another year
Jan. 1st, 2009 10:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threeplusfireTuesday was my our one year anniversary, and we ate chocolate explosion cake with really sweet champagne. A year - how strange. It feels like less and more. 2008 on the whole was better than I expected it to be. Despite some truly awful moments, it was a decent year. We bought a house when the market tanked but before the credit ran out, and the house is wonderful. I picked up some work, sold a couple articles, did some writing. Mostly I relished no longer being chained to an office job which has done wonders for my stress and self esteem. I cooked more, experimented and created new recipes. I managed to see Sarah, despite the universe's absurd sense of scheduling this holiday. Koshka passed away, at home. We adopted two sweet rescue kitties, Pumpkin and Jasmine.
I decided to do the 101 things in 1001 days, starting today. It took forever, but I have at last made a list.
1. Save $100 per month for six months.
2. Buy a new winter coat.
3. Put $10 a week into savings for ten weeks. (4/10)
4. Withdraw state retirement money and put into Mike's 401K or into my investment account.
5. Make less impulse buys at the grocery store. (1 of ?)
6. Save $25 a month for six months.
7. Give $100 to a local charity/community groups. (10/100)
8. Use canvas/reusable shopping bags for every grocery trip.
9. Pay off Saturn.
10. Drink water every day for one week.
11. Drink water every day for thirty days.
12. Take another yoga class.
13. Do yoga at least once a week for one month.
14. Do yoga at least once a week for two months.
15. Go to the gym twice a week for one month.
16. Go to the gym twice a week for two months.
17. Do sit-ups/crunches every day for one week. (7/7 done)
18. Do sit-ups/crunches every day for one month.
19. Be able to do a back bend and hold it for at least 30 seconds.
20. Lose ten pounds.
21. Lose twenty pounds.
22. Go swimming at Lake Travis at least once per month for summer.
23. Walk to the neighborhood park.
24. Fly a kite.
25. Read in the backyard during nice weather.
26. Get a facial.
27. Have a relaxing bath once a week for a month.
28. Dye my hair green.
29. Shave my head.
30. Get a new tattoo.
31. Investigate permanent birth control options.
32. Get a physical at the doctor.
33. Talk to doctor about acne and/or go to a dermatologist.
34. Go to the dentist and have molars fixed.
35. Stop avoiding OB/GYN and go for yearly check up.
36. Floss every day for one week.
37. Floss every day for one month.
38. Go without soda for one week.
39. Go two weeks without soda.
40. Go without soda for three weeks.
41. Go without soda for one month.
42. Get new passport.
43. Visit Seattle.
44. Go back to Prague.
45. Fly first class.
46. Plant a tree in the front yard.
47. Weed the yard around the gate.
48. Buy flowers once a month for three months.
49. Get up at the same time every day for one week.
50. Organize jewelry.
51. Leave the house to do something every day for one week.
52. Go to a festival.
53. Go to at least one concert. (done)
54. Paint/decorate computer case.
55. See through personal family legal issue to the end.
56. Have a Halloween costume.
57. Organize bookshelves and obtain more shelving.
58. Have an extravagant birthday dinner.
59. Write a short story.
60. Read more than 50 books in twelve months.
61. Start a craft project and actually finish it.
62. Write a cookbook.
63. Write at least one AC article a week for a month.
64. Finish that damned novel.
65. Write a piece of fanfiction.
66. Make an effort to publish by submitting/writing query letters/etc.
67. Learn to knit.
68. Sell 5 things made with massive bead collection.
69. Update my LJ every day for one month.
70. Update my LJ every day for six months.
71. Update my LJ every day for one year.
72. Read at least ten non-fiction books.
73. Participate in Yuletide 2009 or 2010.
74. Send a card to Postsecret.
75. Write ten book reviews.
76. Learn some cake decorating techniques.
77. Bake 52 pies.
78. Have a fancy dinner party at home.
79. Learn to make kolache.
80. Go to the local farmer's market.
81. Eat at twelve new restaurants in a year.
82. Organize my bathroom cabinet.
83. Use all the lotion I have before buying more.
84. Clean out closet and get rid of shirts that do not fit.
85. Take care of the yard so grass/shrubs do not die.
86. Make sure all art/photos are framed and hanging up in the house.
87. Actually dust picture frames/bookshelves at least three times.
88. Cook at least two new things from each cookbook I own. (4/40)
89. Have my father over for dinner.
90. Cook something with shrimp at home that Mike will eat.
91. Bake a loaf of bread every month for three months.
92. Get one of the wedding photos printed and framed in that nice frame still in the box.
93. Eat more fruit.
94. Invite people over to the house to play games.
95. Go to 5 Alamo Food & wine events. (besides LOTR) (1/5)
96. Educate Mike on film classics by showing him 25 classic films. (1/25)
97. Go to the Blanton museum.
98. Beat original Super Mario.
99. Level my Death Knight to 80 in World of Warcraft.
100. Beat Castlevania.
101. Do some cleaning around the house at least once a week for six months.
I tried to make some of them successive, especially on the personal health front to be encouraging. Some of them may seem totally frivolous, or perhaps too easy. I really wanted to have some things on there that I felt like I could save to do when I was feeling depressed about progress, so that I wouldn't give up entirely.
I decided to do the 101 things in 1001 days, starting today. It took forever, but I have at last made a list.
1. Save $100 per month for six months.
2. Buy a new winter coat.
3. Put $10 a week into savings for ten weeks. (4/10)
4. Withdraw state retirement money and put into Mike's 401K or into my investment account.
5. Make less impulse buys at the grocery store. (1 of ?)
6. Save $25 a month for six months.
7. Give $100 to a local charity/community groups. (10/100)
8. Use canvas/reusable shopping bags for every grocery trip.
9. Pay off Saturn.
10. Drink water every day for one week.
11. Drink water every day for thirty days.
12. Take another yoga class.
13. Do yoga at least once a week for one month.
14. Do yoga at least once a week for two months.
15. Go to the gym twice a week for one month.
16. Go to the gym twice a week for two months.
17. Do sit-ups/crunches every day for one week. (7/7 done)
18. Do sit-ups/crunches every day for one month.
19. Be able to do a back bend and hold it for at least 30 seconds.
20. Lose ten pounds.
21. Lose twenty pounds.
22. Go swimming at Lake Travis at least once per month for summer.
23. Walk to the neighborhood park.
24. Fly a kite.
25. Read in the backyard during nice weather.
26. Get a facial.
27. Have a relaxing bath once a week for a month.
28. Dye my hair green.
29. Shave my head.
30. Get a new tattoo.
31. Investigate permanent birth control options.
32. Get a physical at the doctor.
33. Talk to doctor about acne and/or go to a dermatologist.
34. Go to the dentist and have molars fixed.
35. Stop avoiding OB/GYN and go for yearly check up.
36. Floss every day for one week.
37. Floss every day for one month.
38. Go without soda for one week.
39. Go two weeks without soda.
40. Go without soda for three weeks.
41. Go without soda for one month.
42. Get new passport.
43. Visit Seattle.
44. Go back to Prague.
45. Fly first class.
46. Plant a tree in the front yard.
47. Weed the yard around the gate.
48. Buy flowers once a month for three months.
49. Get up at the same time every day for one week.
50. Organize jewelry.
51. Leave the house to do something every day for one week.
52. Go to a festival.
53. Go to at least one concert. (done)
54. Paint/decorate computer case.
55. See through personal family legal issue to the end.
56. Have a Halloween costume.
57. Organize bookshelves and obtain more shelving.
58. Have an extravagant birthday dinner.
59. Write a short story.
60. Read more than 50 books in twelve months.
61. Start a craft project and actually finish it.
62. Write a cookbook.
63. Write at least one AC article a week for a month.
64. Finish that damned novel.
65. Write a piece of fanfiction.
66. Make an effort to publish by submitting/writing query letters/etc.
67. Learn to knit.
68. Sell 5 things made with massive bead collection.
69. Update my LJ every day for one month.
70. Update my LJ every day for six months.
71. Update my LJ every day for one year.
72. Read at least ten non-fiction books.
73. Participate in Yuletide 2009 or 2010.
74. Send a card to Postsecret.
75. Write ten book reviews.
76. Learn some cake decorating techniques.
77. Bake 52 pies.
78. Have a fancy dinner party at home.
79. Learn to make kolache.
80. Go to the local farmer's market.
81. Eat at twelve new restaurants in a year.
82. Organize my bathroom cabinet.
83. Use all the lotion I have before buying more.
84. Clean out closet and get rid of shirts that do not fit.
85. Take care of the yard so grass/shrubs do not die.
86. Make sure all art/photos are framed and hanging up in the house.
87. Actually dust picture frames/bookshelves at least three times.
88. Cook at least two new things from each cookbook I own. (4/40)
89. Have my father over for dinner.
90. Cook something with shrimp at home that Mike will eat.
91. Bake a loaf of bread every month for three months.
92. Get one of the wedding photos printed and framed in that nice frame still in the box.
93. Eat more fruit.
94. Invite people over to the house to play games.
95. Go to 5 Alamo Food & wine events. (besides LOTR) (1/5)
96. Educate Mike on film classics by showing him 25 classic films. (1/25)
97. Go to the Blanton museum.
98. Beat original Super Mario.
99. Level my Death Knight to 80 in World of Warcraft.
100. Beat Castlevania.
101. Do some cleaning around the house at least once a week for six months.
I tried to make some of them successive, especially on the personal health front to be encouraging. Some of them may seem totally frivolous, or perhaps too easy. I really wanted to have some things on there that I felt like I could save to do when I was feeling depressed about progress, so that I wouldn't give up entirely.
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