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My Progress

Key: Not Started. In Progress. Finished

Marriage & Family
1. “Date night” with Andrew once a month (19/33)
2. Call/visit my grandma once a month (32/33)
3. Visit and put flowers on the graves of loved ones
4. Get a dog/puppy
5. Visit my dad in Arizona
6. Do something with my mom (dinner, etc) twice a month while my dad is gone (16/30)
7. Host at least 1 holiday gathering (Easter/Thanksgiving/Christmas) for our families

Mind, Body & Soul
8. Bike the Grand Rounds (5/22/2010)
9. Bike somewhere 50+ miles away
10. Finish all 7 stages of my workout routine. (1/31/2010)
11. Get a massage
12. Get a pedicure
13. Eat dinner with the television off for one week (9/21/2009)
14. Go a week without eating any sweets (2/9/2010)
15. Quit taking Tylenol PM (11/30/2009)

Home Is Where the Heart Is
16. Reorganize kitchen cabinets
17. Finish the yard: put up a fence and expand the vegetable garden (5/15/2010)
18. Reorganize all the closets (4/5)
19. Clean out the file cabinet every spring (1/3)
20. Empty entire fridge and clean it once a month (18/33)
21. Get new blinds/curtains for the master bedroom (1/23/2011)
22. Clean and reorganize the storage room in the basement (1/3/2010)
23. Clean and organize the garage.
24. Organize the laundry room. (12/19/2010)
25. Hang a clothesline in the backyard. (4/24/2010)

Hit the Open Road
26. Start a Newlywed Map (2/28/2010)
27. Travel to at least 2 countries in Europe (10/22/2010)
28. Travel to at least 4 different cities for weekend getaways (3/4)
29. Travel out of state 3 times (12/10/2010)

I ♥ Food
30. Try at least two new recipes a month (2/18/2011)
31. Host a holiday cookie swap (12/4/2010)
32. Go to 10 different breakfast places (6/10)
33. Take Wilton cake decorating courses
34. Host a Dinner Party (12/6/2009)
35. Eat a well-balanced breakfast every morning for a week (8/7/2010)
36. Complete “12 Days of Cookies” (12/23/2009)
37. Organize all of my recipes (12/28/2010)

Friends Are Forever
38. Get together with friends at least once a month (29/33)
39. Get together with “the girls” from Olaf at least 2 times per year (3/6)
40. Get together with “the girls” from M.A. at least 3 times per year (12/4/2010)
41. Go on a girl’s getaway weekend (6/6/2010)
42. Send birthday cards to friends/immediate family in 2010 (12/26/2010)

Money, Money, Money
43. Pay off my Wells Fargo student loan (10/22/2010)
44. Bring savings up to at least $40,000
45. Buy chair(s) for the living room (9/11/2010)
46. Buy sectional for the basement (8/30/2009)
47. Buy a Road Bike for Andrew (10/5/2009)
48. Follow the Budget and track all purchases in the spreadsheet

Quest for Knowledge
49. Thoroughly research something I know nothing about
50. Learn to identify 10 constellations (0/10)
51. Relearn German
52. Learn basic French
53. Read the newspaper every weekend (66/143)
54. Take a photography course
55. Watch 10 documentaries (4/10)

Pay It Forward
56. Pick a charity and donate regularly (12/28/2010)
57. Volunteer
58. Participate in Operation Beautiful
59. Clean out closet and donate old clothes to charity (2/13/2011)
60. Participate in Operation Christmas Child (11/14/2010)
61. Fill the candy jar at work once a month
62. Donate 100,000 grains of rice (8,000/100,000)

Just for Fun
63. Take a day off work and do nothing but read in bed
64. Go skydiving
65. Go on a police ride-along
66. Play all (23) Nancy Drew PC games (13/23)
67. Have a Disney movie marathon weekend (10/10/2009)
68. Go to a Drive-in movie
69. Send a secret to PostSecret
70. See the Nutcracker ballet (12/19/2009)
71. Be in someones wedding. (10/2/2010)
72. Have a slumber party (like in middle/high school) (11/8/2009)
73. Make a list of 101 favorite quotes (12/17/2010)
74. Re-watch every episode of the X-Files
75. Spend a rainy day putting a puzzle together
76. Make a sizable dent in my Netflix queue
77. Make it back to St. Olaf for Christmas Fest

Hobbies & Skills
78. Learn to sew
79. Learn to drive a car with a manual transmission (1/1/2011)
80. Get re-certified in CPR and first aid
81. Read 200 books
82. Read all the books in the Alphabet Series (20/21)
83. Re-read the Harry Potter Series (again!) (11/10/2010)
84. Read 5 Banned Books (3/5)
85. Read 25 of the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (10/25)
86. Read all books in the “Prey” series by John Sandford (16/19)
87. Read all books in the “Alex Cross” series by James Patterson (12/16)
88. Have more than 10 followers at Laura’s Sweet Treats. (2/15/2010)
89. Bowl a 200
90. Crochet something

Capture the Memories
91. Finish a 365 challenge.
92. Make a wedding photo book (11/17/2009)
93. Participate in 26 Things
94. Get photos printed and framed for work (6/23/2010)
95. Get photos printed and framed for the house (10/31/2010)
96. Write a letter to me to be opened after the 1001 days is over (8/15/2009)

No More Procrastinating
97. Get life insurance policies (10/7/2009)
98. Get a bike helmet (5/21/2010)
99. Finally make that honeymoon scrapbook!
100. Change my voicemail at work (8/26/2009)
101. Read the book that came with my camera



Last updated 2/14/2010.