Can I add this one to the list??

For Christmas - Doug maxed out his credit card to get me this amazing Thomas Kinkade lithograph:

I saw in the weekend flyers that Michael's was having a 50% off custom framing sale, so we decided to finally bring it in to get framed.  $300 later we're getting it framed!!  Yes, the $300 is AFTER the 50% off sale! Ouch.

We bought a ton of artwork on our honeymoon, so we decided to buy frames for most of the other pieces as well. So, that ran us another $50.  So, we kept Michael's in business this weekend, that's for sure. Now, to find places to hang all this art.  Now that we have all the art framed, I'm getting more antsy about remodeling. So, we really need to get the ball rolling on buying the house.

This has been a task that I've been meaning to accomplish - however, I never put it on the Day Zero list. I can add it now just to get a green check mark, right?

At least I have one check mark to report, or rather, an "In Progress" to report.  Doug and I had our friend's Kevin and Shannon over for a game night on Friday night.  We played Apples to Apples. It was my first time playing this game, but I've heard a lot of great reviews about it.  Unfortunetly, the Helen Keller card was never thrown down, but we did learn that no matter what the adjective is - Flying Monkey's will ALWAYS win. Kevvy Kev and Shan Shan also brought over Wii Scene It - so, Doug and I have added that to our list of must have Wii games!!  So, let's just put a nice little gears symbol on #75, Host a game night once every other month.

                                           

Then, randomly on Saturday night Doug and I decided to go to his aunt's house for a game night.  We spent the whole night playing Pass the Popcorn...which ended up turning into Jack's an Asshole after his cousin knocked all the cards all over the place and screwed up the game a bit.  This game isn't as popular as Apples to Apples, but if you're a movie buff - you're sure to have fun! Hell, I'm not even a movie buff and I have a blast every time we play it!! Any movie you could ever imagine is included in this game:

                                                          

Hopscotch - 101 in 1001 days!

I know when I first started my blog I mentioned that I had already influenced others to start a Day Zero list (Goal #8), so that I could check that off my list. However, I just wanted to draw attention to one very special friend that I influenced. My friend, Diana is by far one of my best friends. She always influences me and encourages me to be the best that I can be. She stood beside me as my Maid of Honor on my wedding day, and she's always there when I need a shoulder to cry on (and she always brings chocolate, because she knows chocolate makes me feel better!!).

Diana finished her Day Zero list!! Not only did she finish her Day Zero list, but she is also able to check Be A Published Writer (her 30th goal) off of her list.  She wrote an article about her Day Zero list.  You can read her article here.  And yes, I am the friend she mentions in the article. :-) 

D - Congrats on becoming a published author!! LOVE YOU!

Fat Tuesday, meet Ash Wednesday

Last week, I learned the true meaning of Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras. Did you know, that the whole point to Fat Tuesday is to go wild and crazy and overload yourself on whatever it is you're giving up the next day (Ash Wednesday) for Lent?  I had no idea.

In honor of Ash Wednesday I searched my Day Zero list for something I could check off, something to rid myself of for the next 40 days.  First, I thought about Goal #82, Give Up Fast Food for one month.  I figured - Why not add 10 more days onto that month?? Then I thought back to the last time I had fast food...December 31, 2009. SOO - Goal #82 has already been accomplished without me realizing! The next best thing on my list to give up is Eliminate soda to one per week, (Goal #29).  Forget the one per week - after today, I'm quitting soda cold turkey for the next 40 days. Hopefully, for good - but if that's too much to handle, I'll go back to the original plan of one per week.  I'm thinking this will be fairly easy - soda has been losing its awesome taste to me. Usually, I have soda because I'm looking for the fizz...so, next time I go grocery shopping - I'm going to pick up some seltzer water to help me through the fizz cravings.

In other news, Valentine's Day was on Sunday. Happy belated Valentine's Day!!  Doug and I had a nice low key day at home. He made breakfast. We watched mindless TV and stayed in our pajamas all day. He me a pot roast for dinner.  I put on some Boyz II Men jams and lit our wedding unity candle to make it a little more romantic/less every day dinner-esque. You wouldn't believe how much a little bit of Candlelight and I'll Make Love To You can change a mood.  It was really the best, most romantic dinner I think we've ever had.  AND - I'm now able to check off Goal #13, Have Dinner By Candlelight.

You could always tell what kind of a person a man thinks you are by the earrings he gives you...

Watch 10 movies made before I was born: Goal Number 94.

Can you believe that I just watched Breakfast at Tiffany's for the first time this weekend?   I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I never watched the classic film. BUT - it was on my list of things to do - and since it was made in 1961 I can check it off as one of my 10 films made before I was born. 

If you've never seen it before - I definitely reccommend it!!!  It was witty and romantic and well, Audrey Hepburn is just amazing! 

Next up on that list Casablanca (another legendary film which I've never seen before!!) and Eddie and the Cruisers...a movie I always manage to see half way through. I'm determined to see it beginning to end!

Numero Quatro

Develop a better skin care routine - goal #4 on my to-do list.

After taking a poll, I determined that the Clean and Clear Advantage Acne Control Kit seemed to be a pretty dependable acne fighting/skin care regime. So, I picked some up at CVS yesterday.  I washed my face last night - then applied some of the spot treatment. Without exageration - I'll tell you - my acne did look better this morning.  So, SCORE!

However, it has salicylic acid in it which typically severely dries out my face. So, I'll be keeping an eye on it.  My game plan is as follows:

1. Every morning and night wash my face with the Clean and Clear Advantage facewash (Two nights a week replace fash wash with a scrub).
2. In the morning, apply the moisturizer after washing face.
3. At night, follow up the fash wash with either prescription topical cream or glycolic acid pad.
4. Two nights a week do a mask.
5. Use the Clean and Clear on the Spot Treatment when necessary.

I never meant to make you cry, but tonight I'm Cleaning Out My Closet....

Goal Numero 59: Clean and Organize the China Closet - mission complete.

The number one reason I started the Day Zero challenge was to clean the china closet. Our china closet, is literally, a closet with my grandmother's china in it.  It's not a cabinet, like most people assume it is.  When we moved into the house, the closet was a mess. I wanted to clean it before the wedding shower, so that we'd have space to store our gifts. That never happened. THEN - I wanted to clean it before the wedding in case we received more gifts for the wedding. Yea, that never happened either. So, last week while I was on staycation, I was determined to check this goal off my list.

Doug thought it was a good idea to continue to stack our wedding gifts in the already messy closet. So, my task started out like this:

The closet is as organized now as it will get. I still think we have too much stuff, but until my brother or cousins move out on their own we are storing all of the grandparents things. So, we have to store it all somewhere.  Here are a few pictures of the after:

I am just so glad to finally have this checked off the list. I've been wanting to get this done for the longest time. So, 3 garbage bags later...we can check this off!!