Eight Completed Goals!

I just crossed off #65... start a Christmas Village. I won two pieces on eBay and have them both in my possession. I chose a Norman Rockwell village. I'm now the proud owner of...

Rockwell's Studio:And the Williams & Son Country Store:

I also updated my list a little here and there. I decided I don't have to ride my bike in September or October after all. =D October is apparently much colder than I remember it being. It sucks. And September just fell through the cracks, so in order to make myself feel better I made it officially disappear.
I finished The Assistant by Bernard Malamud the other night - it was my choice from that list I wanted to pick from once a year (#84). And I started my next Jane Austen (#82) Pride & Prejudice... it's already more promising than Sense & Sensibility! Or maybe I'm primed for the writing style now? Who knows.
There are a few other monthly ones in there, but nothing very interesting. I'm working on a painting right now - but I can't post it just yet in case the person it's intended for finds his or her way here. That's #14. And hey - does carving a pumpkin count for "sculpt something" ? Because I'll be doing that tomorrow or Sunday. You should do it too. I had something else in mind for that, but it flopped. No you may not see it. It has long since been destroyed.
Coming up really quick here are #'s 88 and 89! I'm all signed up to post everyday in November for NaBloPoMo... that will happen here. Please stop in and leave me ideas for future posts. I will need all the help I can get!

Numbers 27 and 56... DONE!

I love being able to update the number of goals completed! I have now done SEVEN full goals! And those two halves are still waiting on me to finish them up. Heh...
#27: On Monday (I know I said Friday... but I ended up leaving work sick. :( Obviously I was able to reschedule though...) an HR person came and helped me set up my 401k. Where I work they contribute 5%, then will match up to another 4%, so I just set it up with that 4% for now, and will figure out how I might want to change it as I go. I was told that with each raise I get I should add another 1%, and then I won't even miss that money... that seems pretty genius. I will plan on at least doing that!
#56: I totally bought this game for myself:

And it arrived yesterday! And I spent all last night singing my little heart out! Jeff won't play my new game with me. What a jerk! I think he thinks it matters how your voice sounds? And it so does NOT. That's the whole point of living room karaoke. You can sing as horribly as you want! Woo! Good thing too, 'cause I'm pretty horrible. Though I did sing Bohemian Rhapsody on MEDIUM and I didn't get boo-ed off stage! Randy and Paula even liked me! Simon said it was "just okay" though. Jerk.

When Sickly; Goals = Null

As I just said on my regular blog, it's hard to care about goals when you are sick and whiny. That said - I didn't get all my monthly things done before October showed up this morning. I think it doesn't count though. I was counting on using this last weekend, but then it was wasted and gone in a blur of snot filled tissues, "I think I have a feeeeeeverrrrrr", and "My faaaaaaace hurrrrrts" 's. That's right, I admit it. I whine.

Anyway. I did do some of my things. And I'm going to give myself through this weekend to do my monthly things that got skipped. Like riding my bike. Hopefully I feel better very soon because at this moment I can not even fathom having that kind of energy. Here's the rundown (well just the parts with updates/comments):

2. Make a turtle. Done. It doesn't have eyes yet, because I couldn't find the kind I wanted when I got my supplies. But it still totally counts as done. I will take a picture eventually. :)
25. Save $1 a day so I will have $1,001 at the end of this challenge! Doing well here. :)
28. Maintain the illusion of cleanliness a little each month. (2/33) Luckily I did some of this before getting sick. It doesn't matter that it just got messy again afterwards.
41. Ride the bike I had to have at least once a month from May-October each year. Starting now. 8/08, 9/08, 10/08, 5/09, 6/09, 7/09, 8/09, 9/09, 10/09, 5/10, 6/10, 7/10, 8/10, 9/10, 10/10, 5/11 (1/16) I'm giving myself some extra time for this.
82. Read Jane Austen: The Complete Novels. (1/7) Woo! I finished Sense and Sensibility last night!!! I really did like the story... just not such a fan of the writing style. Oy. I'm holding out hope that the other 6 won't be so rough.
84. Read at least one book from this list each year. (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) (0/4) I did borrow the book from Denise, after all. I'll probably start it tonight if I don't fall right asleep.
87. Blog at least once every other week. Two in a row to make up for missed posts is totally allowed. (5/72) I just blogged my fifth blog. I'm weak. Technically there was one post during September, but today is only the 1st of October so I think I did pretty well. I definitely didn't fail. I have a clause. :) http://sarahthings.wordpress.com/
100. Celebrate this lists’ milestones! Do something special after you complete a total of 25, 50, 75, and the final item(s)! (0/4) I'm up to 5 and 2 halves. :) I really need to finish that stinkin' booty just so I can count that item as done. lol!

Also... I did get my hair cut. But it doesn't affect #97 (Donating to Locks of Love) because the hair that got cut off? Had highlights. And couldn't have been donated anyway. I knew this when I put that on the list, I did my research. I should still be able to do it, but it will take all the growing and non-highlighting I can do between now and my end date (allowing for a few trims here and there).

AND... as for #20 (Keep my car running...) it's in the shop getting a new radiator. I feel like I should be able to cross something off for that.

I think that's pretty much everything. Sorry my list posts are so boring. I'll try to spice up my next one somehow.

Oh! And as for # 27 (Putting money into 401k...) A lady from HR contacted me about setting this up since I'm eligible for employer contribution soon... she's going to meet with me Friday afternoon. Woohoo!

Ok, now that is all.