#36 - Send a postcard to PostSecret

Sometime since starting my 101 Things in 1001 Days on January 1 and today, I've sent something to PostSecret.

But that's all I got for you, or else you might figure out my secret. :)

Marking another "Thing" off my list feels good.

#97 - Take an “us" picture every month

Here's our family picture for March. One of these months we will all be looking at the camera and be smiling! DH and I were on our way out to a birthday party at a piano bar, and TemTem was spending the evening with her Auntie Amy.

#75 - Send a hand-written note to a friend

Bad, bad me. I forgot to do this in February. I did purchase a card to send, I just forgot to write it out and mail it. I will double-up in March to make up for my slacking.

Hey, at least I remembered to send out all the needed birthday cards in February for goal #84 (Make a list of all family/friend birthdays and send them a card).

#49 - Clean the fridge out completely once a month

If you opened my fridge right now you wouldn't think I did this in February because it's so crammed full of food, but I did really clean it. I actually have been cleaning it once a week when we put our new groceries away.

#76 - Send a gift to someone in the mail for no reason

I loved doing this one, and actually did it twice. One very small little item to someone in January, and one "special" thing to a friend in February as a "pick-me-up".

Both people were surprised and very thankful. It not only brightened their days to receive something unexpected in the mail, but it brightened my day to do it.

Fun, fun goal on my list that I get to check off.

#47 - Place at least one item on Freecycle once a month

I placed four things on Freecycle in February, but only two of them have been claimed. (I am playing email run around with the other two items that are wanted, but have not been picked up).

So what did I Freecyle?

1. My old sewing machine since I have a spiffy new one to use. It went to special needs preschool program, so that made me feel good about putting it on Freecycle.
2. A collection of holiday teddy bears. The last thing my kid needs is more stuffed animals. The lady who took them was so thankful she even gave me hug. She was giving them to her niece.

I guess I will be reposting the other two items not yet picked up and will get to count those as items Freecycled in March :)

#50 - Clean out my car once a month

Since cleaning out my car really well in January, there wasn't much cleaning up that needed to be done in February. I've been really good at cleaning as I go, so that it's not one big disaster on wheels!

#45 - Back-up pictures on external hard drive

Back-up pictures on external hard drive once a month - check for February.

P.S. I've been pretty good at keeping up with my goals, just not so good about blogging about it.

#63 - Go chocolate-free for one entire month

Although I completed this goal in January, I challenged myself to see how far I could go beyond one month.

Well, I made it three weeks through February, and then I slipped. I was so thirsty, I went to the fridge and took out one of my sister's organic chocolate milks and downed it before I realized what I had done. And then it was TemTem's birthday jubilee week, and I made cake balls, so there was no way I could stay away from chocolate.

But now with the start of May, only 4 days in so far, I'm back to being chocolate free. Let's see how far I make it this month. I'm an all-or-nothing type of girl, that's why I have to do this. It's either lots and lots of chocolate, or no chocolate. No middle ground of me, as I lack a little think called "eating in moderation".

#62 - Go caffeine-free (drinks) for 6 Months

Two months of being caffeine-free - January and February. There are still days where I would love to have a heavily caffeinated latte from Starbucks or a big iced tea, but it's not too hard staying away from it.

#70 - Take ten yoga classes

March 2nd - Class #9

Another class. Another round of not being very coordinated or balanced or stretchy or flexible. Yoga is just not really my thing, as much as I would like for it to be. I loved prenatal yoga, so I'm not sure why I don't like it now. (Maybe because it helped me find comfortable positions when my back was hurting).

#97 - Take an “us" picture every month

My hopes that our family pictures would get better with each month didn't really come through for the month of February. It's kind of hard to get all three of us to look at the camera and smile. But here it is, two snapshots of us that can be counted as the "February Family Picture". And yes, it was taken again on the last day of the month, in the evening. (Goal for next month is to not wait to last minute again).

I attempted to take the first picture of us, but my arms aren't that long. Oh, and my impatient-when-it-comes-to-taking-pictures sister took the second one of us.