The Goertzen's Life: It's the littlest things...

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

It's the littlest things...

.....that sometimes make the biggest difference.

We ordered some new door handles and hinges online and Trevor's been getting them all installed. They look great. I can't wait until we start getting some more finishing touches around here!

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Rachel said...: I like it! It is amazing what those small touches can do. We put new handles on our kitchen cabinets and it made a world of difference!; November 3, 2009 at 10:07 PM
harms said...: Good choice on the handles! I like them alot!; November 8, 2009 at 5:44 PM

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Stephanie's "101 in Whenever I Feel Like It"

Start Date: July 28, 2008
End Date: April 24, 2011

Family
1. Take a vacation with Duffy family. - Completed 11/9/09
2. Take a vacation with Goertzen family.
3. Visit Granny in Wisconsin. - Completed 8/2/08
4. Visit Adam & Elaine in Arkansas. - Completed 5/2/10
5. Have Heather over to dinner.
6. Visit Rachel & Ryan in Memphis. - Completed 11/27/08
7. Take family picture of Duffy family (all of us!). - Completed 11/8/09
8. Hold all 3 of my "Duffy" nieces (Victoria, Alexandra, and Caroline) at once! - Completed 12/1/08
9. Have Erica and Matt over to dinner.
10. Have Lindsay and Brad over to dinner.

Trevor
11. Take a vacation together to Chicago. - Completed 8/6/08 12. Go on a picnic together.
13. Go to a concert of a band that Trevor likes (and I don't particularly like yet!). - Completed 4/30/09
14. Take Trevor with me to visit family in Canada. - Completed 6/28/09
15. Take a spontaneous weekend trip (can't decide we're going until Friday after work).
16. Have a date night at least once every 2 months. (7/16)

Friends
17. Host a Girls' Night at my house. - Completed 4/9/09
18. Meet up with college roommates Mary Ellen and Gladys. - Completed 9/5/09
19. Take a vacation with friends. - Completed 7/24/09
20. Get back in touch with a friend from high school.
21. Take Mary Ellen to the Omaha zoo.
22. Have a good old-fashioned sleepover with my friends. - Completed 9/19/08

Spiritual/Service
23. Read the Bible all the way through.
24. Begin a prayer journal.
25. Volunteer at a city mission.
26. Donate blood.
27. Make dinner for someone in need.
28. Adopt a family at Christmas. - Completed 12/2008
29. Have someone from church over for dinner that we don't know very well. - Completed 9/20/08
30. Donate 400,000 grains of rice (enough to feed 1,000 people for a day). (36,300/400,000)

Work
31. Decorate my cubicle at work.
32. Get to work everyday by 8:00 for 3 weeks in a row.
33. Stay off internet at work for 3 consecutive days.
34. Update my resume (you never know with Sprint!). - Completed 12/30/08

Home
35. Grow my own tomatoes. - Completed 8/13/08
36. Tile kitchen backsplash. - Completed Spring 2009
37. Finish touching up paint in living room, kitchen, guest bedroom, and office.
38. Sew my own roman shades.
39. Resurface fireplace. - Completed October 2010
40. Paint master bedroom. - Completed August 2009
41. Landscape our yard.
42. Purchase new ceiling fans/light fixtures.
43. Grow a hydrangea plant.
44. Install new front door.
45. Organize the basement, i.e. actually unpack all the boxes from when we moved.
46. Paint both extra bathrooms.
47. Paint laundry room.
48. Paint empty bedroom.
49. Hang crown molding.
50. Actually hang something on our walls!

Financial
51. Pay off the car. - Completed 10-6-08
52. Pay back Dad money I still owe him from college. - Completed 1-1-09
53. Pay off Trevor's graduate program student loans. - Completed 3-10-09
54. Set up a more accurate budget and review it at least once a month with Trevor. (12/33)
55. Save up to buy new furniture (with cash!). - Completed 8-15-09
56. Buy a new computer (with cash!). - Completed 9-2-08
57. Save up to buy Trevor's next car (with cash!). - Completed 10-24-09
58. Continue using coupons to build my "stockpile" of items I get for free or close to free. - Completed 8-3-08

Health
59. Lose 15 pounds. - Completed 6-23-09
60. Run a 5k. - Completed 10-10-09
61. Take a multivitamin every day for at least 3 months. - Completed 4-3-09
62. Floss every day for at least a month. - Completed 3-23-09 63. Exercise at least 3 days a week for 2 months. - Completed 10-8-09

Cooking
64. Try 30 new recipes. (12/30)
65. Make a pie from scratch.
66. Make meatloaf for Trevor since he's been wanting me to since we got married (gag!).
67. Organize a recipe book/system.
68. Learn to make homemade bread from Trevor's mom. -Completed 11/15/2009
69. Make my own salsa.
70. Grow my own herbs and use them!

Miscellaneous
71. Visit Truman Library in Independence. - Completed 8/7/10
72. Get a massage. - Completed 2/21/09
73. Finish catching up on "24" series. - Completed 5/18/09
74. Watch entire Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Lord of the Rings movie sets.
75. Go to the farmer's market.
76. Take a dance lesson.
77. Finish my cross stitching project I started 3 years ago.
78. Make my bed every morning for 3 weeks. - Completed Sept. 2009
79. Hang Christmas lights on our house. - Completed 12/6/08
80. Actually send Christmas cards. - Completed 12/09
81. Eat at 5 new local restaurants. (2/5)
82. Vote in the Presidential Election. - Completed 11/4/08
83. Go to a drive-in movie.
84. See a play. - Completed 12/3/09
85. Don't watch TV for an entire week. - Completed 8/1/09
86. Watch a sunrise. - Completed 7/24/09
87. Watch a sunset.
88. Read 10 books. (1/10)
89. Buy a plant (and keep it alive!).
90. Have my wedding dress cleaned and preserved.
91. Go camping. - Completed 5/24/09
92. Go see the Plaza Christmas lights. - Completed 12/12/09
93. Learn how to make a quilt.
94. Get a new passport (I lost mine!). - Completed 6/12/09
95. Go sledding.
96. Create a blog. - Completed 7-28-08
97. Complete the 100 Pushup Challenge.
98. Learn about Photography.
99. Organize our Pantry.
100. Left open for new goal - to be determined by 7/1/2010
101. Left open for new goal - to be determined by 1/1/2011

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