End of week 6

[pygmypeach81]

101 Things to do in 1001 Days:

start: Thursday, August 6, 2009 finish: Thursday, May 3, 2012

strikethrough = completed (date noted in bold)

italics = details of completion/progress

(x/xx) = progress made on daily/weekly/monthly/etc

** = changed/added item

Relationships:

1. contact O&O (at least) 1x a month (1/33)

· emailed 8/8/09

1. contact Sara (at least) 1x a month (1/33)

· emailed 8/30/09

1. contact Damien (at least) 1x a month (1/33)

· visited 8/15/09

1. contact Marcella (at least) 1x a month (1/33)

· emailed 8/8/09

1. visit Marcella while she’s at school on the east coast
2. contact Kristy (at least) 1x a month (1/33)

· sent card 8/31/09

1. visit Kristy
2. contact Aunt Ru (at least) 1x a month (1/33)

· emailed 8/16/09

1. have Valerie stay with me in Davis
2. invited Chris to stay with me in Davis
3. make dinner for Ben 1x a week (going out doesn’t count) (6/143)

· chicken salad 8/12/09

· pepper/sausage sauté 8/25/09

· tacos 8/28/09

· steak tacos 8/30/09

· mahi mahi 9/4/09

· pasta and chicken 9/10/09

1. make breakfast for Ben 1x a week (going out doesn’t count) (6/143)

· French Toast 8/13/09 (offered 8/12 and he requested 8/13)

· oatmeal 8/18/09

· Buckwheat/Raspberry Pancakes 8/25/09

· pancakes 9/2/09

· oatmeal 9/8/09

· pancakes 9/15/09

1. have a movie night with Tara 1x a month until she gets her PhD (1/2)

· tried in weeks 3-4 but she had just had surgery.

· “Time Traveler’s Wife” 9/16/09 (with Ashley)

1. go to lunch or a movie with Thomas (without Ben) 1x a month (0/33)

· I have been trying (though not very hard) to make plans. He didn’t call me back.

Fitness/Health:

1. go to the gym 3x a week (6/143)
2. use Wii Fit 1x a week for weight, do training at least 2x a week** (6/143)
3. lose 25 pounds (more if possible, but stay healthy!) [goal weight: ~125-135]

· downloaded “Lose It!” iPhone app to monitor calorie intake 8/19/09

--I've lost total of 2.6 since starting the “Lost It!” app!! 9/13/09

1. buy a bikini
2. go for 1 long bike ride 1x a month (0/33)

· Ben needs new tubes for his bike, so we didn’t go this month. I’ll make it up.

1. go to Farmers’ Market 1x a month (1/33)

· Saturday morning farmers’ market 8/22/09

1. go to a spa
2. find a dentist
3. drink 1 liter of water a day (42/1001)
4. get a mani/pedi (0/3)
5. give myself a facial 2x a year (0/5)
6. try getting waxed instead of shaving
7. go for a walk with Ben 2x a month (2/66)

· walked to the farmers’ market and back, picking up our bikes (his from his old apt and mine from the train station) 8/22/09

· it wasn’t with Ben, but I walked home from the gym on 8/26/09 and I’m gonna count it.

Finances:

1. get a job [I like]
2. save $100 a month (0/14)
3. spend $0 for a week (on non essentials) (2/9)
4. cancel/change BE subscription 8/16/09
5. downgrade to 1 movie a month on NetFlix 8/7/09

Education:

1. go back to school
2. get my license
3. get a library card
4. take an anger management class
5. relearn to crochet 9/5/09 (basic stitch learned)
6. watch the news 2x a week (6/143)
7. get certified in CPR and Pet CPR
8. learn to curl my hair with a curling iron
9. take a cooking class
10. take a dance class (with Ben?)

Travel:

1. get a passport
2. go to Monterey Bay Aquarium
3. go to SF zoo
4. go to an amusement park
5. go to Vegas
6. go to NY
7. take a spontaneous road trip (driver’s license needed to complete) (0/2)
8. go hiking 4x a year (1/11)

· Estera Trail and Lighthouse in Pt Reyes w/Ben, Mom, Damien 8/15/09

1. go to a zoo not in California (0/2)
2. go to Alcatraz 8/21/09
3. go to Hearst Castle
4. go to a State or County Fair
5. spend the weekend at a B&B
6. go camping (0/2)

Humanitarian:

1. go through clothes and donate what I don’t wear 1x a year (0/3)
2. donate hair to locks of love (2x if possible) mailed 9/2/09
3. volunteer to work with animals

For Fun:

1. watch all the James Bond movies in order of their release (0/23)
2. write 2 short stories (0/2)
3. write 10 poems (0/10)
4. make 2 scarves (0/2)
5. paint something to hang on my wall
6. get one of my photos printed and framed
7. spend 1 hour playing/cuddling with Puck and Harley a week (6/143)
8. take my cats for a walk on their leashes
9. find 3 new hobbies (1/3)

· crocheting

1. get a new tattoo
2. finish getting my ears pierced (0/3)
3. try the wrist restraints
4. help Ben wash his car (0/3)
5. have a picnic (1/4)

· picnic in Pt. Reyes w/ Ben, Mom, Damien 8/15/09

1. plan or participate in a scavenger hunt
2. play Scrabble (not online) (0/4)
3. purchase fresh flowers 3x a year (0/8)
4. beat the next Monkey Island games without looking online for hints (1/4)
5. watch a meteor shower (0/3)
6. pick another board game to play and play it! (0/4)
7. get fitted for a bra
8. stay up all night and watch the sunrise

Culture:

1. go to a museum 2x a year (0/5)
2. go to a play 2x a year (0/5)
3. go to the opera 1x a year (0/3)
4. finish reading 1 new book a month (1/33)

· Diane Ackerman’s “The Zookeeper’s Wife” - 8/25/09

· started “Life of Pi” 8/28/09

1. go to a concert 1x a year (0/3)
2. make sweet potato gnocci
3. try a different nigiri every time I get sushi (0/?)

Just Do It!!:

1. figure out what happened to my computer battery which I paid to have “refilled” 8/11/09 shipped 8/11/09 priority mail. received 8/13/09
2. figure out what happened to my replacement Credit Card 8/31/09
3. give Mom the ladybugs I bought!! 8/15/09
4. put a screen protector on my iPhone 8/6/09
5. get a basket for my bike
6. get bedroom door fixed
7. have upstairs neighbors A/C fixed 8/11/09
8. get second lamp for living room 8/28/09 (found in free stuff pile)
9. get new sofa (at least new to me)
10. vacuum 1x a week (5/143)
11. clean kitchen floor 1x a week (6/143)

100. clean refrigerator 3x a year (1/8)

101. keep LJ apprised of my progress at the end of every week (5/143)

Other:

102. go to Alaska/Canada

103. clean makeup brushes

104. complete a NANOWRIMO (try every year) (175 pages, 50,000 words)

105. create another 101 in 1001 - reflecting new goals, after first is [almost?] completed

106. go to Ashland

107. go back for at least 1 Solano Stroll