1001 things update

I think I may try the Crest White strips
I did register for the Turkey Trot 8K, but with my ankle I was only able to run the 5K.
I did try a nightly reminder for flossing, that didn't work
I have been reading the weekly torah portion a bit more frequently, but not consistently
I have created some basic traditions for Shabbat, but haven't really employed them consistently
I did my gratitude journal for a little bit but I found that I am not in my office regularly.  Maybe if I put it on my nightstand.
I have created new affirmations, but I don't read them in the morning.  I saved a shortcut to my phone and i will try to listen in the morning.
I really tried to do a family halloween costume of the Berenstain Bears, could not find the pieces and I didn't want to make anything.
30 things, I tried this.  I think I got bored with the outfits...since then I've done a few style challenges, and I think that's been good.  It didn't solve the problem of pairing down my closet, but it did help.
I definitely won't be doing another list.  I have accomplished many things that I set out to do.  With the move, several items became a lower priority.  At this point, I like having one project, like my recipe binder and 50 states by 50 goal to work on.

Favorite Cocktail(s)

I think this depends on the occasion, or part of the meal.

Well Drink: Gin and Tonic, with Bombay Sapphire. or a Tom Collins with a Lime
Wine: Riesling
Frozen Drink: Pina Colada
Martini: Cosmopolitan
Beer: Blue Moon, or a Cider

what's in the book I won from Becky Ozelie?

100 new customers

as of 12/24/2015, I have 49.  I'll have to hustle this next six months to get the same number as I got in the past 2.5 years.  It will have to be intentional.

Changing the Oil on my Car

I started by reading this article to get the gist of what I needed to do.
http://www.edmunds.com/how-to/how-to-change-your-oil-the-real-down-and-dirty.html
Then I read this post
http://www.siennachat.com/forum/89-general-discussion/14265-oil-change-price-dealership-vs-diy.html
and saw it's not really financially beneficial to do it myself.

I did learn that it's messy, there are quite a few more steps to this process than I would have thought.

I'm glad I took the time to learn a little something new.

New States

Well, we moved to Connecticut.  We traveled to Maine, and we will visit Rhode Island.

Trainer

I started working out with a trainer in July, irregularly, but hopefully with school starting, it can be regularly.
As such, and with my eating the Simple Rules by Bob Harper, I've dropped from 199.5 pounds to 189.6...

Cuties

in the morning

 in the afternoon

Each letter picture

Well, I kind of cheated on this.  The original idea was to take a picture of each letter, as it appeared urbanly.  However, that seemed to be a daunting task, so instead I created a gift for my sister in law.  I took pictures of each of the letters of her new last name, FLYNN as part of their wedding present.

 Unfortunately, the frame was not delivered before I was able to take a picture, so my mother in law had to text me what it looked like.  I think they were impressed.