Guess what guys? I finally did it! I can cross #93 off my list.
Right know I only started with a few downloadable photos but I plan on adding more items throughout the month so don’t forget to stop by and check it out!
101 in 10001
Life: Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture
101 in 10001, Day Zero Project, Family, Fun, Life, Living, Photography, Photos, Summer, Travels, VacationLast month I was fortunate enough to finally be able to cross number 90 off my Day Zero Project. The Hubby, my little Buttercup and I got a private tour of Taliesin West, the Frank Lloyd Wright’s, School of Architecture. I’ve been wanting to go to Taliesin West since my cousin began attending school there. I was upset that I was unable to attend his graduation because I was too far along with my pregnancy. We had a few other opportunities to go to events there but due to different circumstances we didn’t go. The stars finally aligned and my cousin was able to give us a private tour of his alma mater. I didn’t know much about Frank Lloyd Wright before my cousin started attending the school there but now I’m fascinated by him. If you have ever been remotely interested in Frank Lloyd Wright and find yourself near Scottsdale, Arizona I suggest you take a tour. They offer different types of tours depending on what you want to see and learn. The shelter’s the students use as dorms are extremely fascinating and so is the walk into the desert. I can’t believe that students actually get used to sleeping out there. One day I hope to visit Taliesin Wisconsin where they spend the second half of their year at. Until you are able to attend a tour for yourself please enjoy some of the photos I took while we were on tour.
This is the studio where the students spend most of their time at.
These are the “dorms” the students actually use. My cousin confessed to us that the first week of school he actually slept in his car.
The school itself is beautiful and the students are amazing. The are a small amount of students that are accepted into this school every year that get to experience something that they would not be able to do so on other campus. Unfortunately this school might lose its accreditation and it might not be around for future architects to enjoy. Please take the time to watch this video and help SAVE TALIESIN. My cousin’s friend, Pablo created it in an effort to inform the public of what’s actually going on there in regards to their accreditation.
If you want to help out by donating to this cause please click HERE!
Revisiting my Day Zero Project
101 in 10001, Day Zero Project, Goals, Life, Uncategorized
Remember back in 2011 when I posted this well I haven’t forgotten about the project although it might seem like I have. My end date is fast approaching and I’ve decided that I’m dedicating the rest of the year to finishing off what I have on my list. I jumped on the Day Zero Projects bandwagon when a lot of the bloggers I followed began posting about it. I’m a differently person from when I started this project and I feel like I should be allowed to alter it a tad to fit my current lifestyle. Instead of finishing off my list in 1001 days I’m going to give myself until the end of the year to do as much as I can. This project is now going to be 1174 days not 1001.
1. Donate Blood (1/6)
2. Get Involved with Habitat for Humanity ( on going through the Advocacy Action Center)
3. Make Crème brûlée for my cousin.
4. Volunteer at the Rescue Mission (1/18) (on going donations)
5. Bake something to give to someone (5/8)
6. Advocate for an organization (3/12)
7. Donate to a charity (ongoing Kiva)
8. Take a photo of my little Buttercup in my wedding dress and donate it afterwards
9. Donate things we don’t use or need around the house (ongoing becoming a minimalist)
10. Recycle everything we possible can (ongoing)
11. Get an awesome job that I love (in the works)
12. Try escargot (accomplished thanks to my cousin)
13. No social media for a month (accomplished July ’12)
14. Get a facial (accomplish June ’14)
15. Learn French
16. Get 3 massages (accomplished June ’14)
17. Not watch TV for 30 days (accomplished early 2013)
18. Learn conversational Mandarin
19. Wear a 2 piece bathing suit at the beach (shooting for next year 2015)
20. Learn conversational Italian
21. Start Couch to 5k
22. Only eat out 2 meals a week for 2 months (ongoing)
23. Go to bed before midnight for 2 months (still working on this one)
24. Run Disney half marathon (accomplished 1/29/12)
25. Run a 5k (accomplished January ’12)
26. Run a colorful 5k
27. Go walking everyday with my mom for a month
28. Give up fried food for 2 months (doing the Mediterranean diet with the Hubby)
29. Give up dessert for 3 months
30. Lose 50 pounds (accomplished but gained it back after the baby) (trying it again)
31. Give up dairy for a month
32. Get pregnant (accomplished Jan ’13)
33. Signup my little Buttercup for a class (accomplished June ’13)
34. Visit my parents every month for year (accomplished March ’14)
35. Work on genealogy tree for our family (ongoing)
36. Transfer family movies to dvds (accomplished summer ’13)
37. Go on an overnight trip with the Hubby
38. Have 5 date nights with the Hubby
39. Scan all old family photos on computer (ongoing)
40. Teach my little godson how to make Chocolate Chip Cookies (5/28/12)
41. Learn Lightroom
42. Learn HTML
43. Learn XHTML
44. Learn Java
45. Learn Excel
46. Learn all the functions in my DSLR (ongoing)
47. Enter a photo competition
48. Enter a baking competition
49. Complete a 365 project (ongoing will be finished at the end of the year)
50. Make our wedding album
51. Re-decorate our apartment (accomplished 3/24/12)
52. Learn how to use my mac (learning something new everyday)
53. Blog at least once a week for the 3 months (Beginning 09/15/14)
54. Bake colorful macarons
55. Bake 20 recipes from a cookbook
56. Make a photo book of the Hubby and I
57. Get CPR certified (accomplished 4/11/15 Adult & Pediatrics CPR/AED/First AID )
58. Grow an indoor herb garden (accomplished 3/24/12)
59. Carve a cool Halloween pumpkin (accomplished 10/31/11)
60. Learn how to make tamales (I will be relearning this holiday season)
61. Organize all our photos (ongoing)
62. Redo the chair I found in the alley (ongoing)
63. Repaint our dresser
64. Decorate a cake with fondant (I tried but failed Jan ’14)
65. Decorate a cake with royal icing
66. Visit the Eiffel Tower in Paris (accomplished 9/23/11)
67.Go to Kansas with my mom (accomplished 11/01/11)
68. Visit the Grand Canyon (accomplished 08/23/14)
69. Take my little Buttercup to Mexico (accomplished 07/16/14)
70. Visit New York, NY
71. Go to Yosemite
72. Go to San Francisco
73. Go to Sequoia
74. Take a family trip to Las Vegas
75. Go to a concert
76. Go on vacation with a group of friends (accomplished 08/22/14)
77. Go on a cruise with the Hubby (accomplished a mini cruise while in Maui March ’12)
78. Visit Chihuahua, Mexico (upcoming trip July ’14)
79. Visit another continent
80. Go kayaking
81. Go on a road trip with the Hubby and our little Buttercup (accomplished August 2014)
82. Go snorkeling (accomplished 3/29/12)
83. Build a snowman (accomplished January ’15)
84. Go horseback riding (accomplished 3/30/12)
85. Visit a Lake (accomplished June 2014)
86. Buy another lens
87. Go to Monterey Aquarium
88. Go hiking at Point Lobos
89. Visit Big Sur
90. Visit Taliesin West (accomplished 08-29-14)
91. Visit my cousin in Arizona (accomplished August 2014)
92. Visit Yellowstone
93. Open an Etsy Shop
94. Save up for closing cost for a house (March ’14 to March ’15)
95. Set up my own photography website (in progress)
96. Write out our living will (the Hubby is working on this one)
97. List 10 thing on Etsy Shop
98. Sell a photograph
99. Get sponsors for my blog
100. Get my own domain name (accomplished thanks to the Hubby)
101. Write code for my own blog
Life: Day Zero Project
101 in 10001, Day Zero Project, Dreams, Goals, LifeEarlier this year I saw a blog entry that Joy from How Joyful posted that really caught my attention and I decided to look further into it, the Day Zero Project. The project can be described as a realistic bucket list or a set of goals that one wants to achieve in a 3 year span. I few years ago I decided to write a bucket list in one of my journals and have slowly been crossing things off but now I have decided that I want to join the Day Zero Project. I want to make more of my goals into a reality and I believe that this project will help. This year has gone by so fast and there are so many things that I want to do and I feel that if I set a realistic timeline for them I will complete them. So here goes nothing or perhaps everything…
If you want to learn more about the project go here.
For more inspiration go here, here, and here.
Here’s my list:
For Others
1. Give blood at least twice a year. (0/6)
2. Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity.
3. Make Crème brûlée for my best friend.
4. Volunteer at Rescue Mission at least 6 times a year every year. (0/18)
5. Bake a cake to give to someone on a special occasion. (0/8)
6. Volunteer once a month for a year at a non-profit organization. (0/12)
7. Donate to a worthwhile charity twice a year every year. (0/6)
8. Donate my wedding dress.
9. Donate things we don’t use or need around the apartment.
10. Recycle everything we possibly can in our apartment by installing recycling bins.
For Myself
11. Get an awesome job that I love.
12. Try kobe beef.
13. No social networks except blogging for an entire month. (0/30)
14. Get a facial every year. (I’ve never had one.) (0/3)
15. Learn French.
16. Get a massage every year. (0/3)
17. Not watch t.v. for an entire month. (0/30)
18. Learn mandarin.
19. Wear a two piece bathing suit at the beach.
20. Learn Italian.
For Health
21. Average at least 3 days a week at the gym for 6 months straight. (0/6)
22. Eat at home for 30 days straight. (0/30)
23. Sleep 8 hours a day for a month. (0/30)
24. Run Disney half marathon.
25. Run Las Vegas half marathon.
26. Run the Los Angeles marathon.
27. Go walking with the hubby everyday for a month. (0/30)
28. Give up fried food for 6 months. (0/6)
29. Give up sweets (except fruit) for 3 months. (0/3)
30. Lose 50 pounds. (0/30)
31. Give up dairy for an entire month. (0/30)
Family, Friends, and Love
32. Get pregnant? (hm maybe).
33. Enter a sandcastle competition with family and friends.
34. Visit my parents once a month for a year. (0/12)
35. Work on genealogy tree for our family.
36. Transfer all old family movies into DVD’s.
37. Have game night at our apartment once a month for a year. (0/12)
38. Have dinner with my cousins and my best friend once a month for year. (0/12)
39. Have a cookie swap party at our apartment.
40. Teach my little godson how to make chocolate chip cookies from scratch.
Learn Creative Blog
41. Learn Photoshop.
42. Learn HTML.
43. Learn XHTML.
44. Learn Java.
45. Learn Excel.
46. Learn all the function in my DSLR.
47. Enter a photo competition.
48. Enter a baking competition.
49. Complete the 365 photo challenge.
50. Make our wedding photo album.
51. Re-decorate all rooms in apartment. (0/5)
52. Learn how to use all the features on my mac.
53. Blog at least once a week for 52 weeks. (0/52)
54. Make/bake colorful macarons.
55. Bake 20 recipes from the cookbook my aunt sent me from Mexico. (0/20)
56. Make a photo book for every year the hubby and I have been dating. (0/10)
57. Learn CPR.
58. Make/grow an indoor herb garden.
59. Carve a cool pumpkin for Halloween.
60. Learn how to make tamales.
61. Organize all our photos.
62. Redo the chair I found in the alley.
63. Re paint our dresser drawer.
64. Bake a cake and decorate with fondant.
65. Bake a cake and decorate it with royal icing.
Entertainment and Travel
66. Visit the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
67. Visit family in Kansas with mom.
68. Visit the Grand Canyon.
69. Visit Jalisco, Mexico.
70. Visit New York, NY.
71. Go camping to Yosemite.
72. Visit Guatemala with the hubby.
73. Go to Sequoia park with the hubby.
74. Go to Vegas with my parents, the hubby, and my in-laws.
75. Go to the International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
76. Go on vacation with a group of friends.
77. Go on a cruise with the hubby.
78. Visit Chihuahua, Mexico.
79. Visit another continent besides North America and Europe.
80. Go kayaking with the hubby.
81. Go snowboard.
82. Go snorkeling.
83. Build a snowman.
84. Go horseback riding.
85. Go to a film festival.
86. Buy another lens for my camera.
87. Go to Monterrey Aquarium.
88. Go hiking in Point Lobos.
89. Visit Big Sur.
90. Go paintball fighting with the hubby and friends.
91. Visit my cousin at his architecture school.
92. Visit Yellowstone.
Business and Money
93. Open an Etsy Shop.
94. Save up for closing cost for a house.
95. Set up my own photography website.
96. Write out our living will.
97. Sell a cake.
98. Sell a photograph.
99. Get sponsors for my blog.
100. Get my own domain name.
101. Write code for my own website.
BONUS – Donate five dollars for every goal that I have not accomplished at the end of 1,001 days
Thanks Joy Kelley for inspiring me to do my list!
Sweets and Life 