What's cookin' good lookin' ?

One of my 101 goals in 1001 days is to plan 5 months of food menus, specifically dinners. I bought a cute menu organizer for the fridge that enables my list making obsession. RJ and I went through the freezer and then our recipe book to see what could be made and what needed to be bought. We came up with this schedule.Look how nice and neat it is. There are some blank spaces to account for the occasional eating out and for the times when one of us wouldn't be home for dinner.

It was a great idea, however our month turned out to look like this:There are about 5 check marks on there. Life got in the way of our planned eating and even our Monday night 'pasta' was out the window 3 times out of 5!!
I really liked the planned menu and we've decided to keep at it. I'm not thinking straight by the end of the day and I don't want to discuss what we should make for dinner, I just want to eat. You know how I get when my blood sugar gets low! Okay maybe you don't know and that's probably a good thing. I can get....dramatic.

September 101 update

I completed 2 tasks on my list this month.

#89 – Frame The Club print. (Artist ~ B. Jane Magee)

There was a 60% discount framing sale at Michaels this month and that made this very affordable. I love how it turned out. I didn't do anything fancy, just a dark green frame with a wood grain texture to it. It's a nice reminder of summers at the cottage. Especially with winter fast approaching.

# 9 - Registered for Design Your Life at Big Picture Design.

The course starts October 2nd and runs to December 25th. It's all done through correspondence, so it fits into my life when I have the time. I love Cathy’s Blog and I'm a big fan of her simple, clean lines.

Other tasks I am continuing to work on:
#44 – A picture of me a month - I think every photographer has this problem. My only picture this month was a group shot. It’s a start.

#49 – Monthly donation to charity - 2 this month, Devon’s Walk for a Cure and The Terry Fox Run.
#55 – Monthly movie with friend - American Teen with Amy
#96 – Read 2 books – Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons and King Leary.

#47 – Didn’t make it to the Toronto Film Festival this year. I have to look into this earlier next year. What was I thinking? I could just call Saturday morning and get Screening Room tickets for that day? How naïve!

101 in 1001

I just heard about the 101 in 1001 Challenge. In short, it's a list of 101 things that you want to accomplish in 1001 days. I've mentioned before that I'm a list maker so this strongly appealed to me. More so than a Bucket list, because it's more than just goals and dreams, its tasks as well and I've always had a problem separating the two. My mind starts big "Visit Buckingham Palace, Swim The Lake, read Pride and Prejudice" and then quickly switches to "renew passport, paint hallway, go through closets ". So I think this is a happy compromise.

I'm not going to post the entire list but I will post when I complete something off the list.

My 1001 days will start August 17, 2008 and end May 14, 2011. That seems like a very long ways away, but I'm sure it will be here sooner than I want.

Wish me luck!