Week six update

I’ve added The List to it’s very own tab at the top and edited my original list to be just that, my original list. Any changes to the original list will be made there to simplify altering two lists and keep me from deviating too much from my original plan.

012 Take a trip on a train

I read somewhere this morning that the airlines are jipping us this holiday season. We used to be able to wait for last minute deals just before a holiday because they were hoping to fill those last seats. However, with the economic downturn this past year (or more) the prices will be jacked up to high heaven just before the holidays. Why am I concerned about this? Because I have to go pick up my little man just before Christmas if I want to see him this holiday season. My ex and I still haven’t set that decision in stone, but me mentioning “I could try and pick him up this time” looks like it’s turned into a sure thing. Which leads me to this goal. It may be cheaper (although longer) to take the train down and back. I really need to think about this one as I need to have the time off from work (I’ll already be on Winter Break from school). I don’t know how little man would enjoy a two-day journey on a train and would that make it less enjoyable for me?

100 Create a workout mix 50+ songs (upbeat only) and create a 500+ all time greatest mix for iPod

This goal was for my iPod and may still ring true, however I dropped it and the screen is now half blocked by a black blob and a few cracks. As some of you may know I have an iPhone and I happened to have a 16g so I there’s plenty of room on there for a workout mix. But who wants to bring their phone (and everything else in the world that’s on it) to a workout? Ugh, I may just use the iPod since it still plays music just fine and the buttons work to skip a song if need be.

038    Budget monthly (keep register daily, pay bills weekly or with paychecks) [1/21]

I’ve been slacking a bit here in the register department. I mean, I’ve been updating it and paying my bills but I think I may or may not have have gone off budget a little. Damn you Starbucks!

044 Stretch daily (get to the point where it doesn’t hurt)

I neeeeeed to start this goal! With the winter chill setting in, even at the ripe age of 27, I can feel my joints getting tighter and bones cracking a little more than they used to. I’d also like to me able to touch my toes.

029 Get to and maintain last goal weight [2.5/6]

I’ve lost 2.5 lbs since starting this on 9/9/09. I admit to slacking in the dieting area especially around dinner time recently. I did catch myself slipping the week-before-last and gained a little, so I hunckered down a bit on my snacking and dinnertime meals and am back to my 2.5lb weight loss. Now is the time to lose so I’m prepared for the holiday season (my favorite time of year!) and the extra couple of added pounds that comes with it. That way when, not if, when I gain those few pounds next month I’ll be prepared and not be too far over my goal.

004    Learn more history of Everett Seattle

I’ve officially changed this goal to Seattle as referenced in my Week four update.

067    Maintain a 3.5 GPA each semester (change if I feel I can maintain higher) [0/6]

I got my first A in college this week! Woot! I haven’t put this in progress yet because the goal is maintain a 3.5 GPA. Which has me assuming my first quarter I will earn at least a 3.5 GPA and the goal is to keep that up.

My first A in college!

030    Buy a new camera

I follow this guy (@ScottBourne) on Twitter because his site has great advice and he knows his stuff and well um, he has giveaways all the time. So he has a website, obviously, and he tweeted his blog about his take on the new Nikon D3 that was announced on Wednesday. In that blog I learned that he switched from Canon to Nikon almost 2 years ago after photographing with Canon for the better part of 17 years. That got me thinking since the type of photography that he does is in Nature and that’s what I’m most interested in doing as well. So I placed an imaginary pro next to Nikon for my future purchase.

A way you may have noticed how I’m torn between the two brands is my goal links are separate with the “new” being linked to Canon and “camera” being linked to Nikon.

050    Crock Pot a meal once weekly for a month (if economical, continue on) [0/4]

This week Cost Cutter has whole chickens on sale for $0.78/lb so I’ll be picking one up today and making Crock Pot Roast Chicken. Then putting the carcass back in the Crock Pot for another round to get my ohsodeliceous homemade Chicken Broth. Shortly there after (or not since the broth is easy to freeze in “can sizes”), I will be making Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup with the leftover chicken pieces, broth and choice veggies.

I got the idea from my handy dandy bargain blogger Gayle over at Grocery Cart Challenge. She posted a 2-day blog on how you could use every-single-piece of a chicken. And for $0.78 lb this week on chickens I’m going to give it a go.

I may start my goal this week if I actually get out of the house today and down to Cost Cutter. Heh.

072    Bento once a week (work up to daily) for school

While I wouldn’t say I’ve started Bento-ing. I have packed a lunch everyday I’m at school, so it’s a start.

065    Find a way to become more carbon neutral. (Impossible to become completely carbon neutral as I will never get rid of my beautiful, large and in charge Dodge, but there are ways to off set my carbon footprint)

I went to this site and used the calculator to find my carbon foot print. It is 1.15 tons per year. With the average bring 7.5 tons per year. Ew. I am sure mine is much higher than that, but based on their calculator that’s what I came out at, even with my giant truck.

The only way to become neutral is to pay for your footprint and those payments go into building things like Wind Farms which give us sustainable energy. And being a starving college student it’s not in my budget just yet.

076    Document events and thoughts from 9/9/09, 10/10/10, and 11/11/11

I dislike this goal everytime I see it, I don’t understand it’s relevance to me anymore and am looking at a better goal to put in it’s place.

Oh and real quick, a fun fact about yours truly is I turned 10,000 days old on October 15, 2009.

The List

Inspired by Day Zero Project

Start Date: 09/09/09 | End Date: 06/06/12

1001 Days | 143 weeks | 21 months | 2.75 years

JUST FOR ME
002 Find a Geocache
003 Make a Geocache and stash it
007 Write a message in a bottle and throw it into the sea
012 Take a trip on a train
013 Get a concealed weapons permit
014 Purchase a gun, preferably a six shooter
016 Purchase an acoustic guitar
017 Skydive
018 Hot air balloon
019 Go horseback riding
022 Go wine tasting
023 Take a distillery tour
024 Explore a ghost town
025 Recommend to me month
031 Get passport (with new ID Card/Passport?)
032 Collect 10 unique (pretty to me) sand/dirt from meaningful places to display in bottles (buy bottles from Goodwill) [0/10]
060 Read 50 books [0/50]
071 Go fruit picking every summer [0/3]
073 Write self a letter to be opened on day 1001
077 Create a memory box
078 Say yes to all requests for one week (blog them)
084 Buy a new laptop with external hard drive
085 Keep a list of movies I’ve seen and books I’ve read

• Note to self: Go through Netflix archive

086 Graduate in 2012
088 Hang pictures

• Where I am now
• When I move

093 Work on my penmanship
096 Reward self at halfway point of 101 goals
097 Reward self at completion of 101 goals
098 Obtain a library card
100 Create a workout mix 50+ songs (upbeat only) and create a 500+ all time greatest mix for iPod

BEAUTY
041    Get Invisaline
062    Create a moisturizing routine (you are not 27 forever)
080    Wear a new hairstyle once weekly for a month [0/4]
081    Get a new hairstyle (or haircut) every six months [0/3.5]
083    Manicure tootsies monthly [1/21]

FINANCE
026    Complete the “Simply Dollars Money Review”
038    Budget monthly (keep register daily, pay bills weekly or with paychecks) [1/21]
051    Reduce credit card balances to [private]% of limit (more if possible of course)
052    Put $0.50 in a jar (daily) or bank account (weekly) for 1001 days (CoinStar every 250 days for physical change)
091    Save and maintain at least $[private] in savings (separate from other money goals)

HEALTH
044 Stretch daily (get to the point where it doesn’t hurt)
045 Work up to 200 sit-ups and 100 push-ups daily
046 Work up to 200 squats daily (get all three apps on iPhone)
040 Brush twice daily and floss at least once daily
079 Introduce Soymilk into my diet (goal is complete when this is a regular staple in my fridge)
029 Get to and maintain last goal weight [3/6]
082 Take multi-vitamin daily

EDUCATION
004    Learn more history of Everett
008    Complete Microsoft Books Frank gifted to me
015    Learn to play acoustic guitar
027    Get a motorcycle endorsement
042    Take a dance class
043    Take a womens self defense class
049    Learn a new language via Rosetta Stone or something comparable (Spanish or Italian)
067    Maintain a 3.5 GPA each quarter (change if I feel I can maintain higher) [0/6]
074    Figure out Soduku puzzles

PHOTOGRAPHY
020    Become active on my Flickr account
021    Take a Photography course (other than the one I’m taking in school)
030    Buy a new camera
033    Complete Project 365 [0/365]
034    Complete 100 snapshots [0/100]
061    Take a self portrait every month (review and make note at end of 1001 days) [2/21]
087    Complete 26 things [0/26]

COOKING/BAKING
005    Cook 5 recipes from all my cookbooks
006    Compete in The Daring Bakers
050    Crock Pot a meal once weekly for a month (if economical, continue on) [0/4]
063    Host a dinner party
072    Bento once a week (work up to daily) for school
059    Participate in Gimme Your Stuff

FRIENDS/FAMILY
048    Visit Michelle at least once per year (budget with tax return to ensure this?) [0/2.75]
054    Send Christmas cards (possibly homemade) to family and Friends yearly [0/2.75]
069    Participate in Post Crossing
075    Create my family tree
090    Have dinner with my Mom once monthly [1/21]
095    Give five random gifts per year [0/13.75]
047    Mail [Private] a postcard monthly [1/21]

SAVE THE WORLD
009    Grow a Fruit/Veggie garden outdoors
010    Create a weekly cleaning schedule and stick to it
011    Create a garden tending schedule and stick to it
028    Donate 1,000,000 grains of rice [4,910/1,000,000]
035    Clean out wardrobe and donate no longer needed items
036    Clean out storage unit and donate no longer needed items
037    Clean out shoe collection and donate no longer needed items
057    Develop 5 more habits to make life more green [0/5]

• Quit buying bottled water and use filtered water pitcher
• Buy and use reusable grocery bags

065    Find a way to become more carbon neutral. (Impossible to become completely carbon neutral as I will never get rid of my beautiful, large and in charge Dodge, but there are ways to off set my carbon footprint)
066    Unplug once a month [0/21]
089    Participate in Earth Hour ’10, and ’11, ’12
099    Maintain a window seal herb garden
101    Plant a tree

MISC
001    Produce a successful blog
039    Compile address book in excel and email to self so it’s readily available
053    Start an Etsy store with knitting projects to start
055    Update 101 blog weekly [6/143]
056    Create 101 goals in 1001 days blog
058    Create new 101 list after 1001 days
064    Finish homework the week it’s due
068    Wash linens monthly [1/21]
070    Come up with a consequence for incomplete goals
076    Document events and thoughts from 9/9/09, 10/10/10, and 11/11/11
092    Convince one other person to begin a 101 list
094    Reserved for a knitting goal

Track my progress through The List tab at the top. Please comment, I’d love to hear the feedback. Enjoy!