My 101 List

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

• Main Goal
• Do something towards my goals every week (1/104)
• 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 out garage
• Declutter house
• 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
• Establish an exercise habit
• Get hair trimmed 3x year (1/9)
• Get a real hairstyle…and not just a trim
• Grow my Kickboxing skills
• 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 (2/6)
• Household
• Buy/make non-disposable shopping bags
• Finish our living room curtains
• Fold laundry 1x quarter (4/12)
• 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
• Buy a tumbler and shot
• Establish a blogging schedule for A Pretty Rock
• Learn Chinese knotting
• Learn silver wire fusing
• Pay off A Pretty Rock debt
• Redesign website
• Submit website for write up to 4 blogs 1x month (3/34)
• 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)
• Create a book from my Grateful 365 project
• 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
• Visit a corn maze
• Wear a costume to DragonCon
• Relationships
• Buy/make everyone's Christmas gifts before November each year (0/3)
• 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 (1/12)
• 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)

Blogging for Bliss Book Giveaway! · 01/08/2010

Short and sweet, but wanted to share – I somehow ran across this giveaway on bluebirdluxe for Tara Frey’s Blogging for Bliss book:

If you’re looking for a little inspiration this year, why not try and add this book to your arsenal? There’s only one book to win, so if you miss out, you can always pick up Tara’s Blogging for Bliss book on Amazon. Go comment now for your chance to win! That’s where I’m heading…

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Last Chance Christmas Sale! · 12/14/2009

Get your gifts while you can! The Last Chance Christmas Sale is finally here!

If you let me know if you are a newsletter subscriber or a Facebook Page Fan and you’ll also get an additional free gift with your order! Who doesn’t love stocking stuffers…especially when they’re free! So shop now!

Don’t forget…cutoff dates for my holiday shipping deadlines are coming soon! These are the last purchase dates that I can guarantee arrival before Christmas within the U.S.:

First Class Mail – December 18th
Priority Mail – December 18th
Express Mail – December 22nd

Make sure to plan ahead and place your orders early! And if you miss these dates, there are always gift certificates.

Finally, the winner of this month’s gift certificate has been announced. Check to see if it was you!

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December 2009 Newsletter Winner · 12/14/2009

Congratulations Monica D. (adjuntas1967@…)! You’ve won a $25 gift certificate to A Pretty Rock! Please contact me so I can forward you the gift certificate.

Interested in winning a gift certificate from A Pretty Rock? Sign up for the newsletter to be eligible to win!

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July 2009 Newsletter Winner · 07/27/2009

Congratulations Melanie (dmrainykaythe50s@…)! You've won a $25 gift certificate to A Pretty Rock!

Please contact me so I can forward you the gift certificate.

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We have a Happily Handmade Winner! · 06/08/2009

Check it out...if you haven't seen the list of winners for the Happily Handmade Giveaway, here it is:

Bonnie B. from Florida

Athena W. from Tennessee

Kristina K. from Maryland

Pat A. from New Jersey

Paulette D. from Missouri

Carrie R. from North Carolina

Heather S. from Washington

Jessica L. from Wisconsin

Karen W. from New York (She's the lucky winner from my list!)

Sandy D. from Arkansas

Steff L. from Iowa

Elisa D. from California

Julie B. from Kentucky

Regina D. from Texas

Sarah B. from Illinois

Sarah S. from Connecticut

Martha J. from Virginia

Quandra D. from Michigan

Joyce B. from Ohio

Mandy C. from Georgia

Aneesah S. from the United Kingdom

Mary Beth I. from North Carolina

Jennifer J. from Florida

Jessica M. from California

Terrye K. from Michigan

Congratulations to all the winners! Out of 14,000 entries, you gals hit the jackpot!

And if you haven't had a chance to check out the participating shops, make sure you stop by their shop page as some of the stores are still extending discount specials for visitors!

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