UPDATE WK 11.12
101 in 1001
Only the light blue is the current update:>PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT
1. Turn off TV more
This has been hard. My office is in the family room and mom keeps coming in and watching TV. I turn it off as much as I can, but need to do it more. It’s a big distraction.
2. Do items on health list
3. Go back to college
4. Take creative writing class
5. Finish genealogy
I’m looking for a good genealogy program for my Apple, but haven’t found it yet.
6. Get two merit badges a year from the book “You Can Do It”
7. Learn to use computer for something other than a typewriter.
8. Make 101 list General Plan
9. Make 101 list Action Plan (how am I going to get all this accomplished?)
10. Pay more attention to Spiritual needs
11. Start journal
12. Get eight hours of sleep:
a. Up at 6 am, requires a ten pm bedtime (lights out at ten requires a 9pm in bed time) Very bad here. I’m going to bed at ten, but I’ve been up to two or three every night reading my book. I’ve been sleeping til 10 am. Sometimes its hard to be disciplined when you are self-employed.
13. Be more patient with mother (she’s so critical, ignores her health but complains all the time-drives me crazy)
Be careful what you wish for...
So, I've injured my back (my knee popped out and I fell). I can't get out of bed by myself, I've been laid up for over a week without much improvement. I have a doctor's appointment on Thursday. Anyway, my infirmity has me so incapitated that my mom has to take care of me. Its a sad state when she's the healthiest in the house . So the shoe has been on the other foot. It has made me much more sympathetic to her. She's in her glory. She loves doing for folks.
14. Take a Great Courses course
a. Choose a course, order it, watch or listen to it.-DONE Ordered History of English and History of Language, and first two lectures have been watched.
15. Relearn my Arabic (its been 20 years since I’ve spoken it, and so many here have expressed an interest in learning it, maybe we can group together)
HOME IMPROVEMENT
16. Restore Carriage House
a. Fire old contractor
b. Hire lawyer to get deposit back
I’ve contacted a lawyer and sent him my papers. We’ll see what he says.
c. write new contract and specifications so I won’t have a problem again
d. start calling new contractors to get bids
e. choose one and hire him/her
My attorney said to hold off on the repairs as yet. I had a formal inspection done to determine all the mistakes the old contractor made so I can take him to court and get all my money back. But I do have a contractor ready to go to finish whenever my attorney gives the ok.
I’ve actually done a lot of home improvement stuff that isn’t on the list. I had to hire someone to do it and its expensive, but it helped a friend keep her house. I had a bedroom painted, windows repaired and painted, some locks changed, improved handicapped accessibility. Not exactly on the list, but really needed.
17. Learn to make own repairs instead of calling repairmen all the time
So far a failure here. I hired someone to fix two toilets and change the battery in the smoke alarm. But I don’t feel too bad, there wasn’t much I could do with my back out. Next time.
I repaired torn wallpaper and put up cup hooks. I know, ridiculously easy-but it’s a start!
18. Get landscaping done
a. call landscaper and get bids
A pergola and picket fence are being made right now.
The pergola and fence are done and a landscaper is hired and making plans. It looks so beautiful. I’ll take pictures after the planting and post.
Landscaping was delayed due to a snowstorm (in March?), but the weather is great now and should get to 85 degrees this weekend. Yay!
19. Get home garden together
20. Get backyard patio built
Getting bids now and figuring design.
21. Get bedroom decorated and organized (I need a peaceful beautiful retreat.)
I have started organizing the room (I can see some floor!)
22. Get office organized
23. Keep up with the laundry and ironing
I’ve caught up with laundry
I’ve kept up with the laundry. Lots of ironing tomorrow.
COMMUNITY
24. Get Green committee back together
a. Send out e-mail notifying of meeting date.
I sent out the e-mail, but schedules aren’t coordinating.
25. Get all restaurants in area registered Green.
a. call Paul (the owner of the only green restaurant in town) to help
b. download Virginia Green requirements and send to all restaurants
c. find out how to replace styro-foam for take-outs
d. make appointmenst with restaurant owners to talk about this
26. Do another big green project
a. ask at meeting for ideas
27. Write about Arab-American discrimination
I’ve started to dabble in some writing. What I want to write is in there, but its still so personal Its hard to get out. I’ve written a book review about this on Amazon and made a post on LJ and 101.
28. Run for office
29. Learn about our water here
a. join Chesapeake Bay foundation
30 Learn about our homeless here.
I’ve been collecting news articles on them.
31. Save the Bees
a. put on a Bee Faire to raise money for research
I proposed it to our Bird and Wildlife Committee and they shot it down (I thought a Birds and Bees Festival would be nice, but they wanted to limit it to Birds) ☹
32. Fight development
33. Take recyclables to the center
a. go every Monday (we don’t have curb pick-up here)
(2/52)
RELATIONSHIPS
34. Have friends over once a mth (need to get space to do that first)
a Finish Carriage House and patio first
b. Have smaller gatherings till then
Had one dinner party and am making plans for another…Mexican Fiesta Night!
The Fiesta Night is scheduled for the end of this week. Lots of people want to come to this one as there are no good restaurants here.
We had a kicking Mexican Fiesta. I made Sangria, fish tacos, and a great Mexican coleslaw. The snow storm prevented several couples from coming, so we had a lot of left overs. Somehow I haven’t minded . I may skip next month though. It was a huge undertaking and took forever to cook and clean and plan. Also, the cost was a bit much. I need to rethink this goal.
35. Make a larger circle of friends
I’ve had one dinner party and included a new person
Two new couples come for the Mexican party.
36. Keep in touch with old friends
Face booked and e-mail two friends I’d lost contact with.
37. Get a divorce (I haven’t seen him in 12 years-what am I waiting for?)
38. Stay in better contact with my cousins
Had cousin visit for a week.
FUN
39.. Read 52 books for fun (6/52)
James Mitchner’s, “The Chesapeake”
David McCollough, “John Adams”
Bobby Swain, “Turn, Turn, Tern”
Arthur King Fisher, “Comical and Curious Tales of the Eastern Shore”
P.L. Travers, “Mary Poppins”
Alex McCall Smith, The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Charlaine Harris, From Dead to Worse
40. Take a class and learn something new
I took the John Adams class, but I missed most of the classes due to my back.
I took the chair class and made a chair. I’ll post pictures when I figure out ho.
I’m not really sure I can cross this of yet. The chair class wasn’t something new, I’ve taken the class before. I think I need to find something I’ve never done before and learn that.
a. Register for John Adams class at local museum.
I’ve missed this week’s class due to throwing my back out
I’ve missed three weeks in a row due to back issues. Boo.
b. Register at Arts Center for Water Color Class
c. Register for chair making class at museum
41. Get a dog.
42. Train dog
Basic Obedience
43. Try to get on a reality home or self improvement show.
I took pictures of how horrible parts of the house are.
44. Cook more
45. Go to Egypt/Morocco/Tunis
46. Take daughter to Palestine
47. Help mom fill out Story of My Life book
I’ve got the books. Now to get her to do them.
Ok, I want to tape record my mom answering questions about family and such…here’s my stupid question…Are tape recorders still made? Are they obsolete? I don’t have a video recorder, but should I get one for this instead of a tape recorder?
48. Help mom make her family cook book
49. Read a 1001 Nights (hey, why not?)
a. Get the book!
I got three books. One the original Richard Burton translation, a new translation, and a history book on story. I also got a super deluxe beautifully illustrated book, and I’ll read that one because it makes me happy to look at the pictures.
I’m really enjoying this book, but I think a lot of naughty bits have been removed I’m on the 39th night. Not one story has been finished yet. I want to smack Shaherazade.
50. Take a Tofurkey picture.
51. See more plays
52. See more international films
BUSINESS
53. Get website together
54. Get photos
55. Redo promotional material
56. Network
57. File receipts
58. Do taxes on time
My yearly sales taxes are done, my transient taxes are done. I’m working on my personal property taxes.
59. See lawyer and get incorporated
60. Get a publication write up.
A travel writer from NY will be staying with us in Mid-April. Here’s hoping.
61. Improve online ratings
62. Learn call forwarding
62. Answer messages the same day.
64. 2009-double business from 2008
We did ten times more business in Jan. 09 than we did in 08. Good start, but Feb. has been slow.
65. 2010-triple business from 2008
66. Look more presentable-wear makeup and more professional clothes
67. Make a profit!!!
68. Develop policy and procedures manual
69. Write business plan
FINANCES
70. Make a will
71. Make a living will
72. Write last wishes
73. Get all affairs in order-just in case.
74. Start retirement fund
75. Start savings account
I put $25,000 in a Money Market account.
76. Stop impulse spending
77. Cut expenses by at least 10%
78. Make Suze Orman proud of me
79. Find out credit score and improve it
80. Understand my finances
HEALTH
81. Get health insurance
82. Get physical
83. Get MRI and knee surgery
I got my MRI. Just need to schedule surgery.
The Dr, wants to try injections first. I’m having a spinal nerve block at end of the week, and several knee injections a week apart (ouch)
I got a spinal nerve block again. Gosh it’s so delightful to be pain free. I was very active today. Bad part is the steroids often depress my immune system.
The knee injections have been fantastic. I can walk semi-normally. I can go up and dwn stairs without pain. I feel like I have my life back. Unfortunately, the injections don’t last forever. The most they’ll last is two years. The average is six months. Some poor souls it only lasts three weeks.
84. Lose 50 lbs.
85. Keep them off
86. Exercise three days a week min.
87. Get teeth fixed.
88. See dentist twice a year.
GENERAL
89. Finish stained glass gift
90. Make a chair
I’ve registered for the class
Well, this I can cross off. I did indeed make a chair! Yay! How do I make a strike through?
91. Get something published (besides a letter to editor)
92. Find out how to do lj cuts DONE!!!
Sometimes I can do it and sometimes I can’t.
93.
94. Stop letting things go…If I’m cheated, abused, insulted, taken advantage of-SPEAK
UP and DO SOMETHING!
I’m going to small claims court this Thursday on a case of my lawn care guy breaking a water pipe and cutting my electrical wires. He refused to pay for them.
I had to get an extension. The back issue prevented me from going to court.
I cross filed against him and subpoenaed his records. He hasn’t answered yet.
95. Be Martha…I’ll do the suggestions in the calendar of Martha Stewart’s Living.
Be Martha Stewart
Jan.-
Update personal calendar with birthdays and special events.
Take down holiday decorations and pack for storage.
Write and mail holiday thank you cards.
Schedule all medical, dental, and vet appointments for year.
Clean out freezer.
Wax floors.
Make a list of projects.
Check toilets for leaks with food dye.
Post important emergency info: contact numbers, location of main gas valve shutoff.
Feb.-
Order summer bulbs.
Make sure all tax documents are in order.
Prune fruit trees.
Replace batteries in all smoke alarms.
Dispose of old paint properly.
Clean lint from dryer.
March-
Wash car of winter grime.
Clean area rugs.
Clean roof gutters.
Prune deadwood from shrubs and roses.
Repair window screens.
Build or repair fences and arbors.
Clean and seal wood.
Check foundation for cracks.
Move firewood away from house.
96. Stop procrastinating or being wimpy.
I stood up for myself when posters gave me grief for no reason.
97. Do something crazy and out of character.
98. Get out more
99. Finish the True Blood book series
I’ve finished all the current ones out in paperback, a new one will be out soon.
Got the new one and read it!
100. Read all my financial books
101. Finish library
I have an electrician coming to finish the electrical work. Will post pictures when done.
Electrical work s done. I just need to get light fixtures and put them in.
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Only the light blue is the current update:>PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT
1. Turn off TV more
This has been hard. My office is in the family room and mom keeps coming in and watching TV. I turn it off as much as I can, but need to do it more. It’s a big distraction.
2. Do items on health list
3. Go back to college
4. Take creative writing class
5. Finish genealogy
I’m looking for a good genealogy program for my Apple, but haven’t found it yet.
6. Get two merit badges a year from the book “You Can Do It”
7. Learn to use computer for something other than a typewriter.
8. Make 101 list General Plan
9. Make 101 list Action Plan (how am I going to get all this accomplished?)
10. Pay more attention to Spiritual needs
11. Start journal
12. Get eight hours of sleep:
a. Up at 6 am, requires a ten pm bedtime (lights out at ten requires a 9pm in bed time) Very bad here. I’m going to bed at ten, but I’ve been up to two or three every night reading my book. I’ve been sleeping til 10 am. Sometimes its hard to be disciplined when you are self-employed.
13. Be more patient with mother (she’s so critical, ignores her health but complains all the time-drives me crazy)
Be careful what you wish for...
So, I've injured my back (my knee popped out and I fell). I can't get out of bed by myself, I've been laid up for over a week without much improvement. I have a doctor's appointment on Thursday. Anyway, my infirmity has me so incapitated that my mom has to take care of me. Its a sad state when she's the healthiest in the house . So the shoe has been on the other foot. It has made me much more sympathetic to her. She's in her glory. She loves doing for folks.
14. Take a Great Courses course
a. Choose a course, order it, watch or listen to it.-DONE Ordered History of English and History of Language, and first two lectures have been watched.
15. Relearn my Arabic (its been 20 years since I’ve spoken it, and so many here have expressed an interest in learning it, maybe we can group together)
HOME IMPROVEMENT
16. Restore Carriage House
a. Fire old contractor
b. Hire lawyer to get deposit back
I’ve contacted a lawyer and sent him my papers. We’ll see what he says.
c. write new contract and specifications so I won’t have a problem again
d. start calling new contractors to get bids
e. choose one and hire him/her
My attorney said to hold off on the repairs as yet. I had a formal inspection done to determine all the mistakes the old contractor made so I can take him to court and get all my money back. But I do have a contractor ready to go to finish whenever my attorney gives the ok.
I’ve actually done a lot of home improvement stuff that isn’t on the list. I had to hire someone to do it and its expensive, but it helped a friend keep her house. I had a bedroom painted, windows repaired and painted, some locks changed, improved handicapped accessibility. Not exactly on the list, but really needed.
17. Learn to make own repairs instead of calling repairmen all the time
So far a failure here. I hired someone to fix two toilets and change the battery in the smoke alarm. But I don’t feel too bad, there wasn’t much I could do with my back out. Next time.
I repaired torn wallpaper and put up cup hooks. I know, ridiculously easy-but it’s a start!
18. Get landscaping done
a. call landscaper and get bids
A pergola and picket fence are being made right now.
The pergola and fence are done and a landscaper is hired and making plans. It looks so beautiful. I’ll take pictures after the planting and post.
Landscaping was delayed due to a snowstorm (in March?), but the weather is great now and should get to 85 degrees this weekend. Yay!
19. Get home garden together
20. Get backyard patio built
Getting bids now and figuring design.
21. Get bedroom decorated and organized (I need a peaceful beautiful retreat.)
I have started organizing the room (I can see some floor!)
22. Get office organized
23. Keep up with the laundry and ironing
I’ve caught up with laundry
I’ve kept up with the laundry. Lots of ironing tomorrow.
COMMUNITY
24. Get Green committee back together
a. Send out e-mail notifying of meeting date.
I sent out the e-mail, but schedules aren’t coordinating.
25. Get all restaurants in area registered Green.
a. call Paul (the owner of the only green restaurant in town) to help
b. download Virginia Green requirements and send to all restaurants
c. find out how to replace styro-foam for take-outs
d. make appointmenst with restaurant owners to talk about this
26. Do another big green project
a. ask at meeting for ideas
27. Write about Arab-American discrimination
I’ve started to dabble in some writing. What I want to write is in there, but its still so personal Its hard to get out. I’ve written a book review about this on Amazon and made a post on LJ and 101.
28. Run for office
29. Learn about our water here
a. join Chesapeake Bay foundation
30 Learn about our homeless here.
I’ve been collecting news articles on them.
31. Save the Bees
a. put on a Bee Faire to raise money for research
I proposed it to our Bird and Wildlife Committee and they shot it down (I thought a Birds and Bees Festival would be nice, but they wanted to limit it to Birds) ☹
32. Fight development
33. Take recyclables to the center
a. go every Monday (we don’t have curb pick-up here)
(2/52)
RELATIONSHIPS
34. Have friends over once a mth (need to get space to do that first)
a Finish Carriage House and patio first
b. Have smaller gatherings till then
Had one dinner party and am making plans for another…Mexican Fiesta Night!
The Fiesta Night is scheduled for the end of this week. Lots of people want to come to this one as there are no good restaurants here.
We had a kicking Mexican Fiesta. I made Sangria, fish tacos, and a great Mexican coleslaw. The snow storm prevented several couples from coming, so we had a lot of left overs. Somehow I haven’t minded . I may skip next month though. It was a huge undertaking and took forever to cook and clean and plan. Also, the cost was a bit much. I need to rethink this goal.
35. Make a larger circle of friends
I’ve had one dinner party and included a new person
Two new couples come for the Mexican party.
36. Keep in touch with old friends
Face booked and e-mail two friends I’d lost contact with.
37. Get a divorce (I haven’t seen him in 12 years-what am I waiting for?)
38. Stay in better contact with my cousins
Had cousin visit for a week.
FUN
39.. Read 52 books for fun (6/52)
James Mitchner’s, “The Chesapeake”
David McCollough, “John Adams”
Bobby Swain, “Turn, Turn, Tern”
Arthur King Fisher, “Comical and Curious Tales of the Eastern Shore”
P.L. Travers, “Mary Poppins”
Alex McCall Smith, The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Charlaine Harris, From Dead to Worse
40. Take a class and learn something new
I took the John Adams class, but I missed most of the classes due to my back.
I took the chair class and made a chair. I’ll post pictures when I figure out ho.
I’m not really sure I can cross this of yet. The chair class wasn’t something new, I’ve taken the class before. I think I need to find something I’ve never done before and learn that.
a. Register for John Adams class at local museum.
I’ve missed this week’s class due to throwing my back out
I’ve missed three weeks in a row due to back issues. Boo.
b. Register at Arts Center for Water Color Class
c. Register for chair making class at museum
41. Get a dog.
42. Train dog
Basic Obedience
43. Try to get on a reality home or self improvement show.
I took pictures of how horrible parts of the house are.
44. Cook more
45. Go to Egypt/Morocco/Tunis
46. Take daughter to Palestine
47. Help mom fill out Story of My Life book
I’ve got the books. Now to get her to do them.
Ok, I want to tape record my mom answering questions about family and such…here’s my stupid question…Are tape recorders still made? Are they obsolete? I don’t have a video recorder, but should I get one for this instead of a tape recorder?
48. Help mom make her family cook book
49. Read a 1001 Nights (hey, why not?)
a. Get the book!
I got three books. One the original Richard Burton translation, a new translation, and a history book on story. I also got a super deluxe beautifully illustrated book, and I’ll read that one because it makes me happy to look at the pictures.
I’m really enjoying this book, but I think a lot of naughty bits have been removed I’m on the 39th night. Not one story has been finished yet. I want to smack Shaherazade.
50. Take a Tofurkey picture.
51. See more plays
52. See more international films
BUSINESS
53. Get website together
54. Get photos
55. Redo promotional material
56. Network
57. File receipts
58. Do taxes on time
My yearly sales taxes are done, my transient taxes are done. I’m working on my personal property taxes.
59. See lawyer and get incorporated
60. Get a publication write up.
A travel writer from NY will be staying with us in Mid-April. Here’s hoping.
61. Improve online ratings
62. Learn call forwarding
62. Answer messages the same day.
64. 2009-double business from 2008
We did ten times more business in Jan. 09 than we did in 08. Good start, but Feb. has been slow.
65. 2010-triple business from 2008
66. Look more presentable-wear makeup and more professional clothes
67. Make a profit!!!
68. Develop policy and procedures manual
69. Write business plan
FINANCES
70. Make a will
71. Make a living will
72. Write last wishes
73. Get all affairs in order-just in case.
74. Start retirement fund
75. Start savings account
I put $25,000 in a Money Market account.
76. Stop impulse spending
77. Cut expenses by at least 10%
78. Make Suze Orman proud of me
79. Find out credit score and improve it
80. Understand my finances
HEALTH
81. Get health insurance
82. Get physical
83. Get MRI and knee surgery
I got my MRI. Just need to schedule surgery.
The Dr, wants to try injections first. I’m having a spinal nerve block at end of the week, and several knee injections a week apart (ouch)
I got a spinal nerve block again. Gosh it’s so delightful to be pain free. I was very active today. Bad part is the steroids often depress my immune system.
The knee injections have been fantastic. I can walk semi-normally. I can go up and dwn stairs without pain. I feel like I have my life back. Unfortunately, the injections don’t last forever. The most they’ll last is two years. The average is six months. Some poor souls it only lasts three weeks.
84. Lose 50 lbs.
85. Keep them off
86. Exercise three days a week min.
87. Get teeth fixed.
88. See dentist twice a year.
GENERAL
89. Finish stained glass gift
90. Make a chair
I’ve registered for the class
Well, this I can cross off. I did indeed make a chair! Yay! How do I make a strike through?
91. Get something published (besides a letter to editor)
92. Find out how to do lj cuts DONE!!!
Sometimes I can do it and sometimes I can’t.
93.
94. Stop letting things go…If I’m cheated, abused, insulted, taken advantage of-SPEAK
UP and DO SOMETHING!
I’m going to small claims court this Thursday on a case of my lawn care guy breaking a water pipe and cutting my electrical wires. He refused to pay for them.
I had to get an extension. The back issue prevented me from going to court.
I cross filed against him and subpoenaed his records. He hasn’t answered yet.
95. Be Martha…I’ll do the suggestions in the calendar of Martha Stewart’s Living.
Be Martha Stewart
Jan.-
Update personal calendar with birthdays and special events.
Take down holiday decorations and pack for storage.
Write and mail holiday thank you cards.
Schedule all medical, dental, and vet appointments for year.
Clean out freezer.
Wax floors.
Make a list of projects.
Check toilets for leaks with food dye.
Post important emergency info: contact numbers, location of main gas valve shutoff.
Feb.-
Order summer bulbs.
Make sure all tax documents are in order.
Prune fruit trees.
Replace batteries in all smoke alarms.
Dispose of old paint properly.
Clean lint from dryer.
March-
Wash car of winter grime.
Clean area rugs.
Clean roof gutters.
Prune deadwood from shrubs and roses.
Repair window screens.
Build or repair fences and arbors.
Clean and seal wood.
Check foundation for cracks.
Move firewood away from house.
96. Stop procrastinating or being wimpy.
I stood up for myself when posters gave me grief for no reason.
97. Do something crazy and out of character.
98. Get out more
99. Finish the True Blood book series
I’ve finished all the current ones out in paperback, a new one will be out soon.
Got the new one and read it!
100. Read all my financial books
101. Finish library
I have an electrician coming to finish the electrical work. Will post pictures when done.
Electrical work s done. I just need to get light fixtures and put them in.
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