My Wishlist

My Wishlist
Husqvarna Viking Designer Diamond sewing machine
Babylock Evolution serger
Babylock Blind Hemmer
Babylock Embellisher

Lower Body Workout

Body Part	Exercise	Reps	Weight
Calves	Seated Calf raises	1x12	40 lbs
000	000	1x10	50 lbs
000	000	1x8	60 lbs
000	000	1x6	70 lbs
Glutes	Leg Presses	1x12	70 lbs
000	000	1x10	80 lbs
000	000	1x8	90 lbs
000	000	1x6	100 lbs
Quads	Leg extensions	1x12	30 lbs
000	000	1x10	40 lbs
000	000	1x8	50 lbs
000	000	1x6	60 lbs
Hamstrings	Kickbacks	1x12	40 lbs
000	000	1x10	50 lbs
000	000	1x8	60 lbs
000	000	1x6	70 lbs
Inner thighs	Adduction	1x12	55 lbs
000	000	1x10	60 lbs
000	000	1x8	65 lbs
000	000	1x6	70 lbs
Outer thighs	Abduction	1x12	55 lbs
000	000	1x10	60 lbs
000	000	1x8	65 lbs
000	000	1x6	70 lbs

Upper Body Workout

Body Part	Exercise	Reps	Weight
Lats	Pull-downs	1x12	30 lbs
000	000	1x10	40 lbs
000	000	1x8	50 lbs
000	000	1x6	60 lbs
000	One Arm Rows	1x12	15 lbs
Chest	Incline Dumbell Press	1x12	10 lbs
000	000	1x10	12.5 lbs
000	000	1x8	15 lbs
000	000	1x6	17.5 lbs
Biceps	Curls	1x12	10 lbs
000	000	1x10	12.5 lbs
000	000	1x8	15 lbs
000	000	1x6	17.5 lbs
000	000	1x3	20 lbs
Delts	Seated Dumbell Press	1x12	10 lbs
000	000	1x10	12.5 lbs
000	000	1x8	15 lbs
000	000	1x6	17.5 lbs

Aerobics

My aerobic workout for today was 20 minutes on the treadmill as follows:

Minute	Speed
1-2	1.5
2-3	2.0
3-4	2.5
4-5	3.0
5-6	3.5
6-7	2.0
7-8	2.5
8-9	3.0
9-10	3.5
10-11	2.0
11-12	2.5
12-13	3.0
13-14	3.5
14-15	2.0
15-16	2.5
16-17	3.0
17-18	3.5
18-19	4.0
19-20	1.5

I also do a light 20 minute cool-down on my stationary bicycle.

Abs 1

Body Part	Exercise	Reps	Weight
Abs	Leg lifts	3x8	0 lbs
000	Vacuums	3x8	0 lbs
000	Crunches	4x50	0 lbs

Joy

101 Things That Bring Me Joy/Happiness

Maybe all these things don't exactly bring me joy, but I do like/love/enjoy everyone of them. In no particular order after #4

00001. My sweet Ronnie
00002. Memories of Michael
00003. Girl and Buddy-memories of Pongo - 11/12/13 memories of 000000Buddy
00004. Memories of my Mom and Dad
00005. Collecting and reading books
00006. Designing and sewing clothes
00007. Working out-Lifting weights-Running
00008. Driving the Silverado
00009. Cooking
00010. Learning new things
00011. Dancing
00012. Shopping
00013. Knitting and crocheting
00014. New shoes and bags
00015. Playing on my PC-installing software-new fonts etc
00016. Taking bubble baths
00017. Trying out new restaurants
00018. Watching favorite TV shows
00019. Make-up - applying make-up
00020. Rainy days and nights-along with special memories
00021. Dolls and Teddy Bears
00022. Pretty nails-Nail art
00023. Aroma therapy
00024. Dresses
00025. New jammies - buying or sewing them
00026. Pretty paper
00027. Making jewelry - beading
00028. Big cats’ feet i.e. tiger's, lion's etc feet
00029. Aprons
00030. Photography
00031. Blogging
00032. Holidays-especially decorating for Halloween and 000000Christmas
00033. Having six-pack abs (Haven’t had them in a while!)
00034. Animals especially dogs and elephants
00035. Green plants and flowers - especially daisies and roses
00036. Digital scrap-booking
00037. French language
00038. Crime Scene Investigation
00039. Scarves
00040. Hats
00041. Listening to music - especially jazz and zydeco
00042. Making soap
00043. Law
00044. Taking naps
00045. Miniatures
00046. Cuff bracelets
00047. James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux novels
00048. Sewing clothes for my dolls
00049. Woodworking
00050. Watching classic Christmas TV shows
00051. Feeding the cardinals sunflower seeds
00052. Sock monkeys
00053. Paris - even though I have never been there
00054. Arugula (especially when served in a salad with a Gruyere 000000grilled cheese sandwich)
00055. Fireplaces
00056. Starbucks Mocha Frappacino
00057. Watching horses run and cows graze
00058. Old black and white movies from the 1940s and Westerns
00059. Fall foliage in shades of brown, orange, rust, red etc falling to 000000the ground
00060. Lying in a hammock
00061. Rustic farms with weathered barns
00062. Walking barefoot on the beach late evening when there is a cool 000000soft wind
00063. My special tacos and Tilapia taco Tuesdays
00064. Drive-in movies
00065. Taking college classes
00066. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
00067. Blue grass music
00068. Smokey Mountains
00069. My World Book Encyclopedias from 1963
00070. Watching the ball drop in Times Square on TV. Gonna miss 000000Dick Clark!
00071. U.S. Marine Corp
00072. Butter cream frosting
00073. Faded blue jeans
00074. Double rainbows
00075. Hot water
00076. The Saints in the Super Bowl
00077. Buying school supplies at the start of the new school year
00078. Waterfalls
00079. In My Life by the Beatles
00080. Counted Cross stitch
00081. Red Robin's DGB (burger)
00082. County fairs
00083. Hayrides
00084. Playing board/trivia games
00085. Having the perfect tool for the job
00087. Embroidered pillow cases with crocheted edgings
00088. Puppies
00089. Wearing a fedora
00090. Tres leches
00091. My thimble collection
00092. Waking up on a winter's morning knowing I won't have to 000000shovel snow
00093. Old trucks/ Street rods/ Classic antique cars
00094. Nikola Tesla
00095. Making healthy versions of fast food
00096. Coming home after a difficult day at work
00098. Yoga/Pilates
00099. Secret Hide-a-ways
00100. My Mom's potato salad and meatloaf, her roast with potatoes, 000000cole slaw and sweetened tea
00101. Looking at old pictures

Knitting and Crocheting

"Potato Chip" Ruffled Scarf
Tunisian Crochet Scarf
Stitch Diva's Hairpin Lace Cardi Wrap-WIP
Irish Hiking Scarf-WIP
Dream Swatch Head-wrap/Scarf Thingy




I didn't use the correct technique to make the Tunisian Crochet Scarf, so I'll be attempting it again in the future.

Summer Reading

This was supposed to be my 2006 summer reading list. As you can see, I didn't get them read (due to attending classes). I also didn't get them read this summer (2007), even though I read numerous books. So, I suppose this will become my 2008 summer reading list (see second list below). I have started reading all except Night by Elie Wiesel.

Buddhism for Beginners by Thubten Chodron

Cell by Stephen King

YOUNGER NEXT YEAR FOR WOMEN BY CHRIS CROWLEY, HENRY S. LODGE

The Triumph of Individual Style by Carla Mason Mathis

MAGIC HOUR BY KRISTIN HANNAH

Tesla by Margaret Cheney

BLACK FOR REMEMBRANCE BY CARLENE THOMPSON

The BOOK OF FORENSIC DETECTION BY COLIN EVANS

THE HOUSE BY DANIELLE STEELE

THE DIVINCI CODE BY DAN BROWN

7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA BY LAUREN WEISBERGER

Night by Elie Wiesel

THE SECRET




I have decided to make a second summer reading list for 2008. I am going to focus on this list. Most of these books are easy reads, as opposed to the books on the previous list. I'm not going to forget about the first list. I will most likely complete that list by the end of this year.

The Next Thing on My List: A Novel by Jill Smolinski June 5, 2008

The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs June 19, 2008

The Dirt-Brown Derby by Ed Lynskey

The Dark Backward by Julia Buckley

Surface Tension by Christine Kling June 10,2008

The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey substitution: I CAN MAKE YOU THN BY PAUL MCKENNA January 26, 2009

Two Little Girls in Blue: A Novel by Mary Higgins Clark June12, 2008

The Husband by Dean Koontz June14,2008

Elegance by Kathleen Tessaro June 23, 2008

Saturday by Ian McEwan substitution: Duma Key by Stephen King November 28, 2009

Midnight Rain by Holly Lisle June 7, 2008

A Southern Belle Primer: Or Why Paris Hilton Will Never Be a Kappa Kappa Gamma by Maryln Schwartz

Sewing 2009

This is a list of things that I have completed and ones I'm working on:
McCall 9576 pattern completed item
McCall 5271 pattern completed item
Amy Butler Kimberly Bag-WIP
Simplicity 2603-WIP

101 things

101 things III



1. Get my RN license

2. SWAP storyboard/lookbook to fill the gaps in my wardrobe

3. Make a bib, because, even though I’m an adult, apparently I can’t eat food without spilling some on myself.

4. Make at least one thing per month from Pinterest…to be listed later.

5. Decorating the yard for Halloween this year

6. Make Amy Butler’s Bloom quilt

7. Go to Guavaween this year

8. Create an original art self portrait

9. Completely fill a Pandora bracelet

10. Make five soups from scratch

11. Make my own ATC greetings cards

12. Learn to swim

13. Make a travel/protection charm for the car

14. Design a wardrobe for each decade from the 1920s through 2010 for Molly, make patterns, and sew as many pieces as possible.

15. Make a bed for Molly

16. Hook a bath mat from jersey

17. Have a full spa day

18. Go to an opera

19. Start a gratitude journal

20. Listen to 26 bands I’ve never heard of, each starting with a different letter of the alphabet

21. Start a small vegetable/herb garden from seeds, use in recipes

22. Paint the hallway - yellow with purple trim

23. Read the Bible, from beginning to end-in progress

24. Find my signature cupcake recipe

25. Help pay for a rescue animal’s medical bills

26. Organize my photos

27. Read my height in books

28. Go to see Swan Lake

29. Celebrate the spring and autumn equinox

30. Design 4 tattoos & have them done, a vine with flowers and Mike’s name on the blooms, Celtic knot, in emerald green, and two others, I’m not sure of yet

31. Dress form/duct tape double-after weight loss?? date

32. Make at least one altered book

33. Choose 10 countries and read a book by an author from each

34. Build a robot kit

35. Learn how to make Tiramisu

36. Sew 5 scrub tops

37. Buy a new window box and plant wildflowers in it

38. Make quilted piece for hall doorway

39. Buy a fondue pot and use at least once a month

40. Teach myself sign language

41. Learn to salsa dance

42. Grow an herb garden

43. Braid a rug for the kitchen in front of the sink

44. Study and research Buddhism

45. Learn how to do 10 one-armed push-ups in a row

46. Dye my hair red again

47. Go to a crochet/knitting group

48. Be so flexible I can do a split-again

49. Identify 101 things that bring me joy

50. Go through my Photoshop manual and learn 10 cool tricks

51. Build up a 3 month emergency fund in savings

52. Go to see a play/musical/ballet

53. Knit socks

54. Make a bra and panty set

55. Learn Pilates

56. Buy/learn to use portable GPS

57. Geocache/Go geocaching at least 6 times before last 101 Day

58. Get better acquainted with all the bells and whistles on my digital camera

59. Make bears/bear clothes

60. Build a 1/12 scale miniature house, and begin to furnish it

61. Take my vitamins every day for a month

62. Retire the old family decorations and make a collection of handmade ornaments for the Christmas tree

63. Have professional photo taken

64. Build a cigar box purse

65. Re-learn to read music

66. Re-learn to play the keyboard and practice at least one song every day for two weeks

67. Needle point pillow cases

68. Get a spray tan

69. Make a pie on Pi day-3-14-2011

70. Buy a weaving loom

71. Make paper

72. Make new curtains for the dining room

73. Install or build a fire pit in the backyard

74. Paint a scene of the beach under the full moon light

75. Watch the Wizard of Oz while playing Dark Side of the Moon

76. Have a Jell-O shot

77. Get a Nativity Set

78. Add 100 new words to my vocabulary

79. Plant roses in back yard

80. Make bath bombs

81. Re-start Weight Watchers-Lose 5 pounds a month for 15 months

82. Make homemade marshmallows and roast over fire pit, make s’mores

83. Become Microsoft Office certified

84. Cook barbecued/smoked ribs on the grill

85. Find a great red dress and a great black dress and buy them (or make them)

86. Take a firearms course

87. Say I love you in 10 languages-in progress (5-10)

88. Make a list of 101 quotes that inspire me

89. Take a photo every day for a month

90. Go to Christmas Mass

91. Make a sweet corn salsa

92. Re-decorate the bathroom

93. Stretch every morning for a month

94. Decorate for Christmas-with the Victorian decorations.

95. Make a no flour chocolate cake

96. Re-learn French and to properly swear, to increase my French vocabulary, learn a new word or phrase each week.

97. Build a pinhole camera

98. Go to Las Vegas

99. Listen to and learn about Cuban music

100. Find a personally inspirational quote and work it into a piece of art or home decor

101. Make 5 pairs of sleep pants or shorts

102. Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the Alphabet

103. Build a piece of furniture

104. Document accomplishing each thing (photo or journaling)

105. On Day 1001, make a new list

As is my custom, there are 105 things on my list of 101 things LOL















101 things II

1. Get my RN license

2. SWAP storyboard and complete items-in progress

3. Learn to juggle

4. Buy new inline skates

5. Learn three named chess strategies

6. Learn Spanish

7. Join Netflix and have a weekly movie night-Joined Netflix, but haven't established a movie night yet.  I guess Saturday night is the most obvious

8. Create an original art self portrait

9. Complete 10 photographic projects (from previous class)

10. Make five soups from scratch

11. Learn the location and capital of every country in the world (and every state in the U.S.)-in progress (10-50)

12. Learn to swim

13. Make a travel/protection charm for the car

14. Collect all 50 US State Quarters-in progress (38-50)

15. Make my own ATC greetings cards

16. Go ice skating

17. Have a full spa day

18. Go to an opera

19. Start a gratitude journal

20. Stay caught up on all of my magazines-in progress

21. Start a small vegetable/herb garden from seeds, use in recipe

22. Convert all my CDs to MP3-in progress

23. Read the Bible, from beginning to end-in progress

24. Find my signature cupcake recipe

25. BUY MYSELF A RIGHT HAND RING 3-20-2009

26. Organize my photos-in progress

27. Trace my roots

28. Go to see Swan Lake

29. Boob job-reduction

30. Get a diving certificate after I learn to swim

31. Dress form/duct tape double-after weight loss ?? date

32. Make at least one altered book

33. Complete 12 pieces of jewelry-in progress (2-12)

34. Build a robot kit

35. Learn how to make Tiramisu

36. Start knitted garden coverlet

37. Buy a new window box and plant wildflowers in it

38. Make quilted piece for hallway doorway

39. Buy a fondue pot and use at least once a month

40. Learn sign language

41. Do a de-tox regimen

42. GET A PROFESSIONAL FACIAL AND THEN GIVE MYSELF AN AT HOME FACIAL ONCE A WEEK FOR A MONTH 9-18-2009-I've continued this for the past year

43. Braid a rug for the kitchen in front of the sink

44. Study and research Buddhism

45. Learn how to do 10 one-armed push-ups in a row

46. Re-learn visual basic

47. Update the household notebook with pictures and serial numbers

48. Be so flexible I can do a split-again

49. Identify 101 things that bring me joy

50. Go through my Photoshop Elements manual and learn cool tricks- in progress (2-19)

51. Build up a 3 month emergency fund in savings-in progress

52. Go to see a play/musical/ballet

53. Knit socks

54. Make a bra and panty set

55. Learn pilates

56. Buy/learn to use portable GPS

57. Geocache/Go geocaching at least 6 times before last 101 Day

58. Get better aquainted with all the bells and whistles on my digital camera- in progress

59. Make bears/bear clothes

60. Build a 1/12 scale miniature house, and begin to furnish it

61. Take my vitamins every day for a month

62. Make a collection of handmade ornaments for the Christmas tree

63. Have professional photo taken

64. Build a cigar box purse

65. Re-learn to read music

66. Re-learn to play the keyboard and practice at least one song every day for a week

67. Take a speed reading course

68. Fill in the gaps I have in my wardrobe to make sure I have an outfit for each occasion

69. Sew and review 12 articles of clothing on Pattern Review

70. Buy a weaving loom

71. Make paper

72. Clean out inside of TA for restoring-Sold TA

73. Install or build a firepit in the backyard

74. Photograph the beach under the full moon light

75. Watch the Wizard of Oz while playing Dark Side of the Moon

76. Have a jello shot

77. Get a magazine article published

78. Learn 50 new words-in progress (18-50)

79. Plant roses in back yard

80. Make bath bombs

81. Lose 5 pounds a month for 15 months-in progress (35-75)

82. Make homemade marshmallows and roast over an open fire

83. Become Microsoft Office certified-in progress

84. Cook barbecued/smoked ribs on the grill

85. Find a great black dress and buy it (or make it)

86. Take a firearms course

87. Say I love you in 10 languages-in progress (5-10)

88. Review 12 books on Amazon-in progress (5-12)

89. Take a photo every day for a month

90. Go to Christmas Mass

91. Make a sweet corn salsa

92. Re-decorate the bathroom

93. Stretch every morning for a month

94. Decorate for Christmas-with the Victorian decorations

95. Make a no flour chocolate cake

96. Re-learn French and to properly swear

98. Landscape front yard-in progress

99. Listen to and learn about Cuban music

100. Memorize a poem-in progress

101. Make 4 pairs of sleep pants or shorts

102. Do a mini triathlon after I learn to swim

103. Learn how to do mechanics on Mike's TA

104. Document accomplishing each thing (photo or journaling)

105. On Day 1001, make a new list

As is my custom, there are 105 things on my list of 101 things (well, ok, 104, I lost one/mis-numbered somewhere LOL





101 things

1. COMPLETE PARALEGAL COURSE WITH A 4.0 GPA--STARTED 6/13/2006 COMPLETED 7-23-2007 WITH A 3.97

2. SWAP storyboard and complete items-in progress

3. Learn to juggle

4. Visit Hawaii

5. LEARN TO KNIT, KNIT A SCARF--3/17/2007

6. Learn Spanish

7. Become more familiar with HTML-in progress

8. Create an original art self portrait

9. Complete 10 photographic projects (from previous class)

10. Travel somewhere by train (get a sleeper car)

11. Learn the location and capital of every country in the world and every state in the U.S.)-in progress (10-50)

12. Learn to swim

13. Add 10 pages to my website-in progress (4-10)

14. Collect all 50 US State Quarters-in progress (38-50)

15. Make my own ATC greetings cards

16. Go ice skating

17. AT LEAST ONCE EACH WEEK, READ THE NEWSPAPER COVER TO COVER--12-16-2007

18. Go to an opera

19. FINISH THE CROSSWORD PUZZLE EVERY DAY FOR AT LEAST A MONTH--4/14/2007

20. Stay caught up on all of my magazines-in progress

21. Start a small vegetable/herb garden from seeds, use in recipe

22. Convert all my CDs to MP3-in progress

23. Read the Bible, from beginning to end-in progress

24. GET COLORED CONTACT LENSES

25. See Wayne Newton in concert

26. Organize my photos-in progress

27. Trace my roots

28. Go to see Swan Lake

29. Boob job-reduction

30. Get a diving certificate after I learn to swim

31. Dress form/duct tape double-after weight loss ?? date

32. Make at least one altered book

33. Complete 12 pieces of jewelry-in progress (2-12)

34. CARVE PUMPKIN FOR HALLOWEEN--10/28/2006

35. Learn how to make Tiramisu

36. Start knitted garden coverlet

37. CATALOG MY CDS-12-16-2007

38. Make quilted piece for hallway doorway

39. FOLLOW FLYLADY

40. Learn sign language

41. Do a de-tox regimen

42. Get a professional facial

43. Braid a rug for the kitchen in front of the sink

44. Study and research Buddhism

45. PURGE/ORGANIZE MAKEUP COLLECTION--BUY UPDATED MAKEUP-3-10-2007

46. Re-learn visual basic

47. Update the household notebook with pictures and serial numbers

48. GET ON A REGULAR SLEEP SCHEDULE--10/2006

49. START GETTING MY NAILS DONE AGAIN

50. Go through my Photoshop Elements manual and learn cool tricks- in progress (2-19)

51. Build up a 3 month emergency fund in savings-in progress

52. Go to see a play/musical/ballet

53. CHANGE MY HAIR COLOUR AND STYLE--10/26/2007

54. Make a bra and panty set

55. Learn pilates

56. Buy/learn to use portable GPS

57. Geocache/Go geocaching at least 6 times before last 101 Day

58. Get better acquainted with all the bells and whistles on my digital camera-in progress

59. Make bears/bear clothes

60. LEARN HOW TO MAKE BUTTER CHICKEN--6/25/2006

61. Go to a Naturopath and start a new health regime

62. Make a collection of handmade ornaments for the Christmas tree

63. Have professional photo taken

64. Build a cigar box purse

65. Re-learn to read music

66. Re-learn to play the keyboard

67. PURGE CLOTHING ONCE A SEASON UNTIL ALL I HAVE LEFT IS WHAT I ACTUALLY WEAR

68. Fill in the gaps I have in my wardrobe to make sure I have an outfit for each occasion

69. Sew and review 12 articles of clothing on Pattern Review

70. HAVE A MASSAGE

71. Make paper

72. Clean out inside of TA for restoring

73. Install or build a firepit in the backyard

74. MONTHLY AT HOME DAY OF BEAUTY--12-16-2007

75. Go snow skiing

76. Have a jello shot

77. Get a magazine article published

78. Learn 50 new words-in progress (18-50)

79. Plant roses in back yard

80. MAKE SOAP--4-14-2007/bath bombs

81. Lose 5 pounds a month for 15 months-in progress (35-75)

82. Make homemade marshmallows and roast over an open fire

83. Become Microsoft Office certified-in progress

84. Cook barbecued/smoked ribs on the grill

85. Find a great black dress and buy it (or make it)

86. Take a firearms course

87. Say I love you in 10 languages-in progress (5-10)

88. Review 12 books on Amazon-in progress (4-12)

89. Take a photo every day for a month

90. Go to Christmas Mass

91. GET A PEDICURE--12-16-2007

92. Re-decorate the Bathroom

93. MAKE/BUY A BATHING SUIT-12/7/2007

94. Decorate for Christmas-with the Victorian decorations

95. START A ROTH IRA ACCOUNT-6/9/2006

96. Travel somewhere by train (get a sleeper car)

97. Re-learn French

98. Landscape front yard-in progress

99. GO FOR ONE MONTH WITHOUT COMPLAINING AT WORK

100. Memorize a poem-in progress

101. Make 4 pairs of pj's

102. Do a mini triathlon after I learn to swim

103. Learn how to do mechanics on Mike's TA

104. Document accomplishing each thing (photo or journaling)-in progress

105. On Day 1001, make a new list

ok, I know there are 105 things on my list, but I think the extra four things are important.
(020.5-105)