An Update

So, I think I can cross some stuff off the list.

3. Get up by 7:30am every day for a month.
I've got this one covered. I am now a morning person. Sleeping in to 7:30 is, well, sleeping in! I know. That's pretty crazy, but totally true. Most mornings I get up at 6. The early morning thing has been going on ever since the move to miramichi, give or take a day here or there.

4. Participate in a marathon.
It might not have been what I originally intended when i put this on my list, but the juvenile diabetes research 5K counts, and I did it, so there you go.

49. Watch no television for a week.
And again. This I do consistently. The only thing I'm watching on tv is coronation street, all at once on a sunday morning . . . and some weeks i even miss that.

99. Sell, donate or throw away 101 items.
For the fundraising yardsale i purged yet again. i could only find 57 items. that's it. that's all i have. i'm officially decluttered.

Tough on Grease but Not On Your Hands . . . NOT!

46. Do the dishes and clean up kitchen immediately following all meals for one week.

I am a person with a clean kitchen. Yes, perhaps I'm inspired by the fall rodent factor (I am starting to doubt that I really heard anything scratching in my wall), but no matter. The floor is swept. The cupboards are clear. The dishes are done. My hands are dried out shriveled rough prunes. And I cross something else off my list. God, I'm good!

De-Cluttering & Stuff

99. Sell, donate, or throw away 101 items.

I have it in my head to do this today. I'll be throwing away, but whether I can get to the 101 items . . . we'll see. I plan to try. You'll be the first to know.

I'm also up for some rug shampooing (#81) very soon. Today or tomorrow is my thought. Perhaps it's too much . . . but I'm feeling energetic and it is the kind of blah day outside where I feel like running around and doing stuff inside.

Monday is still on my calendar as day one of the month-long challenge of early-rising. I'd also like to throw in the breakfast challenge for the same time (because I tend to enjoy and be able to eat breakfast more when I get up early, so it might be easier to do then) and the walking challenge as well. Yes, I know that's a tall, tall order and I should just focus on the one thing . . . but ideally, I mean the real goal, I want to become one of those people who gets up and goes for a walk before breakfast everyday. I want to be one of those women in the cutesy jogging suit, hustling down the sidewalk, pumping a bottle of water in one hand (an ipod would be nice, though not on the list at this time). And of course, achieving this, would be a fantastic step toward the goal of doing a marathon. So it's all connected.

Anyway, nothing's getting tossed with me sitting here in front of the puter.