Month 1

So I started the 101 in 1001 list 1 month ago tomorrow, and I thought I'd give a little update on how things have been going. No goals completed yet, but they are in progress. :)

17. Watch 26 movies, each one starting with a different letter of the alphabet (1/26).

• Facing the Giants

31. Give someone a thank-you card once a month (1/33).

• I gave my mom a thank you card- she deserves it for so many reasons. :)
  

41. Learn one new word a month (1/33).

• Panacea (pan-uh-see-ah)- noun- a remedy for all diseases, problems, or evils; a universal medicine; a cure-all

99. Leave 50 Operation Beautiful post-it notes in random places (1/50).

As for life in itself, it's a little hectic right now. I'm still not loving the drive I have to clinical, but it's something that has to be done. I had scheduled to go into clinical yesterday and today, but I had to cancel because there was no way I would be able to make it up the "hill." So that puts me a bit further behind schedule than I had hoped, but I still remind myself that God has plans and reasons for everything. I have my first post-conference this week, so hopefully that will go well. Keep me in your prayers.

Ok

Today's been kind of a rough day. It started with finding out something about my schedule this semester that I really did not want to hear and in fact had been praying would not happen.
But, I have to remember that everything is in God's hands and He has a reason for everything. I'm just praying that it all goes well.

Wishing, Hoping, Dreaming

I want this. It is I Love Lucy: The Complete Series 34 disc set in a heart-shaped (!!!) DVD container. I saw it at Target the other day, and squealed in the aisle. It's amaaaazing.

And another...

Add yellow nail polish to the list of purchased supplies for the 101 in 1001 project.

Just felt like updating with that tidbit :)

Adventures

My grandma, grandpa, and I took the long, back road to downtown Nashville today. My grandpa has wanted to go that way for quite some time now, especially since he knew I had never traveled that particular route, and he continued to claim that he was sure he knew the way even if he had not taken this route in 30 some odd years. I told him when he first mentioned it that I would drive us to Nashville on his route, and finally, since I had time (and I now have a TomTom navigation system!), we took off this morning! It was really great to see different scenery that the ol' standby I-40 doesn't provide. And needless to say, it made my grandpa happy, and I love spending time out and about with them. I was able to show them a lot of downtown Nashville, a place they hadn't visited in years. Maybe next time I can show them the area up close, rather than through the glass of the car's windows.

Another plus of this trip- we ended up driving by a small shopping center with the two stores I had been wanting to visit, Target and Marshall's. I'm a Target fiend. I can hardly leave the store until I have scoured every shelf and walked on every linoleum tile (ok, I'm exaggerating... a little bit). I like Marshall's, too, and I bought a couple pair of jeans today, which is neither here nor there as the saying goes.

The real exciting part of the shopping excursion was the start I was able to make on my 101 in 1001 list. I purchased some post-it notes (adorable ones at that), a Disney coloring book, and a 750 piece Disney puzzle. (Yes, I am Disney obsessed and not ashamed.) And I left an Operation Beautiful note for some unknown person to find. I hope they are inspired. :) I also received my "Wreck This Journal" journal in the mail, which looks absolutely awesome.

I'm so excited (and maybe a bit giddy)!