My 101 List

My 1001 Day Project ends on Friday, October 1, 2010 in .

  • Cooking
  • Catalog all my stray recipes
  • Grow an herb garden
  • Grow an organic garden in a pot
  • Learn to cook fish
  • Learn to cook flan
  • Learn to cook my dad's garlic chicken
  • Learn to cook pastelles
  • Learn to cook piononos
  • Declutter
  • Clean my desk 1x month (3/36)
  • Clean out garage
  • Photograph and post at least 10 ebay or craigslist items for destashing 1x month (1/34)
  • Photograph and post at least 10 supply items for destashing 1x month (2/34)
  • Scan and shred all household documents
  • Financial
  • Create a budget
  • Establish a $1000 emergency fund
  • Inventory household items for insurance purposes
  • Pay off all credit cards
  • Health
  • Exercise 3x week (0/143)
  • Get hair trimmed 3x year (1/9)
  • Get a real hairstyle…and not just a trim
  • Kickbox 1x week (0/143)
  • Lose 80 pounds
  • Plan my meals out and shop for them 1x week (1/143)
  • Start mountain biking again
  • Start rollerblading again
  • Test for brown belt
  • Visit dentist 2x year (1/6)
  • Household
  • Buy/make non-disposable shopping bags
  • Finish our living room curtains
  • Fold laundry 1x week (0/143)
  • Landscape yard 2x year (0/6)
  • Paint our bedroom
  • Setup memory board/mirror display in living room
  • Vaccuum house 1x week (0/143)
  • Wax truck 2x year (0/6)
  • Jewelry
  • Apply to 5 high end shows 1x year (1/15)
  • Buy a tumbler and shot
  • Learn Chinese knotting
  • Learn silver wire fusing
  • Redesign website
  • Submit website for write up to 4 blogs 1x month (3/34)
  • Write a blog post 1x week for A Pretty Rock
  • Knowledge
  • Learn to type Spanish language characters on keyboard
  • Read 3 books in Spanish (0/3)
  • Read Boriquas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings -- An Anthology
  • Refresh my Arabic language knowledge
  • Loving my dog
  • Brush Snickers 1x week (0/143)
  • Take Snickers for walk around block 5x week (0/143)
  • Personal
  • Create a family tree book
  • Create an "in event of our deaths" list for both our moms
  • Help our mom's fill out their own lists (0/2)
  • Give blood (hate needles)
  • Have a baby (again...hate needles...and pain)
  • Keep a daily one-sentence journal for a year (3/365)
  • Take my mom to see The Nutcracker
  • Recreational
  • Attend a USPS dead letter auction
  • Create website for my WoW guild
  • Create wedding scrapbook (been 9 years…about time!)
  • Finish baby blanket cross-stitch (started for my godson who is now 2)
  • Go hiking in the Appalachians (I live so close!)
  • Go horseback riding
  • Learn how to handbind a book
  • Learn to alter/customize clothing for myself
  • Learn to rock climb
  • Learn to snowboard
  • Participate in project 365
  • Purchase a dSLR
  • Read all the Chronicles of Narnia books
  • Read my lapsed comic book series
  • Start a cooking blog with a friend
  • Visit a corn maze
  • Wear a costume to DragonCon
  • Relationships
  • Buy/make everyone's Christmas gifts before November each year
  • Host get-together 3x year (1/9)
  • Keep track of birthdays and anniversaries (and addresses) and send a card on each one.
  • Write thank you notes every time I receive a gift
  • Spiritual
  • Go on a missions trip
  • Memorize a bible verse 1x month (1/34)
  • Read bible 5x week (2/143)
  • Travel
  • Go back home to Puerto Rico with husband
  • Take Jason to La Palguera
  • Visit St. Thomas/Virgin Islands
  • Visit New York
  • Go to the top of the Empire State Building
  • Go to the top of the Statue of Liberty
  • See a musical on Broadway
  • Visit Europe
  • Visit Las Vegas
  • Take a weekend getaway with my husband 1x year (0/3)
  • Work
  • Back up my computers 1x week (0/143)
  • Create a program to serve a useful purpose for others
  • Grow my business so my husband can stay home and work with me
  • Join a networking group
  • Learn a new programming language 1x year (0/3)
  • Learn to expertly analyze web traffic tracking results
  • Organize files on computers (0/3)
  • Read a technical book 4x year (0/12)
  • Setup landing pages for all my registered domain names
  • Update paperwork for taxes 4x year (0/12)
  • Write a blog post 1x week for Turtletopia (2/143)
  • Write a blog post 1x week for YazminMedia (1/143)
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Etsy Blogger's August Featured Blogger: TulipsTeasureBox · Sep 3

Each month, the Etsy Blogger’s Street Team promotes one of its members as the featured blogger of the month. Last month’s featured blogger was TulipsTreasureBox…

One of the things I find sad about jewelry is that many buyers never quite understand the value of the item they are holding in their hands. The materials are only one aspect of the piece. Time and skill usually get discounted.

Once you move past the sticker shock to enjoy an intricately beaded piece of jewelry, you’ll discover pieces like the ones found in Lily’s shop:



Sahara OOAK Necklace
Sahara OOAK Necklace – $145

Silver Snow Bracelet HEARTS Peyote Cuff
Silver Snow Bracelet HEARTS Peyote Cuff – $40

Silver Heart Necklace
Silver Heart Necklace – $40

In person, the pieces can be nothing but beautiful.

See more of her work on Etsy: TulipsTeasureBox
See her other shop on Etsy: Octahedron Jewelry
Visit her blog at: Tulips Teasure Box

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Etsy Blogger's Carnival: The Best Tool Ever · Aug 15

Inquiring minds want to know…that is, the Etsyblogger’s street team wants to know for this month’s blog roll…what is my favorite tool? Well here it is:

Day 226.366 Because it's the best tool ever...

A simple dowel, you say? Why, yes…it is! It slices and dices and…oh wait, wrong tool…

As you can see, I’ve customized the dowel with plenty of little sharpie marks to help me create different types of earwires. In addition (although not seen in this picture), the dowel has a hole drilled from one side to the other for wire anchoring purposes. While my dowel is simple, it has helped me create wonderfully fantastic pieces like these:

Cognac - Alternate View 
Teardrops - Rutilated Quartz & Hessonite Compass
Midnight Cascades La Dolce Vita - 18" layering

I couldn’t have made any of them nearly as beautiful without my dowel. I can’t be the only dowel lover here…or is your favorite tool quite different?

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Etsy Blogger's 1st Anniversary Sale · Aug 12

I know it’s been a while since I’ve last blogged. Who knew that having your husband home with a back injury would upset a schedule so much? ;) Regardless, I’m back! And I have plenty of news for you!


Our super fab Etsyblogger’s street team is turning 1 on August 13th!!

To celebrate our 1st Anniversary of bloggy goodness, the EtsyBloggers street team is having a 5 day sale!!

Starting this Wednesday Aug 13 (that’s tomorrow!!) until Sunday the 17th you will find lots of items on sale in the various shops ranging from free shipping to 10% off to 25% off!

My two Etsy shops will have the following sales available:

http://aprettyrock.etsy.com
Handcrafted Limited Edition Jewelry
But One, Get One 1/2 half off (of equal or lesser value – no custom items, please)

http://rockstash.etsy.com
Gemstones, beads and more!
Free Shipping on orders over $20 (hold off sending payment and I will invoice with correct amount due)

You’ll have to see individual team member shops for their sale details. Bright and early Wednesday morning there will be a list of participating shops posted here: http://etsybloggers.etsy.com

In the meantime, you can find the beautiful items from our team members here in our team shop’s favorites and also here.

To promote the sale, the team is snatching up treasuries left and right! Here’s one of the latest with my Flora – Winter Bloom – Biwa Pearls and Mother of Pearl Carved Flower necklace listed:

Etsy Treasury featuring A Pretty Rock Jewelry

The treasury will be visible until Thursday at 12:12am. After that, you can view it here.

As you can see, it’s not the best photo of my necklace, so I took the liberty to reshoot the beauty:

Day 223.366 Because a reshoot was necessary... 

I definitely like these snapshots better, but sadly the treasury doesn’t update with new photos once it is made. Oh well.

So, don’t forget! The sale starts tomorrow…make it a point to visit all these fantastic shops…and their blogs, too! You might find something that you love to read.

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Etsy Blogger's June Featured Blogger: AliciaMae · Jun 26

Each month, the Etsy Blogger’s Street Team promotes one of its members as the featured blogger of the month. This month’s featured blogger is AliciaMae…

This is where I normally write a snappy little introduction to the featured artist and then introduce a piece of theirs on my blog. However, photography always speaks better for itself:


New York City Radio City Music Hall at Christmas - Original Digital Photograph
New York City Radio City Music Hall
at Christmas – Original Digital Photograph – $5

4x6 Brooklyn Bridge in antiqued sepia
4×6 Brooklyn Bridge in antiqued sepia – sold

Outer Banks North Carolina Lighthouse 5x7 matte finish
Outer Banks North Carolina Lighthouse 5×7 matte finish – $5

Definitely great additions to any photography collection. Make sure you visit her shop.

See more of her work on Etsy: AliciaMaePrints
See her other shops on Etsy: Eclectic Design Gifts and Random Supplies
Visit her blog at: Crafts and cooking as I know it

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Etsy Blogger's Carnival: The Pieces I've Loved · Jun 19

Psst. Come closer. Let me tell you a secret…so, I make all this jewelry, but guess what? I’m really not that girlie! I have a pair of gold-filled hoops I made that get worn all the time and that is about it. I find that awfully funny, don’t you?

While I love all my pieces, this trait of mine really helps me to not keep everything I make. This is a good thing since I know I wouldn’t wear them on a regular basis.

As it turns out, one of this week’s EtsyBlogger’s Street Team blog carnival topic is “Loving the Craft”. So, I’m going to show you a few pieces that I have kept because I absolutely loved them and some that I would have kept if I had some place to wear them:


Day 166.366 Because moonstone is June's birthstone...

These I just made for a friend for her birthday. If I had more moonstone coins, I totally would have kept this pair.


Day 115.366 Because inspiration doesn't always end as you'd expect...

These sat on my desk for months before I could make myself post them in the shop. As you can see, they went quickly.


Fresh Cut - Quartz and Peridot

These earrings are so springy and I wear so much green. I kept pulling them out of storage and almost claiming them for myself. But as you can see they are still available in the shop!



This is such a great summer necklace that goes with so many things. Maybe I should make another one for the shop.


Christmas Present for my MIL

These almost never made it to my mother in law’s for Christmas. I should probably make my own pair now as I still love them so.


Mine...all mine!

These I kept. Mine…all mine!



Yet another necklace I absolutely adored. The original one sold, but there is another one still available!


Earrings - Circle Drops - Filigree Heart

Finally, another wardrobe staple that I totally forgot about. My personal pair is now a lovely shade of black from all the oxidization. With a quick polish, they always look beautiful. Of course, if you’d like your own pair, these are also still available in the shop while my supplies last.

How about you? What pieces could you almost not part with and what have you kept for yourself?

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Etsy Blogger's May Featured Blogger: Cozy · May 29

Each month, the Etsy Blogger’s Street Team promotes one of its members as the featured blogger of the month. This month’s featured blogger is Cozy...

If you remember from before, one of the things I don’t have much of an interest in creating myself are needle arts. (Aside from cross-stitching, that is, and I haven’t even touched a cross-stitch in who knows how long.) The end result of knitting and crochet always seems so far away. For me, it lacks the immediate satisfaction I get from seeing a jewelry piece come together in a much quicker span of time.

This is one of the reason I so enjoy other people’s needle work. The time and patience to delay the gratification is a feat in and of itself. Kathy of Cozy is one of those people with the patience of a saint. Having worked with various needle mediums throughout her life, her interest has always come back to knitting, crochet and sewing work. They are the love of her crafty life.

Maintaining a shop on Etsy, you can find headbands, scarves, bandanas and kitchen cloths in her store. My favorite in her shop is definitely this headband:


Simply Black and White Headband – $6

At that price, it’s definitely a steal. Go get it and don’t miss out!

See more of her work on Etsy: Cozy
Visit her blog at: A Cozy Life

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Etsy Bloggers Carnival: Etsy Purchases · Aug 6

Helping my friend Garrett move out of his condo this weekend made for a long two days away from the computer. So yesterday evening, I looked forward to catching up with all the Etsy Bloggers Street Team carnival posts on the goodies they have gotten from other Etsy sellers:


Susan of cserpentDesigns writes about her latest Etsy purchase of ceramic and silver plated disks. Colorful!

Karen talks about the best smelling package she’s ever received in Goodies from Gudonya! posted at faded willow.

Alicia Mae tells us what she’s going to do with New things from new supplies posted at Aliciamae’s Xanga.

Jodi lists 3 recent purchases for her daughter, in-laws and herself (including this fabulous metalworked cross on the left) in Look what I bought!!! posted at HHQ.

LazyTcrochet presents her window decal goodies in Knitting Nerd posted at LazyTcrochet.

Sadie Lou Who shows off her banner in What Was Your last Purchase From Etsy? posted at Craftily Ever After.

Nicole Isaacs gushes about her new sleep mask with bunnies and clouds in My Latest Etsy Purchase posted at Filed Fingers.

Jen (bfbeads) of Baby Friendly Beads presents More Etsy Love posted at Mama’s Magic.

Sue Wickham shows us the birdie cards she purchased at My First Etsy Bloggers Street Team Carnival posted at The Lily Pepper Blog.

Jessica went to town shopping on Etsy! Check out her finds at to the right and at My Etsy Purchases posted at AllSweet.

joeyandaleethea presents My husband is an Octopus posted at J o e y & A l e e t h e a. ‘Nuff said!

The Last Thing I Bought From Another Etsian by Terri is full of fairies at Impybat~Groovy Vinyl: An Eclectic Mix Of Jewelry And Art.

Mrs Dragon longingly waits for her custom order in A Little of This, A Little of That posted at Mrs. Dragon’s Wares.

This week, Confections features a collage of Parisian images and handpainted bobbins and spools posted in Handpainted Bobbins and Spools with Silk Ribbons posted at Cheryl Schweitzer.

Judy presents What I just couldn’t live without – handmade by Shoozles posted at Artsy Clay.

And of course, don’t forget to check out my post yesterday called Leashes, collars and bags…oh my! You’ll get to see my dog do a trick!

Make sure to check out next week’s theme of a “Carnival of Colors!” that will be posted at Bead Jewelry by ShopGirl. I already have tons of ideas floating in my head!

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