So, today, I have been working on my 101 things list. I installed a spell checker to use with wysiwyg, and finally figured out why my smilie plugin wasn’t working. The bonus for you guys is you get a spell checker for your comments

I started a BSJ on size 4s using sock yarn. I read my Bible in front of the kids. I started a study on prayer. I finished a chapter in a history book I started yesterday.

Anybody know what this means:

Unable to create directory /home/cass/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2006/05. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

That’s what I get when I try to upload something from this page.

Oh, I also did the school, the pumping and some laundry. Yay me!

Going to update my 101 things page now.

I saw this idea at ahhh sew. Then I read more about it at Triplux. It haunted me alot of the day, so I made my own list. The basics: 101 things you want to do in the next 1001 days. They must be measurable.

I am starting May 30, 2006 and my end date is February 24, 2009.

Like most others, the first couple of dozen came pretty quickly, but the later ones were harder to think of. I’ll cross off and add notes as I go.

Bold and crossed out indicates done.
Italics indicates in progress.

For purposes of this list, my week begins on Tuesday.

1. become regular about church attendance again: (if Sunday mornings are not going to work for me, fine, but get back in to the habit of church once a week)
   • Attended: 3
   • missed for valid reason: 5
   • missed for poor planning or lame excuse: 2
2. Use up my current stash of 219 balls of yarn. 16+13+11+11+7
3. play 143 games with my children
   • Thomas and the Magic Railroad
   • phase 10 with girls
   • sat outside and watched them do tricks
   • movie night
4. visit Grandmother weekly weeks missed:2
5. write in each kids journal once a month 2
6. read 33 books, not counting the Bible, 10 of them from here
   From the list:
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   Not from the list:
   • 
7. do something with my mom 33 times, not counting visiting Grandmother 4
8. make 33 pairs of socks(finishing the ones in progress counts) 4
9. make 33 hats items for charity(knit for giving 3 days per month) 4
10. bake something 33 times, and birthday cakes don’t count (editing this: birthday cakes DO count, and so does allowing the children to bake BUT. I can only count it once a month) 3
11. use my breadmaker 33 times 2
    
12. be consistent about bre*st exams 1
13. paint my fingernails 33 times 2
14. toenails, too 2
15. use that giant bathtub for a bubble bath-33 times 1
16. do something with my dad 15 times 2
17. go out with my husband 15 times, like no kids, and out, o-u-t
18. do 6 Bible studies
19. read through the Bible twice, from a real one, not on-line, and let my kids see me doing it
20. memorize Corinthians 13
21. memorize Philipians 4 whatsoever is lovely
22. memorize pertinent verses from Proverbs 31
23. memorize pertinent verses from Titus
24. live out 20, 21, 22 and 23
25. research calcium rich foods, and serve one 3 times a week
26. try 5 new vegetables
    • Kale: love it, also calcium rich!
27. try 5 new fruits
28. add 3 new grains to our repetoire of rice and cous-cous
29. teach my oldest 3 daughters to sew
30. SWAP for me Details here
31. SWAP for DD#1
32. SWAP for DD#2
33. SWAP for DD#3
34. spend 48 hours alone-no tv, no telephone, no computer and NO PEOPLE
35. spend 48 hours alone with each of my children
36. repeat 34
37. repeat 34
38. repeat 34
39. add a room onto the house
40. get a 12-15 passenger van
41. have a family portrait made
42. learn to use the upload thing on this blog
43. practice my photography, maybe with “26 things”
44. get my Crawford genealogy stuff together
45. work on Chauncey genealogy
46. work on Pittman genealogy
47. work on Jones genealogy
48. finish the started cross-stitch pieces in my closet or get rid of them
49. clean out my closet
50. get the kids to the dentist
51. get the school-agers to the eye doctor
52. watch a sunrise
53. watch a sunset
54. take a walk in the rain
55. make those silly wallabys for the family
56. get film developed
57. put pictures in scrapbooks/albums
58. meet Ann
59. meet Carla
60. learn to draw
61. put new flooring in the kitchen and living room
62. replace living room sofa
63. replace love seat
64. wear perfume
65. highlight my hair
66. get comfortable with this wysiwyg editor
67. write a ….something
68. have a pattern published by an on-line knitting mag
69. get my bills current
70. keep them that way
71. develop and implement a savings plan
72. get a dangity-dang debit card already
73. get a new phone (yeah, I want that caller ID to work) 5/31/2006 THANKS MAMA!
74. be a consistent early-riser, we’ll start at 9 and work up to 7
75. plant a small garden
76. plant flowers in the front yard, and tend them
77. plant trees in the front yard
78. build a deck in the back
79. build a real porch in the front, covered, with chairs even
80. learn how to back up this blog, and do it
81. get a mammogram
82. get a checkup
83. quit smoking (there, I’ve said it)
84. use that card box! use it, not just look at it
85. go to a wool festival
86. go to the beach
87. have an article or pattern published by a paper magazine
88. re-catalog my stash ending up adding 52 balls to the count, between adding in the HSY yarn and miscounts, but the pics are current as of 6/19/2006
89. clean out my sewing cabinet
90. make a list of our favorite foods
91. use that to plan menus
92. find a spell checker that will work with this wysiwig editor or cancel 48 5/30/2006
93. start a knitting group in Leland
94. publish my unpattern sweater pattern
95. write my sidetoside pattern
96. buy Sally Melville’s Color
97. and Texture (when it comes out)
98. go to the bookstore and buy a copy of every knitting mag except IK, which I get
99. renew IK sub and get at least one more sub the new sub will be Knitters
100. make several cute baby hats /sweaters to give as gifts, and give them while the baby is still new, replenishing as needed
101. spellcheck and post this list, and make it a page 5/30/2006

and also, perhaps as backup

• finish a blanket square monthly as long as the scraps hold out
• replace dishwasher
• make/buy a birdfeeder. Keep it filled and watch the birds
• finish the quilt I’ve had the top made for for years, like 6
• upgrade my digicam
• make a book of centuries for myself
• keep a nature notebook/journal
• make a household notebook and keep it updated
• get my kids portraits made in their birthday month every year
• make my next list
• whiten my teeth didn’t do any good, but it’s done
• have a walgreens makeover
• do that master knitter thing, or at least start it
• see Fiddler on the Roof

I saw this idea at ahhh sew. Then I read more about it at Triplux. It haunted me alot of the day, so I made my own list. The basics: 101 things you want to do in the next 1001 days. They must be measurable.

Like most others, the first couple of dozen came pretty quickly, but the later ones were harder to think of. I’ll be making a page over there on the right for those of you who like to keep me accountable

1. Use up 143 balls of yarn
2. play 143 games with my children
3. teach my oldest 3 daughters to sew
4. SWAP for me
5. SWAP for DD#1
6. SWAP for DD#2
7. SWAP for DD#3
8. read 33 books, not counting the Bible, 10 of them from here
9. read the Bible twice
10. memorize Corinthians 13
11. add a room onto the house
12. get a 12-15 passenger van
13. visit Grandmother weekly
14. do something with my mom 33 times, not counting visiting Grandmother
15. have a family portrait made
16. learn to use the upload thing on this blog
17. practice my photography
18. get my Crawford genealogy stuff together
19. work on Chauncey genealogy
20. work on Pittman genealogy
21. work on Jones genealogy
22. do something with my dad 15 times
23. go out with my husband 15 times, like no kids, and out, o-u-t
24. finish the started cross-stitch pieces in my closet or get rid of them
25. clean out my closet
26. get the kids to the dentist
27. get the school-agers to the eye doctor
28. watch a sunrise
29. watch a sunset
30. take a walk in the rain
31. make those silly wallabys for the family
32. make 33 pairs of socks
33. make 33 hats for charity
34. get film developed
35. put pictures in scrapbooks/albums
36. spend 48 hours alone-no tv, no telephone, no computer and NO PEOPLE
37. spend 48 hours alone with each of my children
38. meet Ann
39. meet Carla
40. learn to draw
41. put new flooring in the kitchen and living room
42. replace living room sofa
43. replace love seat
44. repeat 35
45. use that giant bathtub for a bubble bath-33 times
46. wear perfume
47. highlight my hair
48. get comfortable with this wysiwyg editor
49. write a ….something
50. have a pattern published by an on-line knitting mag
51. become regular about church attendance, (if Sunday mornings are not going to work for me, fine, but get back in to the habit of church once a week)
52. do 6 Bible studies
53. get my bills current
54. keep them that way
55. develop and implement a savings plan
56. get a dangity-dang debit card already
57. get a new phone (yeah, I want that caller ID to work)
58. be a consistent early-riser, we’ll start at 9 and work up to 7
59. plant a small garden
60. plant flowers in the front yard, and tend them
61. plant trees in the front yard
62. build a deck in the back
63. build a real porch in the front, covered, with chairs even
64. bake something 33 times, and birthday cakes don’t count
65. use my breadmaker 33 times
66. research calcium rich foods, and serve one 3 times a week
67. learn how to back up this blog, and do it
68. repeat 35
69. be consistent about bre*st exams
70. get a mammogram
71. get a checkup
72. quit smoking (there, I’ve said it)
73. paint my fingernails 33 times
74. toenails, too
75. use that card box! use it, not just look at it
76. go to a wool festival
77. go to the beach
78. have an article or pattern published by a paper magazine
79. memorize Philippians 4 whatsoever is lovely
80. re-catalog my stash
81. clean out my sewing cabinet
82. repeat 35
83. memorize pertinent verses from Proverbs 31
84. memorize pertinent verses from Titus
85. live out 83, 84, 79 and 10
86. try 5 new vegetables
87. try 5 new fruits
88. make a list of our favorite foods
89. use that to plan menus
90. add 3 new grains to our repertoire of rice and cous-cous
91. find a spell checker that will work with this wysiwig editor or cancel 48
92. write in each kids journal once a month
93. start a knitting group in Leland
94. publish my unpattern sweater pattern
95. write my sidetoside pattern
96. buy Sally Melville’s Color
97. and Texture (when it comes out)
98. go to the bookstore and buy a copy of every knitting mag except IK, which I get
99. renew IK sub and get at least one more sub
100. make several baby sweaters to give as gifts, and give them while the baby is still new, replenishing as needed
101. spellcheck and post this list, and make it a page

and the morning milk is pumped
the kids are through with school, except for one needs me to read a story to him
lunch is over and being cleaned up
my hair is brushed
and life is swell!

I wrote out the lesson plans for DD#2 yesterday, so that weight is lifted. I’ll just need to get my stuff finalized and develop a plan for DS#2. Actually, I just need to write the plan down.

I think I will deal with a couple of book boxes today so those will be out of the way. And I’ll be stalking the mailman for my pump–I don’t know if it’s even been shipped yet, but I’ll stalk anyway. I cleared a space for it over the weekend.

Happy Memorial Day to you! Take a moment to thank a vet No matter your political views, if you ever express them outside your own head, you can thank a soldier for that right.

I am trying to decide how to spend my day. Shall I knit or clean or work on lessons or play with the kids or run screaming from the decision and take a nap instead? The nap appeals, but I think it needs to be lessons. I don’t really feel like knitting just now, but I will later I am sure.

I feel like I should post more, but that first paragraph about wraps up my views on the holiday, so there is not much more to say. Enjoy your hot dogs/hamburgers/ribs/steaks!

For about an hour. Hold on to your hats, and alert the media. I may even do it again before the day is through.

So, muddling along financially, but finally thinking there may be a light at the end of the tunnel. Then Dh called. The tranny that had been slipping in drive is now refusing to move the van forward at all. Cost of repair: $1200. HA! We didn’t pay that much for the thing to begin with, and certainly cannot fork it over now. He’s getting the $70-but-probably-won’t-work-stop-gap-measure-only instead.

It’s a few minutes til 2, and I am just getting my day started. No, I did not sleep late. In fact, I got up before my normal time, engorged and in incredible pain. I’ve been pumping since 830, with a few potty breaks, and one longer break to actually nurse and then bottle the baby. But I don’t hurt anymore, 17 ounces later lighter. I paid for that new-to-me pump last night, and boy will I be glad when it gets here! Then you will get to hear me raving about how wonderful it is. Unless it doesn’t work, in which case you will actually be able to HEAR me scream, not just read that I did scream.

Now, I am off to deal with my stress by cleaning. There’s the usual mountain of laundry, numerous bins of books, and the normal detritus caused by family of 10.

Ok, I did cut part of his arm off, but the expression was so funny that I had to keep this pic. The yarn is Plymouth Encore, and it’s my bottom-up unpatterned sweater.

I finished my sock last night, but no peeking until I have all 8 of this round’s socks done. Current status: 10 of 24!