101 Update

Of course this was to be completed in November of  2010...life happened...

But I plan on completing it as best as I can with the time I have...

I am proud of what I am have been able to complete...

MoodyGemini's List
101 Things in 1001 Days

1. Add more memory to laptop  Never could add more memory, but the laptop died so June 2011 I got a new one.
2. Attend an Arts Festival
3. Attend at least one major sporting event: Super Bowl, the Olympics, US Open
4. Bake a cake for someone’s birthday
5. Become CPR Certified by American Red Cross
6. Blog daily (0/1001)
7. Buy a 35 mm SLR digital camera
8. Buy a bike and ride for 2 weeks
9. Buy a Kitchen Aid Artisan mixer  I was gifted an old school Oster mixer...I have know idea the year
10. Buy a Zune
11.Buy an external hard drive  A Christmas present, 2010!
12. Complete my profile on DNA Ancestry Project
13. Complete my profile on My Heritage
14. Create a standard grocery list
15. Create and maintain a goals calendar
16. Decorate my bedroom
17. Do a random act of kindness once per week (0/143)
18. Do yoga DVD once a week for 2 months
19. Donate $3 for every item I don’t complete
20. Drink 62 oz. of H20 per day (0/1001)
21. Eliminate miscellaneous debt
22. Establish a $5000 emergency fund
23. Fall deeply in love – helplessly and unconditionally
24. Fill up my charm bracelet
25. Fly in a hot air balloon
26. Get a job  July 2008, back at the old place...GDOL
27. Get a passport
28. Get a relationship
29. Get a Roth IRA
30. Get another tattoo
31. Get my teeth whitened
32. Go 200 days without being on the internet (0/200)
33. Go bungee jumping
34. Go one week without spending any $
35. Go paint balling
36. Go skydiving  June 2008, Thanks cuzo Chase!!!
37. Go to counseling
38. Grow herbs at home
39. Have a date on Valentine’s Day
40. Have a professional photograph taken
41. Have a Spa Day
42. Join a book club
43. Kiss or be kissed under a mistletoe
44. Learn how to horseback ride
45. Learn how to jog correctly
46. Learn how to make candles
47. Learn how to make homemade ice cream
48. Learn how to make my own beer
49. Learn how to make my own wine
50. Learn how to salsa
51. Learn to bartend
52. Learn to cook Cajun food
53. Let certain people go
54. Make a list of things that I am good at
55. Make a list of things that make me happy
56. Make a list of what I want to be good at or to know more about
57. Make a scrapbook for Cameron
58. Make love in the rain
59. Make my book of quotes with commentary
60. Make my own personal scent using essential oils
61. Make new list when this one is complete!
62. Participate in National Novel Writing Month
63. Pay back family/friends who loaned $ while I was out of work
64. Pay off car  April 2009
65. Payoff credit card
66. Purchase a new sofa  April 2011
67. Read 10 books from the banned list (0/10)
68. Read one biography a month
69. Read the entire list of 100 Essential Books by African-Americans
70. Save $60 monthly
71. See a show at the Fox Theater
72. See Brett Farve play
73. Sell a poem
74. Sell a short story
75. Start a recipe book
76. Start a thankful journey and write in it once a week
77. Start an online bookstore
78. Stop communicating with ex-boyfriend
79. Submit 5 works for publication
80. Submit an entry to PostSecret
81. Swim with the dolphins
82. Learn to belly-dancing class
83. Take a cruise
84. Take a drawing class
85. Learn to ballroom dancing classes
86. Take vitamins everyday (0/1001)
87. Teach someone illiterate to read
88. Travel to South Beach
89. Try to reconnect with cousin R.
90. Visit a historical house
91. Visit a museum
92. Visit African-American Museum in Macon, GA
93. Visit an art gallery
94. Visit my cousin Chase in Hawaii
95. Write a book for Cameron
96. Write a letter to former friend explaining why
97. Write a novella
98. Write a thank you note once a month for 6 months
99. Write a year-end (2008) newsletter for family and friends
100. Write everyday – a page, a paragraph, or a sentence (0/1001)
101. Write my personal mission statement

Moody Gemini's Rules to Live By

I am huge fan of NCIS, the original.  I park my pale behind on the sofa whenever the USA channel graces us with a marathon.  Jethro Gibbs is one of the most well thought out characters on TV.  Bar none.  On of his attributes which I admire is his "Rules to Live By".  Now those of us who have followed the show for eternity know that his deceased with Shannon was the originator of the list keeping.  She said during one episode everyone should have a code they live by.

The majority of the list that has been revealed on the show (the producers know what they are doing with stretching out revealing the rules) deal more with law enforcement situations but some can be transferred to everyday living.

Here are some of my favorites:

   #3-   Don't believe what you're told.  Double check.  (watch out another #3 is coming...TV...)
   #3-   Never be unreachable.  (I like this one but I think God Himself knows I could never commit to this 100%)
   #4-   The best way to keep a secret?  Keep it to yourself.  2nd best?  Tell one other person - if you must.  There is no 3rd best.
   #5-   You don't waste good.
   #6-   Never apologize.  It's a sign of weakness.  (Like in theory, but how realistic is this?  Can anyone really live a life where you never apologize?)
   #8-   Never take anything for granted.
   #12- Never date a co-worker.
   #16- If someone thinks they have the upper hand, break it.
   #18- It's better to seek forgiveness than ask permission.
   #35- Always watch the watchers.
   #39- There is no such thing as coincidence.
   #40- If it seems someone is out to get you, they are.
   #41- Clean up the mess that you make.  (Never leave behind loose ends.)
   #50- Sometimes - you are wrong.

As I said the producers are slowly revealing all of Gibbs' rules and they are not in chronological order.

SO I say all that to say I have been formulating my own rules to live by.  The rules by Tonya Lee - So here goes...

   #1-  Learn to love time alone.
   #2-  Believe people when they you who they are.
   #3-  Blood does not mean family.
   #4-  Try something twice to make sure you didn't like it.
   #5-  Actively show people how to treat you.
   #6-  Trust your gut.
   #7-  Some people all only for a season.  Do not force.
   #8-  If you love them tell them...show them.
   #9-  A back of the head slap never hurt no one.
   #10- Never allow anyone to crush your spirit.
   #11- Always keep something about yourself for yourself.
   #12- Your parent's life & circumstances should never have a bearing on who you become.  Good or bad.
   #13- Learn how to do it alone.  Everyone leaves at some point.
   #14- Do not borrow another's energy.

...that's it for now...as I continue to find myself I am sure it will change, grow or stay the same.  That's the beauty of life...

Walking Home

Emile Coue

Emile Coue: "'Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.'"