Begin date: Nov. 11, 2008 End date: Aug. 10, 2011 >Other Places< 1. Go overseas somewhere. 2. Take Caleb to the ocean. 3. Take Caleb to a Chiefs game. 4. Go camping. 5. Go to a concert. 6. Go to a national park. 7. Go to a play/musical. --Dec. 08, saw A Christmas Carol at the KC Rep Theatre 8. Go to Nelson's Landing. --April 09, with Mitch and Elise. Ate a chicken salad. 9. Go to a drive-in movie. 10. See a comedy show. 11. Visit the Manhattan Zoo. --May 09, with Caleb not long before moving. >In the kitchen< 12. Learn to make raspberry jam. 13. Learn to make apple butter.--May 09, with free apples courtesy of Dillons. 14. Learn how to cook a turkey. --Nov. 08, cooked the family turkey for Thanksgiving 15. Make homemade pizza. 16. Make homemade salsa. 17. Make orange julius.--July 09...Yum. 18. Make homemade eggnog. 19. Make homemade alfredo sauce. 20. Make crepes. 21. Decorate a big cake. >Relationships< 22. Write a personal letter every week for 10 weeks. 23. Send birthday cards to each niece and nephew. 24. Send care packages to our siblings in college. 25. Plan a surprise for Caleb. --Dec. 08, surprised him with an overnight trip to KC, play, dinner, night at a hotel 26. Invite some nieces/nephews to come stay with us. 27. Spend a day of quality time with my mom. 28. Spend a day of quality time with my dad? >Things I've never done/tried< 29. Try sushi. 30. Grow my own lettuce. 31. Write a letter to an author who has inspired me. 32. Get a massage. 33. Geo caching. 34. Get a pedicure. 35. Watch a scary movie. 36. Have a garage sale. 37. Give blood (??? scariest thing on this list for me.) 38. Watch the British version of the Office. 39. Improve blogging--participate in Sunday Scribblings for 3 months. 40. Send Christmas cards/letters. 41. Submit an article for publication. (besides through the College of Vet. Med.) 42. Write a letter to the editor. 43. Watch an Indiana Jones movie. 44. Learn how to give good massages. 45. Sell something besides a textbook on EBay. 46. Send a fruit/veggie via USPS. >Things I've never succeeded at< 47. Get an indoor plant. Keep it alive. 48. Sort through all the STUFF I own, get rid of most of it. 49. Take daily vitamins for one month. 50. Import all my Cd's into ITunes. 51. Create an address book. 52. Teach Caleb to whistle. 53. Clean entire apartment--top to bottom. 54. Find lipstick that I like. 55. Convince Caleb to go to our high school reunion.--Summer 09. FAILURE. Just for me: 56. Read the whole Bible. 57. Get a pet 58. Make a wedding album 59. Watch the sunrise. 60. Watch the sunset. 61. Try a new hairstyle/color. --Jan. 09, chopped the hair before beginning student teaching. 62. Give up pop for one month. 63. Wear high heels with jeans. 64. Play in the rain. 65. Ride a horse. 66. Lose 20 pounds. 67. Memorize a chapter of the Bible. 68. Watch a documentary. 69. Go to a Christian conference of some kind. 70. Go tubing or try water skiing.--August 09, with Danny, Tanya, Caleb, Jason. 71. Read something C.S. Lewis. 72. Accumulate at least 25 young adult novels. --(4/25--purchased the Twilight Saga), own "Night" 73. Pay off at least half of our student loans. >Buy< 74. a camcorder. 75. funky pasta. 76. a fire-proof safe. 77. a complete outfit purchased from thrift stores. 78. a piece of original artwork. 79. an ant farm. 80. a pair of boots. 81. a unique pair of earrings. 82. a sweet "English teacher"ish poster for my classroom.--August 09, Writing traits 83. a new board game. 84. a GPS. >Creative stuff< 85. Learn how to take good pictures (buy a how-to book, something) 86. Send more secrets to Postsecret 87. Write a poem. 88. Paint a picture. 89. Create an interesting wall in our apartment/house/somewhere we live. 90. Participate in Project 365 (well, try at least 5 days/week), post pictures to the blog. 91. Top to bottom--decorate the living room. 92. Create a sweet top for our coffee table. 93. Make a flower arrangement. 94. Make a K-State wall/collage in my classroom.--Sort of, my corner has several K-State things in it. August 09 Widening the lens: 95. Send a Christmas Shoebox 96. Send 5 postcards through www.postcrossing.com Mar '09--sent 5 postcards 97. Buy something off of a stranger's Amazon wish list. 98. Sponsor a child. 99. Make a friend from Nepal. 100. Meet my neighbors. 101. Do a service project. |