22 Accomplishments: September Update

-I sent out 3 birthday cards this month.
-My chair is primed and I have the paint bought, just have to actually paint it!
-Our family photo was taken at a Cancer Survivor Picnic.  It was so awesome to see how many people are SURVIVORS!
-Finished the book, The Opposite of Me by Sarah Pekkanen.  Good book.  The best part was in the last 2 pages :)
-I've lost 7-8 pounds, respectively.  Woo-Hoo!
-In order to finish my Oscar movie list I have to watch 8 movies a month.  (Man skipping last month was rough.)  I only made it to 4...oops!  I watched:
An American in Paris.  Love Gene Kelly!
Rain Man.  So good!  One of my top 10.
A Man For All Seasons.  Ummm, I listened to it.....
Unforgiven.  I feel like it only won an oscar because it had some big time people in it.

This is what my list looks like now:

1.  Make dinner for a family who is going through a tough time. (Dinner: January 22, 2011.  Care Package: July 21, 2011)
2.  Get back to my ideal weight.--half way there!
3.  Finish college.
4.  Get a 'big girl' job.
5.  Go a day without getting on the computer (or getting on the internet via iPhone.) (July 4, 12, 23)
6.  Send birthday cards to all my good friends. (January, February, March, July, August, September) (No friend birthdays in April, May, or June)
7.  Make a Christmas advent tree like this one.
8.  Fix and paint my desk chair in my room.
9.  Try 5 new foods. (Soy beans, raspberries, Apple dumpling, mango, fried pickle)
10.  Create (and do) a cleaning schedule to keep my room better organized.
11.  Take a family photo each month for a year. (January, February, March, April, May, June, August  (July), August, September)
12.  Do a 52 week portrait challenge. (Have completed 35 weeks so far)
13.  Feel more comfortable cooking, especially meats. (August)
14.  Plant tulips in mom's garden. 
15.  Make Wrist Key Chains.  Found here.
16.  Clean out my closet.
17.  (Finish the quilt I started 4 or 5 years ago.)  Make a quilt.
18.  Learn to make French Toast.
19.  Reach $2100 PCV  in my Silpada sales for 3 2 months. (February)
20.  Go on a family trip.
21.  Read 20 books.
  Here is the list I've read so far:

1.  Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin

2. Between Sisters by Kristin Hannah

3.  Marrying Daisy Bellamy by Susan Wiggs. 

4.  Borrowed Bride by Susan Wiggs

5.  The Child Called It by David Pelzer.

6.  What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

7.  Dear Cupid by Julie Ortolon

8.  The Island by Elin Hilderbrand

9.  The Beach Club by Elin Hilderbrand
10.  The Opposite Of Me by Sarah Pekkanen

22.  Watch every movie that made 'Best Picture' in the Oscars.
 Here is the list: I've marked off the ones I've already seen.  There are a few that I've already seen, but I need a refresher before I check them off the list.  (Too bad, I could cross off another 6 movies...)

*Note: The ones that are marked out but don't have a date by them are movies I've already seen in the years past.

1928 Wings (April)
1929  The Broadway Melody
1930  All Quiet on the Western Front (June) 

1931  Cimarron (May)
1932  Grand Hotel (May)
1933  Cavalcade (June)

1934  It Happened One Night (April)
1935  Mutiny on the Bounty (April)
1936  The Great Ziegfeld (June) 

1937  The Life of Emile Zola
1938  You Can't Take It With You (July)
1939  Gone With the Wind
1940  Rebecca (May)
1941  How Green Was My Valley
1942  Mrs. Miniver (July)
1943  Casablanca
1944  Going My Way
1945  The Lost Weekend
1946  The Best Years of Our Lives (June)
1947  Gentleman's Agreement (May)
1948  Hamlet
1949  All The King's Men
1950  All About Eve (March)
1951  An American in Paris (September)
1952  The Greatest Show on Earth
1953  From Here to Eternity
1954  On the Waterfront (June) 

1955  Marty
1956  Around the World in 80 Days
1957  The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958  Gigi (March)
1959  Ben-Hur (August)
1960  The Apartment (July)
1961  West Side Story
1962  Lawrence of Arabia
1963  Tom Jones
1964  My Fair Lady (May)
1965  The Sound of Music
1966  A Man for All Seasons (September)
1967  In the Heat of the Night
1968  Oliver
1969  Midnight Cowboy
1970  Patton
1971  The French Connection (March)
1972  The Godfather
1973  The Sting (July)
1974  The Godfather Part II
1975  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976  Rocky
1977  Annie Hall
1978  The Deer Hunter
1979  Kramer vs. Kramer
1980  Ordinary People (June) 

1981  Chariots of Fire (June) 

1982  Gandhi
1983  Terms of Endearment
1984  Amadeus
1985  Out of Aftrica
1986  Platoon
1987  The Last Emperor
1988  Rain Man (September)
1989  Driving Miss Daisy
1990  Dances With Wolves
1991  The Silence of the Lambs (February)
1992  Unforgiven (September)
1993  Schindler's List
1994  Forrest Gump
1995  Braveheart
1996  The English Patient
1997  Titanic
1998  Shakespeare in Love (March)
1999  American Beauty (June) 2000  Gladiator
2001  A Beautiful Mind
2002  Chicago

2003  The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

2004  Million Dollar Baby

2005  Crash

2006  The Departed

2007  No Country for Old Men

2008  Slumdog Millionaire

2009  The Hurt Locker

2010  The King's Speech

Scavenger Hunt Sunday: September 25, 2011

Low Key

This is from the archives.  It is part of my 52 week project a few months back.

The Color Wheel

When I read this prompt I just saw the words color wheel and not the words monochromatic and analogous.  Oops!  

Circle

It's beginning to look like fall!  Mom and I both collect pumpkins.  

Scarf

Week 38 | September 20

Phone

Can't go anywhere without these

Linked up here.

A Promise...

September Family Photo | Cancer Survivor Picnic

Me:  Good night.  I love you.
Dad:  I love you too. See you tomorrow.
Me:  Ok, good night.

Without realizing it, dad makes a promise to me every night.  To always see me the next day.  Having almost lost him in the middle of the night a year ago makes the three simple words mean so much.
See you tomorrow.

Yes, yes you will.

12 of 12 | September

01.  Good Morning!  Dad still hasn't figured out my school schedule.  He came running into my room thinking I was going to be late when in fact I had another 45 minutes to sleep.  (At least it was my late day!)
02.  My hour long drive to school isn't complete without some tunes.
03.  The bridge I cross every day.  Well, Monday through Thursday.
04.  I may or may not have been driving while taking this pic :)
05.  Today was a beautiful, sunny day!
06.  Visited my friend Audrey at her work.
07.  Class notes.
08.  Stuck in traffic.
09.  Mailed some letters.
10.  Dinner?  I think so!
11.  My guilty pleasure.
12.  Goofball

Scavenger Hunt Sunday-September 11, 2011

I had higher hopes for the weeks set, but school and life had other plans.

Bokeh

Process of Elimination

Remember
I wish I had a photo from September 11, 2001.  However, I was in 7th grade and not really into photography yet.  So instead I will remember something a little more happy.

Week 36

Last Sunday, my friend Jenny and I went to see Matt Nathanson, Train, and Maroon 5 in concert.

It was amazing!

Statues

This one is from the archives.  I took it during my first college photography class.

Flying High

Geese flying over us at the concert.

Linked up here.