I'm a little late out of the starting gate this year.
Let me tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Claire and I'm a twenty year-old stay-at-home mother of one, Emma Kate who is about to be six months old. I live with my mother, my brother, and our newest edition - Alex, Emma's dad. It can get kind of confusing around here with both my brother and Emma's dad being named Alex, but we manage pretty well.
We're moving at the end of February to a new house (with an awesome kitchen, I might add) and my mother is finalizing her divorce with her soon to be ex-husband, a.k.a. my father. This is a Good Thing, I might add. I'm starting back at my local university in the fall - my intended major is Primary Education with a minor in Special Education. Hopefully, if all goes according to plan, in four years I'll have a degree and a job, Emma will be starting in school, and the two of us will move out to our own house. Here's hoping! But enough about me, let's get to the real reason I started this blog.
I always make New Year's Resolutions with the best of intentions - the best laid plans and all of that. This year, I decided to do something a little bit different. I'm making a list of one hundred things I want to do in 2010. Nothing all encompassing like Resolutions, just little things I know I can get done easily. While I do that, I'm also going to blog about it and other things like my crazy life and my exploits in the kitchen. So if that sounds like your particular cup of tea, stick around! Who knows, maybe you'll even come up with one hundred things of your own.
100 in 2010 (A List in Progress)
Health
Exercise at least three times a week.
Get my anemia under check.
Lose fifty pounds. (0/50)
Join a pilates class.
Join a yoga class.
Cut out junk food from my diet.
Go on a walk around the neighborhood at least once a week.
Personal
Go back to college.
Open a savings account and save at least $500. (0/500)
Go through my clothes and donate anything I don't/won't wear.
Read at least thirty books. (2/30)
Get a new phone.
Emma Kate
Read a book to her at least once a day.
Take her on the Green Way at least twice a month.
Make a stepping stone with her hand and feet prints.
Take at least one picture of her per day. (0/365)
Start making home made baby food.
Arts & Crafts
Make a photographic journal of at least one month of my life.
Make twelve bracelets or necklaces. (0/12)
Finish at least two scrapbooks. (0/2)
Write at least 100k words of fiction. (0/100,000)
Take at least one picture a day of something that makes me happy. (0/365)
Write at least one letter a month and send it. (0/12)
Do at least thirty creative writing prompts. (0/30)
Make at least ten things from Instructables. (0/10)
Make at least ten collages. (0/10)
Learn how to cross stitch.
The Kitchen & Cooking
Try ten new recipes a month. (0/120)
Make ahead ten casseroles to freeze per month. (0/120)
Bake at least three times a month. (0/36)
Start compiling my dream pantry.
Organize the kitchen.
Buy $100 worth of groceries and only pay $25.
Become an expert at couponing.
Fun & Games
Finish a sudoku book front to back with no help.
Watch thirty movies I've never seen. (3/30)
Go camping at least three times. (0/3)
Current List Total: 37
Let me tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Claire and I'm a twenty year-old stay-at-home mother of one, Emma Kate who is about to be six months old. I live with my mother, my brother, and our newest edition - Alex, Emma's dad. It can get kind of confusing around here with both my brother and Emma's dad being named Alex, but we manage pretty well.
We're moving at the end of February to a new house (with an awesome kitchen, I might add) and my mother is finalizing her divorce with her soon to be ex-husband, a.k.a. my father. This is a Good Thing, I might add. I'm starting back at my local university in the fall - my intended major is Primary Education with a minor in Special Education. Hopefully, if all goes according to plan, in four years I'll have a degree and a job, Emma will be starting in school, and the two of us will move out to our own house. Here's hoping! But enough about me, let's get to the real reason I started this blog.
I always make New Year's Resolutions with the best of intentions - the best laid plans and all of that. This year, I decided to do something a little bit different. I'm making a list of one hundred things I want to do in 2010. Nothing all encompassing like Resolutions, just little things I know I can get done easily. While I do that, I'm also going to blog about it and other things like my crazy life and my exploits in the kitchen. So if that sounds like your particular cup of tea, stick around! Who knows, maybe you'll even come up with one hundred things of your own.
100 in 2010 (A List in Progress)
Health
Exercise at least three times a week.
Get my anemia under check.
Lose fifty pounds. (0/50)
Join a pilates class.
Join a yoga class.
Cut out junk food from my diet.
Go on a walk around the neighborhood at least once a week.
Personal
Go back to college.
Open a savings account and save at least $500. (0/500)
Go through my clothes and donate anything I don't/won't wear.
Read at least thirty books. (2/30)
Get a new phone.
Emma Kate
Read a book to her at least once a day.
Take her on the Green Way at least twice a month.
Make a stepping stone with her hand and feet prints.
Take at least one picture of her per day. (0/365)
Start making home made baby food.
Arts & Crafts
Make a photographic journal of at least one month of my life.
Make twelve bracelets or necklaces. (0/12)
Finish at least two scrapbooks. (0/2)
Write at least 100k words of fiction. (0/100,000)
Take at least one picture a day of something that makes me happy. (0/365)
Write at least one letter a month and send it. (0/12)
Do at least thirty creative writing prompts. (0/30)
Make at least ten things from Instructables. (0/10)
Make at least ten collages. (0/10)
Learn how to cross stitch.
The Kitchen & Cooking
Try ten new recipes a month. (0/120)
Make ahead ten casseroles to freeze per month. (0/120)
Bake at least three times a month. (0/36)
Start compiling my dream pantry.
Organize the kitchen.
Buy $100 worth of groceries and only pay $25.
Become an expert at couponing.
Fun & Games
Finish a sudoku book front to back with no help.
Watch thirty movies I've never seen. (3/30)
Go camping at least three times. (0/3)
Current List Total: 37
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