Michelle's Raw Adventure: changes

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Changes Are Happening

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101 Things in 1,001 Days

Anything in Blue is a work in progress and anything in Red is completed. Green means I'm thinking about it or adjusting to it.

Family
1. Go back to reading a book to the kids every night before bed for 1 month (0/30)
2. Make time for one on one time with each child once per week for 1 week (0/5)
3. Call Gram once a week for 2 months (2/8)
4. Call Jenny once a month for 3 months (0/3)
5. Call Bev once a month for 3 months (0/3)
6. Plan at least 4 fun and different date nights with Ed this summer (0/4)
7. Lie on the ground with the kids and look at clouds
8. Take the kids on a photography adventure
9. Get in the car and drive. Have the kids tell me when to turn and just end up somewhere. An adventure.
10. Do a week long media fast. No TV, no computer. Only radio (0/7)
11. Have game night 1 time a week for 1 month (2/4)
12. Spend one day a week on an outing with all the boys-starved rock, Morton arboretum, River walk over the summer (0/8)
13. Go downtown with Ed and the boys at least twice over the summer (0/2)
14. Cook with the kids once a week for 1 month (0/4)
15. Plan my family’s meals each week for 1 month (1/4)
16. Take more pictures of the kids
17. Video tape the kids’ sports games
18. Limit video games during the summer and stick to it
19. Do not yell at my kids for 1 week (0/7) Have to start over. I yelled today.
20. Take the dogs on a walk for 5 times in one week (0/5)
21. Take the dogs to the vet (1/4)

Health
22. Get up early and go for a walk once a week when the weather is nice
23. Get the mercury out of my mouth
24. Get another thermoscan
25. Floss everyday for 2 weeks (0/14)
26. Weight Lift 3 times a week for 1 month (0/12)
27. Yoga 2 times a week for the summer
28. Get new glasses
29. Juices or smoothies only once a week for 2 months (0/8)
30. Plan my meals each week for 1 month (0/4)
31. Go to bed by 11:00 every weeknight for 1 month (0/20)
32. Get mineral makeup/switch out toxic makeup
33. Try poi spinning

Family Health
34. Take Dallas to the eye doctor
35. Find a new dentist for the boys
36. Take Devin to orthodontist

Projects
37. Create scrapbooks or movies for Dallas and Cody’s trips
38. Organize recipe binder
39. Work on scrapbooks 1 time a month for 6 months (0/6)
40. Send thank you notes for all of the kids birthday parties this year (0/5)
41. Finish ILG mosaic
42. Do something special for Dallas’ 16th birthday
43. Take and put up pictures of kids
44. Update this list monthly for 1001 days

Home/Car
45. Clean out the basement
46. Finish the basement
47. Get a floor in the screen room and decorate it
48. Get a deck
49. Change the sheets regularly on all the beds in the house for 3 months (0/3)
50. Do a monthly heavy duty cleaning with the whole family for 6 months
51. Get car detailed in spring and fall (0/6)
52. Do laundry every morning for 1 month (0/30)
53. Clean kitchen every night before bed for 1 month (0/30)
54. Make a safe shelter space in the basement
55. Decorate my bedroom
56. Decorate my bathroom
57. Paint my upstairs and stairway
58. Create a garden along the back of the screen room
59. Get shelves in the family room
60. Get lights in the family room

Travel
61. Help Ed get his passport
62. Go to Costa Rica with Ed
63. Go somewhere with Ed that he wants to go
64. Plan a vacation over Thanksgiving with the family
65. Take a road trip this summer
66. Take the kids to Hawaii
67. Take the kids to California
68. Take the kids to Colorado in the summer

Career
69. Finish the ED book by setting aside time each day to work on it M-F (4)
70. Finish the ED audio program
71. Create a presentation
72. Create a cookbook
73. Start an LLC
74. Teach raw food classes
75. Make every meal an experiment for my cookbook for 1 week (0/7)

Purchases
76. Get a digital camera
77. Get a good quality chef’s knife
78. Buy new sheets for our bed
79. Get bedroom furniture
80. Get furniture for loft
81. Poi Package from Raw Divas
82. Raw Cookbooks – I am Grateful, Everyday Raw by Matthew Kenny, Raw Food Real World, Raw by Charlie Trotter, Raw the Uncook Book by Juliano, Rawvolution by Matt Amsden
83. Get a nicer wardrobe

Giving
84. Donate to charity quarterly for 1 year (o/4)
85. Volunteer 1 time a month with the kids over the summer (0/3)
86. Volunteer with the kids at Christmas time
87. Do a random act of kindness with the kids 1 time a month with the kids over the summer (0/3)
88. Give $1 for each item not completed on this list to Oprah’s Angel Network
89. Have a toy/book drive with the kids

Finances/Legalities
90. Seriously NOT use my credit card for 1 month (0/30)
91. See an attorney about a trust
92. Make a Christmas budget and stick to it

Personal Growth/Pampering
93. Do a journey every week for 1 month (0/4)
94. Take painting classes at COD (looked at the catalog today. There is a class in the fall on Fridays. Hmm, I wonder if I can take it.
95. Get a massage every quarter for 1 year (0/4)
96. Get a facial every quarter for 1 year (0/4)
97. Set a daily schedule and follow it for 1 week (0/7)
98. Stay off the computer for the entire weekend for 1 month (0/4)

Environment
99. Start using my personal shopping bags for all trips (used boxes from the grocery today and didn't put most of my produce in those plastic bags)
100. Cut down on paper towel usage
101. Cut down on water bottle usage

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