The musings of a Southern girl with nothing much to say
Monday, June 9, 2008
Bringing back the dead
I've decided to revive this old blog, even if I don't necessarily have anything interesting to offer. I hate that it's been over a year since I've posted here. So much has gone undocumented. Where to begin, where to begin...
Creative Endeavors 1. Organize all photos on the computer 2. Put together a scrapbook for Ella 3. Create a scrapbook with pictures from my childhood 4. Take a sewing class
Diet, Health & Fitness 5. Lose 10 pounds 6. Lose 25 pounds 7. Lose 50 pounds 8. Get my cholesterol checked 9. Go to the dermatologist 10. Follow a regular skincare routine for 2 months 11. Floss once per day for 3 months 12. Take a multi-vitamin every day (in progress) 13. Try 1 new recipe a month (0/33) (in progress) 14. Cook/eat fish once a month (0/33) 15. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables every day for 1 week (0/7) 16. Eat no red meat for a month 17. Create a weekly meal plan for a month (0/4) 18. Bake something from scratch once a month for 6 months (0/6) 19. Take lunch to work every day for a month (0/20) 20. Give up all fast food for a month (must have a drive-thru to count as fast food) 21. Give up caffeine 22. Take a walk on my break every day for a month (except rainy days) (0/20) 23. Practice yoga twice a week for 3 months 24. Go without Starbucks for a month 25. Try 5 new local restaurants (0/5) 26. Attend a wine tasting
Do Unto Others 27. Give 10 unexpected gifts (0/10) 28. Send my mom flowers for no reason 29. Send my sister flowers for no reason 30. Buy Christmas gifts for a less fortunate family 31. Pay for the person behind me in the drive-thru 32. Bring in a special treat for the teachers at Ella's school
Domestic 33. Complete the backyard project (trees are gone!) 34. Clean up the flower bed in the front & side yard and maintain it 35. Plant flowers/plants around the mailbox and maintain them 36. Clean out and organize my make-up collection 37. Complete the photo collage in my bedroom 38. Make my bed every day for a month (0/30) 39. Create a house cleaning schedule and follow it 40. Replace the ceiling fans in all the rooms (except living room) 41. Repair the watermarks on the ceiling by the fireplace 42. Redo bathroom floors 43. Buy curtains for my bedroom 44. Clean/organize my bathroom closet 45. Take down wallpaper and paint guest bathroom 46. Replace bathroom faucets 47. Paint bathroom cabinet (which should hopefully lead to painting kitchen cabinets) 48. Have a garage sale
Financial 49. Go one month without buying new clothes for Ella 50. Don't use my credit card for an entire month 51. Contribute more to my 401k 52. Open a savings account for Ella 53. Get a fire safe box and put all important documents in it 54. Draft a will
For my daughter 55. Move Ella into her toddler bed 56. Keep a written journal for Ella 57. Take Ella to the ballet
For my husband 58. **Private** 59. Identify 25 things I like about my husband and share them with him 60. Go on a date with my husband once every other month (1/16) 61. Take an "us" picture every month (2/33) 62. Plan a fabulous getaway for our 10 year anniversary
Learning/Skills 63. Learn 20 new words and use them in a conversation (0/20) 64. Join STC; attend a charter meeting 65. Take 2 classes for fun (0/2) 66. Take 2 career related classes (0/2) 67. Read 2 work related publications (0/2) 68. Create a documentation portfolio 69. Learn how to make my mom's homemade noodles 70. Learn how to use my digital camera and all of the functions that comes with it
Miscellaneous 71. Complete my list of 101 goals 72. Write in blog about everything I do on the list (in progress) 73. Put $1 in Ella's piggy bank for each accomplished goal (0/101) 74. Donate $5 to charity for every incomplete task after 1001 days 75. Make a new list of 101 things to do in 1001 days 76. Drink expensive champagne while soaking in a bubble bath 77. Purchase and use re-usable bags 78. Learn how to change a tire
Music/Movies/Literature 79. Read 10 non-fiction books (0/10) 80. Read 10 of Time Magazine's Top 100 Books (0/10) 81. Watch 1 movie from each top 10 category of AFI's 10 Top 10 Movies (0/10) 82. Listen to 1 new band/musician a month (1/33) 83. Setup 10 useful iTunes playlists
Personal 84. Own a little black dress 85. Become an organ donor 86. Go an entire weekend without using the internet 87. Identify 25 things I like about myself 88. Identify 100 things that make me happy
Social 89. Invite one of Ella's classmates over for a playdate 90. Reconnect with old friends
Spiritual 91. Teach Ella a bedtime prayer 92. Read the Bible in its entirety 93. Go to church once a month for a year (0/12) 94. Attend 2 new churches (0/2)
Travel/Cultural 95. Visit a new city in another state 96. Visit a new city in SC 97. Go on a photographic tour of Columbia 98. Go to an art exhibit 99. Attend a Broadway in Columbia performance 100. Tour the State Capitol 101. Go to a drive-in movie
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