The List

Start date: July 12, 2007
End date: April 8, 2010
Days left: 39

Updated: February 28, 2010
Done: 77/101

bold = in progress
strike through = completed

1. Come up with 101 meaningful things to do (July 12/07)

Personal
2. Move away from home (July 28/08)
3. Stop swearing
4. Blog at least 3 times a week (August 31/07)
5. Find a church to attend regularly (August 24/08)
6. Read the Bible
7. Pray more often (September 6/07)
8. Fill my paper journal
9. Be noticeably less bitter
10. Start drafting up business plans (June 22/09)

Family & Friends - DONE!
11. Watch an NBA game with Andrew (June 4/09)
12. Have lunch with an old friend (October 20/07)
13. Play a board/card game with my family (March 1/08)
14. Get engaged (September 4/07)
15. Get married (August 2/08)

Kids Stuff - DONE!
16. Take N to Disney World (February 20/08)
17. Begin N on potty training (September 28/07)
18. Take N to the Zoo (August 15/07)
19. Enroll N in Montessori (August 23/08)
20. Enroll N in swimming lessons (December 5/09)
21. Get a Halloween costume for N (October 6/07)
22. Take N trick-or-treating (October 31/07)

Housekeeping
23. Get a nice address book and fill it (September 25/08)
24. Nurse my two orchid plants back to health FAILED
25. Print off pictures every 4 months for 2 years (September 9/09)
26. Get rid of the clothes I don’t wear (August 30/07)
27. Create a master list of family and friend birthdays/anniversaries (October 17/08)
28. Create a living will


Health & Beauty
29. Stop holding pee in for extensive amounts of time (August 11/07)
30. Grow out my hair all natural, no dye (July 16/09)
31. Do physiotherapy exercises for back, daily for at least two weeks (March 21/07)
32. Take a fitness class (i.e., kickboxing) (May 28, 2009)
33. Get a professional massage (August 16/08)
34. Lose pregnancy fat
35. Regain my pre-pregnancy posture and flexibility
36. Sleep for at least 6 hours a night, for a month (April 28/08)
37. Be able to do 50 push ups in a row (25/50)
38. Be able to do 150 crunches in a row (September 20/07)
39. Go rock climbing
40. Drink more water and less pop (October 6/07)
41. Eat no candy for at least 3 months (December 17/07)
42. Eat 3 things I’ve never tried before (1, 2, 3/3) (August 20/07)

Education & Growth
43. Apply for scholarships for last two terms of university (January 8/08)
44. Obtain my bachelor’s degree by April 2007 (April 24/08)
45. Graduate with Honours (June 11/08)
46. Learn how to play guitar
47. Learn at least 50 ASL signs
48. Learn how to give massages (September 29/07)
49. Learn to juggle
50. Learn how to use Adobe Photoshop (September 10/09)
51. Get certified with Smart Serve
52. Re-learn rollerblading
53. Re-learn ice skating (February 17/09)
54. Let Andrew teach me how to play a song on the piano
55. Look into RRSPs and maybe get one set up (May 22/09)
56. Master writing with my left hand
57. Read 10 books recommended by friends (8/10)

Crafty Projects
58. Give out handmade Christmas cards one year (December 19/08)
59. Create my own postcards and send them (March 20/09)
60. Start up a scrapbooking project (July 16/08)
61. Make a piece of jewelry and wear it
62. Make a calendar
63. Fully decorate a Christmas tree (December 15/08)

Food & Cooking - DONE!
64. Learn to mix a good specialty drink (September 13/07)
65. Bake cookies and send them to a friend (November 18/07)
66. Try 10 new recipes (January 12/08)

Travel & Leisure
67. Travel to a foreign destination (December 22/07)
68. Go for a fall foliage hike (October 8/07)
69. Go to a nice outdoor coffee shop in a small town (August 31/08)
70. Be a tourist in Toronto(May 24/08)
71. Go on a picnic (July 29/07)
72. Go to a show (Home, Bridal, One-of-a-kind, etc.) (September 8/07)
73. Build a snowman (February 27/10)
74. Do a jigsaw puzzle (January 5/08)
75. Get more stamps in my passport (December 22/07)
76. Have my picture taken with Santa
77. Visit and shop at a farmer’s market (June 12/09)
78. Watch professionally set up fireworks (February 20/08)
79. Travel somewhere by train (August 15/07)
80. Take a road trip (August 26/07)
81. Have coffee or dessert at Symposium (September 22/07)
82. Take photo booth pictures
83. Finish a book of Sudoku puzzles (46/100)
84. Attend a wedding (August 4/07)

Giving a Little & Social
85. Host a party/get-together (September 13/07)
86. Send a care package to someone
87. Volunteer with children with disabilities for at least 4 months (January 17/07)
88. Make a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child (November 3/07)
89. Meet some new people (October 5/07)

Finance & Money
90. Accumulate $15 000 in savings account (January 8/08)
91. Get another credit card that gives me rewards (September 26/07)
92. Learn how to do my own taxes
93. Contribute $15/month to RESP for a year (January 31/09)
94. Go one week without spending money (September 8/07)

Getting a Little- DONE!
95. Start a Disney DVD collection (October 30/08)
96. Buy a digital SLR (December 31/09)
97. Buy a Nintendo Wii (October 1/09)
98. Buy a KIN shirt before I graduate (November 21/07)
99. Buy a University of Waterloo sweatshirt before I graduate (December 7/07)
100. Buy a dress I feel beautiful in (July 14/07)
101. Buy Adobe Photoshop (September 10/09)

As of February 27, 2010

73. Build a snowman

It finally snowed enough here for the snow to actually stay on the ground. But since we don't have a yard, we had to borrow my parents' front yard to build our snowman.

Nathan started out helping but he got bored pretty quickly and just wanted to put the face and arms on it.


But Andrew convinced him that it needed it a bigger head.

As of January 12, 2010

Okay, here's the thing. I'm bored of my 101 list. Each time I scroll through the list, I see the same few ones I haven't accomplished yet and I'm just getting so sick of seeing them not crossed off. It's a little discouraging, you know? I am ready for a brand new list with exciting goals. Goals that I can actually accomplish, because let's be honest here, I made this list when I was still in school, out of boredom, because I had stayed up all night at one of our "eat overs" - Andrew and Jasmine can attest to that.

(In fact, Jasmine thought I was insane for making a list, but look at where we are now. A bunch of us have a lists!)

Now, I feel like I've grown a little. I know myself a little better and I don't really have anything to prove to anyone. Some of the things I put on that list, I don't even know what I was thinking - like really? #28? I'm going to live forever, remember?

So while I keep on trucking with my old list, I'm going to start a new list. And I'm going to have it on my regular blog as well so it's easier for me to keep track of. Hopefully, I'll have the list compiled in time to start on my birthday! It's in exactly 1 month.

Am I allowed to have two lists going at the same time? Who knows. I'm pretty sure I can do whatever I want with my goals.