goals.

this list started out as my 101 in 1001 days list (which i still have in tact in it’s original form elsewhere), but as time
went on i realized some of my past aspirations were either no longer reasonable, or…i stopped caring about them.
i still like keeping a list like this, though….so i re-vamped it with intentions to continuously do so as life goes on. adding
new things, crossing off completed ones, recording accomplishments – all with no timeline. because as am slowly
finding out, life rarely works in your favor (which isn’t always a bad thing) so putting a time stamp of a future date on
something doesn’t make much sense. instead, this is more of a "life list"…a never-ending bucket list, if you will….with
lots of little mundane things thrown in.

1. get married. (completed august 11, 2007)
2. buy a house. (completed march 2, 2007)
3. try pilates. (completed october 16,2007)
4. re-visit Charleston for a day or weekend trip. (the good part of town!) (completed february 29, 2008)
5. get new scrapbook albums (1 for our wedding (completed August 7, 2007), 1 for odin, 1 for me & matt, 1 for
   family, 1 for friends, 1 for the house, 1 for goop).
6. obtain the entire pink kitchenaid collection. (close enough)
7. save a 6-month emergency fund. (completed summer of 08)
8. send a thank you letter (or email) to Dr. Pikus. (completed may 11, 2007)
9. learn how to make real apple pie, well. (well, it sucked)
10. start taking vitamins. (completed december 17, 2007)
11. get a short(er) haircut after the wedding. (completed August 7, 2007)
12. own at least 3 go-to dresses. (completed summer of 08, but i don’t even love them anymore…)
13. get a NC driver’s license. (completed january 15, 2008)
14. compile a book-only wish list. (completed february 16, 2007)
15. keep a creative writings/informative blog. (completed may of 07 – i don’t share it with anyone, though)
16. get a new subscription to the paper, and read most of it. (completed february 18, 2007)
17. start a saturday/sunday morning routine with matt, complete with paper reading & coffee with no computers or tv’s interrupting until we’ve relaxed, read, and sipped our caffeine for at least an hour.
    (completed february 18, 2007)
18. make home-made waffles & top them with strawberries & whipped cream. (completed august 31, 2008)
19. buy a hot pink ipod nano. (completed december 25, 2007 – but, they don’t make them in hot pink anymore
    so i have green instead, and i didn’t buy it – matt gave it to me for christmas)
20. read the rest of the harry potter books. (7/7) (completed July 22, 2007)
21. build a family web site & try to get people involved. (completed summer of 07)
22. go through my cd collection and throw out mystery burned cd’s. (completed march 23, 2007)
23. try to start a web site/blog/forum for charlotte transplants. (completed 2/15/07 – updating it is another thing!)
24. hang a picture collage with mismatched frames on the living room walls. (completed october 6, 2007)
25. sell something on ebay. (completed april 11, 2007)
26. take a casual walk through uptown with matt. (completed april 26, 2008)
27. find a scrapbook store in the area. (completed april 26, 2008) 
28. watch a sunset with matt in a new place (somewhere other than charlotte, buffalo, or myrtle beach)
    (completed april 08)
29. go on a personal vacation with matt, no other family involved. (completed february 29, 2008) 
30. initiate working out with matt at least once. (pilates & walks count!)
31. get a new last name 😉 (completed August 11, 2007)
32. get a blue & gold sabres jersey. (completed December 25, 2008)
33. write a complaint letter to our complex when we finally move. (completed December 4, 2007 – never sent)
34. pay off GM card. (completed February 2009)
35. say a quick prayer before bed every night for a month to get in the habit.
36. start a wii bowling league
37. create an ab routine & do it everyday for 2 weeks.
38. keep a record of everyone’s birthday.
39. read the "stale" books that have been on my TBR list for too long (5/6)
40. sew a quilt for a charity of some kind.
41. go to church every sunday for a month.
42. get a bread maker and learn how to make some breads.
43. get nice new bookshelves.
44. try 26 things.
45. get odin a fur sibling.
46. read more informative non-fiction books, at least 5.
47. find a pen pal, snail mail if possible.
48. plant a veggie & herb garden.
49. try yoga. (wii fit yoga counts, right? completed may 10, 2009)
50. donate money to the SPCA or Humane Society (or both).
51. watch all 100 episodes of the office, and then keep up with it (98/100)
52. loose 10 pounds (completed mid-may 2009)
53. loose 20 pounds (completed late-june 2009)
54. read at least 30 books in 09
55. send a snail mail letter to a friend
56. have professional pictures taken of luke at 6 months & 1 year 
57. plan as much of luke’s scrapbook as possible from pregnancy – 6 months & started by his 1st birthday
58. write a paper journal entry every single day starting 4/26/09 through at least luke’s 1st birthday
59. do the march for babies walk again
60. do the breast cancer walk
61. volunteer for an event for the SPCA