For my 9th Swap I had to send out a rice recipe to five people. I love e-swaps. they are so quick and easy. But I can't wait for the time when I can get mail and enjoy actually sending something nice to someone.
I did start my own Swap that takes place at the end of February because I am...
MOVING!!!!
Yep got a new place with a wonderful friend. :D Can't wait. only 15 more days.
Well hope you are all doing well. Happy Swapping!! ~Janis
For my 8th swap I sent out three packages of stickers to three people in the states. I sent them out yesterday so I hope that mine come soon because DUDE stickers :D
Today I recieved my card for the Postcard to Canada :D Isn't it awesome. Well nothing else going on. My next swap starts on the 30th so waiting a bit for that. Hope you are all doing well.
So for my seventh swap I just had to add five friends to the swap bot site. It is fun to make new friends. The only downside is the fact that I want them to rate me as soon as they get my invite or whatever because rating is important.
So far I have a perfect raiting and I don't want that to change. Wow this site has gotten under my skin. :D Happy Swapping. ~Janis
So... a friend told me to put this on my blogger... so I am going to make this my 101 blog too...
I started on January 1, 2010... which means that i should be done by Sept 22, 2012
SO... here is my list:
Completed 5/101
Failed 0/101
Changed 5/101
SELF IMPROVEMENT & HEALTH
1) Graduate all post secondary Schooling
2) Participate in Operation Beautiful 25 times (0/25)
3) Get to my goal weight
4) Get a tattoo
5) Learn American Sign Language
6) Get my Drivers License
7) Become More organized
8) Walk 1km more a day
9) Be less Lazy – means waking up on time, getting dressed, doing things that need to be done WHEN they need to be done.
10) Do the 50 questions that will free your mind (14/50)
11) Write a letter to myself and open in 5 years– DONE: January 9, 2010
12) Have 5 technology free weekends – no cell, computer, tv, music (0/5)
13) Stop biting my nails
14) Take a yoga/kickboxing/belly dance class (0/3)
15) Eat Vegetarian for one week a month (0/22)
16) Buy and take multivitamin
17) No sodas for 450 non consecutive days (1/450)
18) No chips for 450 non consecutive days (2/450)
19) No fast food for 450 non consecutive days (4/450)
20) Be able to jog more than one block without getting winded
21) Purge all unnecessary things from the house – less clutter
CREATIVE
22) Knit an afghan
23) Create one new thing a month (1/22)
i) Jan 2010 = hat with bow
24) Make own Knit or Crochet Pattern
25) Paint something and hang it
26) Learn three new knitting techniques (0/3)
27) Make three fan mixes (0/3)
28) Make 25 postcards (0/25)
29) Finish Sweater for myself
30) Scrap book pictures
31) Take one picture a day for a year (9/365)
32) Buy a good camera
33) Learn how to edit pictures
34) Get a clarinet -- DONE Jan. 21, 2010
35) Learn to play clarinet again
36) Finish started baby blankets (0/4)
37) Make a quilt
38) Learn how to knit socks
39) Learn how to make Icons
40) Donate 10 squares to Knit One Save One (0/10)
41) Donate a blanket to the Linus project
FASHION
42) Get leggings and learn to wear them
43) Own a pair of boots boots
PEOPLE
44) Meet Bridgie in person
45) Go to ten year High School Reunion… and look fabulous
46) Go to a taping of the Ellen Show
WORLD
47) Keep up to date with the news
48) Have a sponsor Child
49) Donate 1,500,000 grains of rice through Freerice.com (3700/1,500,000)
TRAVEL
50) Get my Passport
51) Go to the East coast of Canada
52) Go to California
53) Go to New York
54) Go to San Diego Comic Con
FINANCES
55) Create a Budget and use it
56) Open an ING Direct account – DONE: January 5, 2010
57) Save 10% of earnings (Saved $1)
58) Sell $150 worth of stuff on Etsy (0/150)
59) Keep a Spending Journal - Started
60) Be less impulsive with money
61) Get caught up on bills -- Thanks to Lacey DONE: January 5, 2010
62) Pay all bills on time
63) Don’t buy anything for 500 non consecutive days (0/500)
64) Find out Credit Report
SPIRITUAL
65) Memorize the book of James
66) Read all the books of the Bible (0/66)
67) Be more open with my faith
68) Be less hypocritical
69) Read all Spiritual books in personal library
70) Make a list of things I am thankful for (0/50)
71) Do devotions every day (0/1001)
72) Keep a prayer journal
FOOD & COOKING
73) Drink only water every other month (0/11)
74) Keep a food journal - started
75) Bake 5 new recepies (0/5)
76) Learn how to make Grandma Brandle’s sweet Chili
77) Learn to make 5 new drinks (0/5)
BOOKS & ENTERTAINMENT
78) Watch 75 movies (0/75)
79) Read 20 classic novels (0/20)
80) Read 15 Shakespeare Plays (0/15)
81) Read all books I own but haven’t read (1/1)
i) Dear John - Nicholas Sparks
82) Read 10 non-fiction books (0/10)
83) Collect all of ST:DS9 and ST:Voyager (0/14)
84) Read Good Omens and other works by author
85) Catalogue all TV and DVD’s currently owned
86) Use the Library instead of buying books ( 0 books borrowed)
WRITING
87) Send novel to publisher
88) Review 20 classic novels (0/20)
89) Complete Nano ’08 and ‘09
a. In a Snap
b. Photographic Memories
90) Win Nanowrimo ‘10
91) Write an Original Fiction story every other month (0/11)
92) Write in genres that I have never written in before
93) Finish “Death of a Rose”
94) Finish “Things Unseen”
95) Write 31 days’o’blog in one month (0/31) ** paying homage to Leen
96) Write a poem each month (0/22)
97) Review 10 non-Fiction books (0/10)
98) Write in Personal Journal twice a week
99) Make a personal journal and have it bound
100) Get a “Wreck this Journal” and wreck it – Half way done… ordered book
101) Move all fics from the hole to DW -- DONE January 7, 2010
Ok so for swap #5 I participated in adding more swap friends. This is the message I sent to them and then added them to my friends on Swap Bot. Two were from other places and three were from the states.
Greetings from Canada, My name is Janis. I haven't really been on Swap Bot long but I love the site. It is a lot of fun. Right now I work retail at a clothing store in Ontario. But next month I am moving to Alberta :D I enjoy doing a lot of random things. I knit and crochet. I love reading and sometimes i even try my hand at writing. I take part in any swap I can because I love getting stuff in the mail.
Well I hope you are having a great day. Happy Swapping ~Janis (CdnChicka)
I think I am falling in love with this site. :D and I don't want the love affair to end. Happy Swapping. ~Janis
For swap #3 it was only Canadian swap. A postcard to another Canadian. So today I got my address for it. I am sending a beautiful postcard to a lady in Saskatchewan. I thought that was fun..
Other than that I am at a perfect rating for my swaps. OH and I received my first of five other people's favourite quotes. Fun eh.
So the second swap is another e-swap, sending out your top 20 fave quotes. Here are mine.
1) I smiled a smile thinking of you and wondered if you were smiling thinking of me too. ~Anon.
2) A life lived in Fear is a life half lived ~Strictly Ballroom
3) Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. ~ Robert Frost
4) When God throws a curve ball don't duck -- you just might miss something ~Extreme Days
5) Some day I hope you get the chance to live like you were dieing ~Tim McGraw
6) I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference ~Robert Frost
7) All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. ~Walt Disney
8) Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. ~Aristotle
9) The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
10) Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn. ~C. S. Lewis
11) Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. ~Lao Tzu
12) Humor is just another defense against the universe. ~Mel Brooks
13) I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them. ~Pablo Picasso
14) I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. ~Michelangelo
15) I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long. ~Mitch Hedberg
16) Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one. ~John Lennon
17) If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. ~Benjamin Franklin
18) The most beautiful make-up of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy. ~Yves Saint Laurent
19) Go for it now. The future is promised to no one. ~Wayne Dyer
20) some people follow thier dreams, others hunt them down and beat the mercilessly in to submission ~ Neil kendall
Since I am moving to Alberta in 27 days I won't be able to receive mail, so I thought about doing e-swaps. It is an easy way to get 5s and fun.
My first swap was an MP3 swap. I sent mine out right away because I was super excited. Now I am patiently trying to wait for my five to come in. I am currently missing one.
The songs I received are: 1) Kate Nash - Mouthwash 2) Norah Jones - Come Away with Me 3) Natalie Imbruglia - Lukas 4) ?? - Stand for you
If you haven't had an oppertunity to check out the site.. and LOVE getting mail I definatly suggest www.swapbot.com Happy Swapping.
Age: 27 year old
Hair: brownish with some red
Eyes: deep chocolate brown (i'm full of something ;) )
Birth Place: Calgary, Alberta,
Education: Graded from Riverside and CSB
Best friends: Angela, Ruthie
Living arrangement: have the most amazing roomie in the world :D
Other Junk: love watching movies, chilling with friends, dancing and having a good time
