It's been awhile!

101 goals in 1001 days update

It has been about 7 months since I last updated my challenge. I started this on July 6, 2010 and my end date is April 2, 2013. I do have a few things to update though.

Here is my list in no specific order:

1. Go for a road trip
2. Identify 100 things that make me happy
3. Go on a picnic We had several summer 2010 and foresee several more in 2011.
4. Find a personally inspiring quote and work it into a piece of art or home decor Live, Laugh, Love
5. Buy a lottery ticket I didn't win! :(
6. Have a candlelight dinner
7. Go to the Great Wolf Lodge again!
8. Do some volunteer work
9. Go to church
10. Go to Mt. St. Helens
11. Go to the beach (a warm one) We went to Long beach in September and it was warm out does that count?
12. Get Zoe in a class (gymnastics or dance). We decide to wait until she is in Kindergarten.
13. Buy Christmas presents in November I have started Christmas shopping. I actually started in October this year!
14. Go to Edgefield (booked for Nov. 20th) This weekend! I am sooo excited!! It was a really great trip... possibly a new tradition every year after conference week.
15. Sell our house
16. Pay off debt (working on it)... Still working on it! :(
17. Read 10 books all the way through (4/10)* I need a new book!
18. Bake cupcakes I made candy corn cupcakes for Zoe's birthday
19. Finish my quarter sleeve tattoo
20. Go to Disneyland (In February 2011!!) It was so much fun!
21. Celebrate my 30th birthday We had a party at our house it was a lot of fun! I still don't feel 30!
22. Raise $500 for the Race for the Cure (250/500)*
23. Get a gym membership and use it * I started taking Zumba classes 2 times a week and I LOVE it! I still want to get a membership though so I can run on the treadmill.
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24. Have Thanksgiving at our house (This coming Thursday! Steve is smoking a turkey!)
25. Write a love letter to my hubby
26. Write a haiku
27. Write 50 reasons why I like myself
28. Take a trip on a train
29. Make Mimosa So yummy!
30. Eliminate non-fitting clothing from my wardrobe
31. Put together an emergency food kit
32. Back up all digital photos Someone did it for me.
33. Spend an entire day at the beach Seal Beach!
34. Go fishing It was a lot of fun! WE caught 2 trout!
35. Take a Zumba class I love ZUMBA!!
36. Cook 25 new dishes (10/25) *
37. Make strawberry jam


39. Write to someone who inspired me
40. Go to 5 restaurants I've never been to before (4/5): Eco Park Restaurant, Blue Plate in Portland, LA CASA, Gustav's German Pub
41. Go to Seattle
42. Keep a prayer journal (started it Aug. 11th)
43. Make my own birthday cards
44. Bake all my families birthday cakes... so far so good! I made Zoe Candy corn cupcakes, Presley Cars cake/cupcakes, and Steve Peach Cobbler for their birthdays this year (2010-2011)
45. Find 10 dairy free recipes that are really yummy (1/10) ... Presley has outgrown his dairy allergy I think so this is not needed anymore.
46. Make a family recipe book*
47. Go to the zoo five times (3/5)

49. Go to Las Vegas
50. Throw Zoe a BIG 5th birthday bash She loved her Halloween themed costume party. She said she wants to do it again next year.
51. Start a new hobby... Is this a hobby?
52. Go to a garden (lilac or tulip) My mom took me to the Tulip Farm in Woodland but they were late to bloom this year. We drove by it later to see the farm in full bloom! Beautiful!
53. Complete my Master's Degree It's official!!
54. Sing karaoke (drinking may be involved)
55. Grow a garden (Do tomatoes count?) I planted tomatoes, onion, herbs, and sunflowers (summer 2011) but the slugs are eating them!
56. Do 10 random acts of kindness (1/10)
57. Donate to charity
58. No Starbucks for a week (I think this one may be impossible! My closest attempt was 3 days!)
59. Keep a food journal for Presley for a month
60. Add more fruits and veggies to our diet*
61. Paint Zoe's room
62. Move Presley upstairs
63. Lose 10lbs... 5 lbs so far*
64. Set a budget and stick to it!*
65. Get Presley in pre-school... He's signed up to start in the fall.
66. Go on Field Trips with Zoe's class
67. Play board games at least 20 times (9/20)
68. Read to Zoe and Presley (almost) every night)*
69. Watch 10 "classics" I haven't seen before (0/10)
70. Buy or make 10 new decorations for the holidays (3/10)
71. Go to the Pumpkin patch
72. Cut down our Christmas Tree
73. Take 26 pictures, 1 for each letter of the alphabet and make a book for my kids
74. Make a personalized photo book for Presley (like Zoe's)
75. Develop wedding photos that haven't been developed yet
76. Put pictures in albums... working on this
77. Move into a new house
78. Go out to breakfast at the fireside cafe
79. Have a big Easter Egg hunt with family and friends
80. Save for Hawaii $0
81. Write a list of things that each person in my life has taught me
82. Go to an aquarium
83. Buy bikes and use them (For the kids so far!)*
84. Get a manicure/pedicure
85. Make 5 new desserts (3/5)
86. Go on a motorcycle ride with Steve
87. Play golf
88. Try 10 new beverages (4/10)*
89. Paint the kitchen cabinets

90. Buy new frying pans
Got them for a gift!!
91. Eat breakfast everyday for a week (I'm not a breakfast eater!)Yet another impossible task... Does coffee count? I don't do breakfast!
92. Watch the sun rise and set in the same day
93. Go on a date once a month with my hubby* (7/33)
94. Plant some flowers
95. Make a list of 100 reasons why I love my husband
96. Attend a festival/ concert
97. Go camping with friends
98. Throw a dinner party
99. Don't say anything negative for a week
100. Pay for a person's Starbucks behind me
101. Tell my family I love them everyday!*

I am doing pretty well!