I guess I am having problems with the site. I cannot post to people's comments or comment on their lists!!

Lady Di I saw your wonderful comments and wanted to comment back...maybe I'm just blog "challenged" lol. Anyone else having this issue??

MMMM Yummy!

So, one of my goals (#20 to be exact) is to find two new recipes every month that I would actually add to my recipe book and cook again. So the recipes we tried and loved in February and March were: Tarragon-Cream Chicken Pot Pie, Bacon-Cheeseburger Calzones, Roasted Chicken Drummettes, and Tortellini Soup. I posted the recipes and pics on my 101 blog (http://whits101in1001.blogspot.com/) if you want to check them out and give them a try! They are pretty kid friendly and super yummy!

Blindsided

I went to my list today to figure out what I needed to be doing, that I had forgotten about, and found something I had done, which I hadn't even remembered being there.

Love, love, love checking things complete. Nice serendipity.

An update from across the wee pond.....

So, looking through my list i haven't done at all bad. I will probably give a proper update in April with what i have, and haven't managed to do so far. (The trips to Australia haven't materialised as of yet, and Pearl Jam have not bloody announced a show in Seattle either).

However, I thought people might just be interested in having a look at how i will be doing one of my tasks in 24 hours, and it involves mountains.

Well, i say mountains, they are to an Englishman. They are probably ant hills to you guys, but this is going to be no easy task.

One of my tasks were to hike the highest peak in England (Scafell Pike) and the highest peak in Wales (Mount Snowdon). Added to that, I am going to hike the biggest peak in Scotland, which is also the largest in the United Kingdom (Ben Nevis).

Have a gander....(that means "have a look"). Its impressive i can translate myself between my tongue and yours dont you think?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Three_Peaks_Challenge

Later alligators.

How not to waste time

I went through the posts and left messages of encouragement for the people who had already posted. Most of them I knew, some were total strangers.

One I looked up on Facebook and friended. I thought it was a "normal" friending, where you acknowledge each other digitally and then read the other's occasional status posting. Ah, but not so this one. It's been a daily delight and exchange of information.

Don't want to waste time? Don't friend this person. Want to meet them because they're interesting? Great, but no, I'm not divulging. Go through and introduce yourself to someone else on the site. You might find this person or you might find someone equally as fun. Either way, it's a win!

Oh, and my list. It's not raining today and knowing I was going to "check in," I fell into my preferred pick a bucket full of weeds before you enter the house after having been gone. It works well for me, gets the yard weeded in small chunks and doesn't make me feel overwhelmed. I have a lot of weeds. I chucked 3 buckets full in the yard waste.

The bad thing about a yard, like laundry or the dishes, is you can never truthfully say you have [x] amount completed, because it's always growing back.

First major accomplishment

Well, I have been doing some of the little stuff on my list, such as learning my new recipes and getting my "mommy maintenance" - I got my eyebrows waxed for the first time in like 2 years! However, I have a major one crossed off my list now...we have the back child support paid off! It was $3000 dollars and it is done and over with and feels great to be out from under it! Now onto more great accomplishments. I wish you all luck in your lists in the next few months to come...keep us posted!

Monica's 101 list +/-some

This is my list. It does keep changing mostly I just keep adding. My list reminds me of Frankie's ongoing master list. But let's face it she is crazy with her lists and lists and lists and lists.....!

101 GOALS IN 1001 DAYS

1.B. Start Business 2.C. Build a fire pit in the backyard 4.C. Creat a goodwill box and fill it once a month 5.C. Create a list of 50 movies to watch a year 6.C. Create a small magazine with Arthur 7.C. Create a will 8.C. Create an emergency kits 9.C. Make a crab pot style dinner 10.C. Plan Wedding/reception 11.F. Combine phone plans 12.F. Get one thing off my credit history a year 13.F. Learn about investments choose one and save 14.F. Pay 1/2 of Capital One 15.F. Pay of TV- 4 weeks 16..F. Pay off Arthur's Car 17.F. Pay off Credit One 18.F. Pay off JC Pennys Card-400 19.F. Pay off Visa 20.F. Research retirement accounts choose one and save 21.F. Save $1500 22.Pr. De-Clutter rooms 23.M. Get Mallory off of Pacifier 24.M. Baptise Mallory 25.M. Get Mallory a recordable book 26.M. Get Mallory on a teeth brushing routine 27.M. Go horseback riding with Arthur and Mallory 28.M. Increase and catalog Mallory's Disney Movie collection 29.C. Make homemade ice cream 30.M. Plan Mallory's 2nd B-Day 31.M. Potty Train Mallory 32.M. Put Mallory in swim lessons 33.M. Sign Mallory up for a dance class 34.M. Start Mallory a savings account 35.M. Stay in Hotel with Mallory and Arthur 36.O. Organize and display books 37.O. Organize paper work 38.P. Complete a marathon walk 39.P. Do a head stand 40.P. Donate Blood 1 x year 41.P. Find a daily skin care routine 42.P. Get a colonic with Arthur 43.P. Get a Brazillian Wax 44.P. Get a Physical 45.P. Get down to 160 lbs 46.P. Go to 5 Hot Yoga Class 47.P. Have another baby 48.P. Play basketball against Danielle and Win 49.P. Run a mile under 10 minutes 50.P. Run down and back up 228th without stopping 51.P. See a Dentist 52.P. Try a body cleanse 53.Pr. Finish Mallory's Baby book and scrap book 54.Pr. Fix the printer 55.Pr. Paint the room we decide to stay in 56.Pr. Put together photo albums 57.Pr. Refinish TV stand 58.Pr. Set up an outdoor run for Bella 59.R. Take Bella out with family 1 weekend a month in the summer 60.R. Do not become a statistic 61.R. Get professional photos of family and Mallory 62.R. Give Arthur a massage at least 1x month 63.R. Have date night 1 x month 64.R. Spend time out alone with family members 65.S. Finish AA in Accounting 66.S. Get an inhanced Driver'sLicense 67.S. Get anoter pericing 68.S. Get another tatoo 69.S. Go out to eat alone 70.S. Go skinny dipping 71.S. Have voice lessons 72.S. Learn to sew 73.S. Make a part of Mallorys Birthday cakes each year from scratch 74.S. Make Mallory an outfit 75.S. Put my feet in warm beach water 76.S. Put together a portfolio of all my writing 77.S. Read a new book 1 x 2 months 78.S. Read my Great Grandfather's memoir 79.S. Record a song 80.S. Shoot a gun 81.S. Take a bath with Mallory 82.S. Wake up ealier 8 am 3 x week 83.S. Watch 1 scary movie a year 84.S. Watch every movie Tori Spelling is in 85.S. Write a 10 page paper 86.V. Go ice skating 87.V. Plan and save for Disneyland 88.V. Plan and start saving for a tropical vacation 89.V. Take Mallory to The Great Wolf Lodge 90.V. Visit Cabins with Mallory and Arthur 91.V. Visit Forks, WA 92.V. Visit Long Beach, WA with family 93.V. Visit Museum of Flight 94.W. Get a desk 95.W. Get a new car 96.W. Get family health insurance 97.W. Get New Computer and pay it off 98.W. Go to a Girl's night 6 x year 99.W. Purchase a King size bed 100.W. Purchase Life Insurance 101.W. Purchase outside furniture 102.W. Take Mallory and Arthur to a Seahawks Game

Wow! I am very behind on posting but keeping up with my goals. Here is my very late bio. My name is Monica Roberts. I have been a Massage Therapist for 5 years and have had the pleasure of beating up Frankie, almost weekly, for about the same amount of time. I have a magnificent man,who I should be married to after 12 years together, and I have a wonderful, independent 2 year old daughter who thinks she is turning 16. I am excited that Frankie asked me to join her in this round of 101 goals. I am at a point in my life where I need to make changes in order to get ahead and with this challenge I feel I give myself a goal and a purpose everyday.