The List

I’ll be noting progress on my list throughout the project. Goals in progress with be in italics, completed goals will be in navy and bolded. All goals will link to appropriate posts.

Grace

1. Donate to prom and suit drives – In Progress
2.  Make real meals for myself while the hubs is away at training – Completed 4/6/11
3. Work on my posture for three months
4. Spend three months working on wasting less food – In Progress
5. Have a meal prep day to make some freezer-ready back-up meals – Completed 2/5-6/11
6. For nine non-consecutive months, buy only one high-quality item of clothing – In Progress (1/9)
7. Open an IRA and reallocate retirement savings – In Progess
8. Send at least one letter or card per month for six months running – In Progress
9. Take photos of daily life for six months in order to become more mindful – In Progress
10. Find and frequent a farmer’s market
11. Check insurance inventory yearly and update if needed – In Progress
12. Keep a food-sleep-exercise-headache calendar for three months
13. Work on recognizing and neutralizing anxious moments for three months
14. Go to a cardiologist for a check-up
15. Create a schedule for reviewing credit reports, follow for two years – In Progress
16. Donate to two patriotic causes
17. Reach 150 hours on the wii fit – In Progress
18. Open a store credit card – Completed 1/29/11
19. Actively work on negativity for three months
20. Find a general practice doctor and dentist and have initial appointments
21. Take a home-buying class or seminar – Completed 3/24/12
22. Do something active with the hubs once a week for six months
23. Update our joint finances to start a someday-kids fund, among others – Completed 1/24/11
24. Complete two sets of note cards from my stash – In Progress
25. Get a passport with my semi-new last name – Completed 2/12
26. Make sure I’m up to date on all immunizations
27. Increase retirement savings
28. Work on a routine to make the most of the hubs’ planned writing time
29. Stretch out before bed three nights a week for three months
30. Have a no-stuff month where I buy only groceries, gas, and experiences
31. Read five books about the adoption process – In Progress (1/5)
32. Make monthly mission goals and complete six months of one calendar year on time – In Progress
33. Get our stuff in order and talk to a financial planner
34. Spend a weekend going through all my clothes and purge/donate
35. Wash dishes directly after every meal for two months
36. Find a tailor I trust and clear out any pending alteration needs
37. Create an emergency information kit and store online with the insurance inventory
38. Create an organization and regular back-up system for my computer
39. Find a place for everything we own
40. Reduce usage of chemical cleaners – In Progress
41. Make the bed every day for three months – In Progress
42. Write over 550 posts on this blog – In Progress
43. Get proper carbon monoxide detectors and fire extinguishers – In Progress
44. Pick up for ten minutes every morning for three months
45. Finish my photo book documenting my first 101
46. Get my car washed and vacuumed at least once a year for each year on my list
47. Attempt to cut down on the cursing — count for one month, then work on reducing for three
48. Get CPR certified
49. Decorate all rooms in our new place – Completed 10/29/11
50. Donate to two non-patriotic causes

Joy

51. Go get my hair done for an event or occasion
52. Invest in three pretty but practical underwear sets – Completed 12/23/11
53. Have a date once per month for six months in a row – In Progress
54. Empty all the moving boxes within three months of the move – In Progress
55. Prepare an extra special lunch once a week for three months – In Progress
56. Make homemade marshmallows to go with our homemade hot chocolate
57. Get a tag from a giving tree and donate gifts – Completed 11/27/11
58. Create a weekend morning routine — work for six months to establish
59. Go to the movies five times with the hubs – Completed 7/11
60. Comment on friends’ blogs at least once per week for the entire list – In Progress
61. Visit my new nephew – Completed 9/17-18/11
62. Go on a girls’ trip — weekend or longer
63. Travel out of the country again with the hubs
64. Meet and try to cultivate five new friend prospects
65. Have professional photos taken of the hubs and me
66. Go to a baseball game with the hubs
67. Visit a National Park that I’ve not been to
68. Identify five must-visit places in our new location and visit them – In Progress
69. Join a new group/membership – Completed 5/5/12
70. See another show on Broadway – Completed 8/15/11
71. Go fruit picking
72. Treat myself to a new magazine five separate times – In Progress (3/5)
73. Get oven proof bowls and make five different soups – In Progress (1/5)
74. Celebrate a regular, random day
75. Develop an effective 15-minute work break – In Progress
76. Splurge on a pair of classic black peep-toe pumps
77. Have a live Christmas tree one year
78. Buy a big fancy camera and lens – Completed 12/26/2011
79. Take a photography class or lesson – Completed 3/20/12
80. Make ten new recipes and embrace the food adventure – In Progress (4/10)
81. Get a plant to flourish in bedroom, office, living room — must live for three months
82. Complete five years of my book log
83. Eat three things I’ve never tried before – Completed 5/12
84. Make homemade hummus and pitas
85. Learn to locate five new constellations and the myths behind them
86. Get a fun new treat piece of jewelry
87. Read five non-fiction books which catch my fancy - Completed 8/2011
88. Take a cooking class with the hubs
89. Do a crafty/handy project for our new home – Completed 2/21/11
90. Make my own Italian-style pasta
91. Keep my nails (fingers and toes) nicely painted for one month
92. Buy new full size bookshelves and organize them - Completed 10/6/11
93. Get a manicure and pedicure — not for a wedding – Completed 6/27/11
94. Buy an article of clothing or an accessory through an independent seller or modcloth – Completed 9/29/11
95. Make and linger over a new fondue recipe – Completed 2/19/11
96. Have all Christmas shopping done by Thanksgiving, allowing for one exception
97. Find a new salon/stylist to be loyal to
98. Splurge on new curlers and donate unsuccessful ones – Completed 9/28/11
99. Finish my solo game of Super Mario Bros Wii – In Progress
100. Be a tourist for a weekend – Completed 7/16-17/11
101. Go camping