Moesying Through Life...: ::insert sigh here::

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

::insert sigh here::

I just wrote a very long blog entry. Decided against it. Erased and tried a different route that I've been thinking of. Erased that too.

Now this is all I'm saying. Got nothing else for right now.

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THE LIST - 101 Things I Want To Do in 1001 Days

Start Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009
End Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012

The original goal
indicates a goal in progress
indicates a goal accomplished
indicates a goal EXCEEDED!

Friends & Family

1. Plan another Girl's Weekend with the GODDESSES in my life (1/1) New Hampshire - October 22-24, 2010
2. Spend a weekend with just my Daddy (1/1) NYC - November 4-5, 2011
3. Do something with each of my brothers that they love to do (1/2) Warrior Dash with Michael (8.14.11)
4. Write a "just because" email to a friend, at least once a week for three months (0/1)
5. Organize a reunion of either the J-Crew or High School friends (0/1)
6. Visit an out-of-state friend or family member I have never visited before (1/1) Maine, September 24-26, 2010
7. Visit Jodi & Oscar in Barcelona (0/1)
8. Read 5 books recommended by a friend or family member (7/5)
9. Do something to truly surprise a friend (0/1)
10. Let a friend convince me to do something I would normally have no interest in doing (1/1) Learning to iceskate! 12.27.09
11. Reconnect with someone I have not even spoken with in years (like, since high school or something) (2/1)
12. Teach someone something that I love to do (0/1)
13. Convince at least 5 friends to create their own 101 in 1001 list (1/5) Thanks, Cort!

Artsy Stuff

14. Pick up drawing again and complete 5 works that I am happy with (0/5)
15. Take someone to see their very first Broadway show (1/1) 11.3.11
16. Go see a full opera (1/1) NYC Opera's Seance on a Wet Afternoon
17. Do something in a theater again, other than administrative work (0/1)
18. Create an fun way to display these goals (1/1) This blog! And I've even been updating it!
19. See one Broadway show for every month of this challenge (24?/33)
** Repeat Shows: 5 (not counted above)
20. Attend a Gala or Benefit as a paying patron for an organization I believe in (1/1) Only Make Believe 11.14.11
21. Be part of a spontaneous performance (1/1) Central Park Flash Mob (9.17.11)
22. Go see three community theater (non Broadway or off-Broadway) productions (6/3)
* Just for fun, Off-Broadway Count: 17*

Personal & Community Wellness

23. Exercise every day for one week, three times (0/3)
24. Exercise 3x per week for one month straight (1/1) (Feb-March 2010)
25. Workout or exercise BEFORE work 3x per week for 3 weeks (0/1)
26. Take a hip-hop class (0/1)
27. Transfer $20 into my savings account for every goal completed from this list ($760/$2,020)
28. Pay off credit cards in FULL (1/1)
29. Run a 5K (1/1) Founders 5K, 7.30.11, Turkey Trot 11.24.11, Washington Park 5K, Tawasentha Mud Run
30. Take myself on three full dates...by myself (1/3)
31. Bring flowers to all of my grandparent's graves, twice. (0/8)
32. Do a "detox" program for at least one week (0/1)
33. Be absolutely decisive for two days straight (0/1)
34. Get back to the point where I can do splits in all directions again (0/3)
35. Get a bike and go riding with Andy (1/1)
36. Let Andy try to teach me to roller blade again (0/1)
37. Volunteer at a soup kitchen for an entire day (0/1)
38. Do at least one walk for a cause (0/1)
39. Do something (volunteer or donate) to support a children's charity three times (2/3) Wigs for Kids, OMB costumes
40. Do 20 random acts of kindness (5/20)
41. Tip 100% to an exceptional waiter or waitress (0/1)
42. Help in a major construction project like helping a friend remodel a house or volunteering for Habitat for Humanity (0/1)
43. Donate blood five times (3/5)
44. Do five things to be more "green" in my day-to-day life (3/5)
45. Purge drawers and closet of all clothes that I don't wear anymore and donate them to the Salvation Army (or throw away if they are junk) (2/2) 3.14.10 - again on 7.31.11

Home & Office

46. Cook dinner every night for two weeks (doesn't have to be consecutive weeks) (0/2)
47. Bring lunch to work every day for two weeks (0/1)
48. Eat breakfast every morning before work for 2 weeks (3+/1)
49. Make a great meal using tofu (0/1)
50. Find a fish recipe that both Andy and I will actually eat (1/1) 3.15.11
51. Organize all my files and work spaces at work so that anyone would be able to find what they were looking for (1/1) I had to when I left my job!
52. Reorganize the guest room to make it a usable room (not just a crash pad with a bed) (1/1)
53. Start a little windowsill flower pot and keep it alive all season (1/1) Summer 2011
54. Clean out my itunes and music files (1/1) 12.20.09
55. Learn to make five ethnic dishes from scratch (2/5)
56. Do something AMAZING and unexpected at work (1/1)
57. Create a filing system for bills, important documents, etc., and actually maintain it (1/1) 3.12.11
58. Do not BUY a single cup of coffee for one month! (1/1) 32 days without even DRINKING it!
59. Buy or get a planner and USE it for the entire year (0/1)
60. Finally set up my own skype account and skype with 10 different people (4/10)
61. Find a way to organize jewelry (1/1)
62. Complete a major sewing project (1/1)
63. Refinish a piece of furniture by myself for my some-day house (0/1)
64. Perfect a signature dish that no one else can have the recipe for (0/1)
65. Have an at-home liquor cabinet that is ready for any visitor to request their favorite drink (1/1)
66. Perfect three of my dad's best recipes (2/3)
67. Read and learn about the major Jewish holidays and traditions (3/?)
68. Play hooky from work all day long for no reason...and don't feel bad about it (1/1)
69. Make creme brulee well...and in at least three variations (1/3)
70. Read or watch the news twice a week for at least two months (0/2)

Just for Shiggles

71. Become a "seller" on ebay and sell at least 10 things (1/10)
72. FINALLY learn Catalan from Jodi's CDs and book (0/1)
73. Find somewhere to practice or re-learn sign language (0/1)
74. Learn to mix standard drinks (like martinis, old fashioneds, mojitos, rum runners) (1/?)
*learned: old fashioneds
75. Sing in front of people again (0/1)
76. Move out of our little apartment. (1/1) Goodbye, NYC! Jan 2012
77. Go camping for at least two days (1/1)
78. Learn a new game that I don't know how to play (tennis? chess? pinochle?) (0/1)
79. Watch 10 classic movies I have never seen before (3/10)
80. Learn about and be able to locate five constellations (0/5)
81. Sit outside and watch the sun rise three times (1/3)
82. Go somewhere that's "haunted" (1/1) Annapolis, MD 9/11/10
83. Make a special appointment at a spa (1/1) 5/1/11 - Ouch.
84. Learn to drive stick (0/1)
85. Take a pole dancing class (just for fun, not future career training) (0/1)
86. Go skydiving or another extreme sport I have never done (0/1)
87. Read the Old Testament in its entirety (0/1)
88. To to a religious service of five different religions (0/5)
89. Submit at least 20 Yelp posts (8/20)
90. Go snorkeling again (2/1) 6.24.10 & 6.27.10, Belize
91. Win something! (a contest? the lottery? something!) (0/1)
92. Go to the Bronx Zoo and Prospect Park Zoo (0/2)
93. Find a fragrance (I've never worn perfume) (0/1)
94. Find the perfect pair of jeans that I feel great in and buy them, no matter what (1/1)
95. Go out wearing something I would not have considered wearing since college (0/1)
96. Spend a whole day pretending to be someone else... just because (0/1)
97. Have close contact with an animal I've never been around before (like swimming with stingrays or riding an elephant - and zoos don't count) (2/1) giant sea turtle, nurse shark!
98. Take a class with Andy (0/1)
99. Ride a mechanical bull at a bar (1/1)
100. Learn at least five chords on a guitar and be able to transition between them (0/5)
101. Take a flying trapeze lesson (0/1)