Week Seven

What did I do last week?

#6 is done. Although I do have to give mad credit to my mother. Ever since the car accident, my neck and shoulders have not been able to handle repetitive behaviors. So Mom was down for the wedding shower and I asked if she would help me paint in preparation for the wedding. To my surprise and relief, she offered to do them completely. I did help. I painted two cabinets and was told never to paint again. Thanks Mom--they look amazing!!

I started on #4. I framed and hung some pics of my nephews, cousins and my friends. It is not filled yet, but it is a start.

#7, painting the trim, is almost complete. We did most of the house and cleaned the rest. I will paint when I have the mobility to move freely.

I got a library card. So cross #43 off of the list. Mom and I went in between vendor meetings while she was here. We needed to blow about 30 minutes and the downtown branch was right there. It was quick, easy and painless. It has been years since I have been in a library. It was a lot bigger than I would have thought. Granted, it is the main branch for the city, but it is huge!!

I gave $5.00 to a gentleman on the street that needed it more than I did.

No cd's this week but I will have a lot for next week. Gotta get the wedding music together--

See you soon

Linda

Week six

This past week was very productive:

#29--added one more event this week. I had lunch with my good friend Michelle down at the 903. We don't get to see each other very often because she lives quite a ways from me, so it was fun to get together. I also had dinner with Louise. She called to say hi and we started talking about the fender bender and she immediately came over and brought dinner in an effort to "take care of me". Too sweet. So that marks off the two for the month.

#35--wrote a love note to Mark in grade school style--big puffy letters, doodles, and hearts. I folded it like a paper airplane and tossed it to him while he was at the computer. He doodled and sent it back to me via airmail.

Also got one more foot rub in for Mark. He came back from his disc golf tourney and had the sore foot. I rubbed and rubbed and rubbed all the pain away. This one lasted a little longer and it was not so bad on my end either. So, add another hash mark to #36.

I watched another movie from AFI's list. I am uber busy right now with wedding stuff, so watching movies is a luxury. I did squeeze in High Noon. Why hello Gary Cooper. Great flick and interesting story. The cool thing is that the movie is shot in real time. This flick had it all--romance and gunfights and horses and the Gary Cooper theme song and saloon drinking and a barn fire and drunk dude in jail. What more could you ask for? Also of note, Lloyd Bridges and Grace Kelly were also featured.

While I have not learned any songs on the guitar, I did learn to tune it this week and how string pressure changes the sounds. So stepping in the right direction on that front.

Cd's that I listened to this week include:

ZZ Top greatest hits--So I like me some ZZ Top. I think Billy Gibbons has a saucy singing voice. Most of the songs were cool, but there were some pop-y shark-jumpers. I forgive them and still enjoyed the cd.

AM Gold-1971--This is a compilation CD of the songs that were hot in the year of 1971. It was a fun CD to listen to with some great songs. I knew most of them and had fun listening.

Maybe I will be on time next week with the posting. Darn wedding is time consuming!!

Week five

Yes, I know--Late again. Time is precious as we get closer to the wedding. Taking even 10 minutes to update seems challenging. Plus, I did not feel like I got a lot done this week, so I was not in a rush to come write about what a loser I was. But then I realized that no matter how little I do, I need to write it down here. With that being said, let's talk about what I did do last week.

I started #7. I painted the two archways in the house and the connecting trim. I would say that I am about 45% done. I might get frisky and try to finish before the wedding. Right, that is a pipe dream. At least I started.

#49 gets a big hash mark next to it. I went down to the local blood bank and donated some blood. Saved a couple of lives. This is huge for me because I hate, hate, hate needles!!

I am also halfway to #38!! I checked my comments today to find that I have inspired someone to start this challenge. Props to Rachael!! I will cross #38 off when her list gets published on a blog or www.dayzeroproject.com. Can't wait to see it Rachael!

And that is it. Told you is was scary this past week. Like I said, with the wedding one month away, everything seems to be spiraling and time-consuming.

More update later...

week four

I know I am late getting this week updated. The weekend was long and full of manual labor.

A couple of things did get the big, gratifying checkmark!!

--Develop data base for friends/family birthdays and anniversaries, #2, done and done. I found a calendar function in my excel program. I can go by month and list all the days. Super convenient and it took 2 minutes to set it up and about 15 minutes to fill it in. I will add dates as they come to my attention.

--July 31st was a memorable day. Mark and I had our first dark night, #18. It was amazing. We cooked an entire dinner on the grill--pork chops, beans, corn. We played Life by candlelight. I lost. We played a lot of card games--Gin rummy(I lost), Liverpool Rummy(I lost), and Slap Jack(Mark never played this before but still beat me). It was a consious effort to not turn on a light as we went from room to room. Mark did turn on one light for a half a second. He said you could hear me in the next county screaming to turn the light off. We also unplugged all the chargers. The computers got shut down. We did not turn the monitors/speakers off right away because we did not notice they were still on. Bottom line, we got 80% of the electricity off which is a good effort for the first time. We will be at 100% in August.

--July 31 also saw #64 completed. Mark was sodding the yard and I was doing light yard work. The sky opened up and we got drenched. Mark was adamant about finishing the tilling, so I walked beside him with an umbrella in an attempt to keep the torrential downpour off of him. He got to the point of stopping and the monsoon was in full effect. We went to the backyard and started to take off shoes and socks to not track in water. I figured, What the Heck!! We started splashing in the "Lake". We had such a good time. We played for about 45 minutes. We splashed each other, jumped, played disc golf and ran in the rain. The water was surprisingly warm so it made for a great rewind moment back to childhood!!

CD's I listened to this week:
-Bonham, The Disregard of Timekeeping--I get that is the great John Bonham's son, so I expected a little more rock. I thought it was very pop. His skills are amazing though, just like his father
-Bongo Hate, Plastastic--I have no other words except for Horrible.
-Boxcar Prophets, Little Tortures--Ok, sounded more like christian rock than regular rock
-Alice in Chains, Unplugged--Heck to the Yeah!! Album is amazing
-The B-52's, Time Capsule--The album is just good, clean fun.
-Bush, Sixteen Stone--Excellent
-Doyle Bramhall, Change it--Bluesy and catchy

Still flossing, drinking water and turning water off in the shower--so no change there.

Put more money in the mortgage fund, #5. That is up to $200. Also, I added to the savings fund, #101, up to $600.

Keep you posted