Item #19: Yesterday, I mailed off 2 gifts for the Season of Sharing through the Chicago Sun-Times. They're still looking for people to purchase gifts for needy kids or to make a monetary donation, so if you can spare $25, think about it! For most of the kids, this will be the only gift they receive this Christmas! This item is now complete, since we sent 2 gifts last year as well!
Item #47: We are doing some travel planning & may very well be able to check this one off our list next year. Very exciting!
Item #81: We are using up our last 2 containers of lotion! Sweet!
Item #95: So far, we are staying within our holiday budget for this year. I need to acquire a gift for my brother & buy something for one friend, but I think we're going to be okay!
Item #97: H is pushing for us to buy new winter coats this year, but I'd rather see if we can't lose a little more weight & then buy coats in February when they go on sale!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
October 27, 2009
Item #99: We splurged and went to a new restaurant, Five Guys, and I do admit, they had damned tasty burgers & fries!!! We need to visit 7 new restaurants & we'll meet this goal. We're eating out a LOT less, now that we're making most of our food from scratch, but there are already a couple of new restaurants on our list to try, so I'm confident we'll finish this one before our time is up!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
October 20, 2009
Item #40: No way we're going to make a million, but it can't hurt to play for more. Did 350 grains of rice. I'll be happy if we get to 100,000.
Item #81: Now that dry fall weather is setting in, we're going through the rest of our lotion & body butter pretty fast. I anticipate we'll be through what remains by the time spring rolls around. Then we'll just have body wash, shower gel, and soap to use up.
Item #85: Sent a care package through Soldiers' Angels to a soldier in the Army. Warm fuzzy moment.
Item #81: Now that dry fall weather is setting in, we're going through the rest of our lotion & body butter pretty fast. I anticipate we'll be through what remains by the time spring rolls around. Then we'll just have body wash, shower gel, and soap to use up.
Item #85: Sent a care package through Soldiers' Angels to a soldier in the Army. Warm fuzzy moment.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
September 27, 2009
Item #31: Considering we've made the same recipe six times ... I think we may be done with this one ... but I have several other bread recipes I want to try, so I am not going to cross this one off the list just yet!
Item #51: Although we already made our target goals of a 15 pound weight loss each, we are continuing to work on losing more. H has lost 30 ... and I have lost 20! We're going to keep it up, too! Feeling fabulous, looking good!
Item #86: Forgot to mention going to the farmers' market on the way down to my parents house. This goal is now done. But as above, we'll keep on going, until they close for the season! Lovin' it!
Item #95: We are establishing a holiday shopping budget, so we can stick within it. I think we'll do well with this one!
Item #51: Although we already made our target goals of a 15 pound weight loss each, we are continuing to work on losing more. H has lost 30 ... and I have lost 20! We're going to keep it up, too! Feeling fabulous, looking good!
Item #86: Forgot to mention going to the farmers' market on the way down to my parents house. This goal is now done. But as above, we'll keep on going, until they close for the season! Lovin' it!
Item #95: We are establishing a holiday shopping budget, so we can stick within it. I think we'll do well with this one!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
September 8, 2009
We spent a weekend in downtown Chicago, were we checked a few items off our 101 list & made a dent in another.
Item#36: Visited the Adler Planetarium on Saturday. Got to see a really cool exhibit, narrated by Jim Lovell & got to see a space capsule on loan from the Smithsonian. Those things are super tiny!!
Item #37: Visited the Shedd Aquarium on Sunday, along with a bazillion other people. We went to the things we specifically wanted to see -- the beluga whales & the sea otters -- then we escaped the throng of humanity!
Item #57: Forgot to mention this, but we officially completed our 2 weeks of eating only food made from scratch! We both lost some significant weight & will be trying to be more careful about where we're getting our food from. We'll be slowly using up the food we already have that has preservatives & will not buy more to replace it.
Item #99: We've now visited 22 new local restaurants. We had dinner at Petterino's on Saturday & enjoyed it thoroughly.
We went to Elephant & Castle on Sunday (a bit of a "cheat," since I tried it for the first time a little over a month ago, but we decided it counted) for a comfort-food dinner.
And on Monday, we tried South Water Kitchen for brunch. It was just okay.
We have 40 items remaining on our list to complete ... so we are almost 2/3rds of the way done!
Item#36: Visited the Adler Planetarium on Saturday. Got to see a really cool exhibit, narrated by Jim Lovell & got to see a space capsule on loan from the Smithsonian. Those things are super tiny!!
Item #37: Visited the Shedd Aquarium on Sunday, along with a bazillion other people. We went to the things we specifically wanted to see -- the beluga whales & the sea otters -- then we escaped the throng of humanity!
Item #57: Forgot to mention this, but we officially completed our 2 weeks of eating only food made from scratch! We both lost some significant weight & will be trying to be more careful about where we're getting our food from. We'll be slowly using up the food we already have that has preservatives & will not buy more to replace it.
Item #99: We've now visited 22 new local restaurants. We had dinner at Petterino's on Saturday & enjoyed it thoroughly.
We went to Elephant & Castle on Sunday (a bit of a "cheat," since I tried it for the first time a little over a month ago, but we decided it counted) for a comfort-food dinner.
And on Monday, we tried South Water Kitchen for brunch. It was just okay.
We have 40 items remaining on our list to complete ... so we are almost 2/3rds of the way done!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
September 1, 2009
Item #51: Stepped on the scale this morning. I've lost exactly 15 pounds. Yesterday, H weighed in & has lost 20! YAY!!!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
August 30, 2009
Item #51: We're well on our way to meeting our goal of losing 15 pounds each. H has now met this goal ... I think he's lost a total of 18 pounds, and I've lost 12.4 pounds & plan to just keep on trucking. I can attribute most of my weight loss to ...
Item #57: wherein we make all of our food from scratch for 2 weeks. After struggling to lose more than 8 pounds, despite restricting my caloric intake & increasing my exercise to an hour a day 5 days a week, I've dropped 4 pounds in the last week! So, needless to say we're probably going to stick with making a LOT of our own food from here on out. We are thinking about planning on 3 or 4 meals a week that are made outside our home, whether it's dining out at a restaurant or just throwing a frozen pizza in the oven.
Item #85: Forgot to mention I sent a surprise care package to a ... get this, friend's son's friend. Guy's in the Navy & feeling a bit blue, so I packed up some goodies & sent them his way. Just got an email from him this morning about how much it meant to know he was supported. If that isn't the purpose of a care package, I don't know what is!
Item #86: We went to a different farmers' market today, since we were at the Renaissance Faire yesterday & couldn't go to our local one. This one was tiny, but we still picked up some items -- apples, tomatoes, onion, scallions, shallots. Wish I'd gotten garlic, now!
Item #57: wherein we make all of our food from scratch for 2 weeks. After struggling to lose more than 8 pounds, despite restricting my caloric intake & increasing my exercise to an hour a day 5 days a week, I've dropped 4 pounds in the last week! So, needless to say we're probably going to stick with making a LOT of our own food from here on out. We are thinking about planning on 3 or 4 meals a week that are made outside our home, whether it's dining out at a restaurant or just throwing a frozen pizza in the oven.
Item #85: Forgot to mention I sent a surprise care package to a ... get this, friend's son's friend. Guy's in the Navy & feeling a bit blue, so I packed up some goodies & sent them his way. Just got an email from him this morning about how much it meant to know he was supported. If that isn't the purpose of a care package, I don't know what is!
Item #86: We went to a different farmers' market today, since we were at the Renaissance Faire yesterday & couldn't go to our local one. This one was tiny, but we still picked up some items -- apples, tomatoes, onion, scallions, shallots. Wish I'd gotten garlic, now!
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