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Panders – A new year

Girl — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:59:31 +0000

I don’t actually have much too write. I think I’m the only one still doing this…. and that’s okay, I’m just gonna keep going! I still have a lot to do and very little time to do it in. I know I won’t finish the list this year, but I will finish the year trying. I haven’t completed any goals since my last post…. but I continue to work on several of them. The most fun is learning about wine, the rest are a little more work. 2011 is going to keep me busy, between this list, life and another move I will be challenged. Good luck to any of you that are still working on the list, even a little bit counts! Love to you as always.

Panders – Update September

Girl — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:55:15 +0000

Okay so obviously it’s been awhile once again, but tomorrow is my birthday and that seems to be a good time to take stock of life. Things haven’t changed too much on my list but I’ve accomplished a few more and have gotten a little closer on others. Below is an update on some of the most recent stuff.

Goal #16 Start swimming again. We joined the YMCA. It’s that simple. I go several times a week now. Done.

Goal #23 See something in 11 states I’ve never been to before. This is a tall order but we’ve seen stuff in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and I even went some place in Washington I hadn’t seen before on my last visit. So that’s 4 of 11!

Goal #29 Kayak to Bear Island. The plan was to out to the island and walk on it. But it was only about two miles away. Instead, I kayaked passed it and continued on in the local area for a total of 10 miles. I figure that counts even if I didn’t walk on Bear Island (which I have done in the past).

Goal #31 Learn more about wine – go wine tasting. I went wine tasting a second time with Ric in August at a local Missouri winery. I still need to learn more about wine before I feel comfortable crossing this off.

Goal #34 Visit and explore at least 11 areas in Kansas/Missouri. It used to be 3 places, I’ve changed it to 11. 3 was way to easy. So far we have explored Weston, St. Joseph, Platte City, Leavenworth.

Goal #36 Visit Bob and Andrea in Arkansas. We went once and will probably go a couple of more times before we move!

Goal #51 Do something big to help my dad. This is complicated and may never happen the way I imagine it should. It will stay on my list in gray, but not crossed off…. meaning that it’s complicated.

Goal #62 & #63 Save up a monetary cushion and start a savings account for our Anniversary Party. Okay so we’ve started saving for both things, but it will take a LONG time before we are where we want to be. But the mere act of it happening automatically is really what needed to be happening, and that has been accomplished. Done and done.

Goal #91 Reconnect with a friend from the past. Okay so this is one of those things that didn’t go as planned. I had a couple of people in mind, and I couldn’t find them. But through Facebook, I’ve been in touch with several people I haven’t talked to in years… so I figured that counted.

Goal #97 Finish my quarter collection – done (And I started the new quarters collection!)

Goal #98 Go on a picnic with Ric & Ella – done

More updates to come in the future. Hugs, love and good luck to everyone

Panders – It’s Been Too Long

Girl — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:15:11 +0000

So 55 days from now is the half way point to our little project, so I’m taking stock. I want to feel good about where I am at half-way though this project, and right now, I’ve only accomplished 15 of 111 goals.

Of course several are part way through, and some might not happen for a little while longer, I’m keeping that all in mind. I’m also keeping in mind that some of the goals I’ve accomplished took awhile (11 postcards, 5 letters, book reading, visiting people, etc.), and some took awhile to save up the money for (computer and software), and then accomplishing one of the goals (little Miss Ella-Bell) kind of took me away from and continues to keep me from accomplishing the more physical related goals (healing issues-not the baby itself), as well as some of the by-myself goals. So keeping this in mind I’ve decided not to beat myself up too much and refocus.

The first thing I’ve done, is make a list of things to do daily to work towards meeting the goals. The second thing is I’ve updated my list. I’ve had several realizations while reviewing my list. I realized that some of the things that were important when we started aren’t as important as I thought they were. I realized that with a baby in the picture and a move to Kansas for one year and then another move after that, some of my goals are truly out of reach. Partially because I don’t see us doing some of those things with a small baby (like going to Disneyworld and maybe even New York), but largely because several of my goals require a great deal of money that we won’t be able to come up with before the end of this. Honestly, I didn’t change as many of my pricey goals as I probably should have, but I figure we can reevaluate as time moves on. So below are highlights of things I’ve accomplished since my last update, and below that are things I’ve changed.

Goals Completed:
Goal #27 I visited Laura in DC and Christa at the cabin

Goal #46 I wrote 5 letters of appreciation for customer service rendered, and I continue to do it. I think I’ve written 7 letters so far!

Goal #56 I had a baby, probably the most fulfilling goal on my list

Goal #59 I actually painted the sunroom. It’s done for now as we are short the funds to furnish it. For sometime it will just be our exercise room

Goal #84 I carved three super sweet pumpkins last halloween

Goal #85 I became a resident of NC this year. I have a house here, a car registered here, a drivers license here and I’m registered to vote here…. goodbye California

Goals Changed:
Goal #14, 55, 39 I’ve changed several of the goals that required I do something at least once a month, to read differently. I haven’t gotten around to doing each of these things each month, so I decided to instead assign a number of times to do each thing.

Goal #15 Starting a martial arts program is going to be tricky with all of the moving around, and costly too. So I rewrote the goal so that i just get involved with some sort of organized sporting or exercise program. I think it’s probably more realistic and more in step with what I’m trying to accomplish.

Goal #71 After a little consideration, I realized contact juggling while fun is not as high a priority to me as learning to use my camera better.

Goal #87 I was going hand write one letter per month. But I’m realizing that that goal isn’t as important as being in touch. So I’ve given myself the room to type letters as well, as long as I’m reaching out above and beyond my normal e-mails it counts.

In the future I may reevaluate goals 66 and 70. I’m not sure about both, maybe one or the other, but probably not both. As always my goals in red are goals I’d like to achieve by the years end and the blue are in-progress.

Until next time….

Admin – Where have we been

Girl — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:10:57 +0000

It’s been a long time since anyone posted…. and the question is are you still working on and thinking about your lists? In 55 days we will be half way through. How are you doing?

Panders – Things Change

Girl — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:50:48 +0000

I think I thought naively that I would be posting to the blog a lot more. But, life being what it is and changing like it will, it isn’t happening. So, one of the first things to change was that particular expectation. Now, I figure at least once a quarter, is reasonable so I’m checking in again for the quarter. The second thing to change was my life – we are moving, and the third thing to change was the list. It hasn’t changed a lot, but I realized there were a couple of goals that required me to be here for an extended period of time and since that’s not happening, they have changed. There was one goal that just changed to be more realistic. There are a couple of NC goals I am leaving on the list because I believe they can be achieved before I go. And there is even one space on the list I left for a new goal that has yet to be picked. Below is a summary of the things that have changed, the latest things I’ve crossed off of my list, and some commentary on some of the stuff in progress.

The three goals below are NC related goals that I believe can be accomplished before we move, wish me luck!
Goal # 29. Kayak to Bear Island and back
Goal # 37. Dunk my whole body in the Atlantic Ocean
Goal # 33. See 2 other things in NC that I haven’t seen before and aren’t already on this list

Changes:
Goal # 14. Try at least one vegetable I dislike or one food I have never tried before each month
Goal 14 used to be try one vegetable I hate each month, but I figured it didn’t open me up enough to new things in general, so now I have to try either a food I dislike or a new food. I think that is a more productive goal.

Goal #34. Visit and explore at least 4 other cities in the south other than Albany
Goal 34 has been change to reflect a change in location, and hopefully will encourage us to travel to some of the surrounding areas. Albany has it’s drawbacks, but we are a heck of a lot closer now to some really cool stuff in the south.

Goal # 59. Paint and finish the sun room
Goal 59 is grayed out not crossed out. Because while I did recently paint the room, we will not be decorating or settling into it since we are moving.

Straight-up finished
Goal # 47. Finish switching all of the light bulbs in the house (14/14)
Goal # 89. Send 11 postcards from Post Crossing (11/11)
Goal # 57. Make a maintenance schedule for the house
Goal # 61. Make a solid plan for the back yard & start with fence (we haven’t made a solid plan yet – but the fence is being built and that is the biggest part of all, again the plan isn’t as important not that we are moving)
In Progress
Goal # 70. Learn to play one song on the guitar without looking at what my hands are doing (take guitar lessons)
I’m taking guitar lessons from a good teacher, of course. I’m not good at all, and I can’t play one whole song yet with, let alone without looking. But my fingers are getting better at moving around the guitar and while I know for a down right fact that I suck, I suck a lot less than I did 3 months ago.

Goal # 105. Start my own business
This is going okay, I have my license and a couple of clients. But since we are moving I’m losing a little bit of the progress. I was bummed at first, but as everyone points out, the purpose of it was so that it would travel with us. I just wasn’t expecting to have to start over the day I got my license in the mail. What can I say, I’m a slow mover. But in anticipation I’ve contacted the correct Georgia authorities to figure out what I need to do to get re-licensed down there, so things should be faster going next time around.

The next time I post on the blog will probably be July-ish after we move, that is provided nothing huge worth posting comes up. I hope the next time I check into to have knocked off at LEAST four more goals from the list. Try and hold me to it.

Love you girls,
Panders

Mo – How’s a girl to get her groove back?

Girl — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:11:28 +0000

So…In my site absence, I have been keeping up with my list…or I was…until I wasn’t. And then there was nothing. ”Nothing” has been for a few weeks.

BUT I’M BREAKING THE CYCLE!!!

I’ve updated my page on the site to coincide with the list I keep on my computer…have made some progress, not a lot, but some. Baby steps. :-)

Am resolved to get my passion renewed for the project. Going to get my groove back…

Miss you girls. Hope all is well with each of you…there is so much silence these days, isn’t there?!?!? WTFO?

Panders – Getting my head in the game

Girl — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:08:09 +0000

I don’t ever remember a year being so hard to get into. I’m excited by what 2009 may have to offer, but I think I’m intimidated too. The new business, Ric coming home, and then trying for the pregnant thing again….yep sounds a little intimidating to me. Obviously Ric coming home is a great thing, it’s not the coming home that sucks, but the inevitable adjustment period that eventually follows. I really do get used to being alone. Anyway, I guess I’m easing my way into this year, I hope to be fully organized, scheduled and charging ahead by Friday of this week. I’ve given myself until that date to have my ducks in a row. As for the list over the holidays… there wasn’t much activity. But two things were accomplished (one of which I totally forgot was on my list):

Goal #31. Learn more about wine – go wine tasting

Goal #80. Find a really great pair of sunglasses for my wonky head

I went wine tasting with Critter AND I got some shiny new sunglasses- which I totally forgot was on my list! So that’s two things! Or at least one and a half. I say half because the wine tasting was half a goal, I still need to learn some more about wine. But that will come in time too.

That’s it for now, I will check in this weekend and tell you if I’m all up and running.

Love you girls ~ A

Admin – Welcome to the new year and apparently the new blog

Girl — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:14:37 +0000

The holidays are officially behind us, and a new year is upon us. So I thought it time to start posting again and start thinking about the lists. Much to my surprise, when I logged in- EVERYTHING was different. I know everyone was just getting the hang of how to use the blog, and now apparently they’ve gone an upgraded. Really it just takes a little poking around to figure out how things work, but for Critty and Mo here are the two quick and dirty things you need to know.

If you want to Post/write an entry to the front page of the blog, go to the TAB on the LEFT side of the dashboard called POSTS. Then scroll down to ADD NEW. Alternately, you can write a post from the front page of the dashboard now. When you sign in you will see the composition box in the upper right part of the screen, it’s called QuickPress. It is quick, however if you type your entry in that box, you don’t have the choice of changing colors, fonts, etc.

If you want to Edit your 111 List, got to the TAB on the LEFT side of the dashboard called PAGES, then scroll down and click on EDIT. You will be taken to a new page where you just click on the link to your list and edit from there.

Once you figure those two things out, poke around see how everything works. If you have any questions, I know you know how to find me- or JB for that matter, she is a whiz at this stuff. Also, I finally updated the About section.

Happy Blogging in the New Year!

JB-New Recipe

Girl — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:19:08 +0000

So in the spirit of “The List” and my stomach, I tried two new recipes from coworkers. One was a lemon curd cake…made from lemons on my very own Dwarf Meyer Lemon Tree!!!! How much more domestic goddess do you get than that? The other was a killer pork roast that was UBER YUMMY. I will share the recipe as this is one that is going into my “by memory recipe”

Slow Cooker Pork Roast with Cranberries

Ingredients:

1 (2-1/2 lb) boneless pork shoulder roast

1 cup sweetened dried cranberries

2 cup chicken broth

1/2 cup cranberry juice cocktail

1/2 tsp. salt

1/8 tsp. pepper

2 Tbsp. cornstarch

Preparation:

Trim fat from pork shoulder roast. Place in 3.5-4 qt slow cooker. In a bowl, combine cranberries, broth, 1/4 cup of cranberry juice, and salt and pepper and mix well. Pour mixture over roast. Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours.

When done, remover roast and place on platter and cover with foil. Pour juices into sauce pan. In a small bowl, combine remaining 1/4 cup cranberry juice and cornstarch and mix well. Add mixture to juices and cook and stir until thickened and bubbly, about 3 minutes. Serve with pork roast. 6 servings

We ate this with mashed potatoes and a veggie. YUMM-O

Panders – An unexciting update

Girl — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:50:26 +0000

Well it turns out the ultimate way to stay in contact with a lot of people, even people you don’t really know, is through Facebook. It has sucked me in, as you all know, but I have decided it’s no excuse to stop blog communication. I am still working on the list, and I must continue to update, I must be vigilant!

My dad is in town so that has slowed some of my progress down, as have the preparations for the holidays. However, starting tomorrow, I’m going to try and start to stay on a better schedule. Just something that will allow for the few things I do daily that are on my list.

While I haven’t made any huge strides, I have continued to take some little steps. Shortly before my dad arrived, I actually started a scrapbook/journal of the 111 List, a place where all the notes and pictures have a home. I’m pleased with the way it is coming together. Before all of my notes, pictures, and logs, were floating around my desk and now they are all a little more organized, which makes me so very happy. I have continued on with a couple of other goals as well. I have hand written a couple of letters, and I continue to send Postcards through Postcrossing. I think I’m up to 4 now. I have received some really cool cards too. They have come from Finland, Germany, Ukraine, and Korea!

That’s all I have for now girls. I hope to have made more progress, and have more good things to report in the weeks to come. I hope you are still working on the list. Love to you all. ~A