Day Zero Project Update

Wow I have actually been working on a fair amount of these and havent' had the chance to post about them yet! I'll start out  in the order they are all listed.

9)Read 101 books.(2/101)-I know I know I better get moving on this one a little quicker than I have been! I just finished Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich and am about 1/3 of the way through the next one already. Luckily there is a library here and they get ahold of them fairly quickly if they don't have them in so I don't have to buy them all!

14) Straighten hair for an entire week (6/7)- To me this one is horrible because I'm a very lazy person when it comes to doing my hair. I am on day six today (once I hop in the shower here shortly) and so I might as well finish it out!

31) Redecorate Jaxton's bedroom- This is mostly finished! Since we moved we bought him a Cars toddler bed with everything to match of course! I just need to finish his name and repaint his dresser before I consider it finished.

39) Donate old clothes- Before we left Iowa I went through all of my clothes and got rid of anything I hadn't worn in a while and had just been holding onto saying I would wear it. My closet seems so bare now but I donated everything to the Key in Fort Dodge which is a place where victims of domestic assault are able to go and get the things they need for themselves and their children. I took in 3 huge garbage bags stuffed full so hopefully I was able to help someone in need with at least a few of the items!

40) Buy something off of my Etsy wishlist- I have been eyeballing camera bags for a while now and I put in an order for one yesterday!! I have this marked as in progress because I haven't completed the transaction and gotten the bag yet but it is in the works! She takes a little while to make them but I should have it before the first wedding I am helping with in March.

48)Buy an external flash- I was so excited to be able to cross this one off! If you can't read what it says I bought my external flash for my camera! It was the one thing I really wanted to get out of our tax money. Most of it went towards the move and new bills associated with moving but I managed to talk hubby into letting me go grab this. Sadly I have only used it a few times because several pictures have been taken outside instead of inside and it's so bright I haven't felt I needed it. I still love that I have the option of using it and I know I'll put it to good use for the weddings in March!

59) Donate to a good cause- I actually donated money to two good causes this month already. The first I found out about through someone else that was trying to help a family in need. The family was trying to adopt a little girl from another country (the exact location slips my mind right now but I want to say it was Ethiopia) and they had the travel costs covered but needed another $6,000 in adoption fees and such. The wonderful girl that was helping spread the message was also offering free crochet patterns with the donations and she was able to help them raise around $1,200 just through this!
I also donated to the Polar Plunge. A friend of mine in Minnesota has participated in this for a couple of years now. They basically raise money for the Special Olympics and then they barrel into freezing cold water for a while! I think I'll stick to donating a little money instead of diving into the cold water:)

74)Watch 101 new movies (4/101)- Two nights ago we watched Paranormal Activity 2. This was not that great of a movie IMO. Obviously they just felt the need to set up for yet another one at the end. I wouldn't recommend this movie at all.

82) Walk/Run 101 Miles (3/101)- Well I got a start at least! I have gone for two walks with Amber and all the boys which were about a mile a piece and then I also decided to run one morning by myself! That was more of a walk/run but I attempted it. I really want to start running on a more regular basis but it's tough when I hate mornings and I'm too tired at night!

96) Make 101 scrapbookpages for the boys' scrapbooks (18/101)- This one is probably my favorite one to work on. I probably have made more but I always forget to keep track. I printed off pictures for plenty more pages last week so I really need to get them back out and get moving!

I feel like I have been putting a good dent on in the list for the first month and a half already! It's kind of fun to be doing things and think 'hey that's on my list!'