Thursday, February 15, 2007

Recap of The List Accomplishments

So far, I’ve accomplished the following items on my 101 in 1001 list

27. Back up all of my important computer data (esp. pictures, music and blog) and arrange for regular, automatic backup.
29. Donate Blood
47. Organize my filing cabinet and throw away old papers
50. Prepare my will
69. Buy an external hard drive
70. Buy a Custom Timbuktu Messenger Bag
77. Finish the Hourglass Sweater
92. Climb the water tower at Volunteer Park
97. Use my $50 gift certificate to Knit Picks

Which means I’m about .09% done with my list.
77. Finish the Hourglass Sweater

Hourglass Sweater - Big

This weekend, I finished my Hourglass Sweater even though this project had become a huge insurmountable task for me.

The thought of tacking up the seams on my Hourglass Sweater brought me to tears.

I sat myself down and had a heavy discussion with me. I said that I had to tack down the seams. Also having Jessica read the instructions to me helped oh so much since I guess actually reading the instructions proved too difficult a task!

Hourglass Sweater - Closeup

After some long nights of knitting, I finished my Hourglass Sweater.

Hourglass Sweater Project Details:

Pattern: Hourglass Sweater from Last Minute Knitted Gifts
Yarn: Noro Cash Iroha in Color 101
Started: August 2006
Finished: February 2007
Things I would change: I love this pattern!

77. Finish the Hourglass Sweater

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

50. Prepare my will

My Will

I'm pretty lucky as my Mom works in Estate and Family Law. I asked her to prepare my will and she sent me a copy to proof. I thought it looked great and went down to her law office today to sign my will in front of two witnesses and a notary. My Mom supervised all of us and told me where to sign. So now I have a will. I have nothing to leave any one (well Meg has already laid claim to my yarn and knitting books and she can have them over my cold dead body, oh! well she's welcome to them when I'm gone) but hey I have a will!

50. Prepare my will

Sunday, February 11, 2007

47. Organize my filing cabinet and throw away old papers

Messiness Abounds!

My filing cabinet has been a bit of a mess. So much so that I tend to avoid using it and just quickly cram more paper into its' drawers as I dart by. Today I decided to tackle this 101 goal and get that cabinet organized.

Messy Before

I'm happy to say that now all the labels are neat and tidy, the folders are nicely arranged and best of all, there is room for more paper! Yippee!

Happily Organized!

So Organized

And once the filing cabinet was all organized, I took out the recycling

Recycle!

and shredded the shredding.

Shred!

47. Organize my filing cabinet and throw away old papers

Thursday, February 08, 2007

70. Buy a Custom Timbuk2 Messenger Bag

Manufacturer's Photo of my New Timbuk2 Bag

After much thought and discussion with Mot and Meg, I ordered my new Timbuk2 bag. I love it already and can't wait to use it. This will be a wonderful addition to my bag collection. I've included the manufacturer's photo here as my photos do not show my new bag in her best light.

New Timbuk2 Bag

Timbuk2 Bag

70. Buy a Custom Timbuk2 Messenger Bag
97. Use my $50 gift certificate to Knit Picks

Knitpicks GC

When I was sick last week, I decided to go shopping at Knitpicks and got some great yarn. Now I'm just waiting for it to arrive. I'm so impatient!

Updated -- My yarn has arrived! Yippee!

knitpicks yarn

Destiny Inspects the Yarn

Even Destiny likes the yarn!

97. Use my $50 gift certificate to Knit Picks
69. Buy an external hard drive and 27. Back up all of my important computer data (esp. pictures, music and blog) and arrange for regular, automatic backup

External Hard Drive

Last weekend, I headed over to Radio Shack and picked up this external hard drive. It has 400 Gigs of space and was a steal at $100. Another item off the list!

69. Buy an external hard drive

27. Back up all of my important computer data (esp. pictures, music and blog) and arrange for regular, automatic backup.

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