Why goal #99

Goal #99 - Find a long term project for Jason and I to do together. And, no, cleaning house doesn't count. ;)

There's no complicated explanation for this one. Just quality time with my son. Again, like the cruise thing...something memorable that we can talk about years down the road...like "Mom remember when we built that such-and-such." or "remember when we volunteered for a whole year at XYZ place". I still haven't come up with any ideas, so I'm definitely open to suggestions. He's 12. I thought about maybe building a model car or volunteering somewhere with him. Thoughts?

Goal #17

Shoot one new picture every day just for fun. Well, I felt inspired today and decided to shoot and post immediately because I knew that if I didn't, I'd forget, so here it is.

Signs. This gives me an idea. I was trying to think of a name for the shot and I thought..."New Beginnings". Nah...are there old beginnings? "Bursting Forth"...tacky. "Signs of Spring"...hmmmm... that gives me an idea. A series. Name: Signs. Not streets signs. Signs like..."Signs of Spring". What else can I capture that is a sign of something? We'll see. It's got me thinking anyway.

So, this is Signs of Spring.

I'm still here

I haven't forgotten about my list. The one that I've been focusing on the most is to get the house clean. I've been doing some things at the house very consistently. My dishes REALLY are being done everyday now. And my bed! My bed is being made every day! And this morning, I spent 5 or 10 mins in my studio just decluttering. It's not perfect, but if you remember from the way beginning, I gave up on doing things perfectly. I have made some real progress since this started. My car repairs which totaled almost $5000 are complete and paid for and I'm not in debt because of it. I have a business plan started. I cleaned out the hall closet and now my son can have a place to hang up his pants. I got him to start working on his room, one step at a time, and there was finally enough free space the other night for me to be able to get to his wall and remount his light. And it's a great improvement.

As I go back and reread my list, it's a good reminder for me to pay attention to the things I haven't been working on and see the things I need to let go. I wanted to get a new camera before Mar 2009. Didn't happen, but I am trying to save money. Get a flu shot before I get the flu. No flu shot this year, and no flu....yet. I need to get back to taking pictures and I need to post the ones I've done and the ones of the goals that I've completed! Too many things to pay attention to...blogging, twitter, facebook, my website blog, in addition to life and the 101 goals too! I might just ditch the twitter thing. I don't pay attention to it, but it's one of those nagging things in my mind that I feel like I should pay attention to. It's....mind-clutter!

I did complete my goal about my tax receipts. My taxes are filed and I've gotten (and spent) my refund already. :( I guess it's time to really DO that budget and figure out Quicken (another goal).