Thursday, January 01, 2009

A new 101 in 1001.

I've done a lot over the past couple of years. I'm actually surprised at how many of my 101 goals I was able to accomplish.

As the 1001 is coming to an end, I've decided to create a new 101. Some of these are ones that I did on my first 101 but either didn't do well enough to satisfy myself. So, you may see them pop up again in this list.

1. Get on a regular exercising schedule & make it a habit (at least 28 days on the schedule in a row)
2. Lose 10 pounds - or at least enough to make myself feel good about bikini weather.
3. Drink only water for 1 whole month.
4. Eat 'in' for every meal for 1 whole month.
5. Go one whole month with no impulse buys.
6. Use only cash for 2 months straight.
7. Give at least $10/month to charity or good cause of my choice for at least 12 months straight.
8. Learn 10 new drink recipes.
9. Learn how to decorate a cake.
10. Tour at least 3 vineyards - Winery of the Wichitas, winery with Sarah, winery with Micky
11. Send Grandma a birthday card w/$5 bill in it. omitted the $5 bill, seemed too tacky
12. Watch The Godfather
13. Crochet potholder for relative/GG
14. Go sailing went, then a brother broke the boat / trailer
15. Go 88 cent kiting. they aren't really 88 cents anymore
16. Hike up a mountain (and back down again).
17. Go to a day spa.
18. Get a massage.
19. Continue to add to the savings / investments
20. Get my Dyson fixed.
21. Learn about real estate to where I'm comfortable buying some.
22. Learn a language
23. Clean my fish tank 1/5/08
24. Graduate - it's about damned time
25. Continue to teach Max 4/12/09 ongoing, but definitely getting better.
26. Move state
27. Find at least 3 geo-caches - bus stop cache, park cache, magee cache
28. Beat Rodney
29. Emergency Fund
30. Home made bread 2/7/09 Fabulous!!
31. New car
32. New laptop His name is Lorenzo (Enzo for short) and he's a NetBook
33. Pay off student loans
34. Paint something
35. Outdoor ice skating CO - 2010
36. Watch Citizen Kane
37. Learn how to make pizza dough 1/27/09 had some technical difficulties, needs improvement
38. Make chicken noodle from scratch
39. Make wine
40. Get new calendar 1/2/09
41. Make souffle 1/27/09 - turned out pretty well actually, and didn't fall!
42. Perfect a song in GH3 - yeah, I know, I'm uncoordinated, clumsy, and klutzy
43. Improve wardrobe Not complete, but made a huge dent in it. March/April 2009
44. Get rid of old GPS device
45. Sell some more textbooks 2 more 1/9/09
46. Take Max to the dog park. 4/12/09 earlier this week. Sometime I'll let him run around in there - when I know he'll come back to me no matter what.
47. Learn how to butcher a (already dead) chicken

48. Hydroponics garden 1/18/09 - hopefully I'll get something to grow soon, but the garden is running surprisingly well.
49. Fresh Herbs
50. Caramel fudge
51. Get up to date on Diesel Sweeties 1/4/09
52. Replenish my fish tank - More fish Decided not to do this since I'm just going to move again. 4/12/09
53. Try another Alton Brown recipe 3/21/09 - fabulous steak!
54. Try an Emeril recipe - Etouffee perhaps 1/27/09 - the souffle
55. Eat at Joe's - Eskimo Joe's. We've been talking about it for a few years now. 1/17/09
56. Try Coffee Slingers 2/7/09 Pretty!
57. Try Brussel Sprouts 1/18/09
58. Try Tomatillos
59. Make some pineapple martinis
60. Try a larger hydroponics garden. I'd love to try NFT hydroponics, but I don't know if I have the space/abilities to do so right now.
61. Try another Emeril recipe.
62. Make hot chocolate from scratch 1/27/09 meh
63. Make hot cocoa from scratch.
64. Finish the pickles so I can make pineappletinis.
65. Bento!
66. Get a Bento Box! Gifted
67. Make some sushi!
68. Make a great Maximus! It's getting closer!
69. Save me over $300 by changing my tie rod rather than taking it into the shop.
70. New tires!! (Eee!) and alignment.
71. Clean car (interior and exterior)
72. Pancake Mix - I go through quite a bit of pancake mix, it seems like it would be easy to make, so I might as well learn.
73. Be less scared of the sun.
74. Run (or at least finish) a 5 K.
75. Learn how to make pancakes from scratch.
76. Wake up earlier. (around 7 should do it)
77. Go to sleep earlier
78. Skip 3 or fewer of each class
79. Do well in school
80. Read a book on my list
81. Get Loans
82. Visit tea factory
83. Move again
84. Survive the distance
85. Make Indian curry.
86. Hit the 5 cache find mark
87. Hit the 10 cache find mark
88. Hit the 20 cache find mark
89. Hide a cache
90. Vodka infusions
91. Wii Fit everyday for at least two months.
92. Hit the 20 hrs on WF
93. Move a travel bug
94. Fix Maximus' run
95. Clean out his run & replace straw
96. Schedule yearly dr. appt.
97. Enroll again
98. Lebkuchken
99. Replace handles on furniture.
100. Face
101. Have another good semester


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