101 Things in a 1001 Days

The mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The criteria: The tasks must be specific (no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (represent some amount of effort on your part).

Not Yet Completed.      In progress.       Completed. 

Beauty
1. drop a pant size (one to start with) (completed September 7, 2012)
2. get a pedicure
3. get a manicure (completed August 26, 2012)
4. try a new haircut (completed October 27, 2012)
5. try a new color in my hair (completed October 27, 2012)
6. get teeth whitened
7. try a bikini wax
8. get a tan
9. wear fake eyelashes for a whole day

Career

10. keep my current job for a year (Completed April 2, 2013)
11. buy donuts and bring them to work

12. dress up for work everyday for a week (completed August 6-10, 2012)

13. get a promotion at work (completed July 30, 2012)

14. earn a raise 

Charity
15. donate clothes to goodwill
16. tip 100% to a good waiter (completed December 8, 2012)
17. donate a $100 to a good cause
18. donate blood
19. lend money to a friend and don't except it when they try to pay me back (completed September 25, 2012)

Food

20. host a dinner party

21. learn to make peaches and biscuits from aunt faye

22. cook jeffrey his favorite dinner

23. bake jeffrey a pumpkin pie from scratch

24. make cake pops

Habits

25. go a week without complaining

26. go a week without caffiene

27. do meatless monday for a month

28. stop biting my nails for a month (completed September 23, 2012)

Learning/Reading

29. learn to sew

30. learn some conversational spanish

31. re-read all seven of the harry potter books

32. read a whole book in a day

Lifetime Experiences 

33. move into apartment (completed August 11, 2012)

34. get a dog (completed September 13, 2012) 

35. send out christmas cards

36. host a game night

37. vote in the 2012 elections (completed November 6, 2012)

38. see wicked live

39. burn an entire candle (completed December 29, 2012)

40. try a yoga class

41. send a letter in the mail

42. recieve a letter in the mail

43. have a magazine and wine party with my girlfriends

44. make a new friend (completed August 2012)

45. get car detailed

46. dress up for halloween

47. make a magazine word collage of my favorite quote and frame it

48. color every picture in a coloring book

49. milk a cow

50. shoot a gun or an arrow

51. play golf

52. laser tag again

53. play paintball

54. put flowers on my dad's grave just because

Nieces & Nephews

55. have a water balloon fight with nieces and nephews

56. have all my nieces and nephews spend the night at the same time

57. have a picnic where i've cooked all the food with nieces and nephews

58. watch a star wars movie with kameron

59. make a facial and do it with raylen

60. color easter eggs with nieces and nephews 

Places to GO
61. go on a cruise
62. go camping
63. go horseback riding
64. go to the zoo
65. go on a random day trip
66. visit a historical site (completed March 31, 2013)
67. go to a farmers market
68. go to a wine tasting
69. go to the beach
70. go for a ride on a ferry boat again
71. go to the eye doctor
72. go to strawberry festival again
73. go to a casino
74. go to a play (completed November 10, 2012)
75. go bowling
76. go to a chick flick by myself
77. go to a fortune teller
78. go "visiting" for a day like when i was little
79. go with my mom for a day while she runs errands
80. go to the renaissance fair (completed October 13, 2012)
81. go iceskating

Purchases

82. buy a new car

83. buy a new laptop or ipad

84. get new wedding bands

85. purchase our wedding photos

86. buy a record player

87. purchase viva la juicy perfume

88. buy a couch (completed August 3, 2012)

89. get a charm bracelet and charms

90. buy a household item from pier one ipmorts

91. buy a lottery ticket or scratch off (completed October 1, 2012)

Romance

92. dinner by candlelight (completed November 10, 2012)

93. new pictures taken of me and jeffrey

94. get our movies back from my sister (completed August 18,2012) 

95. kiss in the rain

96. leave our phones at home when on a date

97. take a drive with jeffrey

98. start a traditon with jeffrey (completed October 31, 2012)

99. celebrate our year anniversary (completed October 22, 2012)

Savings
100. complete a no spend month (bare essentials and bills only)
101. $1 in savings for each task completed

Start Date: July 2nd, 2012
End date: March 30, 2015

Making Plans

I know, I'm horrible at this blogging thing. I've said that in over half my posts. butttttttttttt I'll be back soon. I was looking at this old post, about my bucket list. and I'd like to be more proactive and realistic about it. I want to really live. Then I found this, 101 Things in a 1,001 days. A blog post by a fellow blogger I enjoy reading. I'd LOVE to do that. So I'm going to compile one. See you then. :)

Its been so long!

I haven't blogged in FOREVER, But I come bearing wedding pictures so don't be mad! My good friend Apryl just started a new blog and that made me remember mine. What a good outlet, I shouldn't let this go to waste. The last time I posted I posted all of our wedding plans. None of that happened. Instead we had an AMAZING wedding that had to be replanned at the very last minute. I'll add some pictures at the end of this post. My two amazing aunts threw me a beautiful bridal shower and my awesome sister threw me a wild bachelorette party. It was more than I ever could of dreamed of. We were married on October 22, 2011. After the wedding we went to San Francisco, California for our honeymoon. It was the most amazing trip I had ever taken. I had a lot of new experiences and we came home on the morning of my little squishy bear's first birthday. So yes, all of that happened in the months I didn't update. I hope you understand. Taryn a year old, I can't believe it. Since then things have slowed way down. The update for now is that I'm actively looking for work because we'd like to have our own place. I don't like living at my in-law's house as newly weds but I am so thankful they are allowing and even want us to. They're helping us out tremendously by not expecting us to pay them anything. In other words they are being parents. :) I'm also contemplating going back to school. I'd really like to. Its just going to take sooo long. *Whines. I know that if I would stop worrying about how long its going to take and just get it over with I could have already been done. I'll probably go back for what I wanted to do when I first started college after high school, and thats teaching. I'm still a little undecided though. In a little more than a week we're going on our annual camping trip with the whole family at Martin Dies jr state park. Its amazing and beautiful there.I'm excited!! We'll be going for eight days! Its Jeffrey and mine favorite thing all year. Can I just take a quick second to say how much I love to be apart of a family with traditions?? I LOVE that. I thrive on stability and routine. Anyway, and in July we are going to florida for three weeks with the family and going to all of the amusement parks and renting a house. So I have a lot of cool things to look forward to. I'm working on getting a puppy... or a baby LOL, I'm kidding. But I do need a  puppy I need something to love and nurture. I've been feeling that a lot recently. Thats about it lately. Until next time, Here are some pictures of our wedding:

The Setup Before Guests Arrived.

My Dress.

My Beautiful Mom.

Two of my flower girls. My new nieces. Left, Harley Right, Raylen.

Harley.

My mother and cousin, Aisa, dressing my other niece, Taryn.

Ta-da!

My cousin Aisa and My sister Terri the maid of honor getting me ready. 

The corset back.

My groom and his brothers the groom men, and My step dad kirk. 

My handome nephew and ring bearer Kameron. 

My Father and Mother in law.

Pastor Beau Rosser

Johnny and Janey

Beau and Apryl

Jarod and Jackie

Terri and Taryn.

Here comes the bride. 

Right as I got to the steps a giant gust of wind came. 

My veil was stuck in my lipgloss. Bride problems? LOL

Giving my hand. 

With this ring... 

I thee wed. 

Sand ceremony. 

The kiss. He dipped me. :D 

Our first family picture. 

My handsome husband. 

Wedding party. 

Jeffrey with his two sisters and his cousin who might as well be his sister. 

This picture was my idea. He didn't want to take it. 

Our cake. I had bought a different ribbon for the bottom of each tier. and those scrolls were supposed to be all white. needless to say we got our money back on this cake. 

Let there be cake. 

Oh look, Its krissy.

My mom and I worked very hard on this. :) 

This picture is out of order but it won't let me fix it.


I hope Y'all enjoyed the pictures. :) 

Wedding things!

I know, I know I haven't written in you in forever. I have missed that!! I've been busy! Since I wrote last A LOT has happened. I got the job at Walmart. It was super hard. I worked really hard and The management was super awful. Not as bad as sonic, but still. I tried to stick it out, but it wasn't for me. I'm still super thankful God answered my prayers and gave me that job though. I have a mess to clean up with my school too. Boy, you don't even know. They've kicked me out? Who knows why but whatever. There are a million other schools to enroll in. And that's the plan. Just pick up and move on. I'm stressed out when I think about it, but it'll work out. Things usually do. Like, guess what?! Jeffrey and I are planning our wedding!! It's really happening. We have rings! We've booked a flight and hotel for our honeymoon! We have amazing invitations! A beautiful venue! And I bought a dress! It's gorgeous you guys! I wish I could say more but Jeffrey reads these. I want to prance around in it all the time. Our cake tasting is on Thursday at cakes by Gina in Houston. She dies beautiful work so im very excited. And Wednesday I'm going to visit Jackie at her sister's place in Webster and we're going to pick out tables chairs and linens. Sunday I've made an appointment for my bridesmaids to get their dresses ordered from the amazing Ventura Bridal salon of houston!! Exciting!! I just got off the phone with The photographer. And our appointment to talk with Tony, our officiant, and my old youth pastor, and official big brother type, is tomorrow. We're going to our pre wedding counseling! All of this is so exciting to me, but the most amazing part is that i'm going to walk away as Jeffrey's wife. As Jennifer Thibodaux. I can't wait to start our life together. Our honeymoon is in San Francisco. We're gonna go to fisherman's wharf and tour Alcatraz and visit golden gate park and Japan town. I'm beyond excited!! Jeffrey's mom thinks we're too young and financially unstable, but she's taking it better than we thought she would. She's probably right, we ARE too financially unstable, nut we'll work it out. I don't think true love knows what age is right though. We love each other and we're ready. End of story. I can't post too many pictures cause of surprises but I'll post a picture of our venue and rings and invites. I hope y'all understand now why i havent posted. Its been busy!! That's all until next time babies!

Not so hot mess

I always say not a lot has been going on. I guess that is because its not a lot to anyone but me. I feel like a lot has been going on, but I know its just me. I've been too stressed and worried to compose a coherent post. I'm still to stressed and worried to throw something decent together, so there is this: I'm so lazy. I have one thing to do for the day and I focus all my energy on that and I don't want to do anything ever again all day. I had an interview at walmart last week. They liked me so  much they gave me my second interview the same day and called the next day to schedule my interview. I missed the call and when I finally got ahold of them the day after they said they were already done with interviews for the day they'd talk to me this week. I called monday and they weren't there. I called tuesday and they said they would call me. So I went to sleep again since it was like 7 AM and they called back an hour later. I missed the call AGAIN. Now I'm waiting to call back today until 7 I stayed up all night so I wouldn't miss calling and they MIGHT be there at eight. I'm so frustrated. I really need this job. I've been hardcore praying. I felt like I had it. I really did but with all the waiting I'm not confident anymore. I really need it so everyone else pray for me too. I'd like to get it so I'd feel like something in my life was right again. I'm so stressed over school. If i hadn't've taken time off when taryn was born and then failed an online class or two when we went camping and I couldn't do my homework and I wasn't so behind I'd be doing my externship this month and graduating next month. I feel so behind. So I'm taking an extra online course this mod. They couldn't've put me in two harder classes to take online. I also don't have the text books so that doesn't help. i feel so stressed and worried. I know I'm supposed to cast all my cares on God and I'm trying to let go of them, but I feel so vulnerable if I don't hold onto the thoughts and try to figure out how to fix things. I guess thats how I feel in control Its unhealthy but at least I don't throw up or cut or anything. I've been in such a weird spiritual place lately. I'm so... hungry? for it, but so not ready to make the changes to allow spirituality back into my life. I feel like the first step to fixing everything wrong right now is to secure this job, then everything will fall into place. I know this is whiny and all jumpy and silly sounding, but I'm tired and stressed, and worried, and I just typed it all out. Even if some of it doesn't make sense. So now I'm off of here to wait until I can call and try to schedule this interview. Pray for me, babies.

My bucket list

I figured since I've been happy, sad, hopeful, extremely optimistic, hateful, and shared a terrible amount of personal information here, this post should be allowed. I've been thinking lately of all the things I want to do in my life. So why not compile a list here? Keep in mind these are in no specific order, and are meant to happen over my lifetime. (I intend to add onto this list)

1. Get married to Jeffrey
2. Start a family. 2-3 kids.
3. Buy a house.
4. Travel all over Europe.

• France
• England
• Poland
• Italy
• Germany

5. See the smithsonian museum.
6. Tour the white house.
7. Visit New york.
8. Visit Jamestown, Virginia.
9. Visit Salem, Massachusetts.
10. Own a VW beetle! I always wanted one. I'd love to at least see my daughter driving one.
11. Stay best friends with my nieces and nephews.
12. Shoot a compound bow.
13. Learn to make sushi.
14. Travel to Greece.
15. Try fencing.
16. Learn to sew.
17. Raise my family in the baptist church.
18. Own one pair of manolo blahniks.
19. Scuba dive.
20. Get back to "high school skinny."
21. See the Grand Canyon.
22. Love my self completely.
23. Make something beautiful and lasting.
24. Get the phonecall that I'm a match for the blood marrow donor list I am on.
25. Go zip-lining!
26. Learn to dance.
27. Be able to laugh at myself.
28. Make my dad proud.
29. Take a skiing lesson.
30. See a volcano.
31. Have a family portrait painted.
32. Spend New Year's in an exotic location.
33. Find a cause, and dedicate myself to it.
34. Drive on the autobahn.
35. Grow and maintain a garden.
36. Ride in a hot air balloon.
37. Eat a fish I've caught.
38. Visit all 50 states. So far I've visited:

• Texas
• Louisiana
• Oaklahoma
• California
• Florida
• Nebraska
• Georgia
• Kansas
• Arkansas
• Missouri 

39. Walk on the Great Wall of China.
40. Swim with dolphins.
41. Have a conversation with a parrot.
42. Practice meditation. At least once or twice.
43. Learn to draw.
44. Build a working piece of furniture.
45. See a man walk on mars.
46. Attend a wine tasting.
47. Take an Alaskan cruise.
48. Try escargot.
49. Learn to golf, so I can play with Jeffrey and Kirk.
50. Go horseback riding more often.
51. Learn a string instrument.
52. Volunteer at a hospital.
53. Fly first class at least once.
54. Fly in a helicopter.
55. Ride on a motorcycle, again.
56. See a show on Broadway.
57. Finish school.
58. Buy my mom a new car.
59. Be fluent in french.
60. Have a library in my home.

How I almost killed my unborn nephew

Just now. It was awful. Jeffrey was switching his Xbox cords over to the big tv, and accidentally broke a picture frame. So I got the vacuum and cleaned up the small pieces of glass that he didn't get out of the carpet. I figured I'd go ahead and vacuum the whole living room while I was at it. So I went to get the sprinkly powder to put everywhere. I was sprinkling and I moved verakai because he was on the floor under a blanket, and he wouldn't move out from under my feet. I said, "go verakai!" and he jumped on the couch and stomped on Shannon's stomach, almost killing Rebel. Poor unborn nephew. I felt so bad that I cried. Shannon was just doubled over clutching her stomach. It was terrible. Its okay now though. She said hes moving and it doesn't really hurt. Verakai is at least fifty pounds and he put all his beagle weight down on her. Have I told you much about our unborn nephew? Well, he's due July 7th! That's my mom's birthday, that was also his mom's (shannon's) due date when Jeffrey's mom was pregnanat with her. Weird huh? I can't wait to meet him. He will be our first nephew on the thibodaux side. His name will be Rebel Malachi Evink. We'll call him Remmy for short though. Thats all the news there for now. Tomorrow is Jade's talent show at school. She's singing Love Story by Taylor Swift. Shes really a great singer for a ten year old. :) I hope she follows her dreams and continues to sing all her life. What kids say they want to be when they grow up is their truest form I believe. Anyway I just mean I hope she follows her dreams and her life turns out the way she wants it to. I wish my life had turned out the way I had thought it would.. but I did think I'd be gorgeous, tiny, and a singer/model/actress/archaeologist. I had big dreams as a child LOL. I've got the next best thing because honestly that dream wasn't really attainable, haha! I think I'm done for tonight, I'm still a little traumatized. Talk to you babies later.