chickpea & spinach curry

So, a few months ago I found a recipe that sounded good for chickpea & spinach curry in Readymade mag. It's fairly odd that it caught my attention, because, first of all, I wasn't sure if I even liked chickpeas. Second of all, I had never cooked chickpeas OR spinach before. However, in the spirit of trying something new I thought I'd put the recipe on The List. Well, I gave it a go last night, and it turns out that I do like chickpeas! (Well, at least smothered in curry, because let's be honest, I've never met a curry that I didn't like :)

spinach is chopped

chickpeas are simmering


all put together!


thumb's up!

shortening blinds

Barbie came in town last week! It was so fun to have her around. We went to watch Roddick at the tennis tournament and we ate a ton of delicious food, but mostly we got to work renovating the new condo. Let me tell you, she is a furious little worker!

One task she took on was to clean the blinds. I wasn't coming near that job. The previous owner was not the cleanest and a serious indoor smoker, so I'm sure you could imagine the state of the blinds. Anyway, in order to clean them, she had to take all the slats out (about 500!!) and wash them one by one. I still can't believe she did that.

Clearly, she was a blind pro at the end of that task, so I took advantage of her expertise, and asked her to help me knock #40 off on my list. There's been a blind in my bathroom with about 15 extra slats in it that I have wanted to shorten for 4 years now. Seriously, 4 years! Embarassing, huh? Well, thanks to Barbie's help we put that streak to an end.

Love you, Mom! Thanks again for all your amazing work!!

Mom showing me how to get it started

the finished product!

THE LIST

Sooo, I had a little bit of a false start. I'm embarrassed to say that I couldn't figure out how to copy/paste my list into a post at first. Thankfully, I finally figured it out so I don't have to retype all 101 goals. However, that set me back a couple weeks because I was avoiding addressing the issue. BUT avoid things I will no more now that I have these helpful goals to keep me motivated! :] It worked out though, because while I was slacking to get started, my friend, Tory, decided to make a list too. We reset the start date to 2.18.11 so that we could do it together with the same timing. So, all that said, here's the list...some are menial, some ambitious, but all pretty exciting...

1 paint the dining room chairs
2 refinish the dining room table
3 make chaz' wine
4 finish the chain painting
5 go camping
6 run a marathon
7 skydive
8 make boxing video
9 update moodymoovies
10 travel to Europe
11 renovate my bathroom
12 run with turkey at least once a week
13 learn some of the magic tricks in my kit
14 learn handwriting analysis
15 document mjg & rents stories
16 geocache in 5 new states/countries
17 hide 3 geocaches
18 get new glasses
19 make sign for camp bow wow to paint pet portraits
20 print grid pictures/frame
21 start practicing taking portraits of friends
22 get into regular volunteering (coaching?, flower guild?, food bank?)
23 glue table together for the love of Pete!
24 go to Hawaii
25 go geocaching with chelsea
26 mail letters to family members 2x a year
27 go to San Fran
28 take pictures with lex
29 upload pics/music to cloud
30 try to save small hard drive info
31 fix button on jeans
32 paint ceiling medallion
33 do a project with my spoons
34 send chaz & jenny a humidifier
35 get mom and dad tstats and install
36 teach Turkey names of his toys
37 teach Turkey to jump over Storm
38 practice fushigi
39 find out what's rattling in the trunk
40 shorten bathroom blind
41 make faceted mirror
42 say a prayer every night for 2 months
43 take portraits of kyle's fam
44 go to civil rights museum
45 go to rock n soul museum
46 read stack of books on nightstand
47 drive to watch 3 sunsets
48 watch 1 sunrise over water
49 make a new friend
50 donate clothes I haven't worn in closet every spring
51 do a painting right away next time inspiration strikes
52 do 3 more car wash shoots
53 try to find more roller rinks
54 buy fertilizer for house plants
55 start a new garden
56 experiment with HDR
57 shoot water tower/yellow tower
58 clean dash/vacuum when get car washed
59 buy 700
60 keep in touch/visit JnJ
61 sew turkey's bed
62 fly kites
63 post onesies on etsy shop
64 make Indian fry bread
65 make cinnamon bread
66 make 3 dishes from thai book
67 try chickpea spinach curry
68 throw 1 pizza party a year
69 mini triathalon
70 take brian to gatlinburg
71 send post cards to friends
72 see Chandra dance
73 do a backflip on a trampoline
74 make wine bottle glasses
75 make string/yarn baskets
76 make Martha Stewart flower pots
77 redesign Memphis geocaching logo
78 glue PVC chair
79 stay on top of filing
80 join tennis league
81 hike south mountain w/ mom
82 golf with dad
83 visit mrs. anderson
84 golf a really nice course
85 make family country music vid
86 learn flash/dreamweaver
87 repair cracks in the ceiling
88 invite jessica to dinner
89 do yoga with brian
90 update linked in profile
91 update coroflot portfolio
92 go to the shooting hole with dad
93 recycle cans & glass
94 make inspiration pin board
95 do something with pictures in boxes in closet
96 go to a geocaching event
97 stay at an airbnb place
98 make cd storage more organized/usable
99 documentary parties 3x year
100 check off all on my places to eat list
101 blog this

1st post of 1st goal of 1st blog!

My sweet sister-in-law, Jenny, sent me an email a couple weeks ago describing the concept of 101 goals in 1001 days. I think it's fabulous, so I'm going to give it a try. It happens to be her birthday today, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNY! One of my goals is to blog about the experience, hence, this new blog. I was hoping to copy and paste my list in this first entry, but I'm apparently having technical difficulties, so it will have to come later...