Red velvet cake for a July 4th cook out. The bow needs some work.
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About Me
- Nika
- I am a 30 something wife, daughter, sister and friend on a journey away from procrastination.
101 Things in 1001 Days
Key
Complete
In Process
Not Started
Entertainment
See a play on Broadway or a show in Vegas
Attend five cultural fesitivals and or events (3/5)
See three plays
Attend two concerts (2/2)
Visit High Museum
Attend opera performance
Attend a dance performance
Go to a comedy club
Complete 20 crosswords puzzles (7/20)
Visit additional local museum
Visit Atlanta Zoo
Attend a professional sporting event
See at least 20 films referenced in blacks in film anthology 12/20
See The Color Purple play
Attend social media based event
Visit Tennessee Aquarium
Attend an Atlanta Symphony performance
Do not watch Friends for one month
Watch Gone with the Wind, Sound of Music or Westside Story
Visit the America I am exhibit
Financial
Save $7000
Track my spending for two months
Open ING CD account
Complete 21 day financial fast
Save $500 in keep the change account (not included in $7K) Pay off credit cards-completed 3/6/09
Food & Health
Try 20 new recipes (20/20)
Keep daily food journal for one month
Take at least 15 brown bag lunches per month for 3 months (3 months completed)
Lose 30 pounds (15/30)
Track 10K steps per day for at least 150 days (117/150) as of 9/27/10
Do a wine tasting
Dine at 15 local restaurants (new to me) (15/15)
Work out 3 times per week for three months
Bake 5 recipes from Hershey’s cook book (2/5)
Be vegetarian for a week
Learn to make dressing
Take a yoga or Pilates class
Walk to top of Stone Mountain (not to count towards 10K daily steps)
Take vitamin or supplement for one month
Walk stairs at work at least 50 times (17/50)
Reduce sugar intake for one month
No fried food for one month
Take tennis lessons
Learn to swim
Involving Others
Attend a BAB get together
Cook and host a holiday meal
Send birthday cards to 20 people (12/20)
Send holiday greeting cards to 25 people
Hang out with sister one day a month (10/10)
Write personal notes to 15 people (5/15)
Just Because
Take a Wilton cake decorating courses (4/4)
Complete at least 10 projects in Marta Stewart Cupcake Book (6/10)
Plant flowers
Complete scrapbooks for mama
Decorate the house
Make photo books for siblings
Make photo book of wedding pictures
Scan copies of photo albums
Complete two shadow boxes from wedding
Miscellaneous
Organize office
Find a church home
Learn to change a tire
Learn to apply makeup
No social media for one weekend
TV for an entire weekend
Take public transportation to work 60 times (60/60)
Learn to remember people's names
Train Kincaid to walk on leash, stay & lay down
Obtain business license
Reading & Writing
Read the Bible from cover to cover
Finish reading Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies& Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films
Read Beloved by Toni Morrison
Maintain blog to follow my progress
Read The Miseducation of the Negro Read Souls of Black Folks Read book on investing
Read two non fiction books (1/2)
Rewards
Have a massage (after successful completion of workouts) Purchase designer handbag (after successful completion of 80 items from list)
Get hair cut in a style (after successful completion of weight loss)
Professional Development
Complete my M.A. program
Join 1 professional organization
Complete CC in Toastmasters (10/10)
Complete CL in Toastmasters (21/44) as of 7/20/10
Complete 3 get to knows
Attend 5 alumni meetings
Travel
Go on sister’s weekend
Apply for passport
Take trip out of country
Take a road trip with husband
Go to Essence Festival
Go to Mardi Gras in Mobile
Travel to new city
Go on cruise
Photo blog of 3 of the above trips (2/3)
Volunteerism
Join committee at new church
Collect toiletries for United Way Shoebox project
Join Citizens of GPC
Complete
In Process
Not Started
Entertainment
See a play on Broadway or a show in Vegas
Attend five cultural fesitivals and or events (3/5)
See three plays
Attend two concerts (2/2)
Visit High Museum
Attend opera performance
Attend a dance performance
Go to a comedy club
Complete 20 crosswords puzzles (7/20)
Visit additional local museum
Visit Atlanta Zoo
Attend a professional sporting event
See at least 20 films referenced in blacks in film anthology 12/20
See The Color Purple play
Attend social media based event
Visit Tennessee Aquarium
Attend an Atlanta Symphony performance
Do not watch Friends for one month
Watch Gone with the Wind, Sound of Music or Westside Story
Visit the America I am exhibit
Financial
Save $7000
Track my spending for two months
Open ING CD account
Complete 21 day financial fast
Save $500 in keep the change account (not included in $7K) Pay off credit cards-completed 3/6/09
Food & Health
Try 20 new recipes (20/20)
Keep daily food journal for one month
Take at least 15 brown bag lunches per month for 3 months (3 months completed)
Lose 30 pounds (15/30)
Track 10K steps per day for at least 150 days (117/150) as of 9/27/10
Do a wine tasting
Dine at 15 local restaurants (new to me) (15/15)
Work out 3 times per week for three months
Bake 5 recipes from Hershey’s cook book (2/5)
Be vegetarian for a week
Learn to make dressing
Take a yoga or Pilates class
Walk to top of Stone Mountain (not to count towards 10K daily steps)
Take vitamin or supplement for one month
Walk stairs at work at least 50 times (17/50)
Reduce sugar intake for one month
No fried food for one month
Take tennis lessons
Learn to swim
Involving Others
Attend a BAB get together
Cook and host a holiday meal
Send birthday cards to 20 people (12/20)
Send holiday greeting cards to 25 people
Hang out with sister one day a month (10/10)
Write personal notes to 15 people (5/15)
Just Because
Take a Wilton cake decorating courses (4/4)
Complete at least 10 projects in Marta Stewart Cupcake Book (6/10)
Plant flowers
Complete scrapbooks for mama
Decorate the house
Make photo books for siblings
Make photo book of wedding pictures
Scan copies of photo albums
Complete two shadow boxes from wedding
Miscellaneous
Organize office
Find a church home
Learn to change a tire
Learn to apply makeup
No social media for one weekend
TV for an entire weekend
Take public transportation to work 60 times (60/60)
Learn to remember people's names
Train Kincaid to walk on leash, stay & lay down
Obtain business license
Reading & Writing
Read the Bible from cover to cover
Finish reading Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies& Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films
Read Beloved by Toni Morrison
Maintain blog to follow my progress
Read The Miseducation of the Negro Read Souls of Black Folks Read book on investing
Read two non fiction books (1/2)
Rewards
Have a massage (after successful completion of workouts) Purchase designer handbag (after successful completion of 80 items from list)
Get hair cut in a style (after successful completion of weight loss)
Professional Development
Complete my M.A. program
Join 1 professional organization
Complete CC in Toastmasters (10/10)
Complete CL in Toastmasters (21/44) as of 7/20/10
Complete 3 get to knows
Attend 5 alumni meetings
Travel
Go on sister’s weekend
Apply for passport
Take trip out of country
Take a road trip with husband
Go to Essence Festival
Go to Mardi Gras in Mobile
Travel to new city
Go on cruise
Photo blog of 3 of the above trips (2/3)
Volunteerism
Join committee at new church
Collect toiletries for United Way Shoebox project
Join Citizens of GPC
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1 comment:
those look good...and I'm just a red velvet junkie so I'm drooling over here!
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