My 101 List

My 1001 Day Project ends on Friday, October 1, 2010 in .

• Main Goal
• Do something towards my goals every week (1/104)
• Cooking
• Catalog all my stray recipes
• Grow an herb garden
• Grow an organic garden in a pot
• Learn to cook fish
• Learn to cook flan
• Learn to cook my dad's garlic chicken
• Learn to cook pastelles
• Learn to cook piononos
• Declutter
• Clean out garage
• Declutter house
• Photograph and post at least 10 ebay or craigslist items for destashing 1x month (1/34)
• Photograph and post at least 10 supply items for destashing 1x month (2/34)
• Scan and shred all household documents
• Financial
• Create a budget
• Establish a $1000 emergency fund
• Inventory household items for insurance purposes
• Pay off all credit cards
• Health
• Establish an exercise habit
• Get hair trimmed 3x year (1/9)
• Get a real hairstyle…and not just a trim
• Grow my Kickboxing skills
• Lose 80 pounds
• Plan my meals out and shop for them 1x week (1/143)
• Start mountain biking again
• Start rollerblading again
• Test for brown belt
• Visit dentist 2x year (2/6)
• Household
• Buy/make non-disposable shopping bags
• Finish our living room curtains
• Fold laundry 1x quarter (4/12)
• Landscape yard 2x year (0/6)
• Paint our bedroom
• Setup memory board/mirror display in living room
• Vaccuum house 1x week (0/143)
• Wax truck 2x year (0/6)
• Jewelry
• Buy a tumbler and shot
• Establish a blogging schedule for A Pretty Rock
• Learn Chinese knotting
• Learn silver wire fusing
• Pay off A Pretty Rock debt
• Redesign website
• Submit website for write up to 4 blogs 1x month (3/34)
• Knowledge
• Learn to type Spanish language characters on keyboard
• Read 3 books in Spanish (0/3)
• Read Boriquas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings -- An Anthology
• Refresh my Arabic language knowledge
• Loving my dog
• Brush Snickers 1x week (0/143)
• Take Snickers for walk around block 5x week (0/143)
• Personal
• Create a family tree book
• Create an "in event of our deaths" list for both our moms
• Help our mom's fill out their own lists (0/2)
• Give blood (hate needles)
• Have a baby (again...hate needles...and pain)
• Create a book from my Grateful 365 project
• Take my mom to see The Nutcracker
• Recreational
• Attend a USPS dead letter auction
• Create website for my WoW guild
• Create wedding scrapbook (been 9 years…about time!)
• Finish baby blanket cross-stitch (started for my godson who is now 2)
• Go hiking in the Appalachians (I live so close!)
• Go horseback riding
• Learn how to handbind a book
• Learn to alter/customize clothing for myself
• Learn to rock climb
• Learn to snowboard
• Participate in project 365
• Purchase a dSLR
• Read all the Chronicles of Narnia books
• Read my lapsed comic book series
• Visit a corn maze
• Wear a costume to DragonCon
• Relationships
• Buy/make everyone's Christmas gifts before November each year (0/3)
• Host get-together 3x year (1/9)
• Keep track of birthdays and anniversaries (and addresses) and send a card on each one.
• Write thank you notes every time I receive a gift
• Spiritual
• Go on a missions trip
• Memorize a bible verse 1x month (1/34)
• Read bible 5x week (2/143)
• Travel
• Go back home to Puerto Rico with husband
• Take Jason to La Palguera
• Visit St. Thomas/Virgin Islands
• Visit New York
• Go to the top of the Empire State Building
• Go to the top of the Statue of Liberty
• See a musical on Broadway
• Visit Europe
• Visit Las Vegas
• Take a weekend getaway with my husband 1x year (0/3)
• Work
• Back up my computers 1x week (0/143)
• Create a program to serve a useful purpose for others
• Grow my business so my husband can stay home and work with me
• Join a networking group
• Learn a new programming language 1x year (0/3)
• Learn to expertly analyze web traffic tracking results
• Organize files on computers (0/3)
• Read a technical book 4x year (1/12)
• Setup landing pages for all my registered domain names
• Update paperwork for taxes 4x year (0/12)
• Write a blog post 1x week for Turtletopia (2/143)
• Write a blog post 1x week for YazminMedia (1/143)

June 2009 Newsletter Winner · 06/30/2009

Congratulations Carol (digicat@…)! You've won a $25 gift certificate to A Pretty Rock!

Please contact me so I can forward you the gift certificate.

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Mojito Earrings - Glitz Lounge Challenge for September 2008 · 06/30/2009

A while back you may remember me mentioning the Glitz Lounge challenges. With the onset of the holidays, a new year and a new direction, I found myself completing not a single one of these group challenges which I enjoyed so much.

However, two weekends ago, I was doing some organizing and found the pair of earrings I was working on for the September 2008 challenge theme: “Cocktail-Inspired Pieces.” Since I found myself with some spare time, I decided to finish them up.

You can see my original inspiration here. I’ve never had a mojito myself…(I know! Considering that I’m Puerto Rican, you’d think I would have tried one by now), but I’ve always loved the color of the drink. Since I’m not a drinker, this may be as close as I ever get!

Love them as much as I do? Visit the shop page for more photos and to read more about the Mojito Earrings.

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tags: glitz lounge challenge, green amethyst, hoops, jewelry, prasiolite, prehnite, scalopite, selling, sterling silver

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Renewed Inspiration · 06/20/2009

I know...I know...It's been a while since my last piece, but I should have something new to show this coming week. In the meantime, let me leave you with a sneak peek!

(Yes, I know this picture was taken in January! All good things are worth the wait. ;) )

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tags: clusters, green amethyst, hoops, jewelry, prasiolite, prehnite, scalopite, sterling silver

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We have a Happily Handmade Winner! · 06/08/2009

Check it out...if you haven't seen the list of winners for the Happily Handmade Giveaway, here it is:

Bonnie B. from Florida

Athena W. from Tennessee

Kristina K. from Maryland

Pat A. from New Jersey

Paulette D. from Missouri

Carrie R. from North Carolina

Heather S. from Washington

Jessica L. from Wisconsin

Karen W. from New York (She's the lucky winner from my list!)

Sandy D. from Arkansas

Steff L. from Iowa

Elisa D. from California

Julie B. from Kentucky

Regina D. from Texas

Sarah B. from Illinois

Sarah S. from Connecticut

Martha J. from Virginia

Quandra D. from Michigan

Joyce B. from Ohio

Mandy C. from Georgia

Aneesah S. from the United Kingdom

Mary Beth I. from North Carolina

Jennifer J. from Florida

Jessica M. from California

Terrye K. from Michigan

Congratulations to all the winners! Out of 14,000 entries, you gals hit the jackpot!

And if you haven't had a chance to check out the participating shops, make sure you stop by their shop page as some of the stores are still extending discount specials for visitors!

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I'm Published! · 05/20/2009

Well...not that I wrote a book or anything, but a while back, Julie of On the Dot Creations was asking for Etsy sellers to submit business tips that have helped them along. If she used your tip, she would make mention of you in the e-book.

Since then, I did close my Etsy shop. However, it turns out that my tip is one of the ones she used in the e-Book! This is what I had sent in:

"Taking photographs that show the true colors of your items can be a difficult task.  One trick that can help is to add an element of pure black and pure white to the photo frame when photographing the item (a piece of paper will work fine).  Later, when you open up your photo in editing software, the program will be able to color correct your photos.  Be sure to crop out the white and black elements, though."

If you want to get more great tips like these go download the e-Book now!

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