Sell Crazy Someplace Else: Made a Menu

101/1001 v. 2.0

Mission: Accomplish 101 discrete tasks in 1001 days

End Date: December 2, 2014

Green tasks are in progress.

HOME

1. Bring all wedding gifts from parents’ house to our house.

2. Choose wedding pictures to have printed and to make parents' albums.

3. Put together an emergency box (water, flashlights, etc.) for the house.

4. Put together “72-hour kits” in case of emergency/evacuation.

5. Put together an emergency box for both cars.

6. Write and properly execute wills.

7. Complete china service.

8. Complete silverware service.

9. Learn how to iron clothes properly.

10. Fully unpack house.

~~11. Set up guest room.~~

12. Set up ~~office~~ Lil Man's new room.

~~13. Set up “launchpad” in entry.~~

14. Put together a Task List/Control Journal for the house.

15. Back up computer.

16. Organize front-hall closet.

17. Organize master closet.

18. Plan and start an Evening Routine.

19. Plan and start a Morning Routine.

20. Start a filing system for paying bills and saving paperwork.

21. Hang pictures/paintings in house.

22. Get family room couch and chairs fixed.

23. Create a photobook of Lil’ Man’s art.

~~24. Create a photobook of Lil’ Man’s first year.~~

25. Hang and maintain a height chart for Lil’ Man.

~~26. Put clothes in hamper (not on floor) every day for 1 month.~~

~~27. Get a hamper for dry cleaning.~~

28. Get the kitchen to a shiny sink before I go to bed for 21 days straight.

FOOD

~~29. Start buying grassfed meat and pastured poultry.~~

30. Make homemade yogurt.

~~31. Join a CSA.~~

32. Follow a menu plan for 1 week.

33. Follow a menu plan for 1 month.

~~34. Bring lunch and snacks to work for 4 days in a week.~~

~~35. Bring lunch and snacks to work for 4 days per week for 1 month.~~

36. Make matzah ball soup.

~~37. Make a green smoothie.~~

38. Make jam.

39. Preserve a food by canning.

40. Make fresh pasta.

41. Bake a pie.

~~42. Go apple picking.~~

43. Bake 10 new things and blog about it.

44. Cook 10 new things and blog about it.

HEALTH

45. See a personal trainer to start a weight-training regimen.

46. Get eyes checked.

47. Take meds & vitamins every day for a month.

48. Floss every day for a month.

~~49. Exercise 30 minutes 3-4 times/week for 1 month.~~

50. Try Zumba.

51. Reach a healthy BMI.

52. Do the Couch-to-5K program.

~~53. Find a new foundation (makeup).~~

~~54. Put on makeup before I leave the house every day for 1 week.~~

55. Take a yoga/pilates class.

SELF/SPIRITUAL

56. Have Friday night Shabbat dinner at our house for family/friends.

~~57. Have a sukkah for Sukkot.~~

58. Make hamentashchen for Purim.

59. Make mishloach manot for Purim.

60. Go to a Tashlich service at Rosh Hashanah.

61. Go to Shabbat services at least once a season.

62. Have a dairy meal for Shavuot.

63. Write a list of 50 things that make me happy.

64. Make a list of 5 people who have positively influenced me and write them letters.

65. Contribute to our tzedakah box every week before Shabbat candlelighting.

66. Bake challah and freeze small portions for use over a month.

RELATIONSHIPS

~~67. Take Lil’ Man to the Zoo.~~

68. Take Lil’ Man to the Playseum.

~~69. Play in the leaves with Lil’ Man.~~

70. Send Mom flowers for no reason.

71. Send 5 friends flowers for no reason.

72. Bring JD breakfast in bed.

73. Create our own “Family Rules” and display in house.

74. Write an “If Something Happens to Me” Letter.

FUN

75. Learn how to play the piano.

76. Read all of Shakespeare’s plays. (9/36)

77. Ride in a hot-air balloon.

78. Take a golf lesson.

79. Learn how to play bridge.

80. Complete a needlework project.

81. Make/do 10 things on my Pinterest boards.

82. Read 10 books that I haven’t read from 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.

83. Write a blog review of the 1001 Books… I read.

~~84. Have a picnic.~~

85. Take a picture of Lil’ Man at least once a week.

~~86. Write an article for my work newsletter.~~

87. Knit something.

88. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book and read them all.

89. Write a blog review of the “20 Books from Friends” I read.

90. Take a photo of the same place every month for a year and turn it into a calendar.

91. Host a dinner party.

92. See 10 classic movies I’ve never seen.

93. Go horseback riding.

94. See a play/musical.

~~95. Listen to a lecture online.~~

96. Write a blog post once a week for a year.

97. Pay for the person behind me at Starbucks.

98. Have a girls’ weekend.

99. Donate blood.

~~100. Do swab test for bone marrow donation.~~

101. Create and send out a family photo holiday card.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Made a Menu

Monday means I'm down to the last week of the 2ww and the last week of my detox. Yay!

Since we're currently out of Dream Dinners till our next session, I had to make our meal plan the old-fashioned way, aka stare at food blogs till I find something that a) fits with my detox, b) looks good, and c) doesn't look too complicated.

This week, I'll be borrowing heavily from A Year of Slow Cooking. I highly recommend this site for anyone looking for slow cooker ("CrockPot") recipes.

Here's the plan:

Monday: Angelhair rice pasta with meat sauce (ground turkey, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce)
Tuesday: Applesauce Chicken (CrockPot) w/ steamed broccoli
Wednesday: Hoisin Drumsticks (CrockPot) w/ brown rice and stir-fried veggies
Thursday: Indian Chicken Curry (CrockPot) w/ quinoa
Friday: Holiday Party at our building
Saturday: Dinner Out OR Fish w/ spiced quinoa mix & steamed veggies
Sunday: Salsa Chicken (CrockPot) w/ brown rice

12 comments:

Melissa G said...: You are a MACHINE, woman!

Brian would kill for me to be so organized with our dinners... Plus all those recipies sound great. I'm hoping to get a Crockpot for christmas this year, so that link should come in handy, thanks. =)

Glad to hear you're hanging in there with your tww. Still crossing everything for you.; November 30, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Michelle said...: Thanks for the slow cooker site. I love my crock pot but all I cook in it is turkey and pulled pork. Now, I can branch out.
Hoping the rest of your 2WW goes quick.; November 30, 2009 at 3:38 PM
quadmom said...: That book sounds great. What kind of crockpot do you have? Mine is a basic Cuisinart one and even on the warm setting it seriously over-cooks food. I mean, obviously I can just cook it for less time, but I bought it with the hope that I could toss stuff in it and get home 8 hrs later from work and have dinner all made. Any advice?; November 30, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Jessica White said...: Wow! I'm seriously impressed. I think I may just have to steal some of your ideas for this week and make them our own.

I could sit down and come up with a weeks menus, but then something inevitable occurs to throw me off and they never happen.
(I'm thinking about you this week); November 30, 2009 at 7:17 PM
'Murgdan' said...: Oooooh. Thanks for the link! I love crock pot cooking...but the recipe book I have is getting boring. :-); November 30, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Anonymous said...: That slow cooker blog is one of my favorites. I've asked for the book as a Christmas present :-). I LOVE my slow cooker!!; November 30, 2009 at 9:13 PM
HereWeGoAJen said...: Yum! That all sounds so good!; November 30, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Lin said...: MMMmmmm! Thanks for the slow cooker recipe site! And, hey there cross-polinating buddy! :-); November 30, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Noelle said...: I am so impressed with your willingness to cook so much! You are incredible!

I will be looking at the slow cooker site. I really want to use mine. I'm just so terrible at cooking!; November 30, 2009 at 10:52 PM
kimbosue said...: I love that crock pot site!

Haven't done Dream Dinners in a while...but you have me wanting to....; December 1, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Photogrl said...: I love that slow cooker site!

Yay for getting through 1 week of the 2WW!

Thinking lots of positive thoughts for you!; December 1, 2009 at 4:27 PM
LJ said...: I just got really really hungry...damn!; December 2, 2009 at 10:20 AM