One Month Down!!

Here's the 101-in-1001, month 1 update!!

I have TWO goals completed!
45. Beat Super Mario Bros. Wii
79. Make a new friend

I have FOURTEEN in progress!
1. Finish my Teacher Work Sample
2. Survive Student Teaching (3 weeks down! 13 to go!)
13. Write 15 letters the old fashion way (2/15, gonna write another tonight)
20. Lose 30 pounds (5/30, I weigh myself Monday mornings, so we'll see if that number changes!)
23. Go a month without fast food (22/30, I feel so much better for this!)
24. Remember to take a vitamin every day for a month (21/30)
26. Go for a walk, just because, twice a month (2/66)
38. Read 52 books in 2010 (6/52)
42. Crochet a new afghan
47. Watch 100 movies I have never seen before (8/100)
53. Don't overdraw my checking account in 2010
55. Start a change jar and keep it up
63. Compliment a stranger at least once a month (1/33)
100. Finish a coloring book! (I've got a Winnie the Pooh coloring book!)

Finished reading...

I just finished reading Dear John. I don't know how I feel about this one. In the beginning I was completely pulled in, then the middle on was completely depressing. The ending... I suppose was what it was suppose to be. It left me feeling so sad. And I had to pray that my John never has to feel like that.

But anyway, I read another book, which was pretty impressive considering how insanely busy and stressed I have been. But I need to find time to fit reading in, because I really love to sit down with a book.

38. Read 52 books in 2010 (6/52)

Also been really doing well with remembering to take a vitamin, and I haven't had ANY fast food in 18 days. Go me! Coincidentally (haha) I have lost 5 pounds in two weeks. Kick-ass!

Saw another movie...

My friend Kate and I watched The Notebook. And... well... I didn't like it. It was mostly the ending, it was terrible, way too Hollywood, totally unbelievable. The romance was nice, not even my favorite epic-romance, but it was nice. Definitely not one of my favorite movies. :(

47. Watch 100 movies (8/100)

Good morning!

My three day weekend is over. Back to student teaching today! I would be more excited, but it is 6:30 in the morning...

Finished another book, Slow Hands by Leslie Kelly. LoL, I'm starting to dig romance novels, lol. Next up I am being totally crazy and reading that Dear John book by Nicholas Sparks. Dammit, I'm probably going to cry myself silly, oh well.

38. Read 52 books in 2010 (5/52)

Better news: I lost 2 pounds this week! That was from eating way healthier than I've ever bothered to eat before, so hopefully my goal will really jump-start when I start going to the gym regularly. Yay!

20. Lose 30 pounds (2/30)

Oh yeah, I wrote another letter yesterday...

13. Write 15 letters the old fashion way (2/15)

Movie weekend!

My friend Kate and I decided to be bums and spend a good portion of our weekend sitting on my couch watching movies. :) We were going to watch The Notebook, but I decided that I was in no mood to cry any more than I have been already, so we made a deal that every movie we watched would be a happy one, lol. I got to add 3 movies to my never-seen-before list!

Mamma Mia!
Definitely, Maybe
The Hangover

So that puts me at... 7 movies I've seen so far this year! Yay!

I also made Kate watch Iron Man, which she didn't want to see (haha), and now she's sharing in my love of Robert Downey Jr... damn, that man is gorgeous... :D I'm looking forward to the sequel next May!

I am also doing a great job at avoiding fast food! Other than Friday, where I went out to eat for my friend's birthday at this Italian restaurant and probably ate too much, I have been making my own food and trying to eat healthier. I feel pretty good so far. I doubt I have lost any weight yet, but I am going to the gym 3 times this week, or else!

Happy Friday, everybody!

I had a great day! I hope all of you did, too! And if it was less than stellar, I hope you all can make up for it this weekend!

I watched another movie I had never seen before: My Sister's Keeper. And I must say, although the ending of the movie is more believable, I think the story as a whole totally loses something because of the change that is made. Honestly, I don't think I liked it, at all. I cried throughout the whole thing, but I didn't cry at the end because I was too mad, lol.

47. Watch 100 movies I have never seen before (4/100)

My friend and I are watching The Notebook tomorrow, because I have never seen it. Worried that I'll be crying too much again, so I made her agree to follow it up with a less-cry-inducing movie. I am making her watch Iron Man, because I looooove that movie and she has never seen it!!

Oh! Here's a big one for my goal-reaching:

2. Finish my TWS before it is due
3. Survive student teaching

Both are in progress!!! I have my unit picked out, and lesson ideas already floating through my head for my teacher work sample project. And my first week of student teaching went AMAZING!!! I love this so much! I finally feel like I am an adult, haha.

This is going to sound like an excuse...

... but I have decided to put off giving up soda for another week or two. Well, you see, my mom and dad were totally awesome parents and went out and bought me groceries. And, well, mom picked up a two liter of diet pepsi. Well, it was just sitting in my fridge and it was too much temptation! I reasoned that I would give up fast food first, and then the soda. I won't drink regular soda, which is good because I will be eliminating those empty calories. But I know diet soda isn't much better for you. It prevents me from drinking more water... hmm, I need me a Brita pitcher and a water bottle. Eh, doing this in steps might give me a better chance of success anyway.

So this is the update:

23. Go a month without fast food (5/30)
24. Remember to take my vitamin every day for a month (4/30)

Oh! And just now, I started a new goal:

55. Start a change jar, and keep it through 2010.

It's in a coffee can :)

Back home and getting down to business!

Well, the holidays are over and I have returned from my parents house DETERMINED to living healthier, getting shit done, and accomplishing some of my 101 goals!

Tomorrow (well, today, it is almost 1 in the morning) I am going to start my kick-off month. So in progress will be...

22. Go a month without soda
23. Go a month without fast food
24. Remember to take my vitamin every day for a month

I am going to start going to the gym 3 times a week, and I need to eat healthier for it to have any decent effect, so there! I am not too sad about the soda... I am going to drink a lot of juice and tea. I am also thinking of getting a Brita water pitcher, because I am picky about the water I drink.

Also! Finished another book, Murder Takes the Cake by Gayle Trent, so my goal now looks like...

38. Read 52 books in 2010 (4/52)

The afghan for number 42 is coming along great! I actually might get this done pretty quickly. Right now it is a circle with about a 3 foot diameter.

Yesterday, I also watched a movie I had never seen before with my dad. The Fugitive. So...

47. Watch 100 movies I have never seen before (2/100)

I have accomplished my first goal!!!

45. Beat Super Mario Bros. Wii

Yaaay!!! I beat it! I was so excited, lol.

New in progress...

42. Crochet a new afghan.

I started this pattern that naura posted on MIG, its a very cool hexagon pattern. I have 11 hexagons all finished and connected together! It is very pretty: I am doing a pattern in peacock colors, a dark purple, a purplie-purple, and an aqua color. I will take a picture of the progress next week, when I find a camera.

Quick Book Update

Finished Book 3 of the Year: Carrie by Stephen King. I've been wanting to read it since I saw the movie a year or two ago, and the book was better than the movie. The destruction in the end was far more horrifying.

In other book news, I got my Kindle case in the mail today! I was quite excited. It is way cute, it looks like a journal cover, with bright pink fabric and lime green elastic holding it closed. I love it!

38. Read 52 books in 2010 (3/52)

All I've been doing lately is reading...

... so I haven't accomplished much so far this year, but it has been very relaxing!!!

38. Read 52 books in 2010. (2/52)

I finished Dearly Devoted Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay. It was pretty good, though I certainly don't like Dexter as much in the books as I do the show. He really has no emotion in the book, and the whole reason why he's going to marry Rita??? I don't like it that much, though I must admit it is intriguing...

45. Beat Super Mario Bros. Wii

Still in progress... I am on the final castle in World 7, and there are only 8 worlds! I'll get this one done soon! And then I am going to find a coloring book!

Third day in...

I went to the movies yesterday, so that reminded me that I have to update the blog, haha!

But let's go in order...

13. Write 15 letters to friends and family the old fashion way (1/15)

I wrote a letter to John, sending it to Iraq tomorrow, so I am counting off one of these!

45. Beat Super Mario Bros. Wii

This one is in progress... I am in the process of struggling through the last castle in World 4. I am so addicted!

47. Watch 100 movies I’ve never seen before (1/100)

Yesterday afternoon, my friend Kate and I went to see It's Complicated and it was sooooo hilarious! Meryl Streep is amazingly awesome.

Sadly, none of my heath goals have really been started yet. I am living at my parent's house this week, 200 miles away from my gym membership and my healthier pantry-full of groceries. So I may have to start these next week.

Happy New Year, everybody!

We made it, it is 2010! I am super excited to have 2009 over and done with, and I am looking forward to a big year.

Plus, today is DAY 1 of my 1001 days! And so far the only one I can update on is...

38. Read 52 books in 2010 (1/52)

I finished one book today, a romance novel by Michele Hauf called Kiss Me Deadly. It was quite fun! I had never read a romance novel before, since I wrote them off as being smutty and predictable. But smutty and predictable are two of the best parts of the book, so I enjoyed it.

Good luck to me and everybody in the next 1001 days!