Project Life and Picture My Life Solutions

Are you into the Project Life (and the like) fad?  It is an amazing new and easy spin on scrapbooking for busy people who want to beautifully archive their families lives!  Are you wondering how to organize, store, and transport all of your cards to crops, gatherings, and camps??

Have I got a storage/organizing solution for you!  Our medium organizers ($16.95) work perfectly for holding all your cards.  The removable dividers accommodate the 4x6 cards as well.  

Don’t stop with just your PL cards…the medium organizer also works great for storing your photos that are waiting to go in your books!  So how many can I get for you??  

Order by 1/24/14 and they will be here in time for my Comfy Cozy Crop!!  If you order from my online store, you will save about $3.00 in shipping !!! 

PS: Close To  My Heart is coming out with their spin on PL called Picture My Life. Starting in February.  Includes cards and protective sleeves!! Cannot wait!! 

My Close to My Heart store

101 goals in 1,001 days!

As promised, here are my goals for the next 1,001 days!  Follow me, encourage me, hold me accountable!  I am very excited for this round!! XOXOXO Ciao' Bellas and Bellos, MJ 101 GOALS IN 1,001 DAYS

Starting: January 1, 2014 - - Ending: September 30, 2016

HEALTH AND FITNESS

1. Lose 10 pounds

2. Lose 10 more pounds

3. Lose another 10 pounds

4. Lose additional 10 pounds

5. Lose final 15 pounds

6. 100 day run challenge (January 1 - April 10, 2014)

7. Ride my bike

8. Find, wear and update my fitbit

9. Join Bikram Yoga (hot yoga) and go!

10. Park in the farthest parking spot

11. NO MORE POP! My goal, by the time September 2016 is here is to be pop free!!  I wish I could cut it out cold turkey but I think this is going to have to be a process in the making.

12. Girls on the Run – season 2 (and season 3 and season 4 and season 5...you get the idea)

13. Go roller skating at least one time a month   Rollarena Schedule

14. 3 more 5K’s

15. Walk/ride the Heritage Trail

16. Substitute every side of fries

17. My Swap-ortunity (along with yopliat, I am thinking going low fat options, then fat free options)!

18. Turbo Jam plan

19. Secret Goal #1

20. Participate in a Disneyland Run

21. Give up all added/unnecessary sugar for week.

22. Walk Oliver once a week

23. Hike Badger once a month

24. Journal food/exercise intake

25. Drink 24-32 oz water every day (this could easily fall under goal 27)!

26. Take a Woman's Health Vitamin each day

I WANNA TALK ABOUT ME

27. Do something that I never thought I'd do

28. Learn the lyrics to Baby Got Back

29. Treat a friend to lunch once a month

30. Make 12 scrapbook layouts a month

31. Try out for a local production

32. Finish UFO's (my un-finished objects)

33. Go to lunch with my mother

34. Try a "new to me" item off the menu

35. Read 10 books cover to cover

36. Get up early than normal for one week

37. Self breast exam once a month

38. Take a self portrait of myself once a week

39. Learn to ski

40. Go to a movie by myself

41. Go to a Maroon 5 concert

42. Do/Make one new pin per month

43. Secret Goal #2

44. Get my tattoo!!

SMALL BUSINESS OWNER

45. 2 PPD pieces a month Pea Pod Decor Wall Art

46. Badger Mountain Elementary Bazaar

HOMESTEAD

47. Keep up on dishes

48. Keep up on the laundry

49. The garage...to be used as a 2 car garage

50. Decorate our home for the seasons/holidays

51. Use shed for tools and equipment

52. Deep clean the banos at least once a month

53. Take Oliver to the Dog Park

54. Keep up the backyard

55. Mud Room

56. Make 10 new meals in the slow cooker

FAMILY FUN FESTIVITIES

57. Go on a date with Jeff once a month

58. Go on a date with Hailey once a month

59. Go on a date with Trenton once a month

60. Take the family camping at Lake Wenatchee

61. Read to my kids EACH night

62. Adopt a Family at Christmas

63. Weekly money challenge each year

64. 40 day love challenge

65. Brittney Kluse Photoshoot She's Amazeballs!

66. Potty train Trenton before he is 3

67. Polar Express Excursion

68. Do not touch money from the challenge

BIG TICKET ITEMS

69. Camp at Crater Lake

70. Purchase a tent camper

71. Braces

72. Lasik eye surgery...I think.

73. Go on a cruise

74. Spa Trip with Deb

75. Family vaycay to Disneyland/World

76. Water Park Tour

GODDESS GAIA

77. Ride the bus to/from work for one month

78. Recycle all I can

79. Use reusable/decline bags at all stores

80. Pick up all garbage I walk over or past

81. Perform community service

82. Have a successful garden

83. Float the Yakima with Jenn

GOAL FOR MY SOUL

84. Join a Bible Study

85. Take a painting class

86. Sit with someone dining alone

87. Join a book club

88. Learn to play piano

89. Write in my journal

90. Listen to instrumental music instead of turning TV on

FOR THE LOVE OF A STRANGER

91. Donate blood

92. Donate plasma

93. Donate bone marrow

94. Compliment a stranger once a week

95. Thank a soldier every time I see one

ELECTRIC YOUTH

96. Give up Facebook for one month

97. Maintain my blog

98. Post 2 videos on You Tube

99. No TV for one day per week

100. No talking/texting on my cell phone while driving

IT'S NOT OVER

101. Finish this list!!

BONUS GOALS

102. Buy/do something for the house once a month

103. Stay on top of Christmas cards

104. Host a "no cell phone" dinner with game night

105. Catch up on baby record books

A New Year, New Goals, and a New ME!!

I am sitting down, reflecting on 2013 - It was a great year for my family and I!  We built our dream home, moved in, welcomed new nephews, and I went back to work full time!  As I write, I am thinking about my New Year's Resolutions.  I hate that term, resolutions - it makes me feel that they are ok to break or not follow through.  Nope, not this year.  I will be posting my New Year's Goals.  GOALS! I want to be held accountable, I want my husband, kids, and friends to be proud of me.  Most importantly, I want to be proud of ME! Stand by - this blog is up and running!
Ciao' Bellas and Bellos
MJ

I am back!

I am soooo excited to get back on my blog!  Man, I have a lot of goals to update!!  Stand by!

First thank you card going out in today's mail

Today is the 6th and marks my first Thank you card I am sending to our soldiers. Here is a link I found with the assistance of Uncle Google. If you are inspired to send a thank you card or drawing, even a care package, please look into it. Make the day of a soldier fighting for you!!
Thank you!
MJ and her 101 goals

A Million Thanks | Send a Letter

www.amillionthanks.org

Send a letter (snagged this from their site)

We are asking individuals, schools, churches, businesses, and other organizations to write cards, letters, emails, and prayer messages of appreciation to our military. It is our goal to see that our military (active, reserve, and veterans) receive these messages, whether they are serving at home, abroad, or are injured in hospitals. To get started, read the guidelines below:

1. Do not put letters in individual envelopes. Send multiple letters in bundles
2. Do not send edible items
3. Do not use loose glitter, confetti, or anything that is not attached to the letter or card
4. Only include positive messages. Any negative messages will be discarded
5. Be creative! Draw pictures, talk about you, and let them know their work does not go unnoticed
6. Include your address or email address if you wish. Most military will write back to you!

Mail To:

A Million Thanks
17853 Santiago Blvd. #107-355
Villa Park, CA 92861

The Sacagawea Heritage Trail

Here it is...the trail...goal #34:  Who is coming with me?  I am thinking this is going to be done on a nice Spring Day when it isn't sweltering in the Tri-Cities heat or in the early Fall when it isn't sweltering in the Tri-Cities heat!  What say you? 

Sacagawea Heritage Trail

The Sacagawea Heritage Trail Project is a recreational and educational trail along twenty-three miles of beautiful Columbia River shoreline in Tri-Cities, Washington. The trail is dedicated to the lone woman on the Lewis and Clark expedition. The bi-modal trail and all trail amenities enable all outdoor enthusiasts to experience an environmentally sound and unique shrub-steppe habitat and gain a greater awareness and appreciation for the experiences of the Corps of Discovery in the Mid-Columbia region.

The Sacagawea Heritage Trail plays on the vision for a continuous bicycle and pedestrian route connecting the Tri-Cities. The trail, showcasing interpretive opportunities, is intended to serve as an amenity for both local residents and visitors to the area. The non-motorized loop routes along the riverfronts in the Tri-Cities area, and create linkages with waterfront parks. The trail system includes Class I multi-purpose trails, sidewalks, Class II bike routes (striped bike lanes) and Class III bike routes (signed bike routes).

The Tri-Cities area is fortunate to have extensive river frontage along the Columbia, Yakima and Snake Rivers. Much of the riverfront is in public ownership, either through the Army Corps of Engineers, Cities, Benton and Franklin Counties, Port districts or State Parks. Portions of the trail route have been developed through parks, and along levees and streets. Individual jurisdictions have also completed trail improvements in conjunction with other waterfront development.

Interpretive topics are portrayed along the route. This includes a variety of natural, historical, and cultural topics with an emphasis on specific sites of local interest. This list could be expanded if other appropriate topics come to light. These displays are of interest to both locals interested in preserving the local heritage, and to tourists learning about the area. The actual interpretive displays take a number of forms, from signage to sculptural elements. Interpretive displays add substantially to the enjoyment of trail facilities by the public.

Creation of the Master Plan involved input from a number of local jurisdictions, including: the Cities of Kennewick, Pasco and Richland; Benton and Franklin Counties; and the Ports of Benton, Kennewick and Pasco. Overall coordination for the planning process was provided by the Tri-Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau. An Interlocal Staff Committee composed of representatives from each of the above agencies and jurisdictions met with the consultant team to review and discuss existing conditions and proposed planning elements. The planning process began in December, 1999, and was completed in August, 2000.

Let the goals begin:

Happy New Year to you all.  Today begins an exciting journey for me.  I was talking to one of my best friends last night, telling him about my goals.  He asked which goal I think would be the easiest.  I told him that I hope it would be goal # 42 - Locate my best childhood friend Andrea Huxoll.  I was hoping all I'd have to do is type her name into a search bar in this really neat networking site.  (You know the one).  Well, I did just that, and voila'! There she was!  She looks so beautiful!  I sent her a message with a friend request.  I hope she remembers me and we can catch up! 

As far as the list, well, it has begun.  I hope you all come with me on this fun journey.  I hope it inspires you as well. 

Have a blessed New Year!  Come back and visit me often!

MJ