101 Update

Originally I was to complete the list in 1001 days...that did not happen...life happened when I was not looking.  However, I have continued to knock of items.  Here is an updated list...

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

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

#89...101 Things in 1001 Days

So I sent out an email of an article that I read here to numerous of people. One of those people included my cousin R. I have not spoken to him since 2005. We didn't meet until 1993. Never knew he existed until then. And when we met it was like finding a kindred soul. Regardless that we were raised very different and had vastly different experiences. It worked. I spent time in Chicago and he spent time in GA. In 2005 we were going through rough times in our life. We had a conversation after my Aunt died and trailed off. No word from him and no word from me. I am not sure why.

So imagine my surprise when he responds to my email saying that he apologizes for what he might have done or said to cause problems. As I read this my mouth is hanging open because I thought I had done something. I am the one more often than not to say things which upset. Not him. I immediately responded apologizing to him about whatever I did. Our communication skills obvisouly suck since we both are blaming ourselves. I asked him to tell me what I needed to do to get back in his life.

I will keep you posted. This is 1 of the like 20 things that I really wanted on my list.

Quote of the Day

Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live. ~ John Dewey

Update on the Moody....

Ok...So I need to update my life for you...

Of course I have been to Hawaii which was on my list to complete in 1001 days. Everyone keeps asking me how was Hawaii? And to be honest it was great. But it really wasn't about Hawaii. It was about Chase Taylor. My baby cousin (10 yrs. younger). It was about seeing him before his 4th tour overseas...Iraq for the 3rd time. Afghanistan once. It was about loving him and bringing him closer to our family. (For whatever reason his Mom is crazy is not as welcoming to our family.) It was awesome to see him & experience his maturity. He is a good man. And I don't say that because he has my blood. He just is.

****Alert****
I have a job! Yes Lawd!! I didn't want to write about it until I actually walked in and worked a couple of days. Being unemployed for a year brings about a fear of you are not employable. Something is wrong with you. It's never going to happen. But it happened. & while it is not my dream job, it is a paycheck. And I am grateful & proud to have a job. I am back with a company I worked for a couple years back. Ironic that it is in unemployment. I enjoy it because I like telling the clients you are not alone. I have gone through it. One thing I remember from my past experience with this company is how co-workers were mean & uncaring with the clients. I could never understand it. Everyone is one day away from unemployment. & if you don't believe that then you are a fool. Being kind not only allows sunshine to come into your life, you brighten someone else's life. And there is nothing greater than that.

****Alert II****
I believe I am ready to start dating again. It has been a year or more since I dated. Really dated. I have had a couple of outings over the year but I knew in my heart I was not open to the possibility. But over the last couple of days I have had a want to have someone in my life. Not a sex thing. A companion. A man in my life who looks forward to my phone calls. To my laughter. To my sarcastic humor. To my off the wall music & comments. To my loving spirit that is welcoming another spirit in my life. I am ready. Wish me luck.

There is a lot more I would like to say but I spent the weekend vomiting after catching a bug from my niece & nephews. Yeah the whole crew had the bug...

I need sleep....

Later people

Thankful Sunday-29 June 2008

I am thankful for....

~the unmoving, non-changing rock that is my Mommie (yes, I call her that...or Ma)

~that my baby sis is growing up & I have not had to kill or her or had the notion to (not something I could say 3 yrs. ago)

~my apartment. I have been unemployed for almost 1 yr. & my folks have footed the bill (Thanks Old People)

Their 40th High School Class Reunion---seat dancing

~my nephew Cameron Isaiah. When I walk into the room I am all he sees. He forgets his Grandma (his caregiver while my sis in in school & @ work), his Granddaddy who screams his name. I couldn't do what I was suppose to do back home b/c he fussed every time I left the room. To be loved so much is a blessing.

~my Mommie taking me grocery shopping and spending time finding food that she "thinks" I should be eating. (I have lost a lot of weight during my unemployment. Parents are getting concerned.)

~my cousin Randall. My baby died last Saturday. He gave me 1 of his old phones. Not in the same game as my baby but I do have a phone.

~my cousin Chase. Emailing me & saying he still is missing me in Hawaii. How am I going to let him go back to Iraq? I stole his combat pillow...do you think that will help?

~my cousin Randall. He always makes me feel cherished. In his mind I am still that little girl who needs watching. (He was the designated walker w/ me to & from elementary school. My independent self made him walk behind me b/c I could do it myself!)

~my baby Platinum. She has been without me for 2 weeks. When she finally walked out of the bathroom (loves the cold tiles) she was sooooo happy!

~my Sony Vaio!!! It helps me keep in touch w/ all of you and the world wide web! What did I do before?

~Mommie giving me baby sis's dishes when we THOUGHT she was going off to school. (Pregnant her senior yr. @ home going to college.)

Pics from Vaca in Hawaii

Hello Blog WORLD! I am truly clueless on who reads my page and enjoy what I write on. With that said...I have been in Hawaii for a while and now back in the South and want to share my pics of a great trip. Not because it was a beautiful place (it really is) but I was there with my baby (I call everyone who finds a place in my heart that...trust me it is an exclusive place) and we had a great adventure! Luckily he will be able to come home at the end of August for a couple of weeks before he deploys for Iraq for the 4 TIME @ age 23. Yeah, that's some bullshit. SO I plan on showing him the life I live here and Grandma plans on cooking everything that he loves.

Anyhoo...here are some pics of my trip from my digital camera. I have like 4 rolls of still camera that needs to be developed but here is the breakfast of the trip. If you want to see more pics then email me...search blogger for my address-its easy and I will add you to my online pic album.

I hope you enjoy!

TLee & Chase

Sailboat to submarine

Pass-Schofield Base

The View from Chase

Huamaono Bay, Hawaii

Huamaona Beach, Hawaii

This is called TOO much ALCOHOL

Some of My Random Thoughts during my trip

^So glad I stayed up & was tipsy so I could sleep through the 12 hours on the plane.

^Please let me like this girl. Please, please, please.

^I am so broke......Why am I in Hawaii? Because he wants me here & that's enough for me.

^This is the life. Laying on the sofa in the patio....miles of ocean.

^OMG!!! He is trying to get me drunk!!! & nice enough to buy my beer-Guinness!!

^He is a Colquitt...he can cook!!!

^Weird that I can be cold Hawaii. Had to borrow a sweat shirt and lounging pants.

^He doesn't have AC & leaves his patio door open...Can people still do that?

^Flip flops are all the rage! Heels not needed!

^So shocked that the ocean is cold to me. But I enjoyed the sun, the breeze, & the people watching.

^How cool is it that a couple married 50 feet from me on the beach?!? It was so sweet. & cheap. That's what I am talking about.

^Snorkeling is fun. But those damn flippers. I believe I can do without. Proud of myself that I tried it & LOVED IT!

^I love it that we can go back to the house & just chill & talk. No need to "plan" anything.

^She loves the hell out of him. I am glad. He deserves it. I want someone to watch out for him.

^Her 1st time out in a bar. A novice.

^I despise men trying hard. Vodka tonic is not a grown woman drink. And saying that is not a compliment.

^Do not walk up to me asking why I am frowning. Obviously because of you & no I do not need lasik or contacts. I just don't want to put my glasses on. I look cute with them don't think anything different.

^Saying "Two ships passing in the night" does not make want to fuck you. Even with your British accent.

^And giving me 2x shots of vodka & tonic does not endear me to you.

^Are you kidding me? "Does your breath stink?"
"Does my breath stink?"

"What? Why would you ask me that? Don't you know?"

"I haven't brushed my teeth since this morning."

"It's 2 am. "OMG"

^Staying up to see the sunrise in Hawaii. Priceless.

^Can't remember the name of the sandwich shop, but it was the best sub I have ever had!

^Telling you about our family is awesome. I am so happy & grateful that you want to know.

^Yeah I know I have all the secrets of our family. Cool huh?

^WTF? I am too drunk to skydive!

^No I just woke up. I am jumping out of plane!

^Why is my body RED?

^OMG! I am suppose to leave today! I can't jump!

^You are the greatest! Thanks for extending my trip!

^I hate you!

^I love you!

^I am the bomb! Watch me do 1-arm push ups!

^No you didn't just do a split!

^Don't your dumb ass fall of this cliff. I am not telling Grandma I lost you. And you won't get her potato salad.

^Thank you for giving me one of the best vacations and experiences of my life!