I am STILL alive.
So, it has been years since I updated my lj. I write a bit more frequently on one of my blogs (you don't really want to know how many I've started - it is a lot like my collection of "I only wrote in you for a month" diaries), but I'm really bad about updating there too!
I may be late, but I have completed many things on my expired 101 Things in 1001 days list! If it is Bold and crossed out I totally completed it, if it is Just Crossed Out It has changed or i consider it basically done
Academics
1. Finish my Associate's Degree
2. Get accepted to EMU (or another 4-year school) Current student
3. Achieve a 3.5 or higher this semester - My highest was a 3.48 - Since I'm now in Kappa Delta Pi, I think a 3.0 or higher is a fine goal.
4. Learn how to swim
5. Spend at least one semester abroad
6. Take an interpersonal communication course - and got an A (I don't remember why this was so important to me that I made it a goal.)
7. Learn to play the guitar or bass
8. Learn another language
9. Achieve a 3.5 or higher again
10. Ace a Math class - Accomplished in 2011 or 12
Kinesthetics
11. Do well in Ballroom Dance class - Got an A, also took Ballet and Modern Dance - my balance and rhythym are much improved
12. Attend a Medieval European Dance Class
13. Attend another Medieval Dance Class - Even went to Cynnabar Dance practice a few times, I dance in the SCA often now
14. Climb something High - Climbing wall at SpringHill while chaperoning - made it all the way to the top
15. Do something active every week for all 1001 days (0/143) I do something active almost every day now
16. Learn how to throw not 'like a girl'
17. Go on a Hike
18. Go on a physical trip (ie cycling, canoeing, hiking)
19. Do something Physically Challenging that I have NEVER done before
20. Join a Bowling League - I was on one for awhile, it was fun, I had to quit because my car died!
Adventures
21. Fly in an airplane again
22. Go on a Road Trip with someone not related to me - This past summer I travelled to Pennsic with alliquay, and home from Pennsic with someone I didn't know at all before that week!!!
23. Visit 3 states I've never been to - Missouri, Kansas, North Dakota, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Maryland
24. Get a Passport
25. Take a Train Ride - to ND
26. Take a Cruise
27. Go on a Real Picnic
28. Play Paintball like in '10 Things I Hate About You'
28. Go to a Casino
29. Go to Cedar Point and ride ALL the Roller Coasters
30. Visit a Foreign Country - Canada doesn't count because I've been there many times
Companions
31. Make a new friend - lots
32. Hang out with the above new friend outside the place where I met him/her
33. Go on a date. - Been on so many first dates it isn't funny!
34. Get Kissed.
35. Plant something and keep it alive for at least 2 months - I'm accepting my Black Thumbness
36. Get a Dog
37. Go on a Blind Date - not as cool as I thought it would be - not as horrible either, I'd do it again
38. Spend a Day with each of my sisters (0/3) - Different days - I always need more of these
39. Host a Dinner Party
40. Go to a Con - DETCON1!!! Also MotorCity ComicCon - both in 2014
Improvements
41. Clean/Organize bedroom - ha ha this needs to be done again
42. Keep School stuff organized this semester - been doing pretty good for two and a half years now. Figured out what works for me
43. Walk away when Emily starts a fight 5 times in a row (0/5) - At least 5 times total, this is a losing battle
44. Go a whole month without fighting with Emily - I don't see this ever happening
45. Move out of my Parent's House - this is waiting for school to be done
46. Fix my Teeth - waiting for a job with Dental
47. Lose 10 lbs, 10 times. (0/10)
48. Get First Aid Certified - done in 2012 - need to recertify
49. Let go of 9 things I don't need anymore - I've thrown out sooo much!
50. Use the clothes dryer for underwear only for 8 weeks (0/8) - this goal failed when the clothesline had poison ivy growing up it, I do hang a lot of things to dry in the bathroom now
Productions
51. Make something "artsy"
52. Make a Banner for the Youth Room Stopped volunteering with the Youth because Burnout+lack of cooperation from parents=lack of board support+abuse from teenagers=DONE
53.Give handmade gifts to everyone for Christmas 2011 - Harder than expected - although I gave a lot of handmade gifts that year
54. Make a tie-blanket for someone
55.Learn how to crochet or knit
56. Embroider something
57. Sew a Chemise - sewing just isn't my thing, I made a Quilt for a school project.
58. Write a Children's Book
59. Perform on Stage - Ballet
60. Work Backstage - Ho Ho Holidays, Modern Dance
Im/Maturity (odds are "Childish" evens are "grown-up")
61. Complete a coloring book
62. Open a Checking Account
63. Splash in Puddles
64. Purchase a Car from a Dealership (Previously Owned is acceptable)
65. Ride my Bike "No Hands!"
66. Get a new Cell Phone
67. Go to Disneyland/World
68. Take over my car insurance and phone bill
69. Go to a skyscraper (or other really tall building) and ride the elevator all the way to the top and back down. - at Detcon1
70. See something that makes me think of someone, have enough money on my person to buy it and not buy it
Anachronisms
71. Go to Greenfield Village
72. Go to a History Museum
73. Get Period Shoes - I've had them long enough to need and get repairs!
74. Do an A&S project - Working on an AS 50 A&S project
75. Attend an SCA event in another Kingdom. (Pennsic doesn't count)
76. Attend a Living History event that is not SCA-related - River of Time in Bay City
77. Take a class at Pennsic - took and taught in 2014
78. Visit the Holocaust Museum
79. Visit an American Historical Landmark
80. Attend 36 SCA events (0/36) - Not naming them all
Spirituality
81. Read the entire Bible, New International Version I always get stuck in Ezra!
82. Read the entire Bible, The Message Version (or the ReMix) got stuck in Leviticus.
83. Do 30 Hour Famine
84.Spend 15 minutes a day for a week in silent prayer
85. Spend 25 minutes a day in silent prayer/personal bible study for another week
86. Spend 35 minutes a day in silent prayer/personal bible study for another week
87. Spend 45 minutes a day in silent prayer/pbs for two weeks I'm not so good at the silent for that long thing. I don't think G-d minds
88. Go to a Conference/Convention
89. Organize something for singles between 24-39 at church.
90. Join or start a small group
Potpourri
91. Read 26 books, 1 for each letter of the Alphabet, BOLD that letter when done and post title & like/dislike on my lj (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ) I write reviews on Goodreads sometimes, I count that as good
92. Give up Facebook for a Month - Gave it up for Lent and Pastor got mad at me for not answering his pm
93.Beat Indiana Jones' LEGO on Wii - who has time for that?
94. Finish the Ironwolf Census. That thing is technically never done, but it is now
95. Return dvds to Ann Colley and Sean. Also that cd that I checked out from the library 3 years ago. Done! Done! Done!
96. To be added in 2012 - obviously I never added anything
97. To be added in 2012
98. To be added in 2012
99. To be added in 2012
100. To be added in 2012
101. To be added in 2012
So, I completed 58/95. Approximately 61% completed by November 2014! And now I'm done procrastinating. Back to doing homework that is due tomorrow!