This is my favorite challenge I have done in quite some time! I hope you enjoy it too! I got the idea *here*.
(24 things to do before I turn 25…)
I LOVE challenging myself and having dreams and goals…. and since my birthday is only a few months away, this will keep me VERY challenged! 🙂 Some of the things I want to do are big and some are small… but they are all things that I have been wanting to do for quite some time, but have been putting off due to a busy schedule. You can make a layout or you can simply do a blog entry with your goals before your next birthday…. If we were hanging out in real life today I would make you pinky swear to only make goals that you can and will actually do. This stuff makes me REALLY excited and inspired, so I hope it gets you excited about your own life in the same way!
Post a link here in the comments to your layout or list. I will look through them tomorrow night and choose one at random…the winner will get a free *Red Velvet Kit* next month (compliments of Emma and Rachel). Have FUN! elsie
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oooh fun…here I go! I will be back to post
Michelle in Fullerton
my veru first goal before my 25th birthday (in october) is to find a real and good job for me.
Don’t have time to make a LO now, but I’ll try in the next days… 😉
What a fun blog party here!! 🙂
Love this challenge! I’ll be turning 30(AAAAAAHHHHH!) this October so my b-day is kinda special this year. I’ll be back to post my layout.
this is fun!! I will work on this tonight when I get home from work 🙂
my goals before my November birthday are to
a. lose 10 more pounds
b. remain off of insulin
c. apply to teacher’s college
d. pursue the publication of my children’s book
e. have more fun
thanks for the great idea – I don’t have time for a layout yet but I will work on one!
I wish I could say 24 things before I am 25…I’m well past that! My challenges change with every year or day or minute even:) But my first real challenge is going back to school:)
http://justussyessam.blogspot.com/
My birthday is next month and I like the idea of goals going with the birthday, rather than resolutions at new years. Thanks Elsie. Creative as always 🙂
Awesome, awesome, awesome!!! My b-day is at the end of the year pretty much. I am 28 and PROUD of it! LOL!
oooh! awesome challenge! 🙂
Wow, this is hard!
Ok, here are my goals:
* learn to relax and listen to myself
*not be so terrified to try new things/meet new people
*find a J.O.B. that I am cofortable and happy with
*become a better cook (or, really, ANY kind of cook!)
*try to remember my 12 year-old is 12, not 4
*really understand my photo editing software
*learn to relax…have I said that already?
http://flutterinbygirl.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the challenge. I will probably do a layout about it later, but for now, I have the list!
Hm…31 things to do before I’m 32 in January…I don’t think I can accomplish that many, so I’ll list my top 5 things I want to do:
1. continue to work on my scrapbooking skills
2. continue to take pictures! I love it!
3. visit a place I’ve never been before
4. get to go home and really understand what that means
5. find a new band to listen to and maybe even go to their concert
Thanks for the inspiration, Elsie – you are a doll!!
Shannon
I passed 25 a WHILE ago 🙂 My quirky but do-able, ongoing list is posted on my Myspace Blog dated 1/11/2007:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=7238776
Aloha- Janine
I did a page like this in my 22 art journal – which I used the Red Velvet Kit Club June Project Kit for!!
I started at the end of June and did a page every day til my 22nd bday on July 27th, The whole journal was about the person I wanted to be at 22 years old – the whole thing is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danijohnston/sets/72157601305100568/
BUT – I also did an entire page with a list of things I wanted to between my 22nd and 23rd birthdays which is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danijohnston/755893538/in/set-72157601305100568/
yay! I’m glad I got to share this!
This challenge just makes me want to leave work and do something creative for MYSELF today! I guess that’s my dream for so many days lately. Take my job, add some fun and creativity and make that my job.
Rock on!
Sarah
I have a few accomplishments that I can think of before my next birthday… http://addartmovement.blogspot.com/
Thank you for this Elsie! I wish I was turning 25 again but I will definitely do a blog entry or layout by the end of the day!!! I need the challenge so thank you so much!!
OMG, my birthday is only 21 days away!! So I better get started, don’t you think.
Love, Isolde
j’adore cette page elsie : bravo !!!
My 31st birthday will be on October 14 and I can’t wait. I am finding myself more and more everyday. I will do a layout later but here is my list.
30) Take a Yoga Class
29) Get a Tattoo
28) Get my Nose Piereced
27) Take a Photography Class
26) Start a Blog
25) Volunteer Time @ a local charity
24) Explore new places in town
23) Quit making excuses and get in the game
22) Express my true feelings instead of hiding them
21) Go out with the girls more often
20) Write a letter to my father and truly forgive him for the pain he has caused me when i was younger
19) Start a book list and read a book a month
18) Follow through from start to finish
17) Learn to say no more often
16) Say meaningful words instead of gossiping
15) Smile more
14) Try bright colored contacts
13) Do more scrapbooking
12) Start an etsy shop
11) Find a new hobby
10) Go Junk diving
09) Do something creative everyday
08) Start a Journal and actually write in it
07) Practice what I preach
06) Listen more talk less
05) Have my palm read
04) Come up with a signature cocktail amd serve it at my 31st birthday party
03) Cook more often
02) See more live bands
01) Meet Elsie Flannigan — haaa I’m serious
Oh gosh…that was really hard, but I did it…and I plan to follow through on all 30 items. My list is on my blog at http://lisaday.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/08/30-things-to-do.html
This is a funny challenge! Funny-only becuase I was searching on the web one day and found a site about making a list of 43 things (http://www.43things.com/) that you want to do in your life. I made my list, and have been trying to complete things off it. Some of them are simple, like scrapbooking at least one hour a week. Some are health related (drink two glasses of water a day, eat at least one vegetable and one fruit a day). Some are just fun, have “date night” every Friday night, give Justin (my boyfriend) a massage, or just to stop and smell the flowers – literally. I never thought about scrapbooking these things though! Thanks for a great page idea!!
Julie in Canda
cool page
Oh this is soooooooo COOL, LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS!! Love what you did with yours OMG, LOVE IT WOW~ that is SUPER!!
I can add so many more. These are all the ones that popped into my head the moment i saw your post.
24 things to do before i’m 24…
1) Enjoy everyday.
2) Learn to cook.
3) Stop criticizing myself.
4) Play a show with all of my songs.
5) Sell jewelry to someone important.
6) Grow my business.
7) Find out what I’m supposed to do.
8) Roller blade more often.
9) Take more pictures.
10) Stop hibernating.
11) Clean my house completely.
12) Paint my room.
13) Organize my studio.
14) Decide where I’m supposed to be.
15) Be myself.
16) LAUGH more often.
17) Cook for my family.
18) Ask my relatives about their lives.
19) Listen to my mother and father.
20) Read more books.
21) Be spontaneous.
22) Go on a road trip.
23) Try to stop overanalyzing.
24) Say Thank You more.
Thank you so much for this challenge. I really needed it! Have fun reading them all!
Well Iam turning 21 in Feb.7 and Iam full of Goals!!
1) Finish school
2) Plan my Perfect wedding
3) Get Fit and Active
4) Become closer to my Family
5) learn to be a great wife
6) Become a better cook
7) Find a Job I love
8) Learn to Sew
9) Help my Husband Accomplish his goals
10)NEVER TO GIVE UP ON MYSELF and to keep trying my best to accomplish my goals as best I can..
Thats some for now..And when I done with those I will always have more to add..
Steph
Got them finished…….I listed them on my BLOG!
http://chippypieces.blogspot.com/
I posted the list of 23 things to do before I am 24 on my blog…thanks for the challenge! I am LOVING this blog party!
http://hilaribrooke.typepad.com/
Dani–LOVE your art journal. 🙂
Can’t post a layout now because I should be working 🙂 But here’s a list of a few things to do before my next birthday in May, that should give me plenty of time!
*Read Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio
*See the broadway play *WiCKED* in California
*Spend more time creating and less time organizing supplies!
Thanks for the challenge; your blog is always so refreshing and full of new ideas.
What a cool idea!! 🙂
I just posted mine on my blog…
http://charinreed.blogspot.com/2007/08/23-things.html
thanks for the inspiration! 🙂
http://cupcakesandcoffee.blogspot.com
Here is my list! 🙂
Oh this is a great challenge! I’m off to do the layout and I’ll post it later this afternoon! My birthday is in November but this is such a huge transitional time for me so there are a TON of goals I was to achieve before my 25th!
I just celebrated my 40th B-day last month! So this gives me a whole year to reach my goals, right? 🙂
1.)Get back into a regular exercise routine. (I always feel so much better!)
2.) Make more time for me (and not feel guilty about it!)
3.) Try to get published. (My friends and family are so encouraging). I so LOVE this hobby, I just feel that I got into it a little late.)
I truly think these goals are very realistic for me. 🙂
Dawn 🙂
Here my list of 25 things before I’m 26. My birthday isn’t until April so I can probably accomplish all this before then. And I’m definitely making a layout about this, just don’t know if it’ll get done today.
Helps if I include the link…
http://jenyiferh.blogspot.com/2007/08/elsies-challenge-25-things-to-do-before.html
lordy, i don’t think i can come up with 33 goals before i’m 34…but a couple things would be..
1. start doing Yoga?
2. get published in a scrap mag.
3. win something from this awesome blog!!
4. lose a little weight, gotta lose in baby steps, right?
5. finally get into a house, and paint every wall in said house! i hate white walls.
6. sto peating out so much…
so there are a few…i should really scrap this on a layout…
http://blessthismess-3girlsmomma.blogspot.com/
This is the link to my blog and my entry.
While you are there…take a look at my cute kiddos!!!!
awesome challenge elsie! my b-day is a month from tomorrow… & man, i wish that i was turning 25! i guess i better get started on my list & my layout! thx for the inspo! 😉
I love this for the same reason I love you book….I love a challenge!!
Okay here is my list,
Make my daughter laugh everyday
Learn French
Take my scrapbooking to the next level…..what is the next level?
Step up my Volunteer work with Make a Wish Foundation
Tell my husband I love him everyday, sealed with a kiss
Take a dance class
Mentor a child
STOP buying cookbooks and scrapbooks….lol!
Inspire the artist within my daughter
Go to dinner with my husband once a month
Listen to up in coming music
Write a childrens book
and last
Smile at everyone I see…..
my birthday is in november, so far away and so near…
I am so old that I can’t write all the dreams or goals I want since that 27 november come….
so my first and principal, my only goal (all the other depend of it at least) my health….
1* to find a pleasure in every thing I see, taste, heard, touch, eat…
2* to accept that my body is my best friend on this world and listen to his message…
3* to explore it form inside and outside, in my soul and heart…
all that and only that, this is my biggest dream and hope…
I will make a layout for sure…
my birthday was just last week…so I have a long time until my 35th birthday! But, I did take a bunch of self portraits the morning of my birthday…I tried to be cute and sassy. Most of them are really funny, but I did take a couple of ones that are okay! I was going to do a page about my 34 favorite things at 34. Hopefully, I will complete this page before I turn 35!!
find mine here:
poombaberry.blogspot.com
and I am totally doing a layout. What a great idea!
Here ya go:
http://kimboyajian.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the great challenge! 🙂
What a great idea! My birthday is August 21st and I will be 48, so I better start my list now! I will make it my goal to complete the list before my birthday, and do my layout as a gift to myself! I will let you know how it turns out! Have a super day!
LOVE THIS!! So I posted mine on my blog… http://lizmartig.blogspot.com
My 30th is in April, so I should be able to accomplish all my goals. Thanks for the great idase Elsie!
great challenge elsie!
here’s mine: http://darljo.blogspot.com/
What a fun challenge! That will really make me think A LOT ; )
Fun idea. Thanks.
I’ll be 35 (yikes) in February, so I have a bit of time to complete my list:
1. Knock down CC debt by at least half.
2. Plan a fabulous trip for my birthday.
3. Plan and execute an over-the-top romantic night for my sweetie.
4. Drink four glasses of water per day
5. Eat at least some fruits and veggies
6. Shop at the farmer’s market until they close for winter.
7. Eat more fresh corn on the cob. Bliss.
8. Work through digital scrapbooking book.
9. Read Anna Karenina
10. Read 1984
11. Stay up to date on my 2007 scrapbook.
12. Paint livingroom.
13. Paint downstairs bathroom.
14. Build drain/dry river with found materials.
15. Build a waterfall in yard.
16. Take a class at LSS.
17. Call my grandmother monthly.
18. Start christmas cards in September.
19. Take each of my boys on a date.
20. Frame and hang my enlargements.
21. Stay off meds.
22. Buy a puppy.
23. Clean and organize the basement.
24. Create art most days.
25. Kiss my hubby more.
26. Walk at least five days a week.
27. Spend on what matters and skip the rest.
28. Rekindle my faith in the Lord.
29. Send notes of encouragement to other HS moms.
30. Play more Fluxx with kids.
31. Find a new band to love.
32. Update my blog at least three times a week.
33. Publish another article (or two).
34. Laugh more.
What a wonderful page! I LOVE the big 24. Who/what makes those big numbers? Thanks for inspiring me. I think I will have to come up with 22 before my 23rd birthday in november. Thanks again!
morgan
hmmm… i’ll be 29 in December, so pretty much the only thing on my list would be to get pregnant and start my family 🙂
My personal goals before being 25 (in october too!! ):
1.loose some weight (but not too much)
2.find a new job
3.Make more real scrapbooking
4.Cook better
5.Try to have photography lessons
6.Smile even more!
7.Go back to swimming pool for sport…
8.Eat more fruits
9.Write more letters and less e-mails to my friends!
10.organize myself a bit more
11.Re-start roller blading
12.sew more! (I love quilting)
13.read a few more of stephen king books
14.Learn to say no!
15.Get a tatoo
16.visit more museums
17.go more often to Basel city
18.Make lots of pictures to scrap!! 🙂
19.Visit my man’s aunt more often
20.Talk more
21.get better in digital scrapbooking
22.Taking time for me only
23.scrapbook with more Love, Elsie supplies (hehe 😉 )
24.Taking lots more pictures of my Théo!! 🙂
that’s it!! 🙂
Ohhh, i’m almost 36 end of september…
* make my home a real home
(get our key from our new home yesterday)
* enjoy my life more
* create my own scrapbook style
* would be to get pregnant…?
* stay happy!!!
i did it on my blog…
a good challenge! *pinky swear* thanks 🙂
http://frecklednest.blogspot.com/2007/08/26-things-before-27.html
Yikes! That would mean 37 goals before December 2nd! How about a list of 5 (to make it brief):
* pay off all the scrapbook stuff I charged to my cc this year! : )
* spend more time with my little guy (five years old) who’s starting 1/2 day Kinderg this year
* visit my horse who is on lease to an instructor about an hour away
* finish up two more M.B.A. classes – only 3 years to go!
* paint the dairy barn (if anyone has cute ideas for an old, wooden barn, let me know!)
My personal goals before my 25th, September 4th
1. Start a scrapbook.
2. Inquire into going back to school.
3. Organize all my drawers and cabinets.
4. Take my kids to Chuck E Cheese.
Thanks for challenging me to THINK about my true life goals!!
oh this is like the life list of ellen degeneres which I love! I made one, or at least I started one but didn’t come up with enough. Due to illness, I can’t do all that I want unfortunately but I am sure I will get better! That’s my main goal at the moments and believe me, that’s hard work just doing that 1 thing! But I will think of a list I actually CAN accomplish!
thnx girlie!
xoxo
What a fantastic challenge, I can’t wait to scrap it! Here’s my list: http://creativeplayful.blogspot.com/2007/08/creative-34-things-before-35.html
What a fantastic challenge, I can’t wait to scrap it! Here’s my list: http://creativeplayful.blogspot.com/2007/08/creative-34-things-before-35.html
What a fantastic challenge, I can’t wait to scrap it! Here’s my list: http://creativeplayful.blogspot.com/2007/08/creative-34-things-before-35.html
I’m just about to turn 24 and this is the perfect *all about me* page that I have been looking for. Thanks!
my birthday is in 6days ! lol i dont have a lot of time to do what is on my list ! lol i loved to do this page its was fun 🙂
here the link for my page
http://caroscrap.blogspot.com/2007/08/20-choses-faire-avant-mes-21ans.html
http://cajuncropper.blogspot.com/
ok elsie thanks for the challenge i will try to scrap this today but for now heres my list on my blog…
check it out: http://keylimecutie.blogspot.com/
hey Elsie!
great challenge! sure something to think about! here’s mine
http://jcpalmer.blogspot.com/
thanks for looking!
Cydne
Here is my list: http://hallettlawinfo.blogspot.com/
This is a good challenge. I like using the birthday rather than New Year’s Day for accomplishing goals. 🙂
Thought I would do a challenge for a change. Simply because I am so excited your having a blog party. That’s so much fun! Here is my list on my blog:
http://paul-ene-blogginshihtzu.blogspot.com/2007/08/elsie-blog-party-challenge.html
Hey Els,
Thanks for the challenge! This has me really thinkin about my future. hope my link works.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog&pop=1
Feel silly… I began making a “25 things before I turn 26” & realized I just turned 26! HA! Old age is already kicking in… so here’s my “26… before 27”
http://roodierooartsyfartsy.blogspot.com/
i think i’m not on time, my clock says 2:35. and, instead of scanning it i took a photo, and, i didn’t take time to crop it.
bah! i like it anyway. :)))
http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=1210287
-kathryn
here is my list. thanks for the inspiration!
http://ribbonsandbuttons.blogspot.com/2007/08/31.html
oh well, I couldn’t make a page because all my scrapbooking stuff is in the moving container. (ive just moved to another continent) so here’s a list. Sorry for the bad lighting, really.
http://rainbowcolorsinmyhair.blogspot.com/2007/08/tfl-elsie.html
tfl!
Here is my list:
http://jose1985.web-log.nl/jose/
I think these goals are things that I can and will do (the most of it!)
Maybe I’ll may some kind of journal about it!
awesome challenge!! love what you did with it, too! hmmm…my b-day is in october…better get busy!! lol!! 🙂
Fab idea. Haven’t got a blog but have done a layout and taken some photos. Its my birthday next week so I’ve done a layout for my next birthday. Didn’t know how to attach them here so have emailed them.
My 25 goals before i become 26
1. Search a house
2 Visit my friends more
3. Take time to scrap
4. Enjoy the little things
5. Clean more
6. Eat more healty food
7. Laugh more
8. Make fresh pasta
9. Learn how to stich
10. Help my pupils with their choses
11. Buy frames
12. Frame the prints i bought on etsy
13. Make an album about our trip to NY
14. Begin a blog
15. Visit fleamarkets more often
16. Organize my notes
17. Give more kisses and hugs to my boyfriend
18. Read more
19. Subscribe to a scrapbookmagazine
20. Enjoy time alone
21. Motivate my boyfriend to follow his dream
22. Take a lot of pictures
23. Travel
24. Buy and read the last Harry Potter
25. Enjoy being 25
Hope I can achieve all my goals!!! Love the blog party!
I’ll make my list short to make it easier. LOVE THIS IDEA – Cant wait to make the page when I get off work
10 things to do before I turn 50.
1) Marry David Bowie (Sorry Iman)
2) Create a blog that I dont have to write about myself in because no one would believe it.(isn’t that called a website?)
3) Send my husband a weekly email love letter – (he will faint)
4) Reorganize priorities – get rid of dead weight and negative forces
5) Spend more time with Dad remembering Mom and write down his stories about their life together.
6) Make a weekly date with my doggies that involve a car ride.
7) Finish making anything. (the living room curtains would be a good start)
8) Fill an I-pod. (Dam I’m old!)
9)Buy an I-Pod
10) Try to tell a different person each day that I care about them.
Anne
Never again weigh more than my age + 100 Lbs.
Play in a sand box
Train myself to be a pet owner
Love my cat more
Tell my dughter that I am married (don’t ask)
Well..I just had my 29th b-day, so I have a whole year to perfect these!!!!!
1. Lose 10 pounds
2. Have a baby
3. Be a better wife
4. Finish my wedding scrapbook
5. Finish decorating my house
6. Move back to Utah
7. Learn how to cook and let my poor hubby rest.
8. Spend less money on shoes
9. Quit swearing and using bad words
10. Be happy with what I have and with what I am.
Love you!!!
One of my new year resolutions was to really figure out what I wanted to do in my life and this page was the result. One of my dreams has all ready come true and I am being published this fall. It really is an amazing feeling when your dreams come true!
http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=1210293
http://everlastingmonday.blogspot.com/
Its on my blog! Thanks for looking!
Hi Elsie, just finished my layout. Started with it right away after reading your blog. Needed to be fast as it’s already late in the evening here in Belgium (Europe.
You can find my LO in my Flickr gallery at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68151540@N00/1053047597/
Love, Isolde
Ok, here goes! I’ll list now but I will definately do a lo on this, great idea!
1. Have a totally clean, organized house (at least for a day!)
2. Get a job/design team member position for what I love.. scrappin and altering!
3. Enter @ least one scrapbooking contest/challenge each month!
4. Use up some of the supplies I already have 🙂
5. Love my 3 kids every single day and tell them how much!
Elsie again I have to thank you for this awesome challenge. I posted a photo of the layout I did here: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhoto&albumID=807835&imageID=13647081&MyToken=36aae224-07f3-4c1f-86ff-56b420f49350
and I posted a blog here: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog&pop=1&indicate=1
Can’t wait to hear what you think!
Danielle
O my gosh I love this!!! What a fabulous idea.. Ill be 30 in a month so I think Ill have to do the 30 things I want to do before I Turn 31! What a great challenge!
finished my page! haha-i’m waiting for my friend to come over so i decided to do this now rather than later!)http://www.scrapinstyletv.com/portfolio/myportfolio.php
Turning 32 later this month…and thinking that its a great idea for me to set goals for next year.
1. up the yoga to 2x/wk, more happpiness = good.
2. work on disseration each week!
3. be less slug-like. Go out on my own, once a week.
4. write the other goals!
Thanks for inspiring,
Amy
Amy
Gosh! I forget you are so young! I passed 25 about 4 years ago.
I don’t have the time today to do a layout, but i did a post on my blog. http://texasscrapbookingmom.blogspot.com/
This is a great idea for a lo tho. I’ll ahve to add this to my to-do list also!
Well, I posted my list on my blog…
http://kasigood.typepad.com/living_the_good_life/
Will maybe do a LO tonight.
Thanks for the idea Elsie!
Kasi
OK, I’m turning 40 so this is more challenging for me …LOL! I just did a list!
http://in-time-out.blogspot.com/2007/08/goals-for-my-b-day.html
I have a birthday in less than a month!! This would be perfect for me! I am turning 37 (OMGOSH)! maybe I should do my favorite age instead of my real age!!
ignore the other link here’s the actual one!: http://www.scrapinstyletv.com/portfolio/view_layout.php?layout_id=23167&user_id=4112
ignore the other link here’s the actual one!: http://www.scrapinstyletv.com/portfolio/view_layout.php?layout_id=23167&user_id=4112
Well, here comes my “to do” list…
1. Be a better wife & mother
2. Be a better friend
3. Become a more adventurous scrapbooker
4. Become a better cook for my family
5. Become a better house cleaner
6. Learn to manage time better
7. Learn to say NO, it’s OK
8. Try to take more pictures of my 2 girls
9. Lose about 10-15 pounds
10. Learn to decorate cakes
11. Appreciate my life, it’s better than the alternative
Thanks Elsie! You are so darn cute!!! Some things I wan/ WIIL to do before my 35th bday next July:
1. Learn to change a spare tire
2. Renew our wedding vows in Hawaii for our 10th Anniversary!
3. Actually sew on a scrapbook LO
4. Make a scrapbook of my dad’s old photos from when he served in the military
5. Read more to my kids
Fun challenge! I love it.
Here is a link to my blog where I posted my 26 things to do before I turn 27!
http://kgradias.blogspot.com/
okay. i made my list & i’m ready to get busy living these goals! 🙂
awesome challenge, elsie!
you can check out my list here:
http://shadowsof-life.blogspot.com/
i am so doing this tonight!! 🙂
This last year I have watched a friend struggle with colon cancer that has spread to the liver. As I have thought about her, my goals have slowly changed. I am not as goal/list oriented as I have been…..
But, I do have goals…
as an new school year starts I want to spend each day gently encouraging each student to achieve their goals and taking the time to get to know each of them.
I want to make healthy choices for eating and how I spend my time. I plan to make all the necessary doctors appointments and keep those appointments no matter how scarey they are.
I want to look for an opportunity each day to thank God for his goodness to me by doing something kind for someone I know. This is my greatest goal… I don’t want to end a day without doing this one. Pinky swear!
Elsie
It’s been interesting to see your changes in life interpreted onto your scrap pages. Your work is beautiful! Keep Dreaming!
what a cool challenge! i will have to work on that one. thanks for sharing these cool ideas today! this has been extremely cool. you are very talented! happy hump day!!Lena
what a cool challenge! i will have to work on that one. thanks for sharing these cool ideas today! this has been extremely cool. you are very talented! happy hump day!!Lena
Great challenge!! Since I am in my “40’s” I may need to break this down into component parts or my brain will hurt from creating such a large list 🙂
Thanks Elsie!!! this really had me thinking about the things that are important to me…. 29 things that i want to do before i am 30! 1. Visit Costa Rica again, love that place! 2. Try to learn how to relax… 3. Try not to take things too seriously 4. control my temper 5. Win HOF Or Memory Maker’s Masters contest 6. I’d love to come out with my own scrapbook of ideas! 7. Take my grandmother to Ireland, she really wants to go 8. get pregnant 9. find something that my husband and i can do together and to enjoy together besides the obvious! 10. Go to the movies more often 11. Start reading more 12. Redo my scraproom 13. Redo the bathroom 14. Paint the living room 15. Remove the carpet and put in hard wood floors 16. Put new tile down in the basement 17. Get new furnisher for the living room and bedroom 18. I want wall to wall shelves 19. Create something special for my hubby 20. Visit my grand-fathers grave, i haven’t been there since he passed away 3 yrs ago… it’s still hard for me to get over his loss. 21. Learn how to cook!! I hate it, but need to learn! 22. Make enough money so i do not have to work much. 23. Maybe go back to school to be a massage therapist? 24. Learn how to garden… i know the basics… i think. 25. Be famous and well known in the scrapbook world! 🙂 26. Start excercising more. (spelled wrong i know) 27. Get better at photography 28. Spend more time with my sisters (i need to do this, they are getting so big!) 29. learn to enjoy life to its fullest and don’t take things for granted… do the things that i want!
Check out my digi layout. I’m at work, so I had to improvise with my layout. I think this is a great form of positive reinforcment! Thanks, Elsie!
http://craftiemomma.blogspot.com/
Whew! That was tough. My kids aren’t cooperating with nap time today, so I haven’t gotten to scrap. But, I made a list on my blog. Check it here:
http://hollyscharmedlife.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the inspiration! I will have to turn this into a layout later on! :0)
My birthday is on Saturday so I don’t have long!
htt://www.thecraftyapple.blogspot.com
I love this idea! I have 46 things to accomplish in 6 months… better put some little things in too… which is good… gotta go!
Goals: to create a layout outlining my “to-do” list bEfORe my next birthday (in 13 days!)…and shop for some new supplies to do it!
I am well past 25 and my birthday is next week so here is what I hope to do over the next year:
1) lose 70 lbs
2) organize my closet
3) clean out the garage
4) clean my office (get the junk out!)
5) learn to use Photoshop
6) walk more especially on the beach
7) take my kids on more adventures
8) take lots of photos
9) organize my photos
10) enjoy lifes little things
completed 34 years in this July month. I have great plans for this new year, but necessary to program more, to have schedules for new things!
Already I go to initiate this in second with a course!
Family is everything also at this moment.
The friends.
Above of everything, to give to greater attention the God!
Kisses, Tati from Brazil
YAY I did a layout…started off with the normal boring stuff like losing weight and then I started to soul search and enlightened myself! So thanks for that!!!
You can see my layout here
http://a65.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/65/l_b358ac0fa084d16c83c8bcd9f955d908.jpg
Here is my list
http://krystallanae.blogspot.com/
will work on layout tonight after work…but here are some of the things on my “Things to do while I’m 40” list
-plant some flowers
-take a photography class
-run/walk all the rock n roll events in 2008
-get a motorcyle helmet so I can ride w/hubby
My layout = http://a65.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/65/l_b358ac0fa084d16c83c8bcd9f955d908.jpg
You’ve got no chance of reading that so here’s what I put 🙂 It started off with the usual lose weight but actually made me do some serious soul searching so I thank you for that !!!
1. Lose Weight which leads to …
2. Stop using my treadmill as a clothes airer!
3. Have one evening per month with only my husband for company – the boys can go to their nans
4. Get my finances sorted – start saving!
5. Grow in confidence
6. Learn to use my camera properly
7. Put myself first once in a while
8. Buy a recipe book…..and use it!
9. BLOG!!!
10. Go to the doctors when I’m ill
11. Speak my mind
12. Take more photo’s of me!
13. Dance!!
14. Cry when I need to!!
15. Ride the new bike that I bought a month ago!!
16. Loosen up!!
17. Try new things
18. Stop wearing so much black!!!
19. Walk barefoot in the sand
20. Eat breakfast!
21. Do more altered art
22. Buy fresh flowers for my home once a week
23. Submit a layout to a magazine
24. Get in touch with absent friends
25. Go for a new funky hairstyle
26. Attempt to conquer my fear of flying
27. Experiment more with make-up
28. Visit a fairground
29. Meet some of my online friends
30. Try a layout in 6 x12 size
31. Subscribe to a scrapbooking magazine
32. See more of my brothers
33. Try not to worry so much about my boys
34. Do more doodling on my layouts
35. Buy Elsie’s new book!!!
36. Organise my craft area
37. Use my stash before I buy more <-- OK the last one is never going to happen!!!! No Fair Elsie.....you're way younger than me ... and that was a struggle lol!!! Here's the link to my layout....sorry about the poor quality of the scan 🙁 http://a65.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/65/l_b358ac0fa084d16c83c8bcd9f955d908.jpg
Okay – I don’t have time to do a layout right now since I have to go visit my son in the hospital in a little bit but I did take the time to blog. Thanks for a great challenge Elsie – really made me think.
http://awendybird.blogspot.com/2007/08/before-i-turn-35.html
What a great inspiration this post has been for me today!!!
Here’s a link to my list. I don’t have access to my creative supplies right now, but as soon as I do, I will be making a layout on this…
http://normajean68.blogspot.com/2007/08/39-things.html
I loved this challenge and decided to give it a go, here is my layout…http://livelaughlove-michelle.blogspot.com/
Thanks!!
Oopsee! I posted the link wrong:
http://www.thecraftyapple.blogspot.com
here’s my LO… this was great cause i just turned 26 yesterday! thanks for the challange girl!
oh my goodness… such a spacey one i am… i guess i should provide the link.. hahaha!
here is is!
http://www.scrapinstyletv.com/portfolio/view_layout.php?layout_id=23214&user_id=4111
thanks for reminding me that I’, older next month LOL. This challenge is something I’ve thought of doing for a while now. No time like the present.
Sue – Australia
Here’s mine:
http://www.scrapinstyletv.com/portfolio/view_layout.php?layout_id=23216
here’s mine 🙂 thanks for the fire under my tail!
http://www.kinseygirl.blogspot.com
I definitely want to turn this into a scrapbook page, but for now, I have posted my list on my blog. Elsie, you are truly an inspiration!
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=72684292
here is a link to my post on my blog, thanks for making me think about this
http://puttingthecrapinscrapbooking.blogspot.com/
mine can be found here:
http://alwaysandforeverwright.blogspot.com/2007/08/21-things-i-want-to-do-before-i-turn-22.html
This was a lot of fun…and very reflective. Here is my LO…I hope it’s not too late.
http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=1210406
well my 35th bday is a ways off…may….so i will be realistic.
1. lose at least 15 more pounds but hopefully more
2. to do a sb album of my dad (he passed away in 2004)
3. to try to go vegetarian
4. to reconnect w/ old friends who’ve i’ve lost touch w/.
5. to love my family everyday cause they are the best thing in my life
6. to love my puppies more each day & get them either a new puppy or kitten
7. to go to a club & dance…at least once!
8. to heal my soul some.
9. to take photography classes
10. to go to australia…and who knows where else.
Here is my LO of 28 Things to do Before I Turn 29…Such a FUN challenge! Thanks Elsie! 🙂
http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=1210426
Elsie, can I be you when I grow up? Oh wait, I’m 4 years older than you. Let’s just never grow up, k? I’ll be 28 next Sat., so I’m not sure how much I will accomplish by then. How about…
1. Clean my kitchen (really clean it, not just do the dishes)
2. Go swimming with my daughter
3. Research mechanical cameras
4. Have a lot of freakin’ fun at my early birthday party this weekend!!!
Oooh hopefully I can do this and get a link to you!! Thats fantastic Elsie!! xoxo
Wow! That was fun and tough. Here is mine! Now I can’t wait to get started on the list.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lexi030/JourneyOntoPaper/photo#5096485511236236130
my goals thru april:
1. go to australia
2. make at least 1 card a month
3. lose 10 pounds
4. unpack my scrap room
5. take cake decorating class
6. take cooking classes
7. take photography classes
that should be enough. these will be hard enough to obtain. LOL.
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I am so excited to start checking things off my list! awesome challenge, thanks Elsie!
http://www.scrapinstyletv.com/portfolio/view_layout.php?layout_id=23249&user_id=2451
-Michelle
what a fun thing to do, I’m in. 😉 Just have to think of 27 things to do. 😮
I finished mine. It was hard to come up with 27 things…
Whoops forgot the link.
http://katajone.blogspot.com/2007/08/27-b4-28.html
Thanks Elsie, that was fun and challenging 🙂 You can find my list here:
http://cupcakesothersweetthings.blogspot.com/
Here is the link to my blog and my goals. My birthday is in 14 days so it needed to be easy!
http://kairlotta.blogspot.com/
🙂
My birthday is tomorrow, so I probably won’t get a LO done in the next few hours. 🙂
I do have my goal list on my blog here:
http://tabithakoval.blogspot.com/2007/08/101-things-in-1001-days.html
My list is up!!! I didn’t have time for a LO tonight, but I made a list – I will scrap it tomorrow 🙂
http://solitaryheron.wordpress.com
Here is my layout for the challenge-used the Lola collection.
http://www.scrapbook.com/gallery/image/layout/977121.html
yay! thanks for this, elsie!
http://www.scrapinstyletv.com/portfolio/view_layout.php?layout_id=23273
ok i have done mine.
Thanks so much elsie for doing this because I would have never done it otherwise. Some of mine are small but are important. lol!
Mine are here.
http://www.mycreativenerve.blogspot.com
Hope your having a fun wednesday
Hugs
Kayla
I LOVE this idea so much! I’m 24 too so it’s totally perfect. I just turned 24 on June 24th so I have a whole year to chase my dreams. thanks for the idea of recording them!
here’s my list.
http://www.xanga.com/BCoS_000/608956100/as-usual.html
I rushed home from work to make a LO so I could participate in this. There’s no way I can accomplish 29 goals before March, so here’s seven. That’s also my favorite number, so it just seemed fitting…
http://elaine-creativeescape.blogspot.com/
Working on my layout. Having a hard time selecting the perfect list. Combining your product with Sandylion 🙂
Here’s my top 20 things to do before I’m 21! Hope I win! 🙂
Hey, I noticed one of the things on your list was to watch Frida. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that movie!! You need to watch it!
GREAT CHALLENGE!!! I have to tell ya that when I am blocked I go to your book first!! 🙂
here’s what I came up w/.. did it right in my BOM thanks for the inspiration!!
http://theschoolofscrap.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-7442
Let me just say Elsie I’m old and crusty, it would take forever to list everything. I’ll be 40 in March. But…. I would like to redefine who I am, what makes me tick, what do I want out of life and whose preventing me from getting it. I’ve lost sight of who I am, between raising kids a divorce a new marriage, I’ve totally lost sight of me. I’m going to think about my 39 things, thanks for the therapy, and it was so cheap.
Love ya girl.
Shannon
Hi Elsie, Thanks so much for this fun challenge. I really had a great time with it and I think it is a layout I will cherish forever.
Here is the link to my layout…
27things.
P.S. I cheated. I am 26, but my birthday is next month and I didn’t think I could get 26 things done in one month, so I did my layout early for next year! haha
Oops, the link didn’t work.
I’ll post it on my neglected blog.
http://www.pinkpolkadotdays.blogspot.com
Cool challenge… just celebrated my 3x bday, so i have a whole year to do this!! my to do’s before i turn 3x+1… i so wish i can say 24/25, but here goes:
– scrap more
– attend more scrap crops
– take better pix to scrap
– see the pattern here 🙂
– be more organized
My list in my blog, it has been in my paper journal forever
http://brokenbeth.blogspot.com/2007/08/goals.html
I don’t think I’ve ever made a layout so quickly…
http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=1210572
The text (it’s hard to read):
twenty four things to do before I turn 25
1. Strenghten my relationship with God
2. Be a good wife to my husband-to-be
3. Be a better graphic designer
4. Settle into my new home
5. Visit the West Coast
6. Feel completely comfortable in my body
7. Learn how to REALLY organize
8. Be a better communicator
9. Pay off my credit card debt
10. Reduce, reuse, recycle
11. Try new recipies
12. Spend less money
13. Clear out clutter
14. Be more kind
15. Slow down
16. Enhance my creativity
17. Learn how to knit
18. Tell my parents I love them more
19. Be a stronger woman
20. Go back to NYC with Bo
21. Buy a scooter
22. Be a better photographer
23. Scrapbook more
24. Consume less
I have been wanting to get a blog for quite a while, this challenge inspired me to go ahead and get one. My first post ever has my 25 things before my 26th birthday!!! I hope to finish my layout and post it there tomorrow as well. I still have to customize my blog, I have lots to learn 🙂 So without further ado, here is my blog http://www.rebeccasworld.typepad.com
Rebecca 🙂
Great challenge! I never thought I could come up with 40 but I did. I even had some extras. They are on my blog along with the LO:
ladymisssusan.blogspot.com
~TFL!
Well here’s my COLORFUL layout…thanks for inspiring me Elsie! I even put “pinky swear” on my layout so I’d remember our promise! LOL!
Hope you enjoy it – I have thoroughly enjoyed this challenge…you made me think, you made me create and you made me promise! WOW! Now that’s a lot in one day!
http://alteredeclectic.blogspot.com/
Hi Elsie!
Well… I would post in my blog, but my blog does not let me log in on my computer…. unless I leave a comment on someone else’s blog or go on my brother’s computer, and can’t get to either one. So I’ll write it here, I had this goal for a while too…
Before I turn 26:
1. get a teaching position!
That’s is my main goal right now. 🙂
I will be posting mine at 6 pm pacific time tomorrow…I hope I’m not too late! I/m really excited about this one! I have it all planned out so I just need to pick the pics up from the printers tomorrow 🙂
Hi Elsie,
Finished my layout last night. Hope you’ll come and see! 😉
http://www.eeffiesworld.blogspot.com
hej elsie
I have no blog, so I’ll just post my goals right here.
things to do before I turn 26 in january:
1. intensify my relationship with god
2. loose weight
3. get my stomach-issues under control
4. be a better friend
5. meet some Swedish scrapbooking-people
6. decide on a “hanging” relationship
7. improve my Swedish
8. take at least 1 picture a day
9. move more and become active!
10. BE creative (not just “THINK creatively”)
11. look for inspiration at flea markets
12. paint my wall…
love your blog!!
stefanie
here’s a link to my list:
http://watchingdragons.blogspot.com/2007/08/2122.html
that was such a fabulous idea! definitely going to put that on a page as soon as i have time.
thanks elsie!
Well I took your challenge. I was just going to write a list and post it but I decided to go out on a limb and make a page. I have dabbled in scrapbooking (cards and such) but have never made an actual “page”. I sew instead. But I guess you really inspired me. So I made my list into a scrapbook page.
http://virb.com/everynewday/blog/222425
So Iguess this is my first “official” page. 🙂
Thanks for inspiring! 🙂
OK this sounds like fun!
but my goals would have to be 24 thing before I turn 45:)
I actually decided to learn to scuba dive this year so as part of my 20th anniversary gift to my husband (he has been diving for almost 30 years) I took an into class in Jamaica and then completed my certification when we returned home. Of course i had to scrap this!
I will try to link the layout. The photos fo the layouts are not so good but you get the idea.http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=1210642
http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=1210643
i’ll do it this afternoon
HERE IS MINE ELSIE
http://scrapbook2nessa.canalblog.com/archives/2007/08/09/5847824.html
HOPE YOU LL LIKE IT…
BIG LUB
NESSA
http://kattungenscrapper.blogspot.com/2007/08/13-things-to-do-before-i-turn-20.html
here is my list:
http://idanasi.blogspot.com/2007/08/15-things-to-do-before-i-turn-16.html
it was a great challenge- thanks!
Such an amazing challenge, I can’t wait to make a layout or maybe a painting on these 22 things!!!
I am a little short I will start by listed my 22 things to do before I turn 23 on October too
😉
Thanks Elsie for sharing this with us, I LUB it!!!!
Here it is:
http://scrap-delight.over-blog.com/article-7018840.html
Finished and uploaded my LO with my 26 things to do before I turn 27. Gawd that sounds so old. In my brain I’m still 16, rubbish how time makes you have to grow up eh. lol
I put things on there that I have to get through from now until then (like having to have a thyroidectomy – not nice) as well as nice things I want to do (like learn to knit from my grandma).
My layout is here,
http://scribblesnscrappin.blogspot.com/2007/08/elsie-challenge.html
Thanks for the challenge twas fun! 😀
Got my 33 to do’s finished up this morning…thanks sooo much for posting this ultra kooool challenge!! U can find it on my blog…
http://craziness-x-3.blogspot.com/
Michelle M
I don’t think you could view my LO, so I’m going to post it again. Thanks again for a great challenge!
http://www.scrapinstyletv.com/portfolio/view_layout.php?layout_id=23375
http://jaimie.typepad.com/the_art_of_my_life/2007/08/misheard-lyrics.html
Im so inspired – my list will be the opening page for a ‘goals’ album. As I complete each goal Ill scrap a page and cross it off my list! Thankyou
Thank you for this challenge. I don’t often scrap about myself and I guess one of my goals should have been that!
Anyway, my LO can be seen here :http://littlemissscrapper.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-fun-layout.html
I’ve really gone to town using pink and lots of my stash 🙂
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa222/mdanne_album/9aout003.jpg
mine is in french, that was a great chalenge !!! thank elsie, you rock! anne
Thanks for this awesome challenge! I’ll have to incorporate this into a scrapbook page.
Here’s my list:
http://kierrala.blogspot.com/
My list will have 38 things and I like this idea and really want to put some thought into it. One things I have already accomplished…I am a Great Mommy to one very special little girl. =)
Thanks for making me dig deep.
1. Be more creative. I’m in accounting, and if you are too creative, you go to jail. ha ha
2. Take more time to scrapbook. I’m awesome at buying product, but I get nervous about using it. I’m afraid my layout’s won’t turn out cute. I need to be more fearless and stop hording the product.
3. Go to the gym at least 3 times a week, and lose 20 pounds.
4. Plan a fun birthday trip to NYC for my mom. She went there in high school, and always talks about how amazing it was. I’ve never been there. We’re best friends, so I think it would be an awesome trip together. Plus this year is her 60th birthday. It would be great to surprise her on this special birthday.
5. Make an art wall in my bedroom with framed pics of all of my favorite artists.
6. Send more surprise packages to my friends who live far away. I love to get mail, and I like to send things even more. I know it’s like a little hug sent across the miles.
7. Learn to take better pictures. I’m so inspired by flicker and blogs. My pictures really need to be taken up a level.
8. Plan a fabulous Christmas party for my friends at work.
9. Spend more time laughing with the people I love.
10. Try to find some local friends that share my enthusiasm for scrapbooking and art.
Oh, and I want to learn how to solder, so I can make my own Christmas ornaments this year as gifts. 🙂
This is a great challenge. I keep thinging of more things!!!
well, this is a little hard considering my birthday is Sept 1st! so i have very little time to make these all happen!!!
but here goes nothing! (and yes i pinky swear, these are legit!)
22 things before i turn 23 (sorry i dont have blog)
1)know all the names of incoming students (frosh) who are coming to the school I work at, BEFORE they arrive!
2) eat at least $20 dollars of the $40 worth of blueberries i picked
3) read (and watch all the Harry Potter books and movies
4) Put away at least another $50 torward by third grand canyon trip!
5) Spend at least one full day scrapbooking with my best friend.
6) dye my hair two colors (red and blonde)
7) make more people cowboy cookies
8) find a place with good mexican hot chocolate.
9) tell my mom i love her, at least ten times.
10) pray daily.
11) send friends happy-day presents (gifts for no reason)
12) make a blueberry pie (never before attempted!)
13)learn to use my new camera well for my job (yearbook editor)
14) JOYFULLY help my friends move into their home on my birthday!
15) finish reading John
16) learn to love nailpolish
17) scrapbook this list! (lol)
18) re-do my ‘Eucharist’ painting
19) daily remind my husband that i am grateful for his hard work
20) make a chicken on the bbq (again, never done before)
21) call my sister in Taiwan so that she doesnt have to pay the phone bill for calling me.
22) stay awake in Chapel
10 things to do before I turn 30!!
1. read the Bible daily
2. scrapbook more
3. learn to accept that our office is moving, even though I don’t like it!
4. pay off my car – one more payment!!
5. pray more
6. find curtains to cover my closet
7. find inspiration to eat better and exercise
8. pay off some credit cards
9. visit my friend’s scrapbook store
10. be more productive at work
That’s a lot before Dec. 23!! Thanks Elsie.
Hi Elsie!
You can see mine here…or just click on my name.
http://abarefoothome.typepad.com/a_barefoot_home/
I’m working on it 😉
Well, I turn 28 in Oct but with two baby girls I know that whatever list I make I won’t accomplish, since my daily todo list never gets finished, so I did make a layout but changed the idea slightly. Mine is the 10 things I wish for my girls. If I HAVE to make a list to play then I guess I lose! 🙁
http://jodified.typepad.com/a_mom_and_her_camera/2007/08/elsie-contest.html
Thanks for this fun challenge [even if I didn’t actually do it the way you wanted!]
http://www.ashleypeak.blogspot.com
thanks for the inspiration! love you. xoxo.
Here is mine Elsie! Sorry about the funky blogging. I have to get my hubby to fix it or teach me how. Hmmmmmmmm……he IS off tomorrow…HE, HE, HE!!!
http://theonedivinehand.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the challenge!!!
You can see my list on my blog! I plan on doing a layout with this list on it sometime in the near future!! THanks for a great challenge, Elsie!!!
http://iheartpenquins.blogspot.com/
Here is my list.
32 things to do before I turn 33
1. Take pictures of my family.
2. Take our son to Disneyland
3. Have sushi.
4. Get a Red Velvet Kit!
5. Wear more dresses
6. Go to the park with my husband and son.
7. Start an exercise routine.
8. Have a date night with my husband.
9. Play all day with my son
10. Donate money to my favorite charity
11. Spend more time with my parents
12. Clean my scrap table.
13. Buy gifts for my new niece and nephew.
14. Take a vacation.
15. Go to San Diego.
16. Buy a new car.
17. Start a college fund for my son.
18. Book a trip to Hawaii.
19. Scrap about me.
20. Get a new camera.
21. Get thoses shoes I’ve been eyeing.
22. Watch Sweet Home Alabama.
23. Bake chocholate chip cookies.
24. Wear more dresses.
25. Clean my closet.
26. Call my cousin.
27. Eat at the new Indian restaurant in town
28. Spend time with my brothers.
29. Go swimming
30. Plant some flowers.
31. Go running.
32. Take my friend out for her birthday.
Hopefully do these things before my birthday in December.
Here’s mine:
1.Drink more water
2.Meet my niece for the first time
3.Be kinder
4.Take Tikanii for 2 walks a day instead of just one
5.Go through my makeup draw and toss anything older then 10 yrs 😳
6.Find a worthwhile charity to volunteer with regularly
7.Loose 20 lbs
8.Clean and organize my scraproom
9.Enter at least 6 scrapping competitions
10.Paddle the Beaton with my girlfriends again
11.Weed my garden
12.Paint the bathroom cupboards
13.Be able to do 25 pushups
14.Read the latest Harry Potter
15.Get new running shoes
16.Drink less coffee
17.Compost directly into the garden
18.Buy new matching towels for my upstairs bathroom
19.Find a new favourite recipe in Rachel Rayes 30 minute cookbook
20.Buy 2 new bra’s
21.Climb more hills (my butt needs the workout)
22.Grow my nails
23.Paint my nails
24.Clean out my freezer
25.Buy a chunky necklace that goes with lots
26.Find a stain remover that really gets coffee spots out of white shirts
27.Buy a new bike helmet
28.Make some interesting wall art for my living room
28.Get my albums organized
29.Make birthday cards for an entire year
30.Make curtains for the kids’ fort
31.Send out more RAKs
32.Figure out how Skype works so I can chat with my Australian friends
33.Write instead of email every now and than
34.Hug my husband more
35.Cook for the street people at least once a month
36.Praise my children more
37.Bake a pie for my husband (he loves homemade, I don’t bake)
38.Surprise my BF with coffee at work
39.Buy a garbage can with a motion sensor lid
40.Find myself in Tim Hortons drive thru less often
41.Make morning lattes instead of brewed coffee
42.Get a Roomba
43.Listen to Fly Lady better
44.Brush Tikanii at least once a week
I have had so much fun to do this challenge oh…tell me where do you take all those wonderful ideas?? I have try to do it in french and english at the same…
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d32/cocotine/intense.jpg
Fantastic idea; although I do wish I was twenty, so my list could be shorter. Perhaps I could base it on my maturity level rather than actual birth year. OK…I pinky swear to do all to the best of my ability. Here is my list for 42 (gulp) things to do before I turn 43 (how can that be???) in April.
1. Say no more often and not feel guilty about it.
2. Remove scrapbook supplies from seat of exercise bike.
3. Ride said bike between 15 – 30 minutes per day at least three times a week.
4. Scrapbook at least an hour per day.
5. Scraplift less and rediscover creativity.
6. Move craft and scrapbook supplies to new room and create a crafting room.
7. Yippee – craft supplies are out of bedroom. Re-do bedroom.
8. New room? I need a new floor. Install cork floor.
9. Well, might as well install the closet system I always wanted.
10. During the work week – eat lunch out less often. Pack a lunch.
11. Stock up with healthy food at work. Get rid of that treat drawer.
12. Dress better for work.
13. Be more patient.
14. Say thank you more often.
15. Help more with housework.
16. I am borrowing this from another listing and adding to it: Take one photo per day that does not contain my usual subjects. Sorry kids! I still love you.
17. Make a scrapbook for me to keep – not just ones to give away.
18. Meet with Cindy to scrap more often.
19. Send Dave a treat box once a month at college.
20. Don’t leave Jacky out – send him a treat box, too.
21. Stain deck.
22. Sign up for aqua aerobics classes.
23. Take more classes at The Studio.
24. Spend more time alone with Jacob.
25. Laugh more.
26. Do one new activity each month.
27. Watch less TV.
28. Read at least one book per month.
29. Aim anger at the correct thing or person. Don’t make an innocent person pay for it.
30. Compliment at least one person per day.
31. Take the time to write an email or letter thanking someone when I’ve received exceptional service.
32. Do more fun things with Nick, Jake and Emily.
33. Finally, try to make a mosaic instead of just reading books on how to make one.
34. Paint my shed a vibrant-make-the-neighbors-wonder color.
35. Set up a automatic transfer from my checking to savings, so I can save more money.
36. Remove basement carpeting.
37. Get rid of rubber stamps in bins in garage.
38. Have newly popped up age spots removed.
39. Use sun screen more often.
40. Buy a wide-brimmed hat for gardening.
41. Re-landscape strip garden, so my neighbor can see something prettier.
42. Do my best to complete this listing. All are do-able.
This was fun – despite having to admit to being 42. :o)
here is mine:
http://scrapeoutraspaixoes.blogspot.com/2007/08/36-things-to-do-before-i-turn-37-aff.html
Here you have my link:
http://kosepute.webblogg.se/1186699063_ndrade_mig.html
here is the link to mine 24 things to do while i’m 24…
http://www.babsbrown.blogspot.com
I made a layout of 28 things to do before I turn 29. Here is the link:
http://ashleyschultz.blogspot.com/2007/08/elsies-challenge.html
Thanks for the challenge – this was fun!
25 things to do before i turn 26!
1. Start yoga
2. Build my girls’ bunkbeds
3. Train my puppy
4. Visit my great grandmother
5. Go to church
6. Decorate a dollhouse for Arly
7. Visit in-laws in Farmer
8. Color my hair brown and cut bangs
9. Lotion my body ;o)
10. Start scrappin business
11. Drink more water
12. Have a girls weekend (slumber party!)
13. Teach Arly to tie her shoes
14. Teach Alyn shapes and colors
15. Pick up my “piles”
16. Spend a whole weekend alone with Joel
17. Scrap an album for Caesar McSqueezer
18. Ride on ferris wheel with my girls
19. Go the the Army museum
20. Decorate my girls’ room
21. Finish one bathroom
22. Be honest with everyone
23. Got to more movies and make out with Joel ;o)
24. Exercise more and lose 10 lbs
25. Make someone laugh everyday!!!
thanks elsie for bringing out the creative side of me. and my friends too – we’re making it a challenge for all of us! thanks!
30 things to do before i turn 31!
1. get my scrapbook business off the ground
2. find inner peace within myself
3. not take everything to heart
4. be the best mom I can be
5. spend more time reading to my kids.
6. scrapbook at least 3 times a week
7. spend more time alone with my husband
8. learn to control my own mood
9. go to church every Sunday
10. lose 15 lbs
11. tell my family everytime I talk to them that I love them
12. love like there is no such thing as a broken heart
13. stop going on shopping sprees
14. get up earlier
15. walk at least a mile a day
16. lower my cholesterol
17. clean out all my closets
18. drink more water
19. catch up with old friends
20. make someone whose sad smile everyday
21. teach Ethan to say mama
22. call my dad once a week
23.try not to fight with Shaun over money
24. move into a bigger house
25. keep my house picked up
26. spend a weekend away with Karley by ourselves
27. start trying for another baby
28. keep my credit cards paid off
29. learn it’s ok to dream, without them we have nothing
30. Laugh every day
I finished up my layout today, I used some of my July Red Velvet Kit!! I posted the picture on my blog that I just started, however I had to make do with my camera phone 🙂 You can see it at http://www.rebeccasworld.typepad.com
202 comments so far? Seriously? I love snooping at what other people are working on. Rock on Elsie fans, rock on.
Here’s my layout:
http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=1211073
Thanks for the challenge! Here’s my list:
http://katieblairdesigns.blogspot.com/
This was especially fun because I turn 22 next week! 🙂
I REALLY hope I got this posted in time for you to take a look! Thank you so much for this challenge because it really put things in perspective for me today and got me SO excited about the next few months!
http://meredithannetaylor.blogspot.com/2007/08/24-by-25-challenge.html
Really loved this challenge! It made me think about even some little things that I wouldn’t have considered to be “goals”. Here is the link to my page: http://bekkabess.blogspot.com/2007/08/27-things.html . I’m still thinking about what my last few goals should be. TFL!
Rebekka
Hey Elsie,
here is my list of 18 things. I’ll turn 19 in Jan. Don’t have time to scrapbook them yet, but I will! Thanks for the challenge!
Elisabeth
1. grow closer to the Lord
2. Get Drivers License
3. do weight lifting more regularly
4. spend more time with Susanna
5. finish decorating room
6. learn French
7. print my digital pages
8. get website up & running
9. spend less time on the computer
10.commit to memorize more scripture
11. spend more time outdoors
12. learn to cook decently
13. get more harp clients
14. improve my photography skills
15. buy a photo printer
16. master my recital harp song
17. buy Ali Edwards new book
18. read some books
19. spend more time enjoying what I have
here is my take on the challenge:
click!
arrrrgh the url went away!
http://www.scrapinstyletv.com/portfolio/view_layout.php?layout_id=23541&user_id=811
TwoPeas Gallery is down so I posted mine at:
http://www.allieisat.blogspot.com
thank you so much for challenging so many people. there are so many different goals! and there are also similar ones. crazy! I got a little bit of a start on my blog here: http://www.oldmemoriesnewhope.blogspot.com
well before my trip to Bermuda in October I would like to:
1. land a decent full time job
2. buy some Bermuda shorts
3. finish my cousin’s pre-wedding video montage (my ticket to Bermuda for the wedding)
4. exercise every day
5. make sure those new shorts are a size 12
6. play with my cat more often (he’s getting tubby too!)
7. learn tons of stuff in digital design class
8. find me a nice guy (hopefully one that has a snowmobile)
9. tell everybody I love them
10. make those birthday cards
11. scrap more often!
I need more time to ponder my “what to accomplish before my next birthday…” but….I do have a “to-do” list of a bunch of things I need to get done before our VACATION. Here is my list: http://susanpjg.blogspot.com/2007/08/elsie-challenge.html
Thanks for the inspiration and the FUN blog party, Elsie!
VERY cool challenge….def won’t have time to make a LO tonight but I will make my list and scrap it asap!
21 things to do before I turn 22
#1 Brush up on my Calculus skills
#2 Learn to cook some Chinese food from my Chinese Grandpa
#3 Participate in some sort of fundraiser for Autism Awareness
#4 Run a 5k
#5 Send my friends cards and packages during the year while they are at school to let them know i <3 them
#6 Finish The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
#7 Contact some friends I have been out of touch with
#8 Drive home to see my little brother (senior in HS....not so little!) play a football game or two
#9 Graduate college in the winter
#10 Do an amazing job student teaching
#11 Do some chemistry experiments. For fun.
#12 Finish scrapbooking that huge pile of pictures I have been putting off. Forever.
#13 Spend more time with grandpa!
#14 Buy a big globe
#15 Plan a sweet roadtrip
#16 Loose 10 lbs.
#17 Remember to always send out thank you notes
#18 Go to church every Sunday
#19 Tutor kids at the hospital near school
#20 Cut back on the sugar free red bull
#21 Cook dinner for my friends in my apt
#22 Tell everyone I love that I love them
Here is my LAYOUT!
http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=1211201
Thanks for the idea Elsie… btw I want to come to your dance party… 🙂 🙂
here’s my layout :
http://thegreenfrogstudio.typepad.com/the_green_frog_studio/2007/08/elsies-challeng.html
thank you Elsie for such a fun challenge!
Voici ma participation :
http://scrapenvrac.over-blog.com/
hope it’s not too late!
http://neverending-growth.blogspot.com
~joanne
Hi Elsie,
I don’t have a blog so here’s my list. 42 things to do before turning 43 at february 24th in 2008:
1 Loose weight (the best thing would be 20kg)
2 Have photography lessons
3 Smile more
4 Eat more fruits
5 Learn to say no and don’t feel guilty about it
6 Be less emotional
7 Watch less television
8 Worry less
9 Go to church and grow closer to the Lord
10 Enjoy little things
11 Scrap more
12 Travel
13 Take pictures of my family.
14 Learn how to use Adobe photoshop
15 Start a Blog
16 Listen more, talk less
17 Be more spontaneous
18 Be honest
19 Start an exercise routine (walk every day for an hour)
20 Go to the beach with my husband and son
21 Get to know how to use my new camera
22 Take pictures of nature and things around the house
23 Go out with my husband for a date
24 Play more with my son
25 Reorganize my scrapbookroom
26 Use all my scrapbook stuff, not only buy it
27 Scrap about me
28 Scrap our family history
29 Clean my house and tidy up every day so it looks great all the time
30 Clean out all my closets
31 Spend time in the garden to keep it tidy, now it’s full of weeds
32 Read more
33 Spend time with family / friends and visit my grandmother more
34 Make a special meal (new recipe) each week
35 Scrap this list
36 Have more fun at work or find an other job
37 Learn Spanish
38 Live my dreams
39 Don’t sit waiting for things to happen, but do something
40 Dress better, not only when I have a special day but all the time
41 Be kinder and say thank you more often
42 Be more patient
Love the list idea, hope to live accordingly. Plan to scrap it but it will be to late for your challenge.
I loved you’re blog party.
Waouhhh merci pour ce challenge, j’ai adorée !!
voici ma page !!!
http://scrap-plaisir.over-blog.com
enfin j’espère que celle-ci sera visible, sinon je la remettrais en ligne vers 20 heures ce soir !!!
Biz acalimero
Hey Elsie! I had so much fun with this layout. Check it out on my blog: http://jessicaturnersblog.blogspot.com/
Love how often you blog and your spirit. Stay strong during this “fresh start.” You are in my prayers.
here is my layout:
http://idanasi.blogspot.com/2007/08/i-used-my-corner-rounder.html
i found pictures relating to what i will do before my 26th birthday! GO HERE ELSIE!! –> http://parkaveprincess.blogspot.com/2007/08/24-things-to-do.html
love your challenge! and love Red Velvet Art!
*Michelle*
Here’s my page : http://lescrapdezab.over-blog.com/article-11757638.html
My first one in english just for your challenge !
Here’s the list of my 31 things (not in order of priority) :
forgive my mother
open my scrap store
have a second child
read “The Universe in a Nutshell”
see “The Scream” by Edvard Munch
go to Vegas
see the Grand Canyon
go back to Liverpool
buy a house
win the lottery
lose 40 pounds
swim weekly again
go to the CHA Convention
know the end of “Lost”
get better in sewing
take better pictures
change car
see the Taj Mahal
find THE hairdo that fits me
make-up everyday
sleep
have a scraproom
stop smoking
have a balanced diet
be less protective with my daughter
take more care of myself
change glasses
read “The Little Prince” again and again
go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
get better at scrapbooking
make people happy
Thanks for this great idea and TFL !
Zab
I just realized I cut some of the journaling off, so really it’s 18 things I will accomplish before I am 20. I need to hook up my scanner so it won’t happen again!
here it is on twopeas:
http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=1212048
Okay. Just turned 25 a couple weeks ago! So, I guess I’ll have to do a “25 things to do before I turn 26” page instead. 🙂
I hope that I’m still in time to show my own list!!
You can see it on my blog 😉
xo,
Ester
http://esterduraes.blogspot.com/2007/08/14-things-to-do-before-i-turn-15.html
here it is 😉
Better late than never!
http://noapathyallowed.com/2007/08/12/30-things-to-do-before-i-turn-31/
Hi Elsie!
I’ve been working all night (here in Portugal it’s already 11:49 pm) and I finally doned my layout to the challenge!!
I hope it goes on time!!
Here’s the link (sorry for the bad quality of image but my camera is broken so I had to scan it): http://esterduraes.blogspot.com/2007/08/14-things-to-do-before-i-turn-15-layout.html
xoxo,
Ester
here’s my Layout!!
http://ourfotos4ever.blogspot.com/
can’t tell you how fun it has been to see all that my humble little list has inpired…!
p.s. nice meeting you here on the internets, miss elsie. xoxo
http://emma34.over-blog.com/article-7034675.html
bye
emma
Hi!
so happy when I saw your blog.
All my love linda
Here’s 26 things to do before I turn 27…
Hi,
Thanks for this great idea ! It was a pleasure to create a layout for this challenge 🙂 !
If you want to borrow any of our 101 challenges then feel free.
If you’d like to submit some challenges for us to do… then we’d love that!
Thanks
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Hi elsie, and the others I also made this challenge I invited you to my blog, your welcome at karinkreijen@home.nl thanks and see you later..
Got me totally inspired and I will make a mini book with the theme “26 things to do before I turn 26”!
Already posted the cover of the album today at flickr! Would be honored if you would take a look at it.. just got started a little while ago to scrapbook actively and I love love love your work!!!
servus
die anne
This was such a fun layout! I turn 24 on the 18th of this month, so its was great to think about what I’d like to accomplish this year.
This is my first challenge so I hope I have done it right girls! I’m not sure how I am meant to show you all my page yet! Soooo ummm how about I post it to my blog and you can see it there???
dragonflycollection@blogspot.com
I also posted it on SIS, I’m ScrapDiva xox
Maybe I should give you the right address haaa
thedragonflycollection.blogspot.com
I challenge myself to be a better wife, mother and friend. I need to keep “trying” to run, make time for myself and my hobbies, but most of all to enjoy the life I have.
check it out elsie!
=)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mizzlizz2007/2674395827/
Welcome to http://www.tiffanyfree.com
I ADORE the little monster!