#46 & #43

9/21/2009

I have started two longer term goals on my list. #46 is to read 101 books. I finished reading The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffeneger. I want to see the movie when it comes out on DVD but I always like to read the book first so I have a better understanding of the characters. On a scale of 1-5, 5 being AMAZING, I'd rate this book a 3.

It's about a girl who meets a man as a little girl. She grows up seeing him from time to time as he randomly time travels back. Then she meets him in the present and they fall in love and get married, all the while he is still time traveling. It was a good book but not very exciting. I like books with a little more action and more stuff going on. I found it could be a little difficult to keep track of what year the characters were in and how old they were. Other than that, a decent read and a good filler of time.

Since I've also finished a 2 of my 101 goals I have put $10 into a savings account. I've started 2 others (these ones) so I'm just going to put my $5 for each started project in savings. This way, if I don't finish them then I'll still have to donate money as well. But, worse comes to worse, I have some extra cash money in the bank account to spend (or save) for later!! Gotta love the dolla dolla bills y'all!!

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My 101 in 1001 Official List:
Start Date: September 3, 2009
End Date: May 31, 2012

LETS GET PHYSICAL, PHYSICAL….
1. Do 50 crunches a day for 30 days straight (0/30)
2. Work out at least 3 times a week for a month straight
3. Purchase 1 workout DVD and do it for the set time frame
4. Learn how to meditate
5. Complete five 5K races (0/5)
6. Go one full week without eating any sweets
7. Only drink water or tea for one month (no soda!)
8. Complete a 10K
9. Don't drink alcohol for one month
10. Take a spinning class
11. Eat a piece of fruit and a vegetable a day for 1 week
12. Don’t eat fast food for 1 month

OH THE PLACES YOU’LL GO…
13. Visit New York City
14. Visit California
15. Tour a vineyard
16. Go to a museum
17. Go camping
18.. Take a romantic vacation, just me and Kurt
19. Visit my dad in KY
20. Go wine tasting
21. Visit the Chicago Aquarium
22. Plan a day of things that I want to do - and do them all
23. Take a trip to Europe
24. Visit Colorado
25. Take a road trip
26. Go to a great restaurant/bar and just drink champaign
27. Go to the zoo

GIVE A LITTLE BIT….
28. For every item not completed, donate $5
29. Do something nice for my husband just because
30. Send out cards to everyone in my family on their birthdays
31. Write letter to my in-laws
32. Volunteer at least 10 hours (2/10)
33. Take Thor for a walk 2x/week for a month (0/8)
34. Do something really nice for my mom
35. Do something really nice for my in-laws
36. Do something really nice for my dad
37. Buy a friend lunch
38. Throw a surprise birthday party
39. Send thank you cards for every gift I get for the next year

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS…
40. Pay off my credit card
41. Pay off my consolidation loan
42. Have at least $2000 in a savings account (0/2000)
43. For every item completed, put $5 in savings (3/101)
44. Save $500 to buy clothes for myself
45. Buy an expensive piece of clothing or shoes, guilt free

EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS…
46. Read 101 books (9/101)
47. Re-learn Spanish
48. Take a dancing class
49. Take a cooking class
50. Take a photography class
51. Get a library card and use it
52. Take a pole dancing class
53. Take a cake decorating class
54. Go to the ballet
55. Get up early and go to the farmer's market 3 times (0/3)
56. Take an acting class
57. Learn how to mix 3 cocktails (1/3)
58. Become more computer savvy

TIME TO ORGANIZE…
59. Print professional wedding photos and put in an album
60. Make a small album for each parent of wedding photos
61. Print digital photos and put them in albums
62. Organize my filing system and my mail
63. Organize my many recipes into a nice cookbook
64. Complete wedding scrapbook

LETS EAT!
65. Cook a complex meal from scratch
66. Cook one new dish a month for a year (1/12)
67. Bake cupcakes from scratch (both cake and frosting)
68. Bake bread from scratch
69. Try 3 new foods or foods I didn’t think I’d like
70. Bake a cheesecake from scratch
71. Try 10 new restaurants (0/10)72. Make homemade pasta
73. Make homemade pasta sauce
74. Learn how to make a good sushi roll
75. Host a dinner party
76. Start a vegetable garden
77. Start an herb garden

JUST FOR ME…
78. Call in sick to work and do absolutely nothing
79. Get another tattoo
80. Go snowboarding at least twice
81. Go to church once per week for a month
82. Plant flowers in my yard
83. Put up a fence in the backyard
84. Do not complain about anything for one full week
85. Be an extra in a movie
86. Make a final decision when asked at least 3 times (0/3)
87. Make a home video
88. Have sex every day for 2 weeks with my husband
89. See at least 50 movies on the IMDB Top 250 list (0/50)
90. Host a theme party
91. Ride a mechanical bull
92. Step out of my comfort zone and do something new
93. Spend some "me" time figuring out who I am and what I want
94. Hang stuff on my walls
95. Don’t bite cuticles for one month
96. Go greener
97. Add a new post to personal and recipe blog at least once per week for 3 months

THIS PROJECT…
98. Re-evaluate this list twice per year (0/6)
99. Get one person to start a 101 in 1001 list
100. Blog about this project as I complete the tasks
101. Complete first 101 in 1001 list

Code:
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CRISTINA'S LAW

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