#83 CHange my hair, Accomplished

I did it.......never thought I'd go through with it.
It's short, red and SOooOoOOOoOOooo Different!!!!

I think I love it..... :o)

Peace <3

#23 - 50 Questions that are supposed to free my mind, Accomplished

1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?  24
2. Which is worse, failing or never trying? never trying...but I HATE failing,,,
3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do? by obligation I suppose...Lazyness?
4. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done? yes probably...
5. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world? This might sound obvious but I sincerily mean it: Pollution. It's destroying our planet and that makes me sad.
6. If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich? Either, Daycare, Nutritionist (baker, pastry chef, chef) or sexologist
7. Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing? Right now I am doing what I love but I will soon be settling I'm affraid
8. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently? I'd live for me. Do all the thing I want to do while I'm still here. I'd leave all the stuff I dislike aside
9. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken? 90% of my life is either a consequence or a reactions of my actions and choices in life.
10. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things? Both actually.
11. You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire.  They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend.  The criticism is distasteful and unjustified.  What do you do? I would for sure defend my friend, no doubt about that. Depending on the friend and things they said, I may or may not tell my close friend about it though...   
12. If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be? Treat others the way you would like to be treated. or We do to others what we do to ourselves....probably the first one more.
13. Would you break the law to save a loved one? Save?....from what? But I would most likely yes.
14. Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity? Maybe, probably, most likely but I can't remember.
15. What’s something you know you do differently than most people? Tie my laces
16. How come the things that make you happy don’t make everyone happy? My happy place is different then everyone else's
17. What one thing have you not done that you really want to do? Lose weight...  What’s holding you back? All I can say is: lazyness.
18. Are you holding onto something you need to let go of? aren't we all... :o(
19. If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why? I would, no hesitations, move to Sao Miguel, Azores. Heritage and I love that place.
20. Do you push the elevator button more than once?  Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster? not the elevator button but the cross road walk button.....maybe? hahhaha
21. Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton? Joyful Simpleton
22. Why are you, you? Good question. I've asked myself this question before and I never was able to answer it. I mean, if I wasn't me, who else would I be....
23. Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend? Not always :o(
24. Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you? Both suck. Both situations have happened to me and I think the worst one would be the one where my friend moves far away.
25. What are you most grateful for? My family. I don't know where I would be without all of them.
26. Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones? I can't answer this.....
27. Is is possible to know the truth without challenging it first? I don't think so.
28. Has your greatest fear ever come true? Well, I still have my sight,I have never been possessed or seen ghosts/spirits so I'll have to say no to that.
29. Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset? Yes and no. Does it really matter now? No, It REALLY doesn't...I have to remember this question next time I get upset.
30. What is your happiest childhood memory?  What makes it so special? All my happiest childhood memories are filled with happiness because I am constantly surrounded by my loved ones.
31. At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive? When I gave birth!!
32. If not now, then when? Later I guess :o/
33. If you haven’t achieved it yet, what do you have to lose? nothing really.....
34. Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best conversation ever? yes
35. Why do religions that support love cause so many wars? It isn't just the religion that cause those wars..it's the men and women ruling it.
36. Is it possible to know, without a doubt, what is good and what is evil? Yes I believe in some situation it is easy to see the difference.
37. If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job? nope
38. Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing? More I actually LOVE doing. I enjoy working/doing things as long as I'm loving it.
39. Do you feel like you’ve lived this day a hundred times before? yes......
40. When was the last time you marched into the dark with only the soft glow of an idea you strongly believed in? Never
41. If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today? Grand mother, parents, sister, sister/brother in law and parents in law.
42. Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous? no, not at all
43. What is the difference between being alive and truly living? Everybody on earth are alive. Truly living is doing something good, something you like with your life. Not just sitting around doing nothing at all.
44. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what you know is right? 29 years ago for me
45. If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake? our egos don't like to be wronged...
46. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?   Dress, Dance, Talk and sex
47. When was the last time you noticed the sound of your own breathing? Last night actually
48. What do you love? My family, Zumba, Food. Have any of your recent actions openly expressed this love? Some yes and some no... :o/
49. In 5 years from now, will you remember what you did yesterday?  Nope. What about the day before that?  Nope. Or the day before that? Nope. But I'l always remember tomorrow as it will be Clara's first first day of xmas ( we're putting the xmas decorations up!!).
50. Decisions are being made right now.  The question is:  Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you? 50/50....

MGMT - Electric Feel

OBSESSSSED with this song!!

#97 - 26 movies

A- ADVENTURES OF ELMO IN GROUCHLAND
B- BRIDE WARS
C-
D- DESPICABLE ME
E- EASY A
F- FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS
G- GET HIM TO THE GREEK + Good Dick + Good Luck Chuck
H- HALL PASS
I-
J- JUST GO WITH IT
K-
L- LAWS OF ATTRACTIONS, love and other drugs
M- MEGAMIND
N-
O-
P- PAUL
Q-
R- RULES OF ATTRACTIONS
S- SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD
T- TANGLED
U-
V-
W- WHIP IT
X- XMEN: FIRST CLASS
Y-
Z-

My daughter

is an awesome little lady, always on the lookout for some new adventures.
She is SO curious she mustn't miss anything ...EVER!
She loves to discover and learn.... I am really happy about that.

Which brings me to:

She doesn't like to sleep~~~
And at night, while all the other parents put their kids to bed at a normal hour and then have some adult time, I am playing with my daughter waiting for 10:00pm - 10:30pm to put her to sleep....
WHy you may ask....
WELL! If I put her to bed BEFORE that she wakes up every hour of the night.....and if I wait for 10pm, she'll sleep through the night...waking up once IF she wakes up......AND gets up later.....

SO That's why I decided to change 2 of my challenges:

#88 - Go to bed before 10:30 pm for 2 weeks
and
#89 - Get up before 9am for 2 weeks

I'm not sure what i want to switch them to yet....I'm not decided.

I love my daughter.
She is simply amazing.
I am blessed.

Peace <3

Thursday night Zumba

It's great!

Tuesday night Zumba is the shiznit but now Thursday night just got better!!!
We got a new location and it's brilliant!
The energy is great, the people are sweatier (and that is super!)

It's just great!

Thanks Tiana, you're great!! :o)

Peace <3

Most beautiful note!

So, Last week was a really bad week. Not much positive came out of that week: Realized I lost my super cool belly dancing belt, Lost my cell phone, Didn't sleep....more more and more but this post is not about the crap that happened.

The crappy mood has lifted this week but I'm still feeling low.....even Tuesday night Zumba didn't lift me up as much as I'd liked it to. Then, I get this message on facebook from a new friend of mine. She wrote such nice inspiring words that it made me instantly happy. She wrote that she had been having a crappy day and came upon my 101/1001 post that led her to my blog and all that made her happy!...WOW!

WOW! to think that I made someone smile with my little actions! It's great to know that her day took a turn for the best!! :o) And by having her day turn for the best and her telling me, it made my day turn for the best....what a good day!!

Peace <3

Jamiroquai, Canned Heat

#68 - I Love you, Accomplished

Part two of this challenge completed today, October 25th, 2010!!!

YAY!!!

Here goes:

1. Je t'aime (Francais)
2. I love you (English)
3. Ich Liebe Dich (German)
4. Eu te amo (Portuguese)
5. Te amo (Spanish)
6. Ti amo (Italian)
7. S'agapo (Greek)
8. Aishiteru (Japanese)
9. Mi aime Jou (Creol)
10. Te iubesc (Romanian)

Extra (having trouble memorizing these...but I'll get it)

1. Eg elska tig (Icelandic)
2. Sarang heyo (Korean)
3. Ja kocham cie (Polish)

This is fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peace xo

#39 - Inspire someone, Accomplished

YAY!!
A few weeks ago when I first decided to start my 101/1001, I posted the link as my status on facebook. A friend of mine saw it and was inspire to start her own 101/1001. !!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!

Thanks Prescilla for helping me cross #39 off my list <3
Good luck with your adventure! :o)

Peace xoxooxox

#68 - Thank you!! Accomplished

I have memorized, with Sophie(!!) 12 different ways to say thank you.
I already knew 7 languages so I had a little advantage for this one! :o)

So Here goes:

1- Merci (Francais)
2- Thank you (English)
3- Obrigada (Portuguese)
4- Gracias (SPanish)
5- Grazie (Italien)
6- Dankschen (German)
7- Arigato (Japanese)
8- Mahalo (Hawaien)
9- Efharisto (Greek)
10-  Djienkuje (Polish)
11- Kam sa ham ni da (Korean)
12- Tay ree ma kaa seh (Malaysian)


Now, If I am wrong, PLEASE let me know!! Cause I'll be walking around town telling people thanks in different languages....So PLEASE tell me if I'm wrong k!! :o) XoXoxoxo


Kamsah hum nee dah Sophie for doing this with me!! hahahhahaha

Peace!

# 98 - 26 new songs (A to Z) Accomplished

So I Started Challenge #26 this morning on my way to work. I decided to start cause I was going through the IPOD and realised that this task was going to be a breeze since Erik's always listening to new bands ( I haven't heard half the song on the IPOD!!) SO here goes:

A- ADENIJI from The Budos Band
B-  BANANA AND YAM SKANK from King Tubby Meets Roots Radical
C- CARRY OUT from Timbaland
D- DUMB LOVE from Sean Kingston
E- EVERYTHING WITH YOU from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
F- FALLING THROUGH YOUR CLOTHES from The New Pornographers
G- GOING STEADY from Death From Above 1979
H-  HEAVEN ADORES YOU  from Earlimart
I-   IT WILL ALL END IN TEARS from The Drums
J-  JULY, JULY! from The Decemberists
K- KAZE WO ATSUMETE from Happy End
L- LOLLIPOP from Mika
M-MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES from Regina Spektor
N- NEED YOU NOW from Lady Antebellum
O- OFFICE OF HEARTS from Guided By Voices
P- PARTY AT A RICH DUDES HOUSE from Ke$ha
Q- QUIEN NO DESEA from Zona Ganjah
R- RUMBA ARGELINA from Radio Tarifa
S- SAWDUST IN THE BLOOD from Rob Zombie
T- TIME TO PRETEND from MGMT
U- UNION MAID from Old Crow Medicine Show
V- VEGAN IN FURS from Of Montreal
W- WHITE BLANK PAGE from Mumford & Sons
X- XANADU from Rush
Y- YOU FOUND ME (ACOUSTIC VERSION) from The Fray
Z- ZIG ZAGGIN from Pluto

Thanks Universe!! :o)

I have this whole other person in me that needs to flourish. It's rebelled before due to my ignoring it... but now, I have decided to embrace it and let it become a part of who I am.

I have recently met a few people who inspire me enough to be happy and to simply do the crazy things I want to do with my life!!
They may not know this but I still want to thank the universe for letting us cross paths.

Besides, this life time occurs only once, let's be happy!!!

peace <3

#87 - Create Blog - accomplished!

I am done !!
I've created a blog!
It may not show, but hard work was put into this!
Thanks Vero for you help!!!

Now, all I need to do is Update it every time I accomplish one of the things on my list!

I'm very excited to be doing this actually!

Peace <3

My 101/1001 project.

I can't believe I have a blog...I never thought I would! I am not a good writer...especially when it comes to sharing my inner thoughts!!

I have decided to start the http://dayzeroproject.com/ Project.
It took me almost 3 weeks to come up with my 101 list of things to accomplish....It sounded easier than it was.

The inspiration to do all of this was provided by an old friend of mine, Mandy! Thanks by the way!!

The only rules that I have are that I must blog about my achievement once it’s done and I have the right to remove and replace TEN goals at any time I wish.

Start date: October 21st, 2010

End date: July 19th, 2013

Here’s the full list of my 101 goals to accomplish in 1001 days:

 FOOD 

1- Visit 5 new restaurants
2- Learn to make Avo's potatoes
3- Learn to make Massa & Malasadas
4- Learn to make Sushi
5- Learn to make random pickled veggies
6-  Make pasta from scratch
7- Create a custom recipe book
8- Make Bagels

9- Make my own pizza
10- Make croissants
11- Prepare a 3 course meal for 6 with the main ingredient: Chocolat

12- Buy Laptop -->Completed December 26th, 2010

13- Make a gingerbread house with my sister
14- Pick 12 spices/herbs and learn how to use, cook and store them.
15- Go to the farmers market 5 times during opened season

 FAMILY & FRIENDS

16- Take my parents out for dinner and pay for it
17- Take my in-laws out for dinner and pay for it
18- Clear out mom and dad's house of all the junk
19- Go on 6 dates with Erik --> (2/6)
20- Take swimming lessons with Clara
21- Bake and decorate a multi-tier cake --> Completed july 9th, 201122- Watch a classic movie with Suzanne
23- Answer the "50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind" -->Completed December 3rd, 2010


24- Whiten my teeth
25- Go to the Zoo with Clara
26- Find 1 great quality that I love/admire in 10 people and tell them--> Completed july 2011
27- Hang out with Sue one evening around Xmas
28- Organize a friends and their families day out
29- Have a special Mom, Sister and me day
30- Make Clara first Xmas Stocking



SOCIALLY & ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY

31- Randomly pay for someone behind me at the drive-thru
32- Surprise someone with flowers
33- Donate Blood
34- Go green in the kitchen
35- Volunteer at least one day

36- Organize my books and donate some -->Completed November 28th, 2010

37- make myself a beaded hemp "meche"

38- Inspire someone to start the 101/1001 challenge--->Completed October 23rd, 2010 THANKS PRESCILLA!! <3

39- Plant a Tree
40- Plant a garden with Clara

OUTDOORS

41- Go apple and pumpkin picking
42- Go to Bal de Neige with Clara
43- Do the haunted Walk of Ottawa with Sophie

44- Simplify my life ---> in progress

45- Get up really early one Saturday and go Garage Sale hopping
46- Go for a picnic


LIVING QUARTERS

47- Get 4 shelves for Billy
48- Finish Clara's room

49- Finish the Bathroom completed

50- Put up more family pictures in the apartment --> completed july 2011

CREATIVE

51- Document a day in my life with pictures
52- Create an awesome gift basket
53- Make a hemp necklace for myself
54- Bake Christmas cookies for the neighbors
55- Complete Clara's baby books (2)

56- Send hand made cards on holidays --> Completed for 2010

57- Complete the 26 things (A to Z) photo challenge(English and French)----> Started October 27th, 2010
58- Complete the 365 photo challenge
59- Learn to make earrings
60- Complete a coloring book

61- Create a Happiness Project

62- Take a family photo in the same place through all 4 seasons
63- Fill all pages of a sketch book
64- Get henna tattoo's on my hands or feet
65- Learn to play a song on the guitar


FOR ME

66- Go see a Soap making demonstration in Chelsea
67- Identify 100 things that make me happy
68- Learn to say "Thank you" and "I love you"  in 10 different languages---> Task fully completed Oct 25th, 2010.
69- Have my legs waxed
70- Get my diploma
71- Write my bad memories on paper and burn it.
BRASILIEN WAX

73- Learn Yoga

74- Get new glasses
75- Get CPR certified

76- Clean out all closets---> Completed November 29th, 2010 (THANKS VÉRO)

77- Save 5$ on all completed tasks
78- Fix all clothes that need fixing---> Completed December 1rst, 2010
79- Try a new recipe once a week for two months and blog about them 
80- Go 10 days without spending money
81- Learn to drive a stick shift
82- Tip someone 100%

83- Change my hair---> Completed December 16th, 2010

84- Keep a "My day in 6 words" journal for 6 months
85- Get my driver's license -------->Step 1 of 2 accomplished October 14th, 10
86- Lose 30 pounds

87- Create  Blog

WEEKLY & MONTHLY CHALLENGES

88- Complete Zumba Instructor Basic 1----> Completed January 15th, 2011

89- Cook my way through a cookbook
90- Dance with Clara everyday for a month
91- Be on time everywhere I go for a month
92- Walk 1 hr everyday for 2 weeks no matter the weather

ENTERTAINMENT

93- Don't eat out for a month
94- Go to a concert
95- Go see a movie alone
96- Read all the books I own that I haven't read yet.
97- Watch 26 new movies (A to Z)---> Started October 25th, 2010
98- Listen to 26 new songs (A to Z)---->Started October 23rd, 2010
99- Watch Xmas shows/movies everyday from December 1st to the 25th.
100- Watch all DVDs people lent me so I can give 'em back
101- Read 30 comic books---> In progress (5/30)

DONE!!!!

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