It's been a busy week on the home drama front!

Thursday evening I stepped on a huge bee (probably a wasp). I knew it was in my house because I heard it and then saw it when I was upstairs shortly after I arrived home from work. I am usually a barefoot person when I am in my home, so I was walking around doing some unpacking and at one point I went to stand in front of my front door... and subsequently felt this huge pain in my foot. Looked down ... there was the bee in 2 parts... and then the stinger!!!!

It was a horrible pain, but after consulting Google, I treated with ice and toothpaste... and the next day it didn't feel too bad. And afterwards I was happy that I got stung instead of that cat :D

Next up... Today, after scrubbing the bathroom floor I went to empty the water in the basement utility sink. I didn't turn a light on, but I noticed what looked like a big hairball in one corner of the sink. Um yeah... it was a dead mouse!!! (Dead I can deal with, if I ever see one run across the floor, its all over!) I went upstairs to collect myself... and ended up using an old plastic spoon to scoop the mouse into a ziploc bag, sealed and threw everything away!

I have updated my list due to certain items not being relevant anymore, due to me moving to a new home.

My list - Complete Items

1
Pick a Project Management certificate program and enroll

2
Replace Kitchen countertops Replace Windows

3
Have corner fireplace installed Convert Fireplace to Gas
4
Go to Las Vegas


5
See Pearl Jam in a foreign country

6
Create a will

7
Go to the doctor and have a physical

8
See a financial planner

9
Buy a new refrigerator Buy a new Bathroom Cabinet

10
Clean out the clutter from my second bedroom

11
Buy a bed/futon for my second bedroom

12
Get my car retro-fitted with BlueTooth


13
Paint Master Bedroom Turn 3^rd bedroom into a closet

14
Buy a new mattress

15
Go to Chicago and see a taping of the Oprah show

16
Get my bike fixed!

17
Pay off my credit cards! (1/3)

18
Go vegetarian for a week

19
Go down 1 clothing size

20
No Starbucks for one week

21
Participate in a protest march

22
No fast food for one week

23
Put $5 in savings for each completed task, donate $10 for each task
not completed at the end of 1,001 days to the Orphan Foundation of America


24
Take my niece to the National Zoo

25
Go to Australia

26
Go to Hawaii

27
Go to Africa on Safari

28
Successfully grow a Hydrangea

29
Go skiing

30
Replace mirror in second bathroom Remove dead tree in front yard

31
Go to an amusement park

32
Visit a vineyard

33
Spend a few days in the outer banks

34
Go to Boston

35
Participate in a cookie exchange

36
No chips for 1 week (Potato or nacho)


37
Go to the Opera

38
Go to the Ballet

39
replace light fixtures in second bathroom Add a door to 2^nd bathroom

40
Buy a jewelry cabinet

41
Get the carpets steam cleaned Buy area rug for the Dining Room

42
Install Programmable thermostat

43
Install ceiling fan in sunroom Replace outside door on the rear addition

44
Appear on a reality show

45
Get rid of all clothes that I have not worn in over a year

46
Clean off old laptop and get rid of it

47
Sell old printer

48
Sell Baseball card collection

49
Go down 2 clothing sizes

50
Get a radical haircut (not same old boring part on the side)

51
Neatly paint my own toenails

52
Get eyebrows waxed and darkened

53
Go to dentist regularly

54
Refinance my condo into a 15 year mortgage Replace Garage Doors

55
Start drinking V8 regularly to up my weekly serving of vegetables (3
times a week for one month)

56
Move all stock to 1 brokerage

57
Apply to be a notary

58
Go on a cruise

59
Go Skydiving

60
Go rock-wall climbing

61
Go out for sushi (Not California Rolls)

62
Brush Madison every day for 1 week

63
Trim Madison's nails once a week for a month. (5/5)


64
Get rid of all clothes that have holes in them

65
Go out for Afternoon Tea

66
Buy Burberry earmuffs

67
Go to AAFB and cheer when GW leaves office

68
Get a new piercing (nose or eyebrow)

69
Tag all my photos on Flickr

70
Learn how to use my Tiptronic transmission

71
Make pasta from scratch

72
Go Whale watching

73
Swim with Dolphins

74
Figure out how to play Craps - and play

75
Get a Wii

76
Try a sudoku puzzle

77
Ride on a motorcycle

78
Visit an active volcano

79
Get an Ezpass gadget for my car


80
Pay the toll for the next 5 cars that follow me thru the tunnel(0/5) Replace Front door and basement
door

81
Take my mom to see a Broadway play

82
Find a new signature scent

83
Go to a Hockey game


84
See all 100 for AFI's top 100 movies (using 2007 list) - (28/100)

85
Secret -- If I do it I'll let you know what it was :-)

86
Make a new meal using cookbooks (or recipes from real simple) 4 times a month (5/128)


87
Donate Bone Marrow

88
Get the ceiling repainted in the kitchen/dining room

89
move to a more urban location

90
eat one salad a week (61/143)

91
Fly in a helicopter

92
Attend a UMBC alumni event

93
Buy a new iPod


94
Buy a mini-season ticket plan for Nationals

95
No beer for 1 week

96
Organize all clipped magazine articles

97
Learn how to make a ringtone on my mac, and get it to my BlackBerry

98
Pass on old Pearl Jam live shows on cassette tape

99
If I list something on ebay and it doesn't sell, throw away (or donate
to charity)

100
Have a cable (or FIOS) outlet put into my kitchen Get a real cat door for the door that leads to rear addition

101
Go to a Professionals in the City event

My decision of 5 months ago (hardly seems real!) has finally produced the fruits :D

I am all moved in... and about half unpacked and 40 % organized. I've mowed the the lawn once, taken out the trash, and done a ton of cleaning....

Woo Hoo!! I love my house :D

Needless to say the 101 in 1001 list will be revised.... as certain items that related only to my condo are no longer relevant , so they'll be replaced with home projects for my new house :)

This picture doesn't really tell the true story of the state of my condo. There are a ton more boxes, walls are bare, and I think my cat hates me :(

Luckily there haven't been any disasters ... (Like back in 2002 when I was getting ready to move to my condo from my apartment... I was out on my second floor balcony cleaning the sliding glass doors... and lets just say I locked myself outside. On the balcony. By myself. Not fun.... I climbed over the railing a few times but couldn't convince myself to jump! I eventually shouted to someone in their backyard to please call my parents (who had the spare key).... YIKES!)

I will miss the checkerboard floors in my kitchen, my plantation shutters in my bedroom, the drapes in my sunroom when they blow in the breeze, and my Deep Aubergine dining room :P

I will not miss noisy people that live above me, renters, HOA Drama (aka the Parking Lot Nazi), people that cannot park between 2 lines (really people it is NOT that hard!)

Settlement is tomorrow..and then the big move is Thursday! YAY!

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

It has been a while since I had any update to any of the items on my 101 in 1001 list. But today I finally have one...

Flashback to 2 years ago... A friend and I planned to take part in a Cherry Blossom bike ride (viewing only ... not a race :P). So I dug my bike out of the storage closest, threw it in the backseat of my car... with the top down.. in early April and drove west on RT 50. It was cold.

Took the bike on Metro and arrived downtown... met up with tour guide... and set off, except when I pedaled, the wheel didn't turn :(

So my friend and I had to bail.

But when I started the great de-clutter prior to listing my condo for sale, I relegated my bike (and a few other things) to my parents house and then asked that it be taken to a bike doctor, which it was, they had it for a few weeks, and today it was returned in working condition (to my parents house.... I will have it in my possession once my move to a new house is done!)

I thought my happiest moment was when I got my mom to sign-up for a Yahoo! email account (she had avoided it for years... but finally succumbed maybe 4 years ago)....

I hate talking on the phone... to anyone (really its not Personal :P). I possibly hate it more than I hate Potluck Bitch. Email is my go to form of communication, but with my upgrade to the BlackBerry I have been becoming a fan of texting and IM (but I have been doing that for a while for work etc....). So if I can get some phone conversations eliminated due email (or txting) I am a happy camper! Now when my parents go away on vacation instead of the "We Made it!" call, I'll get a "We made it!" email.

(Don't believe me?.... I have the least amount of talk minutes available in a plan = 450. I have never broken 200 minutes in a month and am usually closer to 150 - and I do no have a landline in my house.)

Jump to last week... the ringtone on my BlackBerry plays that lets me know I've got an incoming IM. I checked the name. It was my mom! Yahoo! started embedding their chat program in their email page (like Google) and my mom saw me online and just sent me a quick note hoping that I was having a good day. :D

Today she IM'd me again... and we actually had a real back and forth chat!!! woohoo! :-)

This past week's episode of Dollhouse made up for the slow build of the first few episodes. And like any good show of the last few years its aleady been canceled.

I guess there is a chance that another network would pick it up... but I am guessing probably not...So next week's episode is the last.

If you haven't heard... there is an "extra" episode that may or may not make to air, that was made becase the original pilot episode was so terrible it was determined to be unable to air. So if that was the case why did FOX pick the show up in the first place??

I am not sure what Network TV is trying to do anymore.... Serial TV shows need weeks to build buzz and an audience. Why do they air something 2 times and then cancel it?? What's the point of investing??

In today's climate :

Would Dallas have made it to the point where the nation wondered "Who Shot JR?"; Would The X-Files have made it to the point where Scully got cancer?? Would Buffy the Vampire Slayer have made it to the point where there could be an Angel spin-off??

I can see how Reality TV really will be the future for Network TV. The cable networks (ie TNT, FX, AMC) really do seem to be building a better stable of serialized dramas.