Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year!
My
101 goals in a 1,001 days deadline was on on September 28th,
so an update on how I did is long overdue.
I
was able to accomplish 54 goals out of the 101 I started with and only canceled 3. I have attached the list down at the end of the post for a review. I was not able to write a post about all of the items that I did, but did make comments on some of the numbers.
There were several large financial goals on the list which had to be put on hold for the time being. Paying for school all this time made it challenging to be able to save a lot of money.
Several
of the travel ones were hard to even think about as it is difficult to get away
when I am the only one working. I can take the time off but being self employed
I do not get paid vacation time and I have to make sure that there is enough money saved to pay the bills before I take the time off.
I
am pretty pleased the amount that I was able to cross off of my list. There are several things that I still want to to do and I will still be working on or plan to do when I
can.
One
big one that I did just before the time was up was #26, Starting a Side
Business. While we have been blessed with able to pay for Jeremy's tuition all
along the way and all our needs have been met, we are not at the place where I want to be with
our finances. My interpreting work has been steady, but I need to do something
else in addition to achieve my financial goals.
I
decided to start another blog over at CookWithaShoe.com where
I will be talking about debt free living and living on a shoestring budget by
choice and I plan to make this my second job. After a lot of research into what other bloggers are doing, I see that it is possible to bring in an income if you put a lot of work into making your blog professional and that is what I want to do with my new blog.
My official launch date for CookWithaShoe.com is January 9, 2015, but you can check it out any time.
My official launch date for CookWithaShoe.com is January 9, 2015, but you can check it out any time.
Just
after I started setting up the other website, this one crashed. Haha, talk
about timing!
I
don't know how much I will update Our Beautiful Nest anymore, but I would love
to have you join me over at CookWithaShoe.com. There are places on the new website where you can sign up to receive my newsletter updates.
Thank you for following my adventures here and for making the comments that you have made. I do hope to see you over at CookWithaShoe.com.
Thank you for following my adventures here and for making the comments that you have made. I do hope to see you over at CookWithaShoe.com.
Charissa
101 in 1,001 Finished
1. Save up an emergency fund (3 months of expenses).
2. Host a holiday at my house. (4/19/14 and 4/20/14)
3. Cook a recipe from a different cookbook 1x a week for 2 months.
4. Crochet another cute sweater for myself.
5. Plant an herb garden. (2/23/14)
6. Make a photo book of my wedding pictures.
7. Clean my wedding dress.
8. Paste flowers and write a calligraphy caption on two pictures.
9. Put all my loose photos into photo albums.
10. Buy fresh flowers when having guests three times in a row. (4/29/12, 5/23/12, 7/4/12)
11. Crochet a hat for Jeremy. (1/1/13)
12. Go on a trip with Jeremy to another state (and not visit family). (7/18/14)
13. Crochet a Christmas tree skirt.
14. Post a blog entry 1x/week for 3 months. (July-October 2012)
15. Visit Heather and her family in Idaho.
16. Get 17 comments on my blog in one day.
17. Visit everyone in Little Rock.
18. Visit Sherry in Florida.
19. Spend a day with Jada. (June 2013)
20. Pray for a new country every day for two weeks. (7/18/12)
21. Do a random act of kindness 1x/day for a week.
22. Bike 2x/week for 6 weeks. (Spring 2014, I missed a couple times, but it was close enough)
23. File all the previous year's papers in the first 2 weeks of January. (1/13/13)
24. Buy another bookshelf.
25. Get to the bottom of my mending pile.
26. Start up a side business. (9/27/14)
27. Get 15 companies contracting with me directly. (Fall, 2014)
28. Go to bed before 10pm two weeks in a row. (9/7/14)
29. Attend Financial Peace University.
30. Save up money to visit Ian and Jenn in Swaziland.
31. Sew extra panels on my kitchen curtains.
32. Learn another calligraphy alphabet.
33. Do a bible study about money.
34. Do a bible study about work. (10/2013)
35. Get an ice cream maker. (9/21/13- I received the one from my grandparents that they have had for over 60 years. It still makes awesome icecream!)
36. Attend another out of state conference. (7/29-8/3/2014 International Deaf Blind Expo in LV. )
37. Practice voicing skills for 30 minutes a week for 4 weeks in a row.
38. Go to 3 Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) meetings. (1/12/12)
39. Develop a theme for my business. (1/25/12)
40. Make 5 homemade herbal teas. (Fall, 2014)
41. Deal with mail immediately every day for two weeks. (1/25/12)
42. Make a collage print of my Swazi trip. (12/22/12)
43. Save up a hefty down payment for a house.
44. Finish all my handmade Christmas ornaments by the end of summer one year. (November 2012)
45. Finish all my Christmas shopping by Thanksgiving. (11/27/13)
46. Decorate for fall. (October 2012)
47. Get a web cam for my computer. (2/1/12)
48. Go on a Hot Air Balloon Ride.
49. Read Kisses from Katie. (1/2/14)
50. Read Through the Gates of Splendor.
51. Cook Pad Thai.
52. Cook Gyros. (11/13/14- a couple months late but hey I did it)
53. Go camping at Havasupi Falls.
54. Make cinnamon raisin bread. (8/23/14)
55. Reconnect with a friend. (6/15/12)
56. Take a business class. (3/23/12)
57. Go to a Middle Eastern market. (9/28/14)
58. Go to a Caribbean market.
59. Read my camera manual. (1/1/14)
60. Learn 2 new tricks for my camera. (Winter, 2013-2014)
61. Go to a week long EntreLeader event.
62. Have a BBQ.
63. Get a 3.5qt smart crock pot (programmable). (12/25/13)
64. Sell 10 things. (5/14/14)
65. Get a cast iron Dutch oven. (1/6/12)
66. Have a adventure with Rob, Naomi, Jada and Jeremy. (6/29/14- we went to a comedy club and my parents also came)
67. Have a graduation party for Jeremy.
68. Volunteer at the UofA Extension office garden (I don't remember the exact name of the garden, will have to look it up).
69. Read How to win friends and influence people.
70. Finish making the slacks I started back in 2008.
71. Finish paying for ASU. (I thought I had several times, but God had other plans... still not done yet)
72. Redo my resume.
73. Make homemade pickles (that are crunchy) (7/15/14)
74. Advertise with ASBA. (Canceled-July 2013)
75. Advertise with Local First AZ. (Canceled-July 2013)
76. Read EntreLeadership. (10/23/13)
77. Save up money to visit Val in Indonesia.(6/12--Canceled)
78. Use $300 worth of coupons in one month. (August 2012, I saved a total of $373.51)
79. Make homemade coffee creamer. (Fall, 2012. Well, I tried... I didn't like it)
80. Make homemade Chai tea mix. (9/15/12)
81. Go through 1,001 Words.
82. Make homemade tomato soup. (11/18/12)
83. Go through all my magazine stacks, read what I want and get rid of what I won't read. (6/2014)
84. Have a girls' day with my sisters and my mamas. (4/12/14)
85. 'One another' study
86. Make something using the broomstick lace crochet technique.
87. Do a bible study on speech.
88. Develop a monogram. (12/15/13)
89. Make scones (delicious and look like the real thing) from scratch. (3/19/14)
90. Write a MHR post every Friday for a month. (8/3/12, 8/10/12, 8/17/12, 8/24/12, 8/31/12)
91. Watch wedding video with hubby. (5/17/12)
92. Make homemade French onion soup. (I will this New Year's 2015 weekend)
93. Cook 2 new things in my pressure cooker. (11/2013)
94. Go on 2 girls weekends.(9/1/12-9/8/12) (4/18/13)
95. Make homemade vanilla. (8/20/13)
96. Make tortillas (that are soft and pliable). (4/20/13)
97. Go to an African market.
99. Develop a logo for my business.
100. Knit something fancy.
101. Make something with prickly pear fruit. (6/15/12)
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