2014 ~ Believed she could, so she did

Thursday, 31 July 2014

101 things in 1001 days

My friend introduced me to this 101 things in 1001 days. I think it sounds great. It's a good way to get some things done that keep being pushed to the side because of more urgent short term goals. Can't wait to get started. My official start date is tomorrow. End date is 28th April 2017! So that gives me 1001 days or 147 weeks or almost 33 months or 2 years, 8 months and 28 days.

Health and Fitness

1. Get under 120kg

2. Get under 110kg

3. Get under 100kg

4. Get under 90kg

5. Get under 80kg

6. No fast food for a month

7. Go without chocolate for a month

8. Complete Couch25km

9. Enter a fun run

10. Touch my toes

11. Complete 20 monthly fitness challenges

12. 7 mins a day for 7 months challenge

13. Do 101 different exercise videos on YouTube

14. Try 20 different slow cooker recipes

15. Do a OAMC

16. Create a list of easy, healthy fall back recipes which I could use for a month (for all meals, breakfast/lunch/dinner/snacks)

17. Keep a food diary

18. Make at least 50 recipes that I’ve pinned on Pinterest

19. Try 10 new vegetarian recipes

20. Make a list of ways to treat myself that don’t involve food

21. Use the slow cooker for meals other than dinner

22. Digitise my favourite recipes from my cook books

23. Drink 2L of water every day for 21 days

Family

24. Start saving for a house deposit

25. Road trip up to the inlaws

26. Go on a dolphin cruise

27. Get a dog

28. Buy a new lounge

29. Go camping with the kids

30. Go on a bushwalk with the kids

31. Start a photo album for each of the kids

32. Get family portraits done

33. Organise a holiday with the kids

34. Read a series of books to the kids

35. Set up a folder with all our important documents and have certified copies at mums place

36. Get the kids birth certificates

37. Make a cookbook with the kids and try all of the recipes

38. Create art with the children to go on the walls

39. Take the family to the snow

40. Set up a memories box for the kids with work samples from school

41. Have each of the kids write a book and get it printed

42. Go out somewhere flash for dinner and get all dressed up

43. Go away for our 10 year anniversary (Sept 2015)

44. Hang photo frames in the house

45. Update photos in the house every 6 months

46. Take the kids to the Blowhole in Kiama

47. Go to a Museum

48. Buy and play 5 different board games

49. Make a gingerbread house

50. Have fish and chips on the beach

51. Go to the circus – one with no animals!

52. Replace my wedding and engagement rings

53. Go to the zoo

54. Make a list of things to do each school holidays

Personal

55. Utilise a planning system - do a blog about it each week

56. Graduate

57. Buy clothes from the 'normal' section

58. Finish my crochet blanket

59. Finish journal for NEA award

60. Work as a primary school teacher

61. Be a qualified Girl Guide leader

62. Go on a Girl Guide camp

63. Write (on average) at least one blog post every week

64. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all

65. Complete the Goddess Body Quest

66. Blog my 101 in 1001 journey

67. Read 101 books

68. Complete 101 things in 1001 days

69. Make a list of the top 5 people who have positively influenced me and write them letters

70. Buy a pair of heels

71. Buy a dress

72. Make 10 projects that I’ve pinned on Pinterest

73. Make a vision board

Creativity

74. Start an art journal

75. Give homemade gifts at xmas

76. Do some art for the wall

77. Find a personally inspirational quote and work it into a piece of art or home decor

78. Learn nail art

79. Do ten photo-a-day challenges

80. Complete 5 art classes

81. Make inspiration journal

82. Journal in the art journal every day for a month

83. Finish an art journal

84. Make DIY art supplies

85. Draw every day for a month

Self-care

86. Identify 101 things that make me happy

87. Get a massage

88. Learn how to do makeup

89. Get a manicure

90. Learn some DIY self care, such as facials and hair masks

91. Grow my nails

92. Paint my nails

93. Do 101 acts of self-care

94. Learn yoga

95. Learn how to meditate

96. Complete Kikki K Wellbeing journal

97. Complete Kikki K Happiness journal

98. Read the Happiness Project

99. Book in some ‘me’ time once a week

100. Make a list of 101 quotes that inspire me

101. Learn how to wax my eyebrows properly

Gluten free pizza!

Used the bread base I made earlier on today. It was amazing!! Haven't had pizza since before we started the GF/LF diet. Must say - I think this is better :)

Baking bread

This is so exciting! It's a thin bread, which is meant to be able to be flexible etc. I think I spread it a bit too thick, so will try and get it thinner next time. I used the recipe from Gluten Free Gobsmacked. Thinking I might use it as a pizza base for dinner tonight.

Chocolate brownies

I made these from scratch!!! So excited. The recipe is amazing. They are so yummy. Used the recipe from Gluten Free on a Shoestring (GREAT website!). I just replaced the butter with apple sauce and it is fine.

Faux-dori love!

I've been bitten by the Midori bug hard! I love it! It's a leather holder for notebooks. So I've been using scrapbook paper to make my own notebooks. Also included my two fauxdoris that I LOVE to pieces!

Beef coconut curry

Coconut curry is becoming a staple in our house - it's just so easy, and cheap to make!

Soy chai latte

Soy chai latte makes uni so much more bearable! I think I should do this more often. I got a fair amount done. Though the (Weight Watchers) points for a soy latte are through the roof!!!

Marinated chicken and salad

Honey soy marinated chicken with salad. Was yummo, kids even scoffed their share!

Lunch

First day back at school. Popcorn, banana, chocolate muffins, salad with twiggy sticks, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, baby spinach leaves and lactose free cheese.

Anzac Day

My daughter was able to march with her girl guide group for Anzac Day. Luckily the weather held off so that they could march without getting soaked!

Lunch

'wraps' for lunch. Mayo, capsicum, cucumber and cheese wrapped in ham and turkey

Week of 14th April

This week is relatively quiet - not so much planned activities, more lets see what we do on the run because it's school holidays. Weekly todo list is a little on the light side too. I LOVE my DIYfish pages, without them I wouldn't be able to cope with a planner as small as a personal, but my back wasn't coping with an A5 in my handbag!

I made up this menu planner printable tonight. I'm still not sure if it's *right* for me, but it's a start. I prefer not to plan to have xyz meal on a certain night. Though some nights I do - Fridays I usually have my folks over, so that means a different meal, and Tuesdays and Thursdays are our scary nights - so usually organise to have dinners in the slow cooker or pressure cooker on those nights. So it's a bit hard to do something that'll set some meals in stone, and not others. However, we are in school holidays at the moment - so anything goes! Because we are gluten/dairy free, I find it easier to cook extra at dinners that we can then have for lunches, otherwise I just don't know what to eat!

So on my printable - I have the meal plan on one side, and then lots of lines for shopping list on the other. I did it as a foldable as without it I would never have had enough room!!

So easy!! Just chicken, onion, curry powder, coconut milk and stir fry veg (celery, broccolini, zucchini, carrot and onion). Served with brown rice.

Free school holiday fun.

Beef satay

Wonderfully easy recipe from 4 Ingredient's Menu Planning recipe book (found here). I added some frozen stir fry veggies and some rice. Kids loved it, and I'll definitely make it again. One of those things that you could always keep all ingredients on hand for those nights where you just don't feel like cooking!

Excuse my post of the whole pan, but I had a meeting tonight, and hubby was working, so needed to have dinner on the run, so we packed dinner into our Thermoses that I have for the four of us! I think they'll pay for themselves very quickly. These nights I used to rely on takeaway, but with being gluten and dairy free, takeaway just isn't an option anymore.

Hasno Aldi chocolate brownie mix made in our cupcake maker. Needless to say they were a hit.

Brekky dinner

Nothing like a good brekky for dinner. Baked beans, mushrooms, boiled egg, sausages and gluten free toast. Yum! Was a hit with the kids too :-)

Windy party!

Had a party today, and BOY was it windy! But no rain thank goodness. Kids had a great time, and were so good at only eating things that I said were ok.

Nachos

I made this nachos using the Celebrate Health meal base. They were on special this week, I think at Coles. Made for a quick and easy meal - only needed to add the mince, kidney beans and a tin of tomatoes. I added lactose free cheese and gluten free corn chips. They were a great hit with the kids!

New Woolies Gluten free selection

Found these in my local Woolworths. Prices are pretty decent (as far as gluten free things go!). Just read labels for other intolerances - I found a lot of them could be made dairy free if I used things like dairy free butter when it asks for butter.

Love our Nespresso coffee machine! Aldi lactose free milk froths up really well :-)

Chicken bun cha

12wbt recipe. Kids LOVED it, was rather surprised since they normally won't eat salad.

Apricot chicken

I made apricot chicken in the slow cooker. Served with brown rice. I based it on a recipe from the Healthy Chef, though I used tinned apricots rather than fresh. I also added carrot and sweet potato which I blitzed in my Ninja (food processor) to make it extra saucy and add more veggies without the kids noticing. It was great, the kids both had seconds (which is unusual for my son!), and it also freezes well!

Nothing like faux icecream as an afternoon treat. Kids said it was the best afternoon tea EVER! So I think it was a hit! Just blended frozen fruit (banana, peach, blueberries, strawberries), flaxseed, yoghurt and honey.

Lactose free yoghurt

Homemade lactose free yoghurt. Yum!!! Made in my electric yoghurt maker with dairy free starter and Aldi lactose free milk. Bit bland, but not tart like I expected - it's beautiful with some honey and pureed fruit through it.

Risotto made in the pressure cooker for dinner

We are starting a gluten free, dairy free diet to test for intolerances. Popcorn, banana chips, yoghurt, pikelets, banana, grapes and lentil bolognaise.

Pikelets

Pikelets made from Aldi HasNo maple flavoured pancake packet mix. Turned out great! They taste amazing, and I've frozen them in lots of two, with DF/GF chocolate spread.

Chocolate muffins made from an Aldi packet mix. Going in the freezer for snacks.

McDonalds mummy style

Kids were a bit upset that they couldn't have McDonalds on gluten/dairy free. So I made maccas come to us. Chicken nuggets in rice crumbs, potato wedges (used the apple corer to cut them - best invention ever!), lactose free milk with chocolate flavouring. AND of course you can't forget the toy!