Rightio, Month 7 Update!

[mitanika]

Well, I totally screwed up and missed the big 6 MONTH post.  Oops.  Real life is getting in the way.  So here is my 7 month post instead

1. Buy property - Still saving hard.  Got a new savings account with a higher interest to save my millions in :)
   
2. Stay in an ice hotel and see the Northern Lights
3. Run a 10k race and don’t finish last - I totally 100% bailed on this commitment.  I have stopped running completely but I intend to get back into it as of 01/09.
4. Write to ten people I don’t keep in touch with anymore [0/10]
5. Get a job working with animals - Still volunteering at the local shelter.  Two months down, ten more to go before I can at least be considered for a job
6. Get my computer fixed
7. Take boxing classes
8. Read the whole Bible - Reading at the moment
9. Take a Bible class
10. Get two people to donate blood instead of me [1/2] - I need to start scouting for my second 'victim'!
11. Continue with my tithing at the same rate 
12. Get Certificate III in Companion Animal Services
13. Go speed dating
14. Finish that necklace
15. Go to roller derby tryouts
16. Write 3 short stories that I’m proud of - I have been somewhat working on a story, which I'll probably post if I finish it.  I really, really like it- so far at least.
17. Make sushi
18. Have a fancy dress party for my 25th
19. Buy myself an expensive piece of jewellery that I love- just because
20. Go to a shooting range
21. Buy a “story” Wii game and complete it
22. Run a 5k race and don’t finish last - See goal 3
23. Drink milk every day for a week each month [1/33]
24. Get involved more online and make friends
25. Post on LJ at least once a week  -
26. Learn how to cook a roast chicken meal
27. Take mum away on a mini break
28. Learn 10 Bible verses [5/10] - But can I remember all of them... that's the real question!
29. Go on the catapult in Surfers Paradise
30. Go out and get fun drunk and don’t come home until really late
31. Grow a sunflower
32. Every two months or so, do something cultural that you wouldn’t normally do, see a play etc [0/17] - I went and saw an OPERA a few days ago.  I really enjoyed it, it was actually an operetta, so not totally full on 'opera'.  It was fun!
33. Sort out my ipod and BUY everything legally!!!
34. Write down everything I eat for two weeks [0/14]
35. Write down everything I spend for two weeks [14/14] 
36. Work out a budget and stick to it! - I had a month of doing this and then work majorly cut my hours, so have to start again from scratch.  This has really forced me to cut down on things.  Yes, I want to go out, but I'd rather own a house thank you very much.
37. Learn to juggle
38. Look into becoming a Big Sister
39. Have an internet free day once a week - I actually did this yesterday, I think for the first time since I started the list.  Instead of going on the computer, I lay on the sofa and watch TV...
40. Cut out bread/pasta/carbs for two weeks x 4 [0/4]
41. Read 20 “classics” [0/20]
42. Watch 20 “classics” [4/20]
43. Suck it up and write to Azelia for Katrina’s contact details
44. Buy a bridal magazine and pick out a dress
45. Have a fake hens night
46. Actually put that Spanish CD onto my ipod and LISTEN to it
47. Write an OTIS report
48. Become more involved with GodlyGals
49. Go along to one of those free library events
50. Buy a puzzle magazine every month and don’t stop til you win a prize! -
51. Don’t bail on people just because you feel like it 
52. If you can’t make it to church, listen to a DestinyChurch podcast
53. Find a 5 min Christian podcast and listen to it on the way to work
54. Go to the races and place a bet
55. Clean out my email inbox
56. Go vegetarian for a week x 4 [0/4]
57. Eat really, really healthy for a week x 4 [0/4]
58. Go horse riding
59. Take part in some kind of eating challenge
60. Have a cocktail night
61. Complete NaNoWriMo
62. Go to a comedy club
63. Get ten recommendations for new music and review [0/10]
64. Get ten recommendations for new books and review [0/10]
65. Get ten recommendations for new movies and review [0/10] 
66. Go to that restaurant in Brisbane that just does desserts
67. Take a sign language class
68. Become more involved at church
69. Visit Laura, the town
70. Get down to 50kg
71. Be more assertive
72. Fix the watch Judy gave me and wear it
73. Have another room clear out- and this time it’s war on clutter
74. Actually take all my stuff (that I still have from the first clear out) to the Salvos
75. Put Bio Oil on consistently for four months
76. Have a loose change jar 
77. Write a will and funeral ideas
78. Learn how to make a paper crane
79. Buy something off etsy.com and frame it and hang it up
80. Don’t take any crap from anyone
81. Learn a poem by heart - Since deciding on ‘If’ I haven’t even looked at it since!
82. Get ID in a fake name
83. Grow nails long for a month
84. Learn how to play chess
85. Do 4 shoeboxes for kids overseas [0/4]
86. Keep my room continuously tidy for a month
87. Post 100 Operation Beautiful post-its [6/100] 
88. Send in a postcard to Postsecret
89. Attend a protest
90. Read 10 auto/biographies of people I admire [0/10]
91. Rejoin Open Doors
92. Keep a prayer journal for a month - I'm actually still going with this one.  I'm totally noticing the difference in my life as well. I've done the month and have kept going.
93. Do some kind of thing where you buy birthday/Christmas presents for kids
94. Do the 40 hour famine
95. Put 50 notes in books about dealing with depression, divorce etc [2/50]
96. Cook at least once a week
97. Visit/write to my grandparents at least once a week [4/143] 
98. Donate my hair
99. Put together a playlist of all the songs that remind me of overseas
100. Get my eyebrows done
101. Learn to drive manually