Two weeks into a 143 week challenge...

and I'm still breathing. And I deposited my first $5 into my 101 things challenge bank account.

YAY! Slow and steady progress. I don't have to do one thing a week to complete this...well, sort of because of those things have multiple components (EEEEeeep...50 new recipes? Really? At least I didn't go totally off the deep end and chose 101!)

So, stats?

Complete: 1
In progress: 19
Not started: 81

Not bad.

So what's done?

20. Take Alex to the pool

What's still happening?

1. Fit back into pre-tumble down the stairs clothes - this one could take a while...

7. Pack away all of J's clothes and things that are too small or too young for her - ugh...this kid has so many clothes. Rubbermaids are purchased. Now I just need an couple of hours with no help to sort and put them away!

13. Weigh less on day 1001 than on day 1 - so far so good

21. Do an insurance inventory of the contents of our home

25. Stick to our budget for Christmas gifts

26. Write 10 thank you cards with J

36. Try 50 new recipes [3/50] - Recipes 2 and 3 will be posted together later. Later tonight, I hope. We're having them for dinner. They're done, just not baked and tasted.

40. Decide what we're going to put on the clutter collecting wall in the living room and buy it/have it made - I think we've made the decision. Now we just need to get the thing

50. Declutter 101 items to toss, give away, sell on craigslist or give to charity - For my own tracking, I've created a separate blog for this. It's boring. Also, things don't count until they've actually left the house and have joined their new home There's nothing on that blog yet - the first things are still in the trunk of the car. I'm getting there.

60. Host a baby shower There will be a baby shower! The baby is here! She doesn't have a name yet, but she's here. I'm very excited!

73. Blog about each one of the 101 things

75. Write at least twice a week for Get Fit Chicks for a month

78. Send at least five postcards a month for three months using Postcrossing - month one [3/5], month two [0/5], month three [0/5]

79. Make a list of 101 beautiful things in my life

88. Take a risk and take on a BIG challenge that is outside my comfort zone on the next project at work

92. Clear my personal email inbox - home and work - EEEeeeep...this is taking so long. My personal email boxes are clear, but I'm still working on the work one. Maybe I need to lower my expectations a little

100. Put $5 in a special savings account for every item I cross off this list - this now has a small balance! So exciting.

So I'm happy.

I heard a rumour that someone I know who happens to read this blog is also contemplating doing this and starting a blog. I'm very impatient to see what her list looks like! I know what the first thing she's working on is...and I am pretty sure (unless she reordered her list) that it's not item #1!