Begin date: Nov. 11, 2008
End date: Aug. 10, 2011

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>Other Places<
1. Go overseas somewhere.
2. Take Caleb to the ocean. --July '10, Corpus Christi, TX
3. Take Caleb to a Chiefs game.
4. Go camping.--June '10, Beaver's Bend with the Fennells
5. Go to a concert.--April '10, Mercy Me, David Crowder Band, Francesca Battestelli
6. Go to a national park.--Padre Island National Seashore
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.--Summer '10, Canadian Bacon/Pineapple
16. Make homemade salsa. --Nov. 09, delicious...
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. --Often, since moving to Tulsa...still would like to invite some from farther away.
27. Spend a day of quality time with my mom.--Summer '10--Spent a week in Garnett and got lots of good mom and me time in.
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.--I'm counting this done, because I no longer want a professional massage...I just love Caleb's.
33. Geo caching.
34. Get a pedicure. --December 09...fabulous!!!
35. Watch a scary movie.
36. Have a garage sale. --Fall 09, with Danny & Tanya...got rid of lots of stuff!
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. --Christmas '09, short and sweet.
41. Submit an article for publication. (besides through the College of Vet. Med.)
42. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper.
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.--July '10 Sent coconuts from Corpus Christi to Sapulpa, OK and Manhattan, KS. One made it, one didn't.

>Things I've never succeeded at<
47. Get an indoor plant. Keep it alive.--Orchid, Nov. 09...alive so far...
48. Sort through all the STUFF I own, get rid of most of it.--Summer '10...I went through EVERYTHING
49. Take daily vitamins for one month.--Fall 09...didn't want to get sick.
50. Import all my Cd's into ITunes.--Summer '10
51. Create an address book.--Dec. 09
52. Teach Caleb to whistle.--probably impossible.
53. Clean entire apartment--top to bottom.--No longer in an apartment, but I did this to my house.
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--April '10 BAILEY, beagle.
58. Make a wedding album
59. Watch the sunrise.
60. Watch the sunset.--July '10, over Corpus Christi Bay...gorgeous.
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.--Feb. '10, date night with Caleb
64. Play in the rain.
65. Ride a horse.
66. Lose 20 pounds.
67. Memorize a chapter of the Bible.
68. Watch a documentary.-- September 09, March of the Penguins, love it.
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. --Not going to list them all, but thanks to garage sales, I have way more than 25 YA Novels in my classroom.
73. Pay off at least half of our student loans.

>Buy<
74. a camcorder.
75. funky pasta.
76. a fire-proof safe.--Nov. 09 Black Friday Sales
77. a complete outfit purchased from thrift stores.
78. a piece of original artwork.
79. an ant farm.
80. a pair of boots. --Feb '10, soooo uncomfortable, but very cute.
81. a unique pair of earrings.--Summer 09
82. a sweet "English teacher"ish poster for my classroom.--August 09, Writing traits
83. a new board game.--March '10 Killer Bunnies = Hilarious.
84. a GPS.--Christmas 09, received from my dad.

>Creative stuff<
85. Learn how to take good pictures (buy a how-to book, something)
86. Send more secrets to Postsecret--Summer '09
87. Write a poem.
88. Paint a picture.
89. Create an interesting wall in our apartment/house/somewhere we live.--Summer 09, Collage of Africa pictures
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.--I'm counting this done Summer '10. The living room is cute.
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. --Spring 09, Mukeshimana from Rwanda.
99. Make a friend from Nepal.
100. Meet my neighbors.--Spring '10, met neighbors on either side of us in our new house.
101. Do a service project.