943 days left

First, I want to know what happened to the last 58 days or even the last 7 days. I don't really remember this past week. Well, since there is no way to actually slow time, I will have to speed up my activities. Here is a quick update on things because I didn't post last week:


Books read:


- Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coelho
- Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway
- The Story We Find Ourselves in - Brian McLaren


AFI Movies watched
- On the Waterfront


Had friends over for dinner last night - Fajitas and Angel Food Cake - yummo! Every time I have people over, I wonder why I don't do it more often. Thanks to Mark, Nikki and Darcy for a fun evening mixed with a few trips down memory lane.


Have asked someone on a date but there seems to be some controversy on whether it counts as a date but I believe it counts so I am marking it as done. I think he is the only one reading this blog anyhow.


Have ran a couple times in the last couple weeks but definitely not on pace. Of course, it snowed quite a bit last night so my plans of running this morning were thwarted. Excuses - I know.

chugging or rather sputtering right along

Alright, another week is over and I think I may have lost some of my initial momentum. Need to find that again. But here is a quick weekly update:

Books I have read:
- The Devil & Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho
- The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares (a guilty pleasure)
- Currently reading " The Story We Find Ourselves In" By Brian McLaren (same guy who wrote "A New Kind of Christian"
My reading tastes are rather eclectic

Movies I have watched:
- Ben-Hur (AFI)
- The Apartment (AFI - but I think I had seen it before or at least part of it...seemed vaguely familiar)
- A Place in the Sun (AFI)

I should probably have moved off my ass and run a couple of times instead of watching movies or reading books.

In the area of graphic design, I bought myself the book "DIY - Design it yourself". If I self-teach myself graphic design, will I need to take a course?? Hmmm, a question to ponder.

Cooking through the "Best of the Best of Bridge" Cookbook, I made banana muffins. I have hundreds (okay, at least 15) frozen bananas in my freezer and needed to use some. Maybe I will make banana bread for Easter weekend.

I scored some great picture frames from our work's storage room clean-out day last week. I saved them from the garbage bin...now I must frame some art, make some art, print out some photographs or something creative with it.

To encourage/motivate me, my new quote is:

"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?"

Until next week...

964 and counting

In my journey of completing my 101 to-do's in 1001 days, I have discovered that I am more willing to work on the items which only require staying in my cozy home in order to complete such as reading, blogging. I am not engaging in the items requiring interacting with others...such as dance, finding a faith community or writing a will. I am not sure if it is my anti-social, winter-blahs that I am emerging from underneath or if it goes deeper. I sense some fear when I think of a few of my to-do's. I need to learn to walk through the fear. Just some thoughts about this journey.


Here is my week update:


1) Am learning German. Have purchase the "German Phrases for Dummies" book to practise and learn. Have achieved counting to 10 (eine, zwei...),


2) Have started to work towards completing my #49 - reading all of Paulo Coehlo's books. I have now read five and have eight to go:

Just read:



Am starting:


3) Watch "An America in Paris" number 68 on the AFI 1998 list but not on the 2007 list.



4) Although I ran today, I am quite behind in my runs...especially with Melissa's Road Race coming this fall. I must run 2 more times this week.

5) Did some creativity - painted a canvas - see my other blog for details

6) Voted in the provincial election - I think it was rigged as the PC's swept back into power for the 35th straight year (or something like that). Actually, I think so many people are apathetic about our elections that they don't even bother to take part in the democratic process. Our veterans died so we would have these freedoms; 100 years ago, women were not considered persons and couldn't vote; people around the world are fighting to the death to have the right for free and democratic elections that most of us take for granted. These are all reasons why we should use the voting power we have in Canada. Remember, if you didn't vote, you better not be complaining about how the government handles things. And now, I will step down from my soapbox.

not much news

Little by little, I am achieving small goals in order to eventually cross off the big goals on the list. This past week was not my best week motiviationally speaking. I could have been more active. Read a couple of books, watched a couple of movies...that is about it.