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!'

I'm Back!!

I haven't posted on this blog in a while. Moving got the best of my time and then between getting settled, shipping family back home, taking care of the kids, interviews, and anything else I have just been slacking! Soo I'll catch up briefly now and then just move on after today and hopefully get back to a normal routine.

Let's see...we left on the 31st. My mom rode with the boys and I. We drove to St Louis for day one and stayed there. I met up with Jess and Raymond at Hard Rock Cafe for the first time and it was fun but they boys were both ready for bed:( After searching for a WalMart for meds for both of my sick kids for over an hour I finally went back to hotel. At 4am we were woke up to coughing kids again so this time I used mapquest on my phone and found out WalMart was literally 5 minutes away. Jax was wide awake so he went with me and by then I was awake so when I got back we showered and decided to get back on the road.

Day two we didn't make a lot of stops but I had found a place called The Monkey's Treehouse in Nashville I wanted to stop at for Jax to be able to get out and run. This place ended up being pretty cool and I really wish he could have stayed all day instead of just over an hour. It was basically a huge indoor tree house and then they had other areas like a giant city with cars and such, an art area, a huge mulch pit, and plenty more. The rest of the drive sucked and was just really long but thankfully we missed all bad weather and made it to our new home late that night.

My brother had rode with Toad in the moving truck and they had arrived way before mom and I so they thankfully had the truck unloaded. I gave strict orders not to unpack so they had the couch, tv, and dvd player hooked up and were just hanging out when we arrived.

Mom and Keith stayed for the rest of the week. The weather was rainy which sucked but oh well-what can you do? Getting them home turned out to be a huge mess and so Toad ended up driving them back to Iowa and then he had to return by himself:(

Anyways, so far I love Florida. The weather of course is much nicer than the blizzards they got back in Iowa right after we left. Our house is smaller than the last one but it is also way cheaper and it has space for what we have so it'll work for now! I am working at a liquor store part time and also just picked up a second job at Buffalo Wild Wings for Spring Break. Rumor has it they make some big bucks there over Spring break and I like spending money and reallly want a new camera already so I figured a few months of being home a little less would be worth the income.

Other than that I don't know a whole lot extra. I'd post pics but it's getting really late (for me anyway) and I'm ready to crash. So I'm heading to bed! Good night!

Ahhhh!!

Well we picked up the moving truck this morning and I am sitting at my last day of work as I speak! That means moving time is almost here! I am so excited and feel like I should be super nervous to pick up and move somewhere I've never even been before but I'm still not. We won't have the kids tonight so we plan on loading up the truck so we can spend tomorrow with family before taking off Sunday.

That being said I have no idea when I will have internet access once we move. I know we will have it hooked up within a week or two of being down there but I might go crazy before then! Lots of pics to come once it happens though!

Another goal down!

34. Buy a lottery ticket

Tuesday I ate Chinese for supper and when I looked at my fortune I decided to buy my first lottery ticket and use the numbers from it. I have never bought one before so I randomly thought I should make it a goal. I haven't had the chance to check if I won anything off of it yet but at least I bought it!

Goal #2-tattoo time!

This weekend was our last weekend here. One of our friends does tattoos and he was running a special so I of course wanted one more before we left but couldn't decide what. I ended up getting a rose since I have been wanting to get one in memory of my great-grandma for a long time. It was her favorite flower and someone actually told me roses mean 'remember' anyway so it was fitting. She passed away 3 days before Jaxton was born. She had been so excited to have a great-great grandbaby and even though she couldn't even remember who we were someday she always was excited about that. I really wish she could have met him but at least she can watch him every day now:)

It is on my ankle/foot. I really had wanted to get a small one on my finger and make it a ring but my fingers are too small to get it to look decent. I am definitely happy to finally have it done though!

First Day Zero goal complete!

Actually I completed my first goal last week but just haven't had the chance to post about it! I decided I should just get my new glasses before we move since I have pretty good coverage with my insurance now. So last Wednesday I got new glasses! They are not something I normally would try but the ladies that helped me decide said they looked really nice on me and I wanted something different so I said why not. I haven't taken a picture of myself in them yet but here is what they look like:

One goal down, only 100 more to go!

Random

I'm very bored today so I figured I'd post some random facts about myself to waste time!

• I love the color teal
• As much as I try to be organized-I always seem to fail!
• I am addicted to buying new stuff for my camera
• I write everything on post-its
• I've been at my job almost 3 years and have never really liked it
• I haven't ever been into fashion but have been trying to be more open lately to new styles
• I am obsessed with changing my hair color/style which is why it never gets as long as I want
• I can't go a day without the internet or I'll freak out
• My boys are my everything
• I am never really happy with the way I look
• I have never been in an airplane
• I freak out if my pants aren't long enough to at least touch the floor
• Even though I spend a lot of money-I am actually a really cheap person. Almost everything I buy is on sale
• I use my phone to text about twice as much as I talk
• I could not have kids for a week and still never finish half of the crafts I have started or want to start
• Sometimes I think I have ADHD because I have to be doing something at all times and get very easily distracted-but thats just me:)
• I love Dr Pepper
• I believe shopping is the only true therapy (not really but it sure helps)
• I don't eat any vegetables-they're disgusting
• In fact I am probably the most unhealthy eater you will ever know
• I want to be a nurse but needed a break from school before attempting more
• I really hope someday I am able to take wedding pictures-weddings are my favorite
• If I could always have a newborn baby I would. I don't mind the sleepless nights or anything-I just love them!
• I have more picture frames than I will probably ever display in my home. I just can't bring myself to get rid of most of them
• I want to relearn to crochet so badly but just haven't had the time lately
• Daisies are my favorite flower
• I have 10 tattoos and want more. Most people wouldn't guess that looking at me though because most can be covered.
• I may just make this random fact thing a more common occurance when I am bored:)