What's YOUR frog??

two minutes well spent:

http://www.eatthatfrogmovie.com

Readin'

Just finished The Midwife's Apprentice. I've got a couple other books from the library to work on my Newbery goal, since I can't seem to get focused enough to start anything else right now!!

# 28: Get Photoshop Elements 7 and learn to use it

Another birthday present--this time from my sweet Mama and Daddy. Thank you so much!

#34: Get a New Camera

Happy birthday to me! Jeff surprised me with this schnazzy new camera for my birthday. Am I a lucky girl or what?? Now I just need an uninterrupted week to play with it and learn all of its features (good luck to me there)!

Newbery Winner List

When I glanced through this list while making my goals, I thought I had read 19 of these books. However, I want to be able to comment on everything I read, and I found that there were some I could not even remember! So I'm re-reading some and reading the rest as I can...I'll say that, to start, I have actually read 14...and even a couple of those I am stretching it!

Books I have READ; my commentary, if you care to know....

2008 - Laura Amy Schlitz. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
2007 - Susan Patron. The Higher Power of Lucky
2006 - Lynne Rae Perkins. Criss Cross
2005 - Cynthia Kadohata. Kira-Kira
2004 - Kate DeCamillo. The Tale of Despereaux
2003 - Avi. Crispin, the Cross of Lead it was okay...not my favorite from Avi, but a good adventure that a boy might like
2002 - Linda Sue Park. A Single Shard
2001 - Richard Peck. A Year Down Yonder
2000 - Christopher Paul Curtis. Bud, Not Buddy really like this one; Curtis is a great author. His book, The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963 is one of my all-time favorites that I used to love teaching to my 8th graders.
1999 - Louis Sachar. Holes another really good one. The movie, of course, didn't do it justice. The book is 99.9% always better than the movie.
1998 - Karen Hesse. Out of the Dust
1997 - E.L. Konigsburg. The View From Saturday I know I read this within the last couple of years, but I can honestly say I don't remember that much about it...so...meh. REread.
1996 - Karen Cushman. The Midwife's Apprentice A quick read and a sweet tale about a girl who rises above what life dishes...
1995 - Sharon Creech. Walk Two Moons another one I know I have read, but don't remember the details. REread.
1994 - Lois Lowry. The Giver an interesting novel to teach. I like this one...it makes you think
1993 - Cynthia Rylant. Missing May eh; it was a'ight
1992 - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Shiloh Kat really liked this one. We read it together for book club
1991 - Jerry Spinelli. Maniac Magee I remember REALLY liking this one. I'll have to REread this too and see if Mitch would like it...
1990 - Lois Lowry. Number the Stars
1989 - Paul Fleischman. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
1988 - Russell Freedman. Lincoln: A Photobiography
1987 - Sid Fleischman. The Whipping Boy
1986 - Patricia MacLachlan. Sarah, Plain and Tall I really liked this one. Very quick read, but poignant.
1985 - Robin McKinley. The Hero and the Crown
1984 - Beverly Cleary. Dear Mr. Henshaw wow...I read this soooooo long ago. Like when I was in third grade and on a Becerly Cleary kick. I remember thinking it was pretty boring.
1983 - Cynthia Voigt. Dicey's Song
1982 - Nancy Willard. A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
1981 - Katherine Paterson. Jacob Have I Loved I read this as a teenager and remember feeling so sorry for the "unloved" sister
1980 - Joan Blos. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
1979 - Ellen Raskin. The Westing Game this is another staple for teaching 8th graders. a silly mystery with lots of fun characters to keep track of
1978 - Katherine Paterson. Bridge to Terabithia two words: so. sad.
1977 - Mildred D. Taylor. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1976 - Susan Cooper. The Grey King
1975 - Virginia Hamilton. M.C. Higgins, the Great
1974 - Paula Fox. The Slave Dancer
1973 - Jean Craighead George. Julie of the Wolves
1972 - Robert C. O'Brien. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
1971 - Betsy Byars. The Summer of the Swans
1970 - William H. Armstrong. Sounder
1969 - Lloyd Alexander. The High King
1968 - E.L. Konigsburg. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler I read this in 7th grade for my reading class, and then happily discovered it again a couple of years ago. What kid hasn't thought of running away? And these two do it up right!
1967 - Irene Hunt. Up a Road Slowly
1966 - Elizabeth Borton de Treviño. I, Juan de Pareja
1965 - Maia Wojciechowska. Shadow of a Bull
1964 - Emily C. Neville. It's Like This, Cat
1963 - Madeleine L'Engle. A Wrinkle in Time
1962 - Elizabeth George Speare. The Bronze Bow
1961 - Scott O'Dell. Island of the Blue Dolphins I really liked this as a kid and REread it recently. There is something fascinating about living on an island all. alone. AND it's based on true events!!
1960 - John Krumgold. Onion John
1959 - Elizabeth George Speare. The Witch of Blackbird Pond
1958 - Harold V. Keith. Rifles for Watie
1957 - Virginia Sorensen. Miracles on Maple Hill
1956 - Jean Lee Latham. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
1955 - Meindert DeJong. The Wheel on the School
1954 - John Krumgold. ... And Now Miguel
1953 - Ann Nolan Clark. Secret of the Andes
1952 - Eleanor Estes. Ginger Pye
1951 - Elizabeth Yates. Amos Fortune, Free Man
1950 - Marguerite de Angeli. The Door in the Wall
1949 - Marguerite Henry. King of the Wind
1948 - William Pène du Bois. The Twenty-One Balloons
1947 - Carolyn S. Bailey. Miss Hickory
1946 - Lois Lenski. Strawberry Girl
1945 - Robert Lawson. Rabbit Hill
1944 - Esther Forbes. Johnny Tremain
1943 - Elizabeth Janet Gray. Adam of the Road
1942 - Walter D. Edmonds. The Matchlock Gun
1941 - Armstrong Sperry. Call It Courage
1940 - James Daugherty. Daniel Boone
1939 - Elizabeth Enright. Thimble Summer
1938 - Kate Seredy. The White Stag
1937 - Ruth Sawyer. Roller Skates
1936 - Carol Ryrie Brink. Caddie Woodlawn
1935 - Monica Shannon. Dobry
1934 - Cornelia Meigs. Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women
1933 - Elizabeth Lewis. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
1932 - Laura Adams Armer. Waterless Mountain
1931 - Elizabeth Coatsworth. The Cat Who Went to Heaven
1930 - Rachel Field. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
1929 - Eric P Kelly. The Trumpeter of Krakow: A Tale of the Fifteenth Century
1928 - Dhan Mukerji. Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon
1927 - Will James. Smoky, the Cow Horse
1926 - Arthur Chrisman. Shen of the Sea
1925 - Charles Finger. Tales from Silver Lands
1924 - Charles Hawes. The Dark Frigate
1923 - Hugh Lofting. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle
1922 - Hendrik Van Loon. The Story of Mankind

The List

Here it is. . .

1001 days 143 weeks approximately 33 months 2 years, 8 months, 29 days

COMPLETION DATE: Wednesday, August 10, 2011

1. Paint curtain rods & get new window treatments for living room
2. paint baseboards throughout whole house
3. Scrub/paint doors in house
4. Lose 50 pounds
5. Re-evaluate healthy weight goal once #4 is complete: place here
6. Exercise a minimum of three times per week, 30 minutes each time (0/429)
7. Consolidate all credit card debt
8. (#7)Pay down to 50% of beginning total at consolidation
9. Pay off my medical bills
10. Pay off Xander’s medical bills
11. Put curtains up in Kat’s room
12. Make curtains for boys’ room
13. New window treatments for master bedroom
14. Paint master bathroom
15. Fix /replace master bathroom cabinets / wall
16. Get plants for dining room pot shelves
17. Re-caulk tubs & toilets
18. Read ALL Newbery winners (19/88)
19. Attend the temple, on average, at least once a month (0/33)
20. Attend a session at three temples I’ve never been to before
21. Study the entire Book of Mormon and keep a study journal
22. Start or join a book club
23. Start a Mommy-and-Me book club with Katerina
24. Write and send a note, on average, at least once a month, to a new person each time.
25. Build a flower box and plant flowers outside the kitchen window
26. Back up computer onto an external hard drive
27. Install cupboards under television
28. Get Photoshop Elements 7 and learn to use it
29. Scrapbook 2008
30. Go through all old photos: organize and scan keepers and toss the rest
31. Scrapbook Mitchell’s baby book
32. Scrapbook Katerina’s baby book
33. Scrapbook Xander’s baby book
34. Get a new camera
35. Learn how to use Quicken
36. Build up emergency savings (2 months)
37. Clean out master bedroom closet
38. Make matching quilts for boys
39. Volunteer in Mitch’s classroom monthly (0/24)
40. Volunteer in Katerina’s classroom monthly (0/24)
41. Create an FHE box
42. Clean out computer file cabinet
43. Create a logical, workable system for filing necessary papers
44. Write a will
45. Organize life insurance; upgrade
46. Organize recipes into a usable binder
47. Get a complete physical, along with all pertinent blood work and tests
48. Give 10 “just because” gifts
49. Get “Moms Make It Better" published
50. Sew a dress for Katerina
51. Teach Katerina to use sewing machine
52. Read 10 books out loud with one/both/all of my children (0/10)
53. Pour patio slab in back yard
54. Re-seed grass in front yard
55. Figure out backyard landscaping and install
56. Learn to prune rose bushes properly
57. Replace bushes /rose bush in front yard
58. Teach Mitchell how to work the washer and dryer to do his own laundry
59. Replant flower garden by front porch
60. Go to Disneyland
61. Visit San Diego at least three times (0/3)
62. Plan out preschool one month in advance for three months (0/3)
63. Track all spending for one month and create a budget on paper
64. Go on a bike ride with the kids at least once a month (0/33)
65. Boo! four families at Halloween
66. Do the 12 days of Christmas anonymously for another family
67. Learn to knit
68. Take a vacation--just me and Jeff
69. Go to dinner and a movie all by myself
70. Host a formal dinner party
71. Have a Club Eleven party with my kids
72. Write in a personal journal weekly for six months
73. Make a list of 10 things I am really good at
74. Make a list of 20 things I genuinely like about myself
75. Acknowledge with (at the very least) a birthday card all of the people on the birthday list
76. Clean out garage
77. Make a new recipe/dinner once a month (0/33)
78. Run a mile without stopping
79. See a Broadway-caliber musical that I’ve never seen (like Wicked or The Lion King)
80. Climb a tree
81. Start actively recycling, using the bins
82. Make, gift and store a batch of jam
83. Inventory and organize existing food storage
84. Increase food storage by 25%
85. Learn to make bread
86. Teach Mitchell and Katerina to make bread
87. Have an up-to-date 72 hour kit made for each member of the family
88. Go camping using only our 72 hour kits
89. Go camping five times (0/5)
90. Become a better visiting teacher
91. Read 4 financial books
92. Read 4 religious books
93. Study (class or book) handwriting analysis
94. Throw a random holiday party (i.e. arbor day or secretary’s day)
95. Tie a new quilt for Jeff
96. Go on a picnic
97. Deep clean carpet throughout entire house
98. Play in the park for an afternoon with my kids (not just supervise their play!)
99. Paint a picture on canvas (take a class?)
100. Replace carpet in living room
101. Keep a journal of 101 in 1001