A Blog About Nothing: My baby girl is 3

Yesterday was Ella's 3rd birthday. I don't know how 3 years can go by so quickly and yet seem like so long ago. I barely remember my life before her. And while she can be a complete handful at times, she's such a joy to be around and I love watching her grow and learn. When I look at her, my heart feels so full of love that I think it's going to burst. My beautiful baby girl. I can't believe she's 3.

101 in 1001

Creative Endeavors
1. Organize all photos on the computer
2. Put together a scrapbook for Ella
3. Create a scrapbook with pictures from my childhood
4. Take a sewing class

Diet, Health & Fitness
5. Lose 10 pounds
6. Lose 25 pounds
7. Lose 50 pounds
8. Get my cholesterol checked
9. Go to the dermatologist
10. Follow a regular skincare routine for 2 months
11. Floss once per day for 3 months
12. Take a multi-vitamin every day (in progress)
13. Try 1 new recipe a month (0/33) (in progress)
14. Cook/eat fish once a month (0/33)
15. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables every day for 1 week (0/7)
16. Eat no red meat for a month
17. Create a weekly meal plan for a month (0/4)
18. Bake something from scratch once a month for 6 months (0/6)
19. Take lunch to work every day for a month (0/20)
20. Give up all fast food for a month (must have a drive-thru to count as fast food)
21. Give up caffeine
22. Take a walk on my break every day for a month (except rainy days) (0/20)
23. Practice yoga twice a week for 3 months
24. Go without Starbucks for a month
25. Try 5 new local restaurants (0/5)
26. Attend a wine tasting

Do Unto Others
27. Give 10 unexpected gifts (0/10)
28. Send my mom flowers for no reason
29. Send my sister flowers for no reason
30. Buy Christmas gifts for a less fortunate family
31. Pay for the person behind me in the drive-thru
32. Bring in a special treat for the teachers at Ella's school

Domestic
33. Complete the backyard project (trees are gone!)
34. Clean up the flower bed in the front & side yard and maintain it
35. Plant flowers/plants around the mailbox and maintain them
36. Clean out and organize my make-up collection
37. Complete the photo collage in my bedroom
38. Make my bed every day for a month (0/30)
39. Create a house cleaning schedule and follow it
40. Replace the ceiling fans in all the rooms (except living room)
41. Repair the watermarks on the ceiling by the fireplace
42. Redo bathroom floors
43. Buy curtains for my bedroom
44. Clean/organize my bathroom closet
45. Take down wallpaper and paint guest bathroom
46. Replace bathroom faucets
47. Paint bathroom cabinet (which should hopefully lead to painting kitchen cabinets)
48. Have a garage sale

Financial
49. Go one month without buying new clothes for Ella
50. Don't use my credit card for an entire month
51. Contribute more to my 401k
52. Open a savings account for Ella
53. Get a fire safe box and put all important documents in it
54. Draft a will

For my daughter
55. Move Ella into her toddler bed
56. Keep a written journal for Ella
57. Take Ella to the ballet

For my husband
58. **Private**
59. Identify 25 things I like about my husband and share them with him
60. Go on a date with my husband once every other month (1/16)
61. Take an "us" picture every month (2/33)
62. Plan a fabulous getaway for our 10 year anniversary

Learning/Skills
63. Learn 20 new words and use them in a conversation (0/20)
64. Join STC; attend a charter meeting
65. Take 2 classes for fun (0/2)
66. Take 2 career related classes (0/2)
67. Read 2 work related publications (0/2)
68. Create a documentation portfolio
69. Learn how to make my mom's homemade noodles
70. Learn how to use my digital camera and all of the functions that comes with it

Miscellaneous
71. Complete my list of 101 goals
72. Write in blog about everything I do on the list (in progress)
73. Put $1 in Ella's piggy bank for each accomplished goal (0/101)
74. Donate $5 to charity for every incomplete task after 1001 days
75. Make a new list of 101 things to do in 1001 days
76. Drink expensive champagne while soaking in a bubble bath
77. Purchase and use re-usable bags
78. Learn how to change a tire

Music/Movies/Literature
79. Read 10 non-fiction books (0/10)
80. Read 10 of Time Magazine's Top 100 Books (0/10)
81. Watch 1 movie from each top 10 category of AFI's 10 Top 10 Movies (0/10)
82. Listen to 1 new band/musician a month (1/33)
83. Setup 10 useful iTunes playlists

Personal
84. Own a little black dress
85. Become an organ donor
86. Go an entire weekend without using the internet
87. Identify 25 things I like about myself
88. Identify 100 things that make me happy

Social
89. Invite one of Ella's classmates over for a playdate
90. Reconnect with old friends

Spiritual
91. Teach Ella a bedtime prayer
92. Read the Bible in its entirety
93. Go to church once a month for a year (0/12)
94. Attend 2 new churches (0/2)

Travel/Cultural
95. Visit a new city in another state
96. Visit a new city in SC
97. Go on a photographic tour of Columbia
98. Go to an art exhibit
99. Attend a Broadway in Columbia performance
100. Tour the State Capitol
101. Go to a drive-in movie

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

My baby girl is 3

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