Happy 2014!

I hope you all had a safe and fun New Years Eve last night!

We were only planning on staying up until 9pm and celebrating with

New York, but my daughter insisted on staying up till midnight.

She lasted until 11:50pm.

So close!

As you can see, there have been some changes around here.

My dear sweet friend, Becca, from www.iateskinny.com created this lovely

new design for me :)

I also decided, since my blog has deemed itself slightly more successful

than I had imagined it being, to go ahead and get an official web address!

www.kellymaeblog.com

 I feel so professional now.

There is something so refreshing about a new year.

Its a good reminder that the past is truly behind us and we are in complete

control of our future.

Now is the time people make resolutions to lose weight, save more money, exercise

more, etc and I think its great. Even though only a small percentage of these resolutions

are actually successful, I think its great that people take the time to reflect on their lives

and what they can do better. 

My New Years resolution is pretty simple.

I just want to knock out a few more things on my 101 in 1001 list.

I wrote about this last year and I have until March 2015 to complete it.

That means I have to get a majority of it done in 2014 to meet my goal.

For more about the 101 in 1001 list, check out dayzeroproject.com

Here is my updated list:

START DATE: July 2, 2012

END DATE: March 30, 2015

UPDATED: January 1, 2014

ME
1. Get a passport
2. Spend a week without the tv
3. Start school
4. Create a living will
5. Buy 5 sets of matching underwear
6. Go to the eye doctor and get glasses again
7. Become more involved with the battalion
8. Figure out how to get my hair to curl
9. Get a pedicure once a month for 6 months (0/6)
10. Purchase 10 complete outfits to add to my wardrobe (3/10)
11. Make regular dentist appointments
12. Spend a weekend with just my sister
13. Actually do something for my birthday
14. Find someone good to do my eyebrows
15. Start a journal

HOME
16. Get all my pictures into albums
17. Get home videos on DVDs
18. Redecorate the kid's bedrooms
19. Buy new bedding for our bed.
20. Organize all our important documents and make copies for safety deposit box.
21. Get my bathtub fixed and take a bath
22. Start composting
23. Stock the freezer with meals and staples
24. Organize the laundry room.
25. Get all my kid's pictures on the wall
26. Organize craft cupboard

HEALTH
27. Start a regular exercise routine
28. Do yoga
29. Complete the 200 situps challenge
30. Have 1 soda-free week a month (4/30)

MARRIAGE
31. Take a vacation with my husband (no kids) Vegas! Nov 2012
32. Have a date night once a paycheck (3)
33. Have a dinner date with my husband on the back patio after the kids go to bed
34. Write a letter to my husband every day that he is deployed
35. Attend a marriage workshop on base September 12, 2012
36. Get a couples massage

MONEY
37. Buy a lottery ticket
38. Pay off credit cards
39. Save $1 for every task completed on this list. (0/101)
40. Put $1,000 in savings (1,000/1,000)
41. Only buy necessities for one paycheck, save the rest
42. Support 10 friends in their small businesses (4/10)
43. Work on building a credit score
44. Contribute $100 to each of my kids college funds
45. Cash all of our loose change and add it to our savings
46. Donate to 5 friends who are fundraising (1/5)
47. Subscribe to LA Times for coupons
48. Save $500 using coupons (83.85/500)
49. Recruit 2 Scentsy consultants (1/2)
50. Earn $1,000 in Scentsy sales (1,221.04/1,000)

KIDS
51. Homeschool successfully for 1 school year
52. Write a letter for each of my kids
53. Hire a regular babysitter July 15, 2012
54. Take the kids to a drive in movie Brave and Madagascar 3 :)
55. Take the kids to play in the snow
56. Make dentist appointments for the kids October 11, 2012

EXPERIENCE
57. See a live comic show Daniel Tosh Nov 2012
58. Try 5 new local restaurants (5/5)
59. Shoot a gun
60. Learn how to BBQ
61. Eat sushi October 3, 2012
62. Learn how to crochet
63. Learn how to cut Andrew's hair.
64. Try 5 different wines (5/5)
65. Learn how to change a tire.
66. Go ice skating
67. Catch a fish.
68. See a show at the Old Globe theater in San Diego

TRAVEL
69. Visit a state I haven't been to yet
70. Visit my family in Wisconsin
71. Visit Andrew's grandpa in Florida
72. Visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
73. Buy a travel trailer
74. Fly first class

FOR OTHERS
75. Leave a 100% tip
76. Send my mom flowers just because
77. Send my Grandma flowers just because
78. Leave inspiring notes in 5 random locations (0/5)
79. Write a letter to someone who taught me something valuable in life
80. Volunteer at the animal shelter
81. Buy reusable grocery bags and use them
82. Do another "giving back" project for my high school.
83. Sponsor a child
84. E-mail a nice letter to 5 companies I enjoy (0/5)
85. Anonymously leave money for someone in need
86. Hand out 5 Blessing Bags to homeless (0/5)
87. Make holiday treats for my neighbors
88. Take flowers to our family members at Rosecrans National Cemetery

FUN
89. Make a quilt
90. Get family pictures done
91. Read 25 books (5/25)
92. Throw a fiesta
93. Answer 50 questions that will free your mind
94. Color an entire coloring book
95. Collect my favorite Dr Seuss movies
96. Open a cookbook to a random page and make the recipe
97. Throw a superbowl party
98. Go to Legoland
99. Host a murder mystery party
100. Finish an entire puzzle book
101. Go on every ride at Disneyland