My 101 List

Before I mentioned my "101 List". This is something my older sister Destry told me about back in 2009. You write 101 things you want to do in 1001 days. I wrote one back in 2009, did pretty good at it. And then I wrote another one on October 1st 2012. I have until Fall of 2015 to complete as many as I can. Here's what I've done so far. 

#2 Fall in Love

Interestingly enough, this was one of the first ones I got crossed off. Since I wrote this list three days before Judd and I officially became "Boyfriend-Girlfriend"

#6 Get married in the House of the Lord

#7 Spend Christmas with my family

After being out of the country for two Christmases in a row I was dying to spend Christmas with my family. Of course I didn't get very many pics but this is Judd and I on our Christmas date with my parents at the Davenport Hotel. 

#8 Read all Hunger Games books

When I came home from my mission EVERYONE was talking about HUNGER GAMES. Probably because the movie just came out. It took me a while to get out of the mission zone and get into reading a book. BUT I'm proud to say I completed the series on March 28th 2013

#9 Learn how to drive stick. 

I'm not the greatest but when we first got married we only had a Mitsubishi Lancer that was manual. Judd gave me some lessons.... most didn't end very good

#10 Buy my own car

When I first wrote this I was imagining myself buying a really cheap car cause I was single. I never got one while I was single but this car really is in my name :) I just don't pay for it. That's what my sugar daddy is for. 

#16 Go to Maine and visit the Hursts -March 2013

#19 Do a session in the Salt Lake City Temple- December 2012

#21 See Christmas Lights on Temple Square-Decemeber 2012

#25 Go on a planned out road trip

Those are the ones I wrote up before J and I got married. Since then I've completed. 

#30 Make a baby blanket

#31 Fully unpack in Miller, SD- May 2013

#44 Buy Judd power drills-June 2013

#52 Scrapbook Wedding-July 2013

Thanks to Snapfish.com I finally got this done in one day-July 2013

#59 Make a Book Shelf out of Pallets-July 2013

#61 Make a Home Management Binder (Yeah I'm a nerd:)

One location to find your: To do list, shopping list, menu plan for the month, Church calling responsibilities, Finances, Goals and Current Projects. Who wouldn't want one of these???? ;)

#67 Get internet

#82 Go to the Bismarck Temple-July 20, 2013

A couple weeks ago Judd surprised me by writing "Go to the temple" on my chalkboard To Do List. That Saturday we traveled the 4 hours to Bismarck and had a WONDERFUL time there. We are in love with Bismarck now. I am so grateful of my husband's testimony of the power you receive by attending the temple. Seriously it's been somewhere he has been taking me since our third date! I love him :)

#84 Get a Miller Library Card

Sadly they don't give you an actual card in Miller but I signed up and have been checking out books for a month now. It's a cute little library. I can't wait to take our little one there in a few years. 

That's what I've completed so far!!! 19 down.... 82 more to go.. Yikes I'm falling behind.

Next Few Projects

One of my biggest weaknesses is SEWING! When I was younger I of course attended the Achievement Day and Young Women activities when we did sewing and I LOVED it but, I never developed a strong talent in it. BUT that doesn't mean I don't try. Something that has been on my "101 List" for a few years is to make a baby blanket. Well with 9 more weeks to go with my pregnancy I decided this is the time to do it.

I decided I should just stick with something simple. All I needed was some gray minky fabric, coral chevron fabric, some pins and my mother-in-law's sewing machine. 

My original plan was to stitch this elephant on one of the corners. I guess I lost motivation, got to frustrated and had no clue how to do it. SO it didn't get done. But I am happy to report I can now cross off #86 on my 101 List. 

So our little home right now has a living room with wood paneling. To kinda dress it up a little more I've added a few damask elements. 

On Saturday since Judd was working I got to work on a pallet wall hanging that I've been dying to make. Judd so kindly tore apart some pallets for me and nailed some together to make a nice sized wall hanging. I used some stencils that I had already from a wedding themed scrapbooking kit. To make this...

Then, while Judd and I were watching the motel for Jeanine and Lyman I patiently drew up and painted some cursive letters.

Painting those letters was probably the most stressful thing I've done in awhile. But it's DONE!!

The next project was a simple and fast one. Just what I like! My in laws had this old black filing cabinet in their garage that had collected some not so attractive features over the years (random Christmas stickers). My hubby so kindly snagged it for me. 

Do you see what it used to look like... over there hidden behind the couch :)

Well now it looks like this...

So easy and makes all the difference!

Today's Project

Today I decided that I needed to go through the pile of flash drives Judd and I have collected throughout our lives and see what's on them and then of course... LABEL THEM!!! :)

Here are some treasures I found in the process.

This little baby is my first niece Olivia. She is now 6 years old I can't believe it. It was cool to watch cause she is now saying that she wants to help our little girl learn to walk when that time comes.

I've always felt so blessed to have a family that I consider my best friends.

Our Home In Miller

It's been 2 1/2 months since we moved into our little house here in Miller. (AND WE FINALLY GOT INTERNET!!!)  Since then I have been searching on Pinterest to figure out how exactly I wanted to decorate our house and make it a HOME.

Here are some pics I took shortly after moving in.

 Here is our "entertainment center" of the living room.

 Thanks to my in-laws that lent us their comfy couch we have furniture to fill up the space.

 I found this table at a local "Finders Keepers" Antique shop. It came with two leaves all for $50. I was pretty excited about it. This table usually is covered in a giant mess whether it be my Primary materials or my latest attempt of a craft.

 When we moved in the shower had one of those sliding glass doors. After one shower in it I said, "Adios". The funky part about our cute little home is that you have to walk through the bathroom to get to the baby's room... oh well

 I love having my own kitchen! Knowing exactly where everything is. psst. Don't tell Judd but I secretly love when he has to ask me where to find something. I've even grown fond of the homey orange color in it. :)

Since living here and finding out we are having a girl, I will shamelessly admit that I have caught the "mommy" bug.  A lot of my projects are pretty homely but the thing I'm proud about is that I didn't have to break the bank while supporting my addiction.

Here is the journey Judd and I took to make a baby dresser.

Miller, SD has this pretty awesome tradition of having a "City-wide Rummage Sale". On one rainy Saturday we got a map of the city and where people were having rummage sales ( or what I and my fellow Washingtonians like to call a Yard Sales) We drove around town hitting the best ones first and on our last stop of the day we came across this beauty for 10 BUCKS!

Well it didn't really scream baby girl so we got to work.

Judd is a very amazing husband with many skills in the carpentry world. He knows about things I've never heard of. And as I describe what we did I'm going to feel like a fake but here goes.  Since I wasn't a fan of the antique brass handles we removed those and use some...."Wood filler" and got out the sander to remove the lacquer and old stain.

Then my dear Hubby painted the whole thing with a White Satin finish spray paint.

After painting new knobs here is the finished look.

The next project was a matching changing table. We got it for the lovely price of FREE NINETY-FREE!!

With some paint, canvas boxes from Wal Mart and a new cover for the pad here's what he came up with.

Something I've always wanted was a book shelf made out of pallets. So.. I sent my hubby out on a search for free pallets in town.

He never disappoints!

I also found some time to finally print out and frame some of our wedding pictures.

Something else we scored at the Rummage Sale was a car seat. Thanks to Jack and Alyssa that was also free of cost. It had a Winnie The Pooh cover that just needed to go. I feel like I bit more off than I could chew with this project. With a limited knowledge of sewing I started making a new cover. 

 I'm proud to say it only took me two days AND I was able to hold in all the swear words that entered my mind in the process. It's not perfect but I now have a gray minky car seat cover to match the gray and lavendar car seat canopy I purchased with a 100% off coupon.

 I think picking a nursery theme was harder for me than choosing colors for my wedding. But I have always loved elephants so it only made sense. I saw on pinterest a cool way of making fake canvas boards from old shoe boxes.

 And I got a pattern to sew some stuffed elephants. Unfortunately I made them before asking to borrow a sewing machine so they are hand-stitched.

I gotta show you a close up of Judd's baby pic on the dresser.

:) If our baby looks anything like him she will be the cutest baby ever.

I just pray that when our baby does come we don't get a gender surprise, or our boy will be sleeping in a pink room and wearing dresses for the first 2 years of his life.