Jonesie's 101 Things in 1001 Days

The 101

2012-10-23T21:37:00.014-04:00

These are in no particular order...
*are things I've never done before

Save at least $5000*
Retake MCATs for a better score
Get Elijah dedicated/christened*
Go to a professional sporting event
Start Elijah's scrapbook*
Send 'Just Because' flowers to someone*
Teach Elijah something new*
Tour a city I've never been to
Plan our renewal ceremony*
Write 7 letters to the people who've influenced/showed love to me (0/7)*
Go horseback riding*
Plan a brunch for close friends*
Go to a Drive-In movie*
Sit for a professional family photo*
Plan a ski party*
Take ballroom dance classes*
Do something really special for Hubby
Take a train ride
Make a 3 course dinner for the fam*
Start a New Tradition
Open a cookbook and make whatever is on the page*
Go to a book signing
Take Elijah to the zoo*
Plan and take a family vacation*
Plant an herb garden*
Pamper myself and someone else at the spa*
Celebrate Elijah's 1st Birthday!!!*
Buy a new Bible
See a show on Broadway/or play
Go on a last minute weekend get-away
Complete the P90X workout*
Visit an aquarium
Make a list of 10 Classic/Quality movies and watch them all in a weekend (0/10)*
Do a charity walk
Try and blog about 10 new restaurants*
Buy a Mac*
Send 7 'Thinking of You' cards (1/7)*
Steadily invest in Elijah's college fund*
Draft a living will* (having kids make you think about this kind of stuff)
Leave Philly for good
Go to a circus*
Put a bigger dent in these Drexel loans*
Get Red-Cross Trainer certified*
Start First Aid/CPR clinic*
Help Hubby start his Real Estate business*
Consider Baby #2* (Hubby's crazy about a big fam :-x)
Take a Wilton cake decorating class*
Buy a new bed
Create a Jones signature cocktail*
Officially change my name*
Go apple/peach picking somewhere
Join a ministry at the church
BRING BOADIE HOME!
Have a Mommy-and-Me day at FAO-Schwarz*
Start research for etiquette manual*
Get a new wallet
Fast
Tour and blog about the neighborhoods in Brooklyn (I love NY)*
Set up a play date for Elijah*
Do not eat out for 2 weeks
Buy a little black dress
Set up my fish tank/w exotic fish*
Get Someone to Start The 101 Project
Raise money for children
Donate clothes/toys*
Build a Jonsie-Recipe Book* (Hubby's in-put)
Renew my passport
Rebuild my entire underwear collection*
Volunteer at a homeless shelter
Save $2-$3000 towards a trip to Europe*
Frame pictures*
Take a sushi making class*
Make my own perfume*
Join New York Cares project*
Complete the A-Z project*
Write 2 letters to Elijah that he will read when he's 18 and 21*
Buy a car
Submit an article to Essence*
Put together a Target outfit and wear it*
Complete Oprahs's Debt Diet*
Celebrate Elijah's 2nd Birthday!!*
Change all passwords and pin codes
Design and complete my DIY project for Elijah*
Start a MommyBlog*
Frame our Newlywed Mapping Challenge*
Rollover 401K to an IRA account*
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To Be Continued...

#60 Do Not Eat Out for 2 Weeks

2010-02-16T09:40:00.007-05:00

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I can't believe I actually did this!!! But I'm so happy I did and saved about $45 in the process.

I'm still trying to drop some of the last bit of baby weight and one day Hubby called himself being helpful I did the laundry. He put my jeans in the DRYER!!! So squeezing into these jeans hurt my feelings so bad I started researching diet/work out plans I could get into to speed this process along. What's strange is, while I was pregnant I didn't gain that much and since having Elijah I think I've gained 15-20lbs. Not a huge deal but I'm not used to all this weight, I've been sluggish, extra tired, and moody and I'm going to blame the weight! lol

So anyway, Halle Berry looked GREAT after having her baby and she attributed it to the ABC diet which used the South Beach Diet and serious workouts. I've heard of the South Beach before so decided to try it and I've just finished Stage 1 (seems strict but not really after I got the junk food out of the house) and I'm comfortably back into those jeans!!!! I was off for a week so I stayed home, made some of the meals from the book and website and other's, when I went back to work, I took lunch w me and even Hubby joined in.

THANK YOU SOUTH BEACH FOR SAVING ME MONEY AND MY JEANS!!!

#25 Plant An Herb Garden

2010-01-16T04:04:00.005-05:00

I've never been much of a green thumb but I've always wanted to plant something and thankfully Hubby got me an in-door herb garden for New Years!! So far so good, here are some 1st pics of the seeds just planted. Now they're growing pretty well, especially cilantro since I don't like it lol, we're waiting on chives though...Please excuse the mess we're packing the apt up :-x...
I'll post more pics as they grow...

#14 Sit for a Professional Family Photo

2009-12-05T00:21:00.007-05:00

So after having to reschedule for teething reasons we finally made it for Elijah's pics and decided to do fam pics too. The photographer WORKED for the few smiles lil man was trying to give up but I think they came out pretty nice.

One of maybe 2 smiles all day...but as soon as she was done he was giggling w/me-A MESS

My fav of the whole session :-)

# 20 Start A New Tradition

2009-11-17T01:16:00.006-05:00

I'm a huge fan of the holidays! From Thanksgiving straight through New Years I'm in love with the energy of the season! Growing up in NY I always couldn't wait to go see the tree at Rockefeller Center and going ice skating at Prospect Park, walking up 5th to Tiffany's of watching the light show on the side of Saks. Even the hustle and bustle and awkward foreigners crowding my city doesn't bother me during the holidays lol. I didn't really grow up with any real holiday traditions and so now with my fam I've decided to do it right for everyone...

The Plans (for now):
We ALWAYS get a real tree (have to have that smell!!!) and we decorate together Thanksgiving weekend.
When Elijah gets older we'll include him in St Nick's Day (Dec. 5th) where he'll write his wish list for Santa and put it in his stocking. Santa takes it that night and if he's a good boy he'll bring him his top toys :-)

::Yes I have ordered the monogrammed tree skirt (Jones) and stockings (w/all our names)::

On Christmas Eve we all open one gift which will be Xmas PJs (corny I know lol but I love it), bake cookies for Santa and leave a carrot for Rudolph, and then it's bedtime with 'The Night Before Christmas' (Elijah better not clown me)
Christmas morning Santa puts a present in every one's stocking in "special" paper and each gift under the tree in that paper is for that person from Santa and the rest is from the family.
Then Christmas breakfast (which is a tradition I grew up with), of course a Jamaican breakfast.
Play time...then Christmas dinner, it has to be ham (Hubby's family tradition).

Hopefully this year we can start this tradition and carry it out until our kids are big and calling us corny lol. I love the Holidays!!! I'll post pics when we get it started...

# 63 Get Someone Else to Start a 101 Project

2009-11-07T02:48:00.004-05:00

Shout out to my twin Ms Poi for starting her 101!! http://pnoel101.blogspot.com/ The Mr has also started lol but he doesn't want to post it but he's working on it. Two of my friends are working on their lists right now so I'm waiting for them to post it too.

Good luck to everyone, let's get it DONE!

A New Beginning...

2009-08-07T10:44:00.003-04:00

With everything new happening all around me and taking stock of everything I was /wasn't able to accomplish so far I've decided to make things a little more exciting and actually try to push myself a little more to get some things done...

Stay tuned for the list, I'm working on it as u read :-)