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Sep 10, 2009 12:40

 
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 (at least) 1x a month (1/33)

· emailed 8/8/09
  1. contact Sara (at least) 1x a month (1/33)

· emailed 8/30/09
  1. contact Damien (at least) 1x a month (1/33)

· visited 8/15/09
  1. contact Marcella (at least) 1x a month (1/33)

· emailed 8/8/09
  1. visit Marcella while she’s at school on the east coast
  2. contact Kristy (at least) 1x a month (1/33)

· sent card 8/31/09
  1. visit Kristy
  2. contact Aunt Ru (at least) 1x a month (1/33)

· emailed 8/16/09
  1. have Valerie stay with me in Davis
  2. invited Chris to stay with me in Davis
  3. make dinner for Ben 1x a week (going out doesn’t count) (5/143)

· chicken salad 8/12/09

· pepper/sausage sauté 8/25/09

· tacos 8/28/09

· steak tacos 8/30/09

· mahi mahi 9/4/09
  1. make breakfast for Ben 1x a week (going out doesn’t count) (5/143)

· French Toast 8/13/09 (offered 8/12 and he requested 8/13)

· oatmeal 8/18/09

· Buckwheat/Raspberry Pancakes 8/25/09

· pancakes 9/2/09

· oatmeal 9/8/09
  1. have a movie night with Tara 1x a month until she gets her PhD (0/?)
  2. go to lunch or a movie with Thomas (without Ben) 1x a month (0/33)


Fitness/Health:
  1. go to the gym 3x a week (5/143)
  2. use Wii Fit 3x a week (5/143)

· the wii is so negative. it just depresses me. so I’m changing this to weigh myself on the Wii 1x a week and do the yoga/strength exercises on my own.
  1. lose 25 pounds (more if possible, but stay healthy!) [goal weight: ~125-135]

· downloaded “Lose It!” iPhone app to monitor calorie intake
--I've been really good about staying within my calorie budget, though i haven't seen much change in my weight.  Ben says that most likely it's because i'm gaining a lot of muscle but that the muscle will start burning up the fat soon.  hopefully within a few more weeks i'll see a noticeable change.
  1. buy a bikini
  2. go for 1 long bike ride 1x a month (0/33)

· Ben needs new tubes for his bike, so we didn’t go this month. I’ll make it up.
  1. go to Farmers’ Market 1x a month (1/33)

· Saturday morning farmers’ market 8/22/09
  1. go to a spa
  2. find a dentist
  3. drink 1 liter of water a day (35/1001)
  4. get a mani/pedi (0/3)
  5. give myself a facial 2x a year (0/5)
  6. try getting waxed instead of shaving
  7. go for a walk with Ben 2x a month (2/66)

· walked to the farmers’ market and back, picking up our bikes (his from his old apt and mine from the train station) 8/22/09

· it wasn’t with Ben, but I walked home from the gym on 8/26/09 and I’m gonna count it.

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)
  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 9/5/09 (basic stitch learned)
  6. watch the news 2x a week (5/143)
  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
  1. go to a zoo not in California (0/2)
  2. go to Alcatraz 8/21/09
  3. go to Hearst Castle
  4. go to a State or County Fair
  5. spend the weekend at a B&B
  6. 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) hair cut 8/29/09 mailed 9/2/09
  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 (5/143)

· I’ve started training them to “sit.” And it’s actually working
  1. take my cats for a walk on their leashes
  2. find 3 new hobbies (1/3)

· I’m having a lot of fun with crocheting. Learning the new stitches and just playing around with what I’m doing. I’m counting that as a hobby.
  1. get a new tattoo
  2. finish getting my ears pierced (0/3)
  3. try the wrist restraints
  4. help Ben wash his car (0/3)
  5. have a picnic (1/4)

· picnic in Pt. Reyes w/ Ben, Mom, Damien 8/15/09
  1. plan or participate in a scavenger hunt
  2. play Scrabble (not online) (0/4)
  3. purchase fresh flowers 3x a year (0/8)
  4. beat the next Monkey Island games without looking online for hints (1/4)
  5. watch a meteor shower (0/3)
  6. pick another board game to play and play it! (0/4)
  7. get fitted for a bra
  8. 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 (1/33)

· Diane Ackerman’s “The Zookeeper’s Wife” - 8/25/09

· started “Life of Pi” 8/28/09
  1. go to a concert 1x a year (0/3)
  2. make sweet potato gnocci
  3. 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” 8/11/09 shipped 8/11/09 priority mail. received 8/13/09
  2. figure out what happened to my replacement Credit Card 8/31/09
  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 8/28/09 (found in free stuff pile)
  9. get new sofa (at least new to me)
  10. vacuum 1x a week (5/143)
  11. clean kitchen floor 1x a week (5/143)

100. clean refrigerator 3x a year (1/8)

101. keep LJ apprised of my progress at the end of every week (5/143)

Other:

102. go to Alaska/Canada

103. clean makeup brushes

104. complete a NANOWRIMO (try every year) (175 pages, 50,000 words)

105. eat a hamburger at a nice restaurant, as opposed to a veggie burger

106. create another 101 in 1001 - reflecting new goals, after first is [almost?] completed

107. go to Ashland

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