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Another update. You'll notice a few more changes and some more progress.
101 Things to do in 1001 Days:

start: Thursday, August 6, 2009 finish: Thursday, May 3, 2012

strikethrough = completed (date noted in bold)
italics = details of completion/progress
(x/xx) = progress made on daily/weekly/monthly/etc
** = changed/added item

Relationships:

1. contact O&O 1x a month (1/33)
• emailed 8/8/09
2. contact Sara 1x a month (0/33)
3. contact Damien 1x a month (1/33)
• visited 8/15/09
4. contact Marcella 1x a month (1/33)
• emailed 8/8/09
5. visit Marcella while she’s at school on the east coast
6. contact Kristy 1x a month (0/33)
7. visit Kristy
8. contact Aunt Ru 1x a month (1/33)
• emailed 8/16/09
9. have Valerie stay with me in Davis
10. invited Chris to stay with me in Davis
11. make dinner for Ben 1x a week (going out doesn’t count) (1/143)
• chicken salad 8/12/09
• Ben tends to plan meals, so we’ve decided that I will cook on Fridays (except 8/21/09 because I will be at my mother’s)
12. make breakfast for Ben 1x a week (going out doesn’t count) (2/143)
• French toast 8/13/09 (offered 8/12 and he requested 8/13)
• oatmeal 8/18/09
13. have a movie night with Tara 1x a month until she gets her PhD (0/?)
14. go to dinner or a movie with Thomas (without Ben) 1x a month (0/33)

Fitness/Health:

1. go to the gym 3x a week (2/143)
2. use Wii Fit 3x a week (2/143)
3. lose 25 pounds (more if possible, but stay healthy!) [goal weight: ~125-135]
• downloaded “Lose It!” iPhone app to monitor calorie intake
4. buy a bikini
5. go for 1 long bike ride 1x a month (0/33)
6. go to Farmers’ Market 1x a month (0/33)
7. go to a spa
8. find a dentist
9. drink 1 liter of water a day (14/1001)
10. get a mani/pedi (0/3)
11. give myself a facial 2x a year (0/5)
12. try getting waxed instead of shaving
13. go for a walk with Ben 2x a month (0/66)

Finances:

1. get a job I like
2. save $100 a month (0/14)
3. spend $0 for a week (on non essentials) (2/9)
• since I don’t have a job, I haven’t been spending any money other than my rent, bills, and groceries.
4. cancel/change BE subscription 8/16/09
5. downgrade to 1 movie a month on NetFlix 8/7/09

Education:

1. go back to school
2. get my license
3. get a library card
4. take an anger management class
5. relearn to crochet (needles from mom?)
6. watch the news 2x a week (2/143)
7. get certified in CPR and Pet CPR
8. learn to curl my hair with a curling iron
9. take a cooking class
10. take a dance class (with Ben?)

Travel:

1. get a passport
2. go to Monterey Bay Aquarium
3. go to SF zoo
4. go to an amusement park
5. go to Vegas
6. go to NY
7. take a spontaneous road trip (driver’s license needed to complete) (0/2)
8. go hiking 4x a year (1/11)
• Estera Trail and Lighthouse in Pt Reyes w/Ben, Mom, Damien 8/15/09
9. go to a zoo not in California (0/2)
10. go to Alcatraz
11. go to Hearst Castle**
12. go to a State or County Fair
13. spend the weekend at a B&B
14. go camping (0/2)

Humanitarian:

1. go through clothes and donate what I don’t wear 1x a year (0/3)
2. donate hair to locks of love (2x if possible)
• researched locks of love: 10 in min for longest layer of hair.
3. volunteer to work with animals

For Fun:

1. watch all the James Bond movies in order of their release (0/23)
2. write 2 short stories (0/2)
3. write 10 poems (0/10)
4. make 2 scarves (0/2)
5. paint something to hang on my wall
6. get one of my photos printed and framed
7. spend 1 hour playing/cuddling with Puck and Harley a week (2/143)
8. take my cats for a walk on their leashes
9. find 3 new hobbies (0/3)
10. get a new tattoo
11. finish getting my ears pierced (0/3)
12. try the wrist restraints
13. help Ben wash his car (0/3)
14. have a picnic (1/4)
• picnic in Pt. Reyes w/ Ben, Mom, Damien 8/15/09
15. plan or participate in a scavenger hunt
16. play Scrabble (not online) (0/4)
17. purchase fresh flowers 3x a year (0/8)
18. beat the next Monkey Island games without looking online for hints (0/4)
19. watch a meteor shower (0/3)
20. pick another board game to play and play it! (0/4)
21. get fitted for a bra**
22. stay up all night and watch the sunrise**

Culture:

1. go to a museum 2x a year (0/5)
2. go to a play 2x a year (0/5)
3. go to the opera 1x a year (0/3)
4. finish reading 1 new book a month (0/33)
• currently reading “The Zookeeper’s Wife”
5. go to a concert 1x a year (0/3)
6. make sweet potato gnocci
7. try a different nigiri every time I get sushi (0/?)

Just Do It!!:

1. figure out what happened to my computer battery which I paid to have refilled 8/13/09
2. figure out what happened to my replacement Credit Card 8/11/09
3. give Mom the ladybugs I bought!! 8/15/09
4. put a screen protector on my iPhone 8/6/09
5. get a basket for my bike
6. get bedroom door fixed
7. have upstairs neighbors A/C fixed 8/11/09
8. get second lamp for living room
9. get new sofa (at least new to me)
10. vacuum 1x a week (2/143)
11. clean kitchen floor 1x a week (2/143)
12. clean refrigerator 3x a year (1/8)
13. keep LJ apprised of my progress at the end of every week (2/143)

Other options:

1. go to Alaska/Canada
2. clean makeup brushes
3. complete a NANOWRIMO (try every year) (175 pages, 50,000 words)
4. eat a hamburger at a nice restaurant.
5. create another 101 in 1001 - reflecting new goals, after first is [almost?] completed