The return on an absent blogger....

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Dear LJ

I'm a terribly sorry that I have neglected you over the last six months. I know that it is no excuse but I let work and uni get in the way of my blogging responsibilities. Soooo now that I have a lot more free time on my hands I have decided that it is time I come back to LJ and my list of 101 things.

1. Join the gym - Ok so I still haven't done this because I'm just plain lazy. As soon as I have some money at the start of next year I will do this.......I hope :) 
   
2. Go to the gym at least 2-3 times a week 
3. Write a blog at least once a month - ooopsy I haven't been on top of this one.
   
4. Take a cooking class 
5. Save $5,000
6. Read 10 classic novels
7. Keep my GPA above 6 - So far so good with this one. But lets not talk too soon because my marks for the terrible science exam aren't back yet.
   
8. Donate blood 
9. Move out of home and into my own place. - This probably won't be happening for a very long time...But a girl can dream
   
10. Do a detox - liver cleansing or the lemon detox
11. Keep a food and exercise diary for a month
12. Go to speed dating. 
13. Have a caffine free day once a month. - I can't believe that I have actually managed to do this one.
    
14. Have an alcohol free week once every 3 months. 
15. Buy a new computer
16. Get my certificate III in Nail Technology
17. Spend a weekend at a spa/retreat 
18. Have a girls holiday in Sydney
    
19. Go for dinner at Cloudland in Brisbane. 
20. Eat really really healthy for 1 week. 
21. Read 5 autobiographies.
22. Go to a music festival
23. Take a road trip
24. Go on an old fashioned picnic
25. No takeaway food for 3 weeks
26. Achieve a healthy BMI
27. Pay out all my debts
28. Hang photos of friends and family on the wall (in frames).
29. Take my Grandma out for High Tea 
30. Spend more quality time with Gracie
    
31. Travel overseas - Leaving for Fiji in exactly 2 weeks today :) 
    
32. Buy really nice linen for my bed
33. Buy european pillows and cushions for my bed.
34. Make my bed everyday for a month
35. Organise all my shoes
36. Have my teeth whitened
37. Hold a 3 course dinner party with friends
38. Explore a new city
39. No cigarettes for 1 week per month (ouch this one is going to hurt) - Can't believe it but I also have been managing to keep up with this goal as well. Go me!! 
    
40. Go on a wine/vineyard tour
41. Hold a cocktail party
42. Give 500 compliments
43. Make a gingerbread house
44. Do the 40 hour famine
45. Go to the dentist
46. Cook dinner every night for 1 week.
47. Go to a sci-fi convention
48. See a musical -  I saw Mamma Mia for the 2nd time with the family this year. It was little Gracie's first live Musical :) Plus I have tickets  booked to see Wicked with the awesome Miss Laura in January. I'm also seeing The Boy From Oz with the family in Melbourne in January.
    
49. See a play
50. Get eyelash extensions
51. Get a pedicure every 2 months
    
52. Go skinny dipping
53. Do the 'Special K  - Two week challenge'
54. Try 10 new restaurants
55. Sing a song in public
56. See a movie at the cinema by myself
57. Do something completely out of  character
58. Attend a murder mystery party
59.  Get 100% on guitar hero
60. Attend a Rocky Horror Night 
61. Have a candle lit dinner
62. Go 2 weeks without eating any chocolate 
63. Watch all of my DVDs again
    
64. Reply to emails within the week
65. Play mini-golf 
66. Buy a plant and keep it alive for at least 3 months 
67. Move all my photos/music etc from my old laptop onto my imac
68. Give someone a 'just because' gift - I didn't blog about this but I gave my lovley friend Laura a Sandwizrds present just because I knew she would love it so much. That minds me I really should see if she ever made it.
    
69. Go to the beach
70. Go to the Melbourne Comedy Festival 
71. Document 'A day in my life' with photos
72. Go to a shooting range -
    
73. Organise all my uni stuff
    
74. Have a loose change jar 
75. Go on a bush walk 
76. Go to the zoo
77. Watch a TV series from beginning to end 
78. Have a professional massage - I have a 1 hour massage booked at BeBe Spa in Fiji totally can't wait.
    
79. Donate clothes to charity 
80. Make a mix CD for a friend 
81. Choose a wedding dress - This afternoon I started looking at dresses and I realised that I really don't know what I want. First I will like a dress that is very simple and elegant and then the next one I like is a huge ball gown with lots of tulle and lace.
    
82. Place 1st/2nd/3rd at Trivia
    
83. Have a garage sale
84. Make a desert (from scratch)
85. Cook my way through a Nigella cookbook for 1 week
86. Drink nothing but water for 1 week
87. Read 3 books on Oprah's Books Club list
88. Write 5 close friends a handwritten letter
89. Walk the Breast cancer 5km marathon
90. Watch the sunrise on the beach
91. Take Gracie to her first rock concert
    
92. Go out dancing with the girls 
93. Go to a fake hens night
94. Get out of bed before 9am everyday for a week
95. Donate to an animal shelter 
96. When buying clothes, choose the coloured option over black. 
97. Eat breakfast everyday for a month
98. Take Gracie out to a theme park 
99. Read all of the Harry Potter novels again - in order - Some how I am going to borrow all of the Harry Potter books and take them to Fiji with me.
    
100. Have a meal at Hooters 
101. Spend a weekend in Brisbane with Friends
     

I didn't realise I had done as many of these as I have. I can't wait to get started on a few of these goals, especially the cooking ones. Which I'm sure the girls won't mind helping me with :) As long as we make sure there is just enough wine.