Thursday, May 05, 2011

The "List"

Everyone has asked me to post the official list for my 101 things to do in 1001 days.. so here it is! I encourage you to make one of your own! This has really been a fun & unique challenge, and I'm glad I can accomplish a lot of it at the XIC!


Health
1.Take a multivitamin everyday for 2 weeks, then try to make it a habit from there. Jan.30 - feb. 13 - Now a part of my daily routine! :) 
2.Ask lots of questions at my next physical to ensure I’m healthier in the long run
3.Keep 10 pounds off by May of 2011, 15 by October of 2011, and 20 by May of 2012.
4.Go to the eye doctor and get my eyeballs checked out.
5. Drink at least 8 glasses of water everyday for 2 weeks
6. Stop biting my nails
7. Don't eat fast food for a week

Education
1. Graduate college!
2. Get at least a B in either Johnson’s class or App’s class
3. Get through the exit exam project atleast 2 weeks before it is due. YEAH RIGHT!
4. Apply before May 2012 to an MBA program

Sports/Fitness
1. Learn to ice skate. ( Ongoing! But I know the basics! )
2. Sign up for a hockey u program to learn how to play
3. Play broomball once.  January 09,2011! Love it & will continue to play!
4. Try curling once  April 29, 2011 - LOVE IT! 
5. Attend my first Zumba class
6. Get certified to teach Yoga
7. Join a sporting group/team/league that will help me keep in shape/meet others I'm in a Broomball League! :) 03/25/11
8. Finish my first 5K
9. Compete in at least 2 additional races
10. Attempt to ski
11. Go to an Atlanta Braves  baseball game during the week
12. Swim everyday for a week

Music/Arts/History/Books/Computers
1. Rock another JM concert with bff Joanne (and meet JM)
2. Read 5 new books by December of 2012
3. Watch “True Grit,” “Braveheart,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “Animal House,” "Inception," and “Sweet Home Alabama
4. Go to Discovery Place!
5. Teach myself how to use Adobe photoshop
6. See someone I've never seen before in concert (Ron Pope with Casey on April 30th! )
7. Go to the history museum in Raleigh
8. Recraft something from an antique store

Eat/Drink
1. Give up soft drinks for 6 months straight, pacing myself in 2 week time periods.
2. Give up meat for lent for 2011 Very tough, but I did it! (with a couple exceptions!)
3. Find at least one fish dish that I enjoy / can handle eating
4. Bake fresh bread
5. Come up with my own recipe for something delicious
6. Try a new crock pot dish once a week for a month
7. Bake a cake from scratch
8. Cook something with "wine" as one of the ingredients
9. Make a pizza from scratch
10. Grill something besides burgers!

Travel
1. Visit my family in Costa Rica and return to the Hot Springs and playa Manuel Antonio
2. Plan and book a trip to Peru
3. Make a trip to the mountains to hike / see the fall leaves
4. Go CAMPING!
5. Be a bartender in a foreign country
6.Go scuba diving!
7. Go whitewater rafting again
8. Go on a cruise
9. Spend an entire week at the beach

Things to buy
1. A nice jewelry box / something to keep all my earrings in order
2. Replace all my towels (about 6) with big white towels
3. An expensive pair of jeans
4. A Black Leather Coach Purse
5. A mac book!
6. Book myself a day at the spa!
7. Own a pair of TOMS
8. AAA Membership!
9. New bedroom furniture
10. A custom necklace/bracelet with JM lyrics from Etsy
11. Order something off the internet that is completely ridiculous

Learn
1. Learn how to shoot a bow & arrow
2. Learn how to change a flat tire
3. Learn how to operate a handgun
4. Learn how to sew
5. Learn to play poker
6. Learn how to wax my car
7. Learn to golf
8. Learn how to wax my own eyebrows

Self
1. Don’t drastically chop my hair off within the next year (December 2012)
2. Spend an entire day devoted to detailing Black Beauty (my jeep)
3. Do Karaoke with the girls COMPLETED feb.4-2011
4. Recopy my great grandmother's / aunt's / mom's recipes and put them into one cookbook
5. Reprint my aunt's old pictures of my great grandmother
6. Pay off my credit cards
7. Pay for the person behind me in the drive thru's dinner
8. Go to the Old Mecklenburg Brew Fest
9. Get my nails done for a month straight
10. Send my mom flowers at work
11. See Corey Smith in concert  
12. Make a list of 100 things that make me happy

Life
1. Have a "family" Christmas card to send to all my friends
2. Bite my tongue more often
3. Drive a BMW 745li on 485/85
4. Say "Thank You" to my parents more often
5. Go somewhere for Spring break this year! Went to SC with Jo
6. Have an apartment on the Lake
7. Deposit 10% of every paycheck to my savings account for a year
8. Go on a picnic
9. Send 50 cards to people I care about (4/50)
10. Go to Ikea
11. Try 10 new beers (3/10) - Stella, Dos Equis, Blue Moon, Shock Top
12. Own something from Tiffany & Co.
13. Go to Trivia night at a bar

Work
1. Work on a project with NASCAR
2. Bring in $2K at the next College Night Not quite :( $900 short.
3. Connect the rink outside of Charlotte/surrounding
4. Find one sponsor for the rink
5. Decorate my office better
6. Spend an entire day devoted to yearly goals
7. Work on a project with the Atlanta Braves


 
If you can help me accomplish one, please let me know! :) I'll be doing a lot of these at the XIC! Thanks for all your support & encouragement! And I can't WAIT to read your lists!