The Matthews Family: January 2010

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Wesley's Fifteenth Month- Oct. 15- Nov. 14, 2009

So, this month was a very slow month for us. We didn't go pretty much anywhere. Wesley had started taking two or three steps at a time around September or the beginning of October.

So, I just included this picture just because I wanted to!

And, I love this picture! The can was not open. Jud was just getting ready to leave for work and had gotten him a drink. And, Wes wanted it, so Jud gave it to him. Obviously Wesley knew exactly what to do with it!! But, Wesley has been such a happy, healthy baby and a HUGE blessing to his Daddy and I!

Blessed,

Amanda

My 101 in 1001

My 101 in 1001

Start Date: 08/24/09
End Date: 05/21/12

Jud (My Husband)

1. Go on a date just Jud and I once a month. (0/33)
2. Identify and utilize the "Love Languages."
3. Play a full 18 holes of golf with Jud.
4. Complete the Love Dare. (0/40)
5. Kiss my husband in the pouring rain.
6. Have Jud teach me to play Texas Hold 'Em to where I understand and can play.
7. Put $5 back every time Jud plays golf.
8. Put two days a year aside to do what Jud wants to do and nothing but. (One of these days being his birthday.) (0/6)

Friends & Family
9. Go on a date with my two guys once a month. (0/33)
10. Reconnect with some old friends that I seldomly or never talk to.
11. Send out birthday cards to friends and family.
12. Get Wesley out of the house for little fieldtrips one day a week. (0/143)
13. Make a bedtime CD for Wesley.
14. Make a "Real" bedtime routine for Wesley & follow it every night for two months. (0/60)
15. Send surprise packages to at least three people that I'm close to. (0/3)
16. Get a picture of Wesley on my Great-Grandfather's old porch. (11/26/2009)
17. Send a letter to at least one friend or family member a month. (0/33)
18. Teach Wesley his colors, numbers 1-10, shapes, alphabet, and animals. (0/5)
19. Private.
20. Cook and have friends and/or family over at least every other month.
21. Plan a playdate for Wes & his cousins (or other pals) at least every other month. (0/16)

Personal Improvement
22. Read the whole Bible in one year (spread out over the year). (4/365)
23. Stay off the computer for one day a week. (0/143)
24. Memorize 1 Bible verse a week. (0/143)
25. Get up every weekday by 8 AM for two months. (4/40)
26. When I get wound up, work on not raising my voice.
27. Find a home church.
28. Girl time once a month either to myself or with others. (0/33)

Home

29. Get Wesley's room the way I want it, including or excluding, but not limited to painting and full cleaning. (08/31/09)
30. Same with Living Room.
31. Same with Kitchen.
32. Same with our Bedroom.
33. Same with the Hallway.
34. Same with the Bathroom.
35. Make a clothes washing schedule and follow it. (0/143)
36. Catalog all of my books.
37. Catalog all of our movies.
38. Set up a house cleaning schedule and follow it for 2 months. (0/8)
39. Get all VHS videos converted to DVD.
40. Go through everything in the shed & get rid of anything that's no longer needed.
41. Wash and clean out my car once a month. (Weather permitting)
42. Bathe Summer once a month & take her to get bathed and nails cut once a month. (0/33) (0/33)
43. Choose and print pictures for the picture carousel.
44. Choose and print pictures for the wood album.
45. Fill our Wedding Album.
46. Make our bed every day for 2 months within one hour of getting up. (0/60)
47. Do dishes and clean up the kitchen right after dinner every night for two months. (0/60)
48. Talk Jud into finishing the cabinet doors.
49. Work with Jud to build flower beds in our yard. (0/2)

Cooking
50. Try 25 new recipes. (0/25)
51. Organize a favorites recipe notebook.
52. Cook 572 meals over the 1001 days. (0/572)
53. Fix one recipe that requires one or more spices from my spice rack.
54. When I get my Trifle bowl, make the Chocolate Banana Cream Trifle. (09/01/09)

Health
55. Go walking or biking five days a week. (Can be exchanged for an inside exercise activity due to weather.) (4/715)
56. Do WII Fit two days a week. (0/286)
57. Track my weight twice a week. (Sundays & Thursdays, when possible) (0/286)
58. Cut down to one soda a day for a month. (0/30)
59. Fit comfortably in a size 12 again.
60. Brush AND use mouthwash twice a day. (4/1001)
61. No fast food for two weeks straight. (0/14)

Photography
62. Take one picture a day that has nothing to do with the list. (4/1001)
63. Complete the 100 Snapshots List. (0/100)
64. Catch up on backing up my pictures on my external hard drive & keep them caught up every month.
65. Have 1 picture taken of Wesley and I together every month and 1 family picture once a month. (0/33) (0/33)
66. Decide on & order Business cards.
67. Scan all of our hard copy pictures to my laptop & external hard drive.
68. Find all of the historical markers in Shelby county & take pictures.

Crafts
69. Put together our Wedding Scrapbook.
70. Put together a scrapbook for Wesley's first year.
71. Make a scrapbook for the 1001 Days.
72. Make a scrapbook for our trip to Las Vegas.
73. Make a scrapbook for our Honeymoon.
74. Create a family tree of my side of the family.
75. Create a family tree of Jud's side of the family and, then, combine the two.
76. Learn how to decorate cakes & make a birthday cake for Wesley.

Fun
77. Read the 15 books that I own, but have not read. (0/15)
78. Reread each of the series to the above books.
79. Read 15 of Times Magazines Top 100 Books. (0/15)
80. Participate in the Club Championship at least once. (0/1)
81. Find 101 quotes that I like. (0/101)
82. Write a book.
83. Go to the horse races in Shreveport and bet on a horse.
84. Start & Complete a 1000 piece puzzle.
85. Pet a dolphin.
86. Watch 26 movies that I've never seen from A-Z. (0/26)
87. Read at least 10 books in my collection, excluding any mentioned elsewhere in the list. (0/12)
88. Read all of Jane Austen's novels. (0/6)

Travel
89. Take a family trip on the train from Rusk to Palestine and back.
90. Go to a ghost town.
91. Go to a Civil War Reenactment.
92. Go to Galveston.
93. Take Wesley to his first Astros game.
94. A-Z Challenge.

Blog
95. Get 15 followers on my blog. (2/15)
96. Comment on 1 blog that I follow each week. (1/143)
97. Catch up on Wesley's posts. (15/15) (08/26/09)
98. Post at least 1 blog a week. (1/143)

List
99. Document the meeting of each goal with a picture. (When Possible.)
100. Blog about the completion of each goal. (1/101)
101. Celebrate the end of the 1001 days with a girl's night out with Morgan.

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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Wesley's Fifteenth Month- Oct. 15- Nov. 14, 2009