101 in 1001 - a redo

Well, MANY things have happened to me during the time I was supposed to be checking off items on my 101 in 1001 list. So I have redone it. I gave myself a new time limit. Since some of the items I have checked off were in 2008, I am starting back at January 10th, 2008. Below is my "new" list.

My start date is 1-10-2008 at 12:00:00 AM.
My goal date is 1-16-2011 at 12:00:00 AM.

1> WatchAmerican Film Institutes 100 Greatest Movies (17/100)
2> Read 10 chapters of the Bible.
3> Read 1/2 of Shakespeare's complete works.
4> Read Twilight Saga (done 9-1-08)
5> Put together scrapbooks of our wedding, the kitties, Fiona, and my family.
6> Work up to 100 push-ups.
7> Work up to 100 sit-ups.
8> Reach my goal weight of 140.
9> Have our own house. (done – closed 1-10-08!)
10> Have children/child.
11> Run a mile.
12> Color an entire coloring book.
13> Recite the Greek alphabet from memory.
14> Learn elementary Latin.
15> Learn elementary Gaelic.
16> Take a photography class.
17> Learn a new instrument.
18> Take my older niece out for girlie time once every 3 months.
19> Send a care package to a soldier.
20> Get a passport.
21> Contribute to savings every paycheck... indefinitely.
22> Submit an entry to PostSecret.
23> Go to RenFaire.
23> Go to Medieval Times.
24> See another musical. (done – Fiddler on the Roof 2008!)
25> Do something nice for a stranger.
26> Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity.
27> Help someone in need.
28> Grow a plant that actually blooms more than once. (done – Burgundy Dahlia 2008!)
29> Watch a sunrise and a sunset.
30> Learn 25 new meals and cook them all at least once for hubby. 1/25
31> Eat 20 new healthy things I have never tried before. Stick with five of them.
32> Work up to 40 minutes a day on my elliptical trainer.
33> Learn a new word every week and use it three times in everyday language.
34> Host a real get-together for my friends (not just a candle party). (done 2x!)
35> Learn how to use Photoshop.
36> Take a photo of myself once a week during the 1001 days.
37> Write a decent haiku.
38> Go to sleep on time or earlier for 1 month; track results.
39> Give up a junk food.
40> Entertain in a retirement home.
41> Stop swearing.
42> Read the list 25 banned books.
43> Finish my Sudoku book and the Sudokus in my Nintendo DS.
44> Backup my important files on my computer.
45> Find time to go camping with hubby. Go camping.
46> Create a property will and a living will.
47> Buy our burial plots.
48> Attend a poetry reading.
49> Pay off my car and finally own something. (done – March 2008!)
50> Really clean out my closet and donate everything I clean out to local battered women's shelter. (half done!)
51> Give 20 undiscovered bands a listening chance.
52> Grow a small herb garden; keep alive until I have harvested something I can use in the kitchen.
53> Have one of those western pics taken with hubby.
54> Take a picture of something different every day for a month, twice. Review.
55> Volunteer at an Animal Shelter with hubby.
56> Dress up as something horribly scary for Halloween.
57> Spend 10 minutes in silence each day for a month.
58> Read all books we currently own.
59> Adopt a rescued animal. (done, Fiona the doog – 3-26-08!)
60> Have a picnic 5 times with hubby.
61> Say yes to something I would normally reject.
62> Go to an IMAX theater and not get sick.
63> Drink only water for 3 months.
64> Have flowers delivered to my Mom for no reason.
65> Dig for fossils.
66> Drop money where only a child can get it.
67> Have my teeth whitened.
68> Put together my Disney puzzle.
69> Read/reread all 7 Harry Potter books.
70> Do something crafty that requires mosaic stone.
71> Make a blanket from my old marching band/college t-shirts.
72> Get certified in Adult & child CPR. (done – 2008!)
73> Buy a lottery ticket.
74> Watch 10 movies I don't want to watch.
75> Choose an affirmation and say it each day for a month, changing every month for 6 months. Continue if it makes me happy.
76> Stop twirling my hair with my right hand.
77> Read the 100 Best Novels.
78> Beat hubby at chess 5 times in a row.
79> See all of the IMDB's Top 250 Movies I haven’t seen yet (53/250).
80> Send 25 e-cards.
81> Send snail mail birthday cards to all of my family members.
82> Donate platelets 10 times.
83> Have BBQ at 10 new places (list to follow!)
84> See 'Shakespeare in the Park' in Cleveland Park.
85> Attend Main Street Jazz.
86> Learn how to play Flight of the Bumblebee on my piccolo.
87> Have professional photos taken with hubby.
88> Get my name fixed on my SS card.
89> Pay off Computer bill.
90> Pay off NordicTrack.
91> Increase 401k contributions by 2% every time I get a raise (constant).
92> Go to a play with hubby.
93> Complete Christmas shopping early every year. (0/3)
94> Watch all the DVDs we own.
95> Get together with BFF once every few months or so.
96> Attend Greenville Symphony performance.
97> Go without fast food for a month.
98> Clean out storage room.
99> Learn to recognize 10 constellations. (1/10)
100> Do my Mindleaders course at work for 30 minutes every week (starting in two weeks when it's available again).
101> Make a new list!

2008 #1

Happy New Year!

My first post of the new year. I missed Christmas here, but that's cool. I didn't miss it at home! Josh got me a Kitchenaid mixer (woohoo!), and I got him a PSP. I think I have played it more than he has, though!

We just got back from D's for New Year spaghetti. Yummy stuff, though I am about as full as I can be. I don't want to look at any other food for days.

I haven't decided if I want to have any resolutions. The only one I can think of at the moment is 'stop keeping stupid stuff.' As in duplicate items, junk, unnecessary bills, old clothes, etc. I think I am accumulating too much. Oh well, this is for another time.

After a very rough year for me, I have decided to not only go back on CRON, but to continue my 101 in 1001 list. These are two things that are important to me, and I have let them both go due to stress. I do have to review the 101 list to see if I have accidentally done any of it. That would be a nice oopsie.

Yeah... anyway... Happy New Year and all! I must get some things done tonight before bed, so I'm calling it early. Nighty.

Kiki News

Well, my bro's birthday was on Sunday the 23rd (OMG - the number 23!!! It's everywhere!!!). I got him apple butter, but he doesn't know it yet. Um, yeah, so bro - pretend you didn't read that part. I got it from a N.C. orchard on Sunday with D. We went to pick apples, but alas, no apples on the trees, so we bought them from their barn. Oh well. I still have many delicious apples in my kitchen now. Plus, we stopped by a fruit/veggie stand and bought peaches, potatoes, and tomatoes. I will go a long way for good fruit. ☺ (i just learned the smiley this week!)

I have added a blog widget capability to my blog today. See? Over on the left side? You will use it to turn me into a widget for your desktop. Yes, you will...

I am going back to my CRON commitment and my '101 in 1001' list. I had abandoned a lot of things after PaPa died, and I am making myself go back to just about everything. I have to re-examine my 101 list to see what I have done recently (probably not much since I'm just getting back up on my emotional feet). I've decided that I cannot abandon my goals and such. He wouldn't have wanted that. Some people say that to make themselves feel better, but I know it's true for all of us. He would have been almost embarrassed if he'd known how much attention he got after he died.

We are in the middle of filling out the necessary paperwork for home loan pre-approval. I am kind of nervous about it, actually. I am doing some serious finger-crossing. You should, too, because a KiKi with a house = happier KiKi.

Our Gatlinburg trip is coming up in about 5-6 weeks. Yay! I'm excited to go somewhere that is not here. I love Greenville, but sometimes you just have to get away.

That's it for now. ☺☺☺

Looks like someone has a case of the Mondays.

Well, maybe not, but it was a funny enough title.

Aww! I checked my site stats, like I do every once in awhile. I'm so excited that I actually am starting to have return visitors!

I'll update my 101 in 1001 stuff sometime tonight. Not much new to add except pictures & whatnot, which are right here!

Long overdue money in the piggy update: $16.42 (which is now extra $$ for Gatlinburg).




D and I stood in line Friday afternoon during lunch break to get a ticket for the Harry Potter midnight book release that night. For book 6, Josh and I were approximately #1300-something, maybe worse. This time, we were there at the beginning of the ticket-giving-out time, so we were #130! We took his parents out for dinner (late birthday present for his mom) and came home later to meet D, who went with us to Barnes & Noble at about 11PM.

We got there and were surrounded by 1500-2000 people (of course, mainly children). Actually, we couldn't have arrived at a better time. Ten minutes after we walked in, they started telling people where to stand. We were in the 3rd group, and 3 groups at a time got called, so that put us in the first combined group. We were only there until 12:30 this time (compared to 2:30ish for book 6 - horrid!!). I went home and read a chapter before I even went to bed. Ha! Now I'm at page 350 or so.

I also want to read a little before I go to bed, so I'm off. Night!

#79 - IMDBs top 250 movies

Here is a list of the movies I have watched so far. 53/250
I'll just keep updating this post when I watch something new.
Updated 7-16-07

The Godfather (1972)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Schindler's List (1993)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Star Wars (1977)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Memento (2000)
American Beauty (1999)
Se7en (1995)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Alien (1979)
The Shining (1980)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Aliens (1986)
Sin City (2005)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Jaws (1975)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Batman Begins (2005)
Braveheart (1995)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Back to the Future (1985)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Green Mile (1999)
Crash (2004/I)
Gladiator (2000)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Die Hard (1988)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Snatch. (2000)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
The Exorcist (1973)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Mystic River (2003)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Shrek (2001)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
The Lion King (1994)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)

#1/#36

So far, I have seen 16 of AFI's best 100 movies. They are as follows:
The Godfather
Gone with the Wind
The Wizard of Oz
Schindler's List
Star Wars
ET
The Godfather Part II
West Side Story
Jaws
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Sound of Music
Fantasia
The Silence of the Lambs
Forrest Gump
Rocky
Pulp Fiction

Next up is the creep-me-out "A Clockwork Orange" and Amadeus, the story of Mozart. I am thinking about getting a Netflix or Blockbuster online account. Then I can just have these titles automatically sent to me. LOL. This is going to be a fun task.

Oh, before I forget, here is my #36 for the day (a pic of myself everyday). It really helps if one grooms oneself before snapping said pic. However, I am being "real" and taking pictures on an as-is basis. So there.

101 in 1001

Here it is - my 101 things to accomplish in 1001 days list! This was actually an easy list to make. I thought it would take forever, but it really didn't. Here is the main page for other peoples' lists as well. 101 in 1001

My start date is 7-15-2007 at 1:07:00 AM.
My goal date is 4-11-2010 at 1:07:00 AM.



1> Watch American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movies. (17/100)
2> Read the entire Bible.
3> Read Shakespeare's complete works.
4> Light a candle every day for 100 days. (1/100)
5> Put together scrapbooks of our wedding, the kitties, and my family.
6> Work up to 100 pushups.
7> Work up to 100 situps.
8> Reach my goal weight of 140.
9> Have our own house.
10> Have children.
11> Run a mile.
12> Color an entire coloring book.
13> Recite the Greek alphabet from memory.
14> Learn elementary Latin.
15> Learn elementary Gaelic.
16> Take a photography class.
17> Learn a new instrument.
18> Take my older niece out for girlie time once every 3 months.
19> Send a care package to a soldier.
20> Get a passport.
21> Contribute to a savings account every paycheck... indefinitely.
22> Submit an entry to PostSecret.
23> Go to RenFaire.
23> Go to Medieval Times.
24> See another Broadway show.
25> Do something nice for a stranger.
26> Volunteer in Habitat for Humanity.
27> Help someone in need.
28> Grow a plant that actually blooms more than once.
29> Watch a sunrise and a sunset.
30> Learn 25 new meals and cook them all at least once for hubby.
31> Eat 20 new healthy things I have never tried before. Stick with five of them.
32> Work up to 40 minutes a day on my elliptical trainer.
33> Learn a new word every week and use it three times in everyday language.
34> Host a real get-together for my friends (not just a candle party).
35> Learn how to use Photoshop.
36> Take a photo of myself every day of the 1001 days.
37> Write a haiku.
38> Go to sleep on time or earlier for 1 month; track results.
39> Give up a junk food.
40> Entertain in a retirement home.
41> Stop swearing.
42> Read 10 banned books.
43> Finish my Sudoku book and the Sudokus in my Nintendo DS.
44> Backup my important files on my computer.
45> Find time to go camping with hubby. Go camping.
46> Create a property will and a living will.
47> Buy our burial plots.
48> Attend a poetry reading.
49> Pay off my car and finally own something.
50> Really clean out my closet and donate everything I clean out to local battered women's shelter.
51> Give 20 undiscovered bands a listening chance.
52> Grow a small herb garden; keep alive until I have harvested something I can use in the kitchen.
53> Have one of those western pics taken with hubby.
54> Take a picture of something different every day for a month, twice. Review.
55> Volunteer at an Animal Shelter with hubby.
56> Dress up as something horribly scary for Halloween.
57> Spend 10 minutes in silence each day for a month.
58> Read all books we currently own.
59> Foster a rescued animal.
60> Have a picnic 5 times with hubby.
61> Say yes to something I would normally reject.
62> Go to an IMAX theater and not get sick.
63> Drink only water for 3 months.
64> Have flowers delivered to my Mom for no reason.
65> Dig for fossils.
66> Drop money where only a child can get it.
67> Have my teeth whitened.
68> Put together my Disney puzzle.
69> Read/reread all 7 Harry Potter books.
70> Do something crafty that requires mosaic stone.
71> Make a blanket from my old marching band/college t-shirts.
72> Get certified in Adult & child CPR.
73> Buy a lottery ticket.
74> Watch 10 movies I don't want to watch.
75> Choose an affirmation and say it each day for a month, changing every month for 6 months. Continue if it makes me happy.
76> Stop twirling my hair with my right hand.
77> Read the 100 Best Novels.
78> Beat hubby at chess 5 times in a row.
79> See all of the IMDB's Top 250 movies I haven’t seen yet (53/250).
80> Send 25 e-cards.
81> Send snail mail birthday cards to all of my family members.
82> Donate platelets 15 times.
83> Have BBQ at 10 new places (list to follow!)
84> See 'Shakespeare in the Park' in Cleveland Park.
85> Attend Main Street Jazz next year.
86> Learn how to play Flight of the Bumblebee on my piccolo.
87> Have professional photos taken with hubby.
88> Get my name fixed on my SS card.
89> Attend a first time home buyer's class.
90> Pay off NordicTrack.
91> Increase 401k contributions by 2% every time I get a raise (constant).
92> Go to a play with hubby.
93> Complete Christmas shopping early every year. (0/3)
94> Watch all the DVDs we own.
95> Visit Crissa's grave once every few months and on Memorial Days.
96> Attend Greenville Symphony performance.
97> Go without fast food for a month.
98> Clean out storage room.
99> Learn to recognize 10 constellations. (1/10)
100> Do my Mindleaders course at work for 30 minutes every week (starting in two weeks when it's available again).
101> Make a new list!

At the end of my 101 things, I will donate $2 to an animal rescue charity for every completed task, $1 for each failed task, and start my new list of 101 things in 1,001 days! This will be re-posted with updates once a month.

Latest Dentist Trip

Y'all, I have to tell you about my latest trip to the dentist on 7-9.

As one who consistently reads my blog, you'll know that I have had a helluva time with fixing a dental issue that another dentist created. Therefore, you've read a lot about my dental history. This is just another tick-mark in that plane of my existence.

So, I go for a regular six month appointment, which I had to cancel once before since I didn't have any time off left at work. I'm finally in the chair, relaxing with the chair massager. I love this dentist. He makes it so comfortable for his patients. His philosophy is basically that I'm not paying him to make me uncomfortable.

Based on that theory and the fact that I have really temperature-sensitive teeth, I am able to use happy gas (nitrous oxide, if I remember correctly) during cleanings since the water is cold and I have to keep my mouth open so long. This time, though, I seriously hallucinated. I swear I thought I was somewhere else. All drug-high descriptives aside, let's just say I was happy on the happy gas. Then I felt sick. I don't know what was so different about that time than any other, but I came out of it and that was it for the gas. I was queasy for the rest of the day. At least I didn't have to go back to work; I was off for the day.

101 in 1001 update: I have finished my list, and will be starting it as soon as I post it and find a good countdown ticker. I really think it's doable. Yay - I'm excited!