January update

Hello! One New Year Resolution I had was to update my blog more often (at least once per month). Here’s what happened to me in January:

I joined the YMCA in an effort to lose weight so I won’t have to take Diabetes medications. So far, I have lost 16 pounds since September.

I am planning on doing the Breast Cancer 3Day in August. Please let me know if you have anybody looking to donate money to cancer research!

I am also going to attempt the Race for the Cure 5K on Mother’s Day at the Mall of America. I am attempting to run the whole time. Tonight was my first 5K time – 48:18. My goal is to get it down to at least 38:00.

Quick update. :)

-Krystle

Posted by: Krystle on Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 9:23 pm. 0 Comments
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#43: 50 Questions to Free Your Mind.

These questions have no right or wrong answers.

Because sometimes asking the right questions is the answer.

#1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?

#2. Which is worse, failing or never trying?
#3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?
#4. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
#5. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world?
#6. If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?

#7. Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?

#8. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?
#9. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?
#10. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?
#11. You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do?
#12. If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?
#13. Would you break the law to save a loved one?
#14. Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity?
#15. What’s something you know you do differently than most people?
#16. How come the things that make you happy don’t make everyone happy?
#17. What one thing have you not done that you really want to do? #18. What’s holding you back?
#19. Are you holding onto something you need to let go of?
#20. If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why?
#21. Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster?
#22. Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?
#23. Why are you, you?
#24. Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend?
#25. Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you?
#26. What are you most grateful for?
#27. Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones?
#28. Is is possible to know the truth without challenging it first?
#29. Has your greatest fear ever come true?
#30. Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset? Does it really matter now?
#31. What is your happiest childhood memory? What makes it so special?
#32. At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive? If not now, then when?

#33. Decisions are being made right now. The question is: Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you?
#34. If you haven’t achieved it yet, what do you have to lose?
#35. Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best conversation ever?
#36. Why do religions that support love cause so many wars?
#37. Is it possible to know, without a doubt, what is good and what is evil?
#38. If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job?
#39. Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing?
#40. Do you feel like you’ve lived this day a hundred times before?
#41. When was the last time you marched into the dark with only the soft glow of an idea you strongly believed in?
#42. If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today?
#43. Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous?
#44. What is the difference between being alive and truly living?
#45. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what you know is right?
#46. If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake?
#47. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?
#48. When was the last time you noticed the sound of your own breathing?
#49. What do you love? Have any of your recent actions openly expressed this love?
#50. In 5 years from now, will you remember what you did yesterday? What about the day before that? Or the day before that?

Posted by: Krystle on Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 at 8:52 pm. 1 Comment
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Goal #32: Read 35 books.

#1: Dear John by Nicholas Sparks (1/22/10)

Posted by: Krystle on Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 at 8:40 pm. 1 Comment
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Goal #21: Movies

21. Watch 5 movies that start with each letter of the alphabet [15/130]

A- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2/7/10)

B- Bend it Like Beckham (1/29/10)

C-

D- Disturbia (1/16/10)
Duplicity (1/31/10)

E-

F- (500) Days of Summer

G- G.I. Joe – Rise of the Cobra (1/27/10)

H-

#1 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (12/29/09)

I-

#1:  Inglorious Basterds (12/28/09)

J-

#1 Julie/Julia (12/28/09)

K- Knowing (2/7/10)

L- Loose Change 9/11 An American Coup (2/7/10)

M-

N- New York, I Love You (2/6/10)

O-

P- Post Grad (1/23/10)

Q-

R-

S- #1. She’s The Man (1/18/10)

#2. Stop-Loss (1/23/10)

T-

U-

V-

W-

X-

Y-

Z-

Posted by: Krystle on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 at 12:28 pm. 1 Comment
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101 Things in 1001 days.

Everyone does New Year’s resolutions, but instead, I’m going to do 101 Things in 1001 Days. I tried this before, but moving to this site, I lost my list. Planning on keeping this site for a while, so I’m going to try this again!

This is the main website where I got the idea:

http://www.dayzeroproject.com/about/

Start date: 12/28/2009
End date: 09/25/2012

in progress
Completed

Here is my list!

1. Sleep under the stars
2. Kiss in the rain
3. Get a new tattoo
4. Run a 5K
5. Donate blood
6. Learn Spanish
7.Get a passport
8. Go to Mardi Gras
9. Create a photographic journal for one week
10. Go to 5 concerts [0/5]
11. Attend a yoga class 1/12/10
12. Learn to salsa dance
13. Save $5 for ever task I complete [$0/101]
14. Lose 60 pounds. [7/60]
15. Watch every Johnny Depp movie
16. Try 5 new recipes [0/5]
17. Get another piercing
18. Try 10 new foods [0/10]
19. Attend a wine tasting
20. Buy 5 pairs of shoes [1/5]
21. Watch 5 movies that start with each letter of the alphabet [8/130] Goal #21
22. Exercise 3 times per week for a year. [1/52]
23. Take a trip to Chicago
24. Visit my cousin in Atlanta, GA
25. Walk a 5k
26. Update my website blog at least monthly. [0/33]
27. Travel outside the US
28. Create a monthly playlist and post on my website [0/33]
29. Learn how to control my diabetes
30. Take a spa day
31. Visit my aunt in Arizona one time. [0/1]
32. Read 35 books [1/35] Goal #32
33. Wear my hair down every day for a week
34. Go without sweets for a month
35. Hand wax my Jeep once
36. Wear fake eyelashes 5 times. [0/5]
37. Don’t wear black for one whole week.
38. Buy 15 new bottles of nail polish [0/15]
39. Research grad school for my MSW/dual degree
40. Discover 100 new music artists. [0/100]
41. Send a package to the troops overseas
42. Find a pen pal
43. Answer “50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind” with an entry on my site for each question [0/50] Goal #43
44. Kiss at midnight on New Years.
45. No fast food for a minimum of 2 weeks, three times [0/3]
46. Eat at least 5 servings of fruit 100 days. [1/100]
47. Stay off the internet one entire day once a month [0/33]
48. Save $40 a month [0/33]
49. Change my own oil 5 times. [0/5]
50. Watch all episodes of Rescue Me
51. Find 20 bible verses that mean something to me [0/20]
52. Throw a black and white party Completed 12/31/09
53. Try 20 alcoholic drinks [0/20]
54. Go down 2 bra sizes (cups)
55. Put $500 in my retirement savings [$0/$500]
56. Attend 20 Twins games [0/20]
57. Spend less than $5 for 35 separate days [5/35]
58. Make a dahlia bouquet
59. Use vocabulary to donate 50,000 rice grains through www.freerice.com [500/50,000]
60. Drink only water for one week.
61. Step in the ocean
62. Meet 3 celebrities [0/3]
63. Tweet one thing I am thankful for each month. [0/33]
64. Stay in bed all day for 10 days. [3/10]
65. Visit 15 airports [0/15]
66. Write one blog biweekly for The Salvation Army.
67. Get meaningful Thank Yous from 5 clients in one year [0/5]
68. Minimize my wardrobe yearly
69. Take a winter driving course
70. Think only positive thoughts one day per week
71. Go to the zoo 10 times [0/10]
72. Make an inspirational quote journal
73. Go ice skating 20 times [0/20]
74. Play hockey 5 times [0/5]
75. Watch every episode of Sons of Anarchy
76. Collect 100 dollar coins [0/100]
77. Go on 3 blind dates [0/3]
78. Re-read my favorite Pete Earley books
79. Develop an organizing routine for my bills
80. Get rid of credit card debt (including netbook and Heidi’s moving debt) ($2389) [$283/$2389]
81. Go to a coverband/tribute band concert once
82. Get one pedicure
83. Win 10 times at Bingo [0/10]
84. Contact my blood father
85. Watch every episode of ER
86. Buy 10 pairs of earrings [0/10]
87. Buy a fancy jewelry box
88. Cook 5 recipes in the Biggest Loser cook book [0/5]
89. Buy a diamond or sapphire piece of jewelry
90. Research family medical history, make a genogram
91. Wash my Jeep 20 times [0/20]
92. Save $200 in change before cashing it in at the bank [$0/$200]
93. Complete 210 miles in 2010 (on Nikeplus.com) [0/210]
94. Complete 15 runs in a month, 5 times [0/5]
95. Upload 2,000 new photos to my FLICKr [0/2000]
96. 5 different wines [0/5]
97. Go on a rollercoaster
98. Create a monthly budget and stick to it strictly for one month
99. See 10 movies in a theatre [0/10]
100. Make a playlist of my 101 favorite songs
101. Make a list of 100 things that make me smile or laugh

Posted by: Krystle on Monday, December 28th, 2009 at 11:50 pm. 0 Comments
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