Unplugged

During our trip, he didn't check work email.  We did use wifi though, and watched TV.  I don't know if we would really be able to totally disconnect, because of our kids though.

New country

Jared and I traveled to the Domincan Republic for our 10th wedding anniversary.

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One Car is paid off!

Yeah!  My car is paid off.

Run An Entire 5K

I did it!
I ran the entire Hot Chocolate 5K.  A PR too!

Michele, Ann, and their friends, and I before the race

35minutes, 40 seconds

Pace	Overall	Age Group	Sex
11 min 29 sec	12761	1457 of 3055	8731 of 18845

New Refrigerator, New Microwave

We got our new refrigerator on October 15th and microwave today.  And because we were good deal shoppers when the ad for came after we bought the refrigerator, we got a refund and a longer payment plan!

Our old microwave had to be held closed to run, so while we could probably have fixed it (and likely the person I free-cycled it to will do so) we decided it was a good time to get a new matching one, since Abt was having their customer appreciation sale.

Visit a waterpark

We visited Timber Ridge using a Groupon.  We drove up Sunday morning, got a little McDonalds on the way and arrived about 11am.  It was a quick hour drive.  Unfortunately, I didn't get many pictures, but the kids had fun and Josh had a blast on the water slide.  Caitlyn enjoyed the toddler area and met a new friend.  We brought food to make lunches in our room, since we had a large kitchenette.  We watched a movie in our room.  It was nice to have a living room for the kids to sleep in and a bedroom for us.  Caitlyn didn't take a nap, but we did go back to the water park in the afternoon.  We checked out connect four from the front desk to play, though it is a bit old for Josh still.  We had dinner at the restaurant and the kids actually ate.  They were showing Casper the friendly ghost movies in the "theatre".  Josh enjoyed watching it, sitting on a large stuffed bear.  The kids slept well.  As we were getting ready to go eat breakfast, the power in the entire building went out.  We decided to up to the Grand Geneva for breakfast.  By then, almost an hour later, the power was back on, but we decided to swim in the main pool for a while.  Just as we were ready to be done, our new friends showed up and Josh had fun swimming with their son as well.  I don't remember if the kids fell asleep on the way home.  We requested and received day passes to return again, so I imagine we will go back some time.

101 things in 1001 Days, Take Two

101 things in 1001 Days Start 10/5/2013 End: 7/2/2016

For the Sake of Being a Responsible Adult

1.                  Get Up At 5:00 Am Every M- F For One Month and get housework or work or work out completed before the children wake up.

2.                  Learn How To Change TheOil On My Car

3.                  Learn How To Drive Stick Shift

4.                  Update My Will

For the Sake of the House

5.                  Put Bead Board Somewhere

6.                  New Flooring For House

7.                  New Refrigerator – Save First Then Buy, No Financing

8.                  New Stove

9.                  New Microwave

10.              Paint Our Bedroom

11.              Put up pictures on the walls in the master bedroom

12.              Scan Pre-Digital Photos

13.              Take Pictures Of TheWhole House, As If For A Magazine Cover (Before & Afters)

14.              Know in what town the next house will be

15.              Buy a DSLR camera

For Money's sake

16.              Become A Mary Kay Sales Director

17.              Pay Off (Both) Cars, So We Have No Car Payment

18.              Create a Budget

19.              Stick To The Budget for a month

20.              Have A No Spend Month

21.              Sell baby items and clothes at resale 

For my business

22.              100 new customers

23.              10 quarters star

24.              Earn the On the Move and Fabulous 50s as a Director

25.              Earn a Diamond Bumble Bee

26.              Have a regularNanny/Babysitter that comes at least 2 times per week

For 100% selfish reasons

27.              Get A Facial

28.              Have My Teeth Whitened

29.              Make new friends that I can get mani-pedis with, go to lunch, go shopping with; get parenting, relationship or work-life balance advice from.  Do that one time each

For Health's Sake

30.              Run An Entire 5K 

31.              Complete An 8K 

32.              Complete P90X

33.              Complete A Monthly Breast Exam For 6 Months In A Row

34.              Improve My Posture

35.              Plant An Herb Garden and use the herbs in cooking

36.              Work out with a personal trainer weekly

37.              Reach Four New "Tens-Places" In My Weight

38.              Do 10 pull-ups consecutively

39.              Do 200 Sit ups

40.              Do 100 pushups

41.              Floss every night for a month

42.              Play a game of volleyball

43.              Play a round of Golf (not mini!)

For Spiritual Growth

44.              Read The Weekly Torah Portion For 3 Months In A Row

45.              Create and employ Traditions for the Shabbat

46.              Join a Temple

47.              Keep a Gratitude Journal again

48.              Create new affirmations and read them each morning for a month.

49.              Make a list of 100 things that I like about myself and stick it to my mirror

For Mental Growth

50.              Improve Photography skills: Take a class and put into practice 2-3 items learned

51.              Each Letter Picture of the Alphabet Project

52.              Take a long exposurephoto  

53.              Watch 10 classic movies

54.              Read 10 classic books

55.              Ask 20 friends tosuggest a book and read them all.

For the Sake of my Marriage

56.              Another installment of the Husband Project

57.              12 Dates in 12 months: Plan each date ahead of time. 

58.              Convince Jared to spend a vacation unplugged.

For the love of Family

59.              Visit a Waterpark

60.              Halloween Costume as Family

61.              Buy a bike trailer and go on a family bike ride.

62.              Go to a drive in movie

63.              Watch the Sunrise

64.              Go fruit picking

For others

65.              Compliment A Stranger Once A Week

66.              Send Birthday And Holiday Gifts (for parents, sisters and brothers) Ahead Of Time

67.              Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity

68.              Continue the note of gratitude or encouragement.  One person per month

For the sake of making things

69.              Complete the remaining 5of 15 Repertoire Meals I Can Do By Heart

70.              Make Monogrammed Drinking Glasses With Paint And Bake Pens.  As a gift?

71.              Create or Identify myfavorite cocktail

72.              Sew/Alter an item of clothing from the Thrift Shop

For fun

73.              Go On A Hot Air Balloon Ride

74.              Go To The Kentucky Derby With A Great Hat

75.              Host A Dinner Party For 10 Adults (Murder Mystery?).  Guests from various aspects of my life

76.              Host A Summer Sunday Brunch

77.              Scuba Diving

78.              See An SEC Football Game

79.              Take An Alaskan Cruise

80.              Take An Extended-FamilyTrip To Disney World With Firestones

81.              Take Family To (Muskegon County) Michigan For A Family Vacation

82.              Visit Arlington RaceTrack

83.              Visit the Lyric Opera

84.              Visit 2 New States in my50 States by 50 Goal

85.              Visit An Art Gallery

86.              Visit Yellowstone

87.              Go to the Grand Canyon

88.              Visit New Orleans

89.              Visit Quebec or Toronto

90.              Visit a new Country

91.              Shoot a gun at the shooting range.

92.              Buy a coloring book and color every page.  Encourage the children to color with me

For the Internet?

93.              Win A Contest From A Blog

94.              Host a Pinterest Party.  Each guest brings a food item, a craft, and wears an outfit (Inspiration).

95.              Choose 30 items to wear, only those for a month.  No new clothes.  Should this include jewelry?  Shoes?  Purses?

For the list

96.              Set up the items that will need long term, step by step, or monthly planning.

97.              Write A Letter To Myself On Day 1 To Be Opened On Day 1001

98.              Blog About Each Task As It Is Completed (Pink Mom Blog)

99.              Donate $5 For Every Task Not Completed

100.          Decide if I want to do another list

101.          Inspire One Person To Make A List Of Their Own