OK, it's been about a month again, so time to update my 101 list of 'done's, haha.
#19: Start using printable cheques on AgExpert DONE
Finally did this on Aug 24! It was surprisingly easy! The program just prints all the info you enter in a normal transaction right on the cheque, and you can check a box to say if you want to print one or not. Nice.
#20: Learn AgExpert Payroll note I looked at this a bit, and realized I don't need to do this for awhile because of how I AM currently doing things. I may want to take another look at it in December.
#21: farm historical analysis 2008I am working on this one. It is taking a lot longer than expected... mostly due to having to FIND info. Nobody writes anything down and relies heavily on my FIL to remember it all (which he does amazingly I might add), but sometimes I just want written info... it's easier. Anyway, the end is in sight on this.
#31: Donate to 3 orgs DONE
(crfc 12/6/08, UM 2/2/09, and 30 hr famine in march 09)
OK, I actually had this done in spring, I just didn't realize it. I donated to the 30 hour famine in march, so that makes this one DONE!
#46: Start scrapbook for 03-08 DONE
I really should say that this isn't done until that scrapbook is finished... but I HAVE started it now. 2003 and 2004 are complete. That's a good start, right? I have to say, doing this as a digital is SO much quicker. Yeah... I will claim this as done... haha.
#84: Put all comp files on disk and org in bindersMeh. I really should do this but it is kind of an ongoing thing. I had it done a little while ago, but now it isn't done again. Although the 'organizing' part into binders isn't quite done... I have the binder just don't know how to go about 'organizing' the disks into it...
#96: Go to 3 restaurants we’ve never been to DONE
So, the latest 'new' restaurant we went to was the
Taste of India which I wrote about earlier. Mmm mmmm good! The other restaurants were
Mongos and
Hu's on First.
#97: Read 5 new non-fiction books DONE
This last month I've read the other 3 books to complete this list. I finished 'Your Drug may be Your Problem' on Aug21, 'Emotional Phases of a Woman’s Life' by Jean Lush on Sept 2, and 'The Wealthy Barber' Sept 6. All very informative books.
I wrote a bit on
'Your Drug may be Your Problem' in an earlier post, and while I didn't write about everything I learned, it really was an informative book. I recommend it to anyone who is currently on or thinking about taking any type of antidepressant drug. Really. You'll be surprised at what doctor's don't tell you (and about how little they likely know themselves on these things). My biggest 'whoa' moment was learning about the drug companies. It's all about making money... look at the number of commercials on TV now that advocate and push plenty of drugs on people, from antidepressants, to hormones, to weight loss pills, to... ahem... 'man' pills (haha). Thing is, many of these pills are being used to treat things that the FDA does NOT have them approved for. Mainly because people want them. They think they can solve their problems. Antidepressants are a big deal. And to be honest, the next book I read actually coincided with some of what this book said too... there are many women who feel the need to go on these pills, when their problem is not depression but part of their hormonal cycle (kicks self... I should have known that was the issue due to pure timing when I started on the pills myself). You can get more
info on this book here. And
here.The book by Jane Lush,
'Emotional Phases of a Woman’s Life', was also very informative. I found out so much about my emotional states and why they were the way they were due to my womanly cycle that I was actually quite relieved. I'm not alone. It's funny how little we really know about ourselves. Anyway, while I did really like the first couple of chapters, the majority of the book seemed very focused on menopause and pre-menopause... something I'm not going to need to worry about for a while. So, a good book overall, but again, I only really found the first few chapters relevant to myself.
The third book I read was
'The Wealthy Barber' by David Chilton. Another very informative book, this time on financial planning and financial success. I really enjoyed how he put this book together, making it read more like a novel and less like a text book than the majority of financial planning books out there. It was very informative, used a lot of common sense, and was easy to understand for the most part. That said, I have taken a few financial planning courses from a business standpoint and I have already implemented a number of the things he talked about. However, it was a great way to review what we have and haven't done, and has gotten me re-interested in planning for our future. It is never to early to start.
There you have it. An 'update' on my 101 in 1001 list. I'm pretty happy with how much I've been getting done. I wanted to continue doing about one thing per week, and it looks like I am! Yippee!
The mosquitoes weren't very nice, but Baby M and I soaked ourselves in sunscreen and repellent and went outside anyway. I worked on my flower garden a bit while she crawled around, played in the grass, the dirt, the tiles...
The spiders have been crazy lately, meaning a lot of spider web cleanup for me. Baby M didn't mind. More time for her to be outside, right? 
Lots was going on that day. My husband was on the field, trying to get the last of the bales done and the barley off before the rain that was supposed to be coming on Tuesday (and come it DID). The trucks were going back and forth across the property. Baby M would stop and stare whenever one drove by. Thankfully that is all she did. I think she's gotten used to them.
Instead, she preferred to stay near the front door where I was working... trying to help me with my flowers I suppose. I was glad I cleared out the webs first as she was poking her hands and arms through everything. Would you believe she was surprisingly gentle? She only pulled off one of my petunia flowers... the rest she just touched.
