Dare to dream

I did one of these lists when I was in college and I loved it. I wish that I would have completed more on that list, but I still did more things that I wouldn't normally because I had a list to look at.

I want to try it again, so here it goes!

Start date October 10th 2013

Finished on July 7th 2016

Goal to complete 70/101

Not in any particular order.                   

1. Come up with 101 things - (10/10/13)
2. Buy a mini van
3. Ride a horse
4. Complete Personal Progress
5. Sell more crochet hats
6. Bear my testimony in Sacrament meeting
7. Finish my first 5k
8. Run a 5k without stopping
9. Learn about eating healthy
10. Be friends with someone I wouldn't normally be friends with
11. Take my family camping each summer
12. Learn to spin a basketball on one finger
13. Make an FHE board
14. Teach someone something new
15. Go out of my way to do something for someone once a month. 
16. Be the happiest and most optimistic person I know. 
17. Inspire someone else to write a 101 goal list
18. Learn how to French braid
19. Make a wreath for our door
20. Create 72 hour kits for the whole family
21. Blog more
22. Take Jade roller skating
23. Host a murder mystery party
24. Watch all of the Star Wars movies {b/c my hubby wants me to}
25. Get to my goal weight and maintain it.
26. Take my family to the Sacred Grove.
27. Go to the beach at least 2 times each summer. (0/6)
28. Cook on the grill more.
29. Host more game nights.
30. Go one month without candy.
31. Buy something from a farmers market once a year (0/4)
32. Try to laugh more at things that frustrate me
33. Teach my young women how to change a tire
34. Go camping more
35. Go to a drive-in movie
36. Hide a note in a library book
37. Do another vacation with the Shaw’s. {my best friend...Ashley!!} :)
38. Take my girls to Disney on ice
39. Family trip to DC Zoo
40. Write letters to my girls to read when they are older.
41. Get a pedicure
42. Buy a new pair of skinny jeans
43. Buy new pillows
44. Donate clothes that don’t fit anymore
45. Blog once a month (1/33)
46. Make dinner for another family
47. Bake a pie
48. Cook a turkey for Thanksgiving
49. Buy/make Corn hole boards for Martin
50. Make a scrapbook of the girls
51. Get a “real” {smart phone} cell phone
52. Make jam
53. Hang the Second Coming picture in my living room
54. Perform 5 random acts of kindness (0/5)
55. Make a funny music video with my YW
56. Go a year without touching my savings
57. Learn how to quilt
58. Make a t-shirt quilt for Martin
59. Let go of a floating lantern
60. No chocolate for a month
61. No soda for a year (0/12)  (start Oct 10, 2013)
62. Crochet and sell more hats
63. Use my crock pot once a month (0/33)
64. Run a 10 minute mile
65. Try new things in my garden
66. Paint our bathrooms
67. Donate my hair to locks of love
68. Drink more smoothies
69. Share my testimony once a month (1/33)
70. Read more books
71. Have a snowball fight with my family
72. Make my bed every day for a week
73. Memorize the Articles of Faith
74. Make a list of 50 things I like about myself
75. Learn alphabet in  sign language
76. Read The Book of Mormon cover to cover
77. Take home videos at least once a month (0/33)
78. Send flowers to a friend just because
79. Start up preschool for Jade
80. Cut the grass more often
81. Learn how to make bread
82. Write in my journal once a month (0/33)
83. More family picnics
84. Watch a parade in person
85. Donate blood
86. Renew CPR & First Aid Certifications
87. Write a living will and have it notarized
88. 100 push up challenge 
89. Answer 50 questions that will free your mind 
90. Leave 50 operation beautiful notes 
91. Attend my 10 year high school reunion
92. 365 project
93. Go apple picking
94. Eat at Café Rio
95. Make zucchini brownies
96. Make a snack bag for my car…to give to homeless person
97. Wear make-up every day for a week
98. Keep the kitchen table clean for a month
99. Do/make 10 things from my Pinterest (0/10)
100. Make homemade ice cream
101. Make another 101 in 1001 list

Now that you have seen my "dreams" for the next few months...

What do you want to do in the next 1001 days? 

Make a list on your blog and then send me your blog link so I can check out your list. 

I am in training...

For a 5k that is!
I decided about 4 weeks after having my second Little Miss that I wanted to run a race. I found one that is several months away so I had plenty of time to train.
Check it out!
I know I have a small voice in the world, but if I can change even a moment in the life of an abused child, I will run to that!

I have other races I would love to do as well, some for great causes others just for fun.

I am one week into training and I can run a 12 minute mile! Go me! :)
I know that sounds slow right?!?! But I mean I did just have a baby 8 weeks ago and my exercise routine has been NADA for well over a year now.

 Is this not the best looking running shoe you have ever laid eyes on?

Well, let me tell you....It's like running on CLOUDS in these babies!

The sad thing, they are a lot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$! So again I say, Dream on Momma! 

I am super excited to get new shoes, lets just hope I like them 1/2 as much as I like these.

101 Things in 1001 Days

In Oct. 2008 a friend of mine introduced me to the idea of making a list of all the things I want to do in the next 1001 days. This is what I came up with. I went through it today and crossed off a few more things....They are posted in no particular order. 101 Things for 1001 days (Oct'08-July'11)

1.     Learn Sign Language

2.    Make Martin a 72 hour kit

3.    Make posters for Martin and I to write “reasons why I love you” on it

4.    Stick my toes in the sand on a West coast beach

5.    Go on a date with Martin every month

6.    Bear my testimony in Church on Fast Sunday

7.    Drink 1 glass of milk every day for a month

8.    Make a skirt with my sewing machine

9.    Go camping in the mountains

10. Make 15 learning folders for our kids

11.  Go to Los Angeles

12. Write down 50 things I like about myself

13. Memorize my favorite 3 verses in the Book of Mormon

14. Improve my marriage from our Building Eternal Marriage class

15. Memorize the Articles of Faith

16. Graduate from COLLEGE - 3 weeks until I can mark this off!

17. Make a list of ways to decorate our house when we move home

18. Go to the Temple at the very least 2 times a month

19. Learn something new every month

20.Know all the 12 apostles by name and photo

21. Make my bed when I get up everyday for a week

22.Learn to play basketball

23.Work out 3 times a week for a month

24.Keep apartment spotless for a week

25.Do my Visiting Teaching every month

26.Go to General Conference in Utah again

27.Donate blood

28.Take pictures in a photo booth with Martin

29.Learn how to snow board

30.Read Stand for Something by Gordon B. Hinckley

31. Wear Skirts everyday for a week

32.Go to the Ice Caves

33.Go to the Sand Dunes

34.Go horse back riding

35.Ride a dirt bike or 4-wheeler

36.Write a letter to someone once a month

37.Make/Hand sew a new skirt

38.Go to a BYU-I Football game

39.Get over being shy

40.Make a comment in Relief Society once a month

41. Hike up R mountain

42.Go to the cheap theatre at least 3 times a semester

43.Work on family history once a month

44.Run a race

45.Send Christmas cards on time

46.Spoil myself for my birthday

47.Make dinner for friends once a semester

48.Send more video texts to my mom

49.Send flowers to a friend just because

50.Become more flexbile

51. Learn how to french braid hair

52.Figure out the "best" way to wear my make up

53.Wear my glasses more

54.Take more pictures to document our lives

55.Learn how to dance hip hop

56.Build a snowman outside of our apartment

57.Try curlers in my hair to see if it makes it wavy

58.Be more understanding

59.Give Martin back rubs more often

60.Participate in a service project once a semester

61. Make another 101 list before this one is done

62.Go 1 whole day without tv or internet - DONE (3 days)

63.Make a blanket - DONE (baby blanket)

64.Get Pregnant - DONE

65.Babysit for someone in my ward- DONE

66.Take a fitness class -DONE Abs that rock! And Yoga!

67.Give up all chocolate for a week-DONE

68.Actually put away the dishes when they finish (at least 1 time) -DONE

69.Buy children's books -DONE

70.Memorize The Family: A Proclamation To The World -DONE

71. Write on our blog more -DONE

72.Stay in my p.j's all day 1 Saturday -DONE

73.Make tiles with sayings on them -DONE

74.Figure out how to do our taxes -DONE

75.Go one whole day without making silly faces-DONE

76.Grow my hair REALLY long -DONE

77.Shake Hands with a  General Authority -DONE

78.Donate my hair to locks of love -DONE

79.Vacuum once a week for a month -DONE

80.Buy a CTR ring for my pinky finger   -DONE

81. Kidnap Wallace (neighbors pumpkin)   -DONE

82.Write a letter for Julianna and mail it -DONE

83.Go to the hot springs -DONE

84.Get Christmas pictures taken and card sent out -DONE

85.Make a new recipe once a week for a month  -DONE

86.Volunteer with individuals that have special needs  -DONE

87.Build food storage that will last one full month -DONE

88.Try a new hair style -DONE

89.Get Straight A's this semester (fall 2008)  -DONE

90.Make a video to put on our blog  -DONE

91. See someone famous  -DONE

92.Go to Las Vegas -DONE

93.Wear my hair down for a whole day - DONE

94.Make at least 1 new friend each semseter   - DONE

95.Do something for a sister in my ward each semester  - DONE

96.Leave a nice note on a random persons car - DONE

97.Teach in a preschool - DONE (on campus)

98.Get certified in CPR - DONE

99.Pass Math class - DONE

100.              Go home for Christmas every year - DONE

101.               Learn how to crochet - DONE

Now that you have seen my "dreams" for the next few months...

What do you want to do in the next 1001 days? 

Make a list on your blog and then send me your blog link so I can check out your list. 

In the beginning there were....

DREAMS!!

I am a big "dreamer". I tend to think "oh, hey, I could do that." or "I would be good at that" or "wow, that looks like fun, I'm going to do it". Usually my hubby will bring me back to reality very quickly by saying, "Trish, are you really going to do this, or are you just wanting to?" And when he tells me this...I think, "Dream on Momma". Lately I have come to the realization that WANTING  and DOING are two COMPLETELY different things! Took me long enough to figure that out huh!? Well, I am now trying the DOING part by starting a blog of just my thoughts instead of combining it with my family blog.

Soooo...here I go.