks off #32. Plan my daughter's 1 year birthday party. Although I didn't do alot of the planning. It was more like, ok lets bring a cake camping and we'll celebrate... Here are some of my favorites. I hate when I can't decide which pictures I like the best. You can tell from all the pictures though that my little EmmaLee wasn't feeling very good that day. It makes me a little sad that she wasn't smiling in any of the pictures :(

EmmaLee loved her birthday cupcakes especially the frosting! She would dip the candle into the cake and then lick it off. What a smart little girl!

Then she gave up that and just grabbed the whole cupcake! Still a smart little girl!

I love that she kept looking at her hand with all the frosting on it.

I couldn't pick my favorite picture of her licking her lips so you will have to see a couple

A couple more messy face pictures

I found ONE smiling picture and it's only a half smile :(

EmmaLee LOVED her presents.

EmmaLee loved this card because when you open it dogs bark the happy birthday song. EmmaLee now likes to try and bark like a dog. It's so cute!!

Jeremy and I also celebrated our birthdays when we were there. We aren't as entertaining as EmmaLee though so I'll only post a couple ;)

#23 Complete

I bit the bullet and bought myself a computer JUST for photography. No games, no extra programs... just what I need for editing. It was kind of a birthday present to myself because I'm so tired of editing on a slow computer! I went to the store and asked for their biggest laptop and I found this:

It's an hp 20.1' laptop. It's like a desktop laptop combo. Just to give you an idea of the size here it is against my husbands laptop... his is smaller than average though... :)

I was thinking about getting a mac but to be honest I don't think I could part with pc's. There is too much to love about them.

Time to start goal #28

I think I'm going to start goal #28 now...(28. Exercise faithfully 3 times a week for 3 months) If I tell you all that I am starting then I'm going to have to stick to it. I think I can make it if I stick to the fun stuff! Too bad they don't make videos like this one anymore. Enjoy. I sure did ;)

#4 is taking too long...

I hate when I can't sleep!!! A lot of nights are like this for me. Right now it's 2am and my mind is racing which means I could either lay in bed for an hour or two and do nothing but think or... I could update my blog.

My husband and I have been looking off and on for a house since September of last year. We had a house in mind back then but the day before we would have put in an offer it sold. I'm glad because the market has dropped a lot since then but it has happened a few times recently too... it seems like they sell just as we see them. We put an offer on a house a couple weeks ago and didn't get it. I'm just tired of looking. Tired of being disappointed and tired of waiting. I didn't know buying a house could take so long. Maybe it's not always that way... I'm just picky and I'm probably hoping for too good of a deal.Anyway I'm sure we have searched through hundreds of homes, driven by over 60 and walked through over 20 or 30.

Last Friday my Husband and I put an offer on another house and I have been waiting a week to hear back. Tomorrow I'm sure I will get bad news again that the offer was too low (even though both have been above asking price. Like I said I'm just looking for a screaming deal and they usually do go higher). I walked through the house once, we put the offer in, and I didn't want to go for a second look because I knew it would just get my hopes up even more. I know tomorrow I will probably be back to looking for a house to buy and I'm trying to prepare for that. In the time that I haven't been sleeping I made a list of 7 more homes that I might want to look at.

In a few months I'm hoping to have goal #4 off my list! (I made you all a little picture in Photoshop)

#71 Complete!

While we were on our camping trip we went to the lake and took EmmaLee fishing. She was so cute out there with her Daddy. We didn't have any luck but it didn't look like anyone else was having any either.

I love the outdoors

For those who don't know, I LOVE CAMPING! #89 is complete! I went camping the 6th through the 8th this month but I have been so busy I haven't been able to edit pics and get them posted. Sorry about that! Here are some pictures from the camp out. It was actually our first annual Doug Alldredge reunion!!! How fun is that! I LOVE my in-laws. I couldn't have been blessed with better ones. They are awesome! I enjoy being with them just as much as I enjoy being with the family I grew up with. I could go on and on about how much I love them but since you probably don't have all day I'll just get to the pics ;)
When we got to the camping spot we through up our new tent that Jeremy's parents got us for our early combined birthday gift. I LOVED this tent. It's so roomy and you don't have to duck to get in! EmmaLee loved it too. It was nice that she had a spot to crawl around and I didn't have to worry about her eating bugs, sticks, and rocks. Here she is helping put the tent up.



Here is my super cute baby brother!

Jeremy's Dad recently bought a dirt bike. I didn't take a ride on it but I guess I'm not that brave. When Jeremy was out riding he went through a huge mud puddle and hit a rock wrong so he came out with some scratches and a hurt foot.


Ok so my in-laws make the BEST dutch oven dinners. They are soooooo good. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.



Sorry after a couple days of camping I'm not going to look wonderful.



Dutch oven cobbler is the best! EmmaLee thinks so too! She knows Daddy will give her the good stuff:)

Good Ol' camp fires.


We ended up taking Jeremy to the urgent care in Showlow since his foot was hurting him so bad. Turned out that he sprained the arch of his foot really bad. Since he is a meter reader and can't walk around on it alot he has been off work for the last week and a half. He goes back Monday but since he is also doing real estate he has been PLENTY busy. He still gets in a least 8 hours a day going to meetings, going to classes, and building his business. It's so fun to see him so excited about real estate!

My cute little sister Dani!!!

HAMMOCK HAPPINESS!!
EmmaLee loved the Hammock that my husband got in Venezuela.









My cute little sister Kristi shooting the BB gun.