A Quick Visit to the 101 Things List
As I sit here in my office, listening to M sleeping on the futon behind me, it occurred to me that I needed to check over my 101 Things in 1001 Days list.
To recap: I started it on July 23, 2008 and it's over on April 19, 2011. My last posting about the list was here on January 6th of this year. A few things have changed since then.
1. Get my Master's Degree
2. Present at a professional conference
3. Get published
4. Start looking into PhD possibilities at FSU - I decided against this for now.
5. Set up a studio space
6. Start taking art field trips again
7. Start drawing again
8. Start painting again
9. Start ceramics again
10. Start silkscreening again
11. Clean out the garage: M and I have actually cleaned the garage out twice, but never really finished. There is less junk now. I'm hoping there will be less junk in the near future, as well.
12. Paint the downstairs
13. Paint the porch
14. Paint the Master bath
15. Paint the Guest bath
16. Paint the Guest room
17. Weed out all the un-needed stuff from the house: Still working on this one.
18. Use the fondue pot
19. Take a train trip
20. Go on a cruise
21. Finally get to St. Augustine Beach: We had hoped to make it this year, but it's looking like February of 2010 at this point.
22. Visit the Mediterranean, Japan, Hawaii, or Alaska
23. Visit the Pacific Northwest again
24. Visit New England
25. Take a cross-country road trip to California
26. Learn some Japanese
27. Learn some Chinese
28. Work on my Spanish
29. Keep working on my French
30. Pick up the violin again: I had started this one, but had to put it down because I got busy. I'm going to try again soon.
31. Start kayaking again
32. Start fencing again
33. Start archery again
34. Take a yoga class
35. Start painting ceramics again
36. Work on my dollhouse
37. Finish up my hand-sewn quilt
38. Improve my sewing skills
39. Make costumes for Cosplay or for dressing up at Cons
40. Create my own crochet curtain patterns: I tried this a couple time over 2009, but without much success. Probably because I was trying to adapt several nouveau illustrations into a filet crochet grid. I've got to rethink what I what I need to do in order to make this work.
41. Crochet curtains for all the downstairs windows: I did find a couple of patterns that would work, but had to put them down because I got busy with schoolwork.
42. Crochet shrugs and shawls: Not much has changed here.
43. Crochet adult afghans for 4 of my nieces: I hoped to be further along on this one, but I've only got 1 afghan 3/4ths of the way finished for Spike.
44. Improve my knitting skills
45. Create a "Hope Chest" of handmade items for my nieces
46. Create another Family History book for everyone
47. Go through all my old genealogy notebooks: I'm still poking at along with this one.
48. Track down Valentine
49. Track down Ransom
50. Take a genealogy trip to Carroll Co.
51. Take a genealogy trip to Lawrence Co.
52. Take a genealogy trip to Gallia Co.
53. Take a genealogy trip to Beaver Co.
54. Visit the grave of my blacksheep, Thomas
55. Visit the grave of Capt. William
56. Visit the grave of Postmaster David - I did this in October, when I went back for Grandma B's funeral. I finally made it to my paternal side of the family's pioneer ancestors' graves back home in Ohio.
57. Go back and re-read the old newspapers on microfilm
58. Buy another newspaper microfilm for Carroll Co.
59. Buy one roll of microfilm newspapers for Gallia Co.
60. Buy one roll of microfilm newspapers for Franklin Co.
61. Listen to my iPod more
62. Read 10 books from my reading list
63. Read 20 books from my reading list: I'm one book short from accomplishing this goal. Maybe in the next couple of weeks.
64. Read 30 books from my reading list
65. Read 40 books from my reading list
66. Read 50 books from my reading list
67. Finish up the garden space beside the garage
68. Work on front walk flowerbed
69. Work on reading room flowerbed
70. Work on mailbox flowerbed
71. Work on electrical box flowerbed
72. Create flowerbed under kitchen window
73. Create flowerbed around backporch
74. Chipper/Shred woodpile into mulch: This might end up being a standard yard chore every time we have a storm. We actually worked the pile down, then two big storms blew through and the pile got three times as large.
75. Wash and detail the Miata
76. Wash and detail the Saturn: I got halfway through the detailing, then had to put things down.
77. Try 5 new appetizer recipes
78. Try 5 new entrée recipes: Still the same as before
79. Try 5 new dessert recipes: Still the same as before
80. Make a will
81. Write down stories about Mom, Grandma, Sis and great-grandparents
82. Organize photos: This one got interesting in October, when I was given an amazing amount of Grandma W's old photos by my namesake aunt.
83. Write names, dates and places on photos: My work on this doubled in October, too. XD
84. Teach niece how to cook
85. Attend two FSU football games: M and I only managed to see 1 FSU game during the two years I was in school, so this item might remain unfinished.
86. Attend two FSU theater plays
87. Start writing letters again
88. Finish chic-lit novel
89. Submit one piece of art into a local show
90. Submit one piece of art into a s/f convention show
91. Visit Mission San Luis: They just finished up a big renovation project and opened with a new exhibition (where they borrowed the vitrines from my museum .... the ones that I measured and sent the dimensions in an email to their curator while I was an intern). I'm planning to knock this one off in January, unless I can convince M to do it in the next two weeks.
92. Learn how to build dollhouse furniture
93. Learn how to make soft dollhouse furnishings
94. Read more classical Japanese literature: Still plan on knocking off this item and the following three when I pick up the Reading List items.
95. Read more Japanese history
96. Read more classical Chinese literature
97. Read more Chinese history
98. Stay in better contact with friends
99. Create an arts organization: I had to postpone this for a while because of schoolwork, too. I hoping I'll get further on this in 2010.
100. Plant rosebushes
101. Take a niece on a road trip
I was pleasantly surprised -- going over the list -- that I managed to accomplish a few things this year. As I went through and made the notations on LJ, I think I might've actually finished the Read 20 books item. I'll have to go over my book list for this year to see if I did manage to finish this up and start on the Read 30 books item.
To recap: I started it on July 23, 2008 and it's over on April 19, 2011. My last posting about the list was here on January 6th of this year. A few things have changed since then.
1. Get my Master's Degree
2. Present at a professional conference
3. Get published
4. Start looking into PhD possibilities at FSU - I decided against this for now.
5. Set up a studio space
6. Start taking art field trips again
7. Start drawing again
8. Start painting again
9. Start ceramics again
10. Start silkscreening again
11. Clean out the garage: M and I have actually cleaned the garage out twice, but never really finished. There is less junk now. I'm hoping there will be less junk in the near future, as well.
12. Paint the downstairs
13. Paint the porch
14. Paint the Master bath
15. Paint the Guest bath
16. Paint the Guest room
17. Weed out all the un-needed stuff from the house: Still working on this one.
18. Use the fondue pot
19. Take a train trip
20. Go on a cruise
21. Finally get to St. Augustine Beach: We had hoped to make it this year, but it's looking like February of 2010 at this point.
22. Visit the Mediterranean, Japan, Hawaii, or Alaska
23. Visit the Pacific Northwest again
24. Visit New England
25. Take a cross-country road trip to California
26. Learn some Japanese
27. Learn some Chinese
28. Work on my Spanish
29. Keep working on my French
30. Pick up the violin again: I had started this one, but had to put it down because I got busy. I'm going to try again soon.
31. Start kayaking again
32. Start fencing again
33. Start archery again
34. Take a yoga class
35. Start painting ceramics again
36. Work on my dollhouse
37. Finish up my hand-sewn quilt
38. Improve my sewing skills
39. Make costumes for Cosplay or for dressing up at Cons
40. Create my own crochet curtain patterns: I tried this a couple time over 2009, but without much success. Probably because I was trying to adapt several nouveau illustrations into a filet crochet grid. I've got to rethink what I what I need to do in order to make this work.
41. Crochet curtains for all the downstairs windows: I did find a couple of patterns that would work, but had to put them down because I got busy with schoolwork.
42. Crochet shrugs and shawls: Not much has changed here.
43. Crochet adult afghans for 4 of my nieces: I hoped to be further along on this one, but I've only got 1 afghan 3/4ths of the way finished for Spike.
44. Improve my knitting skills
45. Create a "Hope Chest" of handmade items for my nieces
46. Create another Family History book for everyone
47. Go through all my old genealogy notebooks: I'm still poking at along with this one.
48. Track down Valentine
49. Track down Ransom
50. Take a genealogy trip to Carroll Co.
51. Take a genealogy trip to Lawrence Co.
52. Take a genealogy trip to Gallia Co.
53. Take a genealogy trip to Beaver Co.
54. Visit the grave of my blacksheep, Thomas
55. Visit the grave of Capt. William
56. Visit the grave of Postmaster David - I did this in October, when I went back for Grandma B's funeral. I finally made it to my paternal side of the family's pioneer ancestors' graves back home in Ohio.
57. Go back and re-read the old newspapers on microfilm
58. Buy another newspaper microfilm for Carroll Co.
59. Buy one roll of microfilm newspapers for Gallia Co.
60. Buy one roll of microfilm newspapers for Franklin Co.
61. Listen to my iPod more
62. Read 10 books from my reading list
63. Read 20 books from my reading list: I'm one book short from accomplishing this goal. Maybe in the next couple of weeks.
64. Read 30 books from my reading list
65. Read 40 books from my reading list
66. Read 50 books from my reading list
67. Finish up the garden space beside the garage
68. Work on front walk flowerbed
69. Work on reading room flowerbed
70. Work on mailbox flowerbed
71. Work on electrical box flowerbed
72. Create flowerbed under kitchen window
73. Create flowerbed around backporch
74. Chipper/Shred woodpile into mulch: This might end up being a standard yard chore every time we have a storm. We actually worked the pile down, then two big storms blew through and the pile got three times as large.
75. Wash and detail the Miata
76. Wash and detail the Saturn: I got halfway through the detailing, then had to put things down.
77. Try 5 new appetizer recipes
78. Try 5 new entrée recipes: Still the same as before
79. Try 5 new dessert recipes: Still the same as before
80. Make a will
81. Write down stories about Mom, Grandma, Sis and great-grandparents
82. Organize photos: This one got interesting in October, when I was given an amazing amount of Grandma W's old photos by my namesake aunt.
83. Write names, dates and places on photos: My work on this doubled in October, too. XD
84. Teach niece how to cook
85. Attend two FSU football games: M and I only managed to see 1 FSU game during the two years I was in school, so this item might remain unfinished.
86. Attend two FSU theater plays
87. Start writing letters again
88. Finish chic-lit novel
89. Submit one piece of art into a local show
90. Submit one piece of art into a s/f convention show
91. Visit Mission San Luis: They just finished up a big renovation project and opened with a new exhibition (where they borrowed the vitrines from my museum .... the ones that I measured and sent the dimensions in an email to their curator while I was an intern). I'm planning to knock this one off in January, unless I can convince M to do it in the next two weeks.
92. Learn how to build dollhouse furniture
93. Learn how to make soft dollhouse furnishings
94. Read more classical Japanese literature: Still plan on knocking off this item and the following three when I pick up the Reading List items.
95. Read more Japanese history
96. Read more classical Chinese literature
97. Read more Chinese history
98. Stay in better contact with friends
99. Create an arts organization: I had to postpone this for a while because of schoolwork, too. I hoping I'll get further on this in 2010.
100. Plant rosebushes
101. Take a niece on a road trip
I was pleasantly surprised -- going over the list -- that I managed to accomplish a few things this year. As I went through and made the notations on LJ, I think I might've actually finished the Read 20 books item. I'll have to go over my book list for this year to see if I did manage to finish this up and start on the Read 30 books item.