A Halloween-ish trayscape

Missoni for Target tray with a "fruit" basket from Antho, skull candle from Target, bird S&P shakers from Red (awesome, awesome store), and what we like to call Muppet flowers from Whole Foods.  I love those flowers because they're cute, affordable and last a long time.  Our cats enjoy trying to shorten the poor Muppets' lives. 

Photos taken with my iPhone 4 using the Cameramatic app.

Day Zero

My wonderful friend Jess at Points of Interest challenged several of us to create Day Zero lists.

As she explains it, Day Zero is a (little less than) 3 year bucket list. You have 1001 days to complete 101 goals that you set for yourself. They can be simple, they can be complex--they just have to be specific and measurable.

So here goes!  The list is kinda organized but not really.  Helpful, I know.

Start Date: November 1, 2011

End Date: July 29, 2014

Items complete so far: 0

1. Have a baby
2. Get a new passport with my married name so I can go out of the country again
3. Go out of the country
4. Go to Santa Fe Fiestas
5. Go to Ten Thousand Waves
6. Go to Marfa again
7. Go to Seattle
8. Go back to New York (for a visit, not to live)
9. Go to Maine
10.  Go to Napa
11.  Go on a roadtrip
12.  Go on a trip with someone other than Christian
13.  Stay at Hotel Saint Cecilia
14.  Go on the Blue Bell Ice Cream factory tour
15.  Get to the point where I can fly without taking anything, including Dramamine
16.  Visit 5 of the organizations we work with
17.  Try 50 new (to me) restaurants or food trailers
18.  Go see at least one Ballet Austin performance
19.  Go to AMOA at Laguna Gloria
20.  Go to Arthouse at the Jones Center
21.  Go to the Pecan Street Festival
22.  Go to Eeyore's birthday party
23.  Go kayaking
24.  Go skiing or try snowboarding
25.  Go for a bike ride
26.  Go to Le Garage Sale at least once
27.  Go to Bloom (Kendi Everyday's store)
28.  Go see the one man show of Lord of the Rings 
29.  Go to a UT football game with Christian
30.  Go to an Astros game
31.  Watch the bats come out at Congress Bridge
32.  Go to Salt Lick
33.  Go to the Kite Festival at Zilker Park
34.  Get a tattoo 
35.  Ride a Vespa 
36.  Learn at least the basics of Photoshop
37.  Complete a 365 photo challenge
38.  Make our wedding album
39.  Get new pro photos taken of Christian and me
40.  Learn how to knit something other than a scarf
41.  Take a screenprinting class
42.  Take an upholstery class and re-upholster our green chair
43.  Take a pilates class
44.  Make 5 quilts (any size counts)
45.  Make a dress
46.  Spray paint something
47.  Embroider a set of napkins
48.  Make at least 10 things that I pin on Pinterest 
49.  Gift something I've sewn/embroidered/knitted to 10 different people
50.  Beat Christian at Trivial Pursuit
51.  Read 100 books
52.  Read How to Win Friends and Influence People and try to implement
53.  Read an entire issue of The Economist - every.single.article
54.  Continue with my current mentor and then find another one
55.  Go a week without TV 
56.  Go an entire weekend without email or internet (laptop or phone).
57.  Go a month without spending any unnecessary money (basically, no clothes or random things from Target)
58.  Figure out my 401(k)
59.  Get rid of bad debt
60.  Buy a house
61.  Make a budget and stick to it for 3 months  
62.  Make a 3 year career plan
63.  Build my blog 
64.  Open an Etsy shop
65.  Help someone with an organization or interior design project
66.  Make a new friend outside of work
67.  Clean out all the cabinets, closets and drawers of unnecessary stuff
68.  Go 1 month without refined sugar
69.  Cook dinner once a week for a month three times
70.  Re-learn how to make my Grandma's taffy
71.  Take a charcuterie class with the Kocureks
72.  Make a meal using only local ingredients
73.  Make Star Wars cookies using the molds from William Sonoma, including the fancy icing
74.  Make at least 6 new recipes a year
75.  Learn how to bake a pie other than pecan
76.  Make a cake from scratch, rather than a box  
77.  Dress up for Halloween every year
78.  Send holiday cards every year
79.  Decorate a Christmas tree on 360
80.  Spend a Thanksgiving with our friends
81.  Spend a Christmas just Christian, me and the cats
82.  Learn how to curl my hair with a straightening iron
83.  Once my hair gets longer, wear it down rather than in a ponytail at least once a week
84.  Get my acne under control and gone if possible  
85.  Wear red lipstick at least once a month
86.  Find the perfect shade of nude lip color
87.   Learn 3 new board or card games
88.  Complete Couch to 5k
89.  Try 10 new fruits, veggies, foods
90.  See a psychic
91.  Have a party
92.  Visit my niece or have her visit us
93.  Get allergy shots so I don't have to worry about ant bites
94.  Start playing the piano again
95.  Don't complain about anything for a week
96.  Pay for the person behind me in the drive-thru
97. Volunteer at the Austin Public Library
98.  Make a donation to the same nonprofit every year
99.  TBD
100.    TBD
101.    TBD