First chance I've gotten to get online. We're still alive and doing relatively well. These first few days have been a muddled nightmare of sleeplessness, hormones, bossy in-laws and emotional breakdowns due to said sleeplessness, hormones, and bossy in-laws, etc. Hoping we'll eventually get it together.
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Notes of Quotes
There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.
-- Mark Twain
-- Mark Twain
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.
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16 comments:
It gets better. It really does. Little by little. Slowly. But better. :-) Promise :0)
{{HUGS}} Thanks for checking in! Rest up and we will be here when you get back.
Glad to know you're surviving...that's all that can be expected the first few weeks.
Thinking of you guys!
Thinking of you Jen!
Oh, you will. It just takes time. The gravity of being completely responsible for another human being really hits you hard. And then there's the total lack of sleep. But here's the crazy thing... all those dang babies DO is sleep, so why in the heck are we so sleep-deprived? One of life's greatest mysteries. And ah, the hormones. That's how I was initially introduced to Zoloft.
Get your in-laws out of there. Now. Then immediately take a nap. When you get up, please post some pictures of your little dude. We are so excited to meet him!
The good news is that the fog really starts to lift around 6 - 8 weeks. The bad news is that you have to somehow live through those first 2 months to get there...
xoxo
For what it's worth, the first night we had Ben home I sobbed half the night. Hope it gets better (and really it will!)
Congrats again.
It may not feel like it, but you will. I promise. *smishes*
thinking of you!!!
xoxo
Sending you lots of love. Love the picture.
I think blogger ate my comment :( Just know it does get better, I promise!! Lots of love to you! xoxo
Ah, yes. I'd forgotten about the bossy in-laws in the mix. They certainly don't help the sleepless, hormonal mess!
Congratulations, I am so very happy for you.
HUGS!
Hey, don't forget to collect your cookbook prize! For when you have time to cook. . .enjoy and Chanukah sameach, and feel free to send nursing questions my way.
Just thinking of you these days and hoping all is well with you and babe. Not expecting an update or anything - just letting you know that I'm wishing you restful nights, peaceful days, and everything good.
I hope all is well!! I miss hearing from you sweetie. I am about to send in a search party!!
Thanks for your comment on Eco-novice! I see you have not posted in a while, but I love this post. That's just what it has been like for me after having a baby, with a little blissful baby-gazing now and then too.
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