March 20, 2008

101 in 1001

This is my list that I've thrown together to go along with the 101 in 1001 project.

Boy was this list a lot tougher to put together then I was expecting it to be...

And sorry if there's any repeated ones. I'll highlight ones that are completed or being worked on.

1. Learn to crochet.
2. Buy a car. Completed 05/08/08


3. Get my driver's liscence. (update)
4. Knock out my yarn stash.
5. Get myself more organized.
6. Get rid of all the extra clutter and junk in my room that I don't need.
7. Move out of my parent's house.
8. Start a knitting group.
9. Fearless knitting.
10. Start eating healthier.

11. Go to the gym again.
12. Get my weight down to at least 180.
13. Get my laptop fixed.
14. Get out of the house more.
15. Spend more time visiting and hanging out with friends.
16. Start cross stitching again.
17. Teach my mom how to scrapbook.
18. Help Wolf find a new job. Completed 04/26/08
19. Take better care of my body.
20. Get a tattoo.

21. Start up a knitting club.
22. Watch more movies. Completed 05/01/08
23. Start reading again. Shoot for 25 books every year minimum.
24. Get rid of my UFOs. Figure out what to continue and what to frog.
(update)
25. Work on my drawing skills.
26. Get rid of my huge magazine stash. Completed 05/01/08
27. Shoot to use more earth-friendly products.
28. Possibly give vegetarianism a shot. Possibly.
29. Learn to paint.
30. Be more honest with myself.

31. Be more honest with others.
32. Learn to be content with how my life is instead of trying to perfect everything.
33. Go to PRIDE week in San Francisco.
34. Start saving up money instead of spending it all.
35. Work on paying off my cards. I have 5 cards that are currently maxed out. Not good.
36. Get my body on a regular cycle of sleep.
37. Stretch my ears out to a size 2 gauge. I'm at a size 4 now. Just one more size to go. Completed 05/13/08
38. Get out and make new friends.
39. Work on my huge dislike for one of Wolf's friends. Completed

40. Start eating healthier foods.

41. Be more charitable. I tend to wait until the holidays to do so.
(update)
42. Make Sunday School more enjoyable for the kids.
43. Figure out where I'd like my life to be in a few years.
44. Go back to school.
45. Start making plans and saving up to open my own LYS.
46. Volunteer around town. I have mornings off, so this should be more then do-able.
47. Spend less time on the computer and more time with my family.
48. Truly delve into Buddhism.
49. Learn to love and live with my flaws.
50. Try new things.


51. Stop just lurking in other's blogs and start commenting.

52. Help Wolf find a new job.
53. Help Wolf pay off bills so we can move out together sooner rather then later.
54. Travel more. I've always loved traveling and I haven't done a lot of it lately. Road trip anyone?
55. Go see an eye doctor. I need reading glasses. It's been about 5 years since I've had any. I have no excuses with my new benefits having already kicked in...
56. Go see my dentist. Though I know the results won't be good. I have horrible teeth. They don't produce enough enamel to protect themselves and I have an allergic reaction to enamel producing tooth pastes and mouth washes...
57. Actually make Christmas gifts this year. I always plan to do it, but never pull through.
58. Make a sweater. For me.
59. Volunteer more around my town.
60. Buy a spinning wheel. I want to learn to spin...

61. And a sewing machine so I can learn to quilt...
62. But only after I've moved out because I'll need a crafting room for this!
63. Spend more time with my family. Not mom and dad family. But my family that lives one town over that I only see once every blue moon.
64. Spend more time with Wolf. Just part of finding a better time balance for my life.
65. Get my parents to help out with the cleaning effort and have them make a pile of things they don't need anymore.
66. Have a yard sale.
67. Organize my knitting needles. I need some fool-proof plan that I can't mess up. Completed
68. Get in touch with my brother. I haven't talked to him but two times since he moved to Indiana to play baseball for Indiana State last summer.
69. Play my Wii more. Though this may require buying more games. ;)
70. Help my dad get his Wii. It was suppose to be a Christmas gift for last year, but he never went out and got it so I could pay him back. Completed

71. Go to my best friend's wedding. I haven't really seen him much since he got engaged because his fiance doesn't really care for me because of the bond he and I have from growing up togther. But she can suck it up now. I don't care.
72. Move my room around. Well, the furniture anyways. I'm kinda sick after if being the same for 3 years.
>del>73. Cut down on the amount of starbucks I inhale on a fairly regular basis. I'm better off brewing my own anyways. Completed
74. Help my parents more. Let's face it, they're becoming old foges. They need more help around the house, expecially with my dad's back the way it is.
75. Start taking PetMe for walks. Expecially since it's now Spring time. Whoo!
76. Spend a day with Wolf doing nothing but cleaning out our storage shed and figuring out things to get rid of.
77. No more fast food.
(update)
78. Try and get myself out of a soda kick and drink more water and juices. I'd like to just completely cut out soda in general. We'll see.
79. Sneak in healthier snacks to movies. Seriously. $8 for a bottle of water? Come on now..
80. Teach someone how to knit.

81. Make Wolf her blanket. I promised her a blanket when I first started knitting. It still has yet to show up. I'm thinking about making it a card theme so when we move out we can use it in our Poker-themed room.
82. Learn to use Polymer Clay.
83. Make an etsy store when I actually start making things that are sellable.
84. Learn how to dye yarn.
85. Stop being so lazy. Let's face it. I'm probably one of the laziest asses you'll find around.
86. And stop procrastinating. I'm horrible. HORRIBLE. at getting things done in a timely matter.
87. Get another bird. I love parakeets. I grew up with them as pets. And I want another one, damn it.
88. Start delving into Buddahism. I love the overall concept of it and I'm sure it'll help me to
89. Become a better person.
90. Do more for charity.

91. Stop shopping at Michael's. The manager for the one in my town's a bitch. And I know this first-hand since I used to work there. I enjoy my new job much better. Completed
92. Start supporting more indie designers. I love the concept of "screw the big wig" that these people have.
93. Find PetMe a friend. She needs more dog socialization. We've lagged in doing so since Shadow passed away last year. Completed
94. Organize my closet. My main goal is to have all my craft storage in my closet. It will make things a lot easier...
95. Make a KAL or a Swap of my own. :)
96. Finish all the knits that I have planned for 2008.
97. Be a better daughter.
98. Be a better friend.
99. Don't sleep quite as much. I sleep in waaay too long in the mornings.
100. Make sure that my room stays clean. I'm messy. Really messy.

101. HAVE FUN.


1 comment:

Roe said...

What a great list. Good luck with it, you can do it!