Where the Sarah Goals Are: November 2009

101 in 1001:

CRAFTY-ISH THINGS
1. ~~Learn how to read and follow a crochet pattern, then…~~
2. ~~Make a turtle.~~
3. ~~Make a baby blankie.~~
4. ~~Crochet blankets for Christmas gifts (4/4).~~
5. ~~Crochet a snowman and santa for my mom for Christmas.~~
6. ~~Make a hat and bootie combo.~~
7. Finish putting pictures in wedding “scrapbook”.
8. ~~Then order a wedding photobook online that won’t look as crappy as my scrapbook.~~
9. Fill an album with our Niagara Falls (honeymoon) pictures.
10. ~~Take more pictures. Actually print said pictures and fill an album.~~
11. Start and complete holiday craft challenges. (3/4)
12. Sculpt something.
13. ~~Draw something.~~
14. ~~Paint something.~~
15. Learn to sew.
16. ~~Paint 3 or 4 peekaboo animal panels.~~
17. Get hinges for the hope chest lid, and actually put them on!
18. BUILD something.
19. ~~Finish staining the picnic table.~~
FINANCIAL THINGS
20. ~~When it's time for a new(er) car – make an informed decision, and get A/C!!!~~
21. This one’s private. Bwah-haha!
22. ~~Get renters insurance.~~
23. Buy a house. (I’ve got almost 3 years…. It could maybe happen.)
24. ~~Open a savings account.~~
25. ~~Save $1 a day so I will have $1,001 at the end of this challenge!(1001/1001)~~
26. Pay off all credit card debt.
27. ~~Start putting money into 401k - as soon as I hit the one year mark so work will match. (4%)~~
LIFE THINGS
28. Clean/organize both closets.
29.
30. Organize desk.
31. Get “more desk” somehow so the laptop can live in harmony with the desktop.
32. Organize the junk drawer!
33. Get a new couch. Or at least get a couch slipcover thing.
34. Have a yard sale.
35. Clean trash out of car once in a blue moon. (4/5)
36. Set up somewhat of a home binder.
37. ~~Donate things as I/we no longer need them.~~
38. Try a new food just once during each year (~~2008,2009~~, 2010, 2011). (2/4)
39. ~~Cut back on the caffeine for awhile. Some. Not all.~~
40. ~~Eat more vegetables. Or start taking vitamins at least.~~
41. ~~Make sunscreen a priority – no bad sunburns! (3/3 summers)~~
42. ~~Get a filing cabinet, and use it to file all important documents.~~
43. ~~Get more work clothes.~~
44. ~~Send a thank you card.~~
45. Try five new recipes! (2/5)
46. Fix or replace the snowblower. (Or line up regular plowing.)
47. ~~Get a weedeater!~~
48. ~~Get a printer.~~
FUN THINGS
49. ~~Play a Wii. Or buy a Wii – and then play it.~~
50. ~~Karaoke! (On the Xbox counts)~~
51. Date more: at least one outing (or possibly in-ing) that counts as a date every month. (14/33)
52. ~~Hang out with my mom. Just for fun.~~
53. Build a snowman.
51. Get a fancy SLR camera.
54. Make my own ice cream.
55. Have a game night.
56. ~~Start a Christmas village~~!
57. Get a massage. A real one!
58. ~~Find another new-to-me writing or photo blog challenge that sounds interesting~~ – and complete it!
59. Vacation in a state I’ve never vacationed in before. (driving through doesn’t count.)
60. Go to Green Lakes! Have a picnic. Rent a paddle or row boat! Which lake is negotiable, but the picnic and boating are not.
61. Go to a Drive-In! (Or other “movie under the stars” that is non-drive-in-able.)
62. ~~Go to Taughannock Falls.~~
63. Go see the 100ft. waterfall in Oxbow Falls Community Park (Canastota). Take pictures.
64. ~~Go somewhere crowded (like the State Fair) and don’t freak out (crowds totally suck).~~
65. ~~Go camping. (Real camping.)~~
65. ~~Go to Lights on the Lake - finally!~~
67. Go to Critz Farm. Don’t forget to buy Apple Cider!
68. Go to Feats of Clay and paint own pottery!
69. See a comedian.
70. ~~Try a new restaurant.~~
71. Go ice skating.
72. Go to a play.
73. ~~Go to a concert.~~
74. Read 100 books! (27/100)
75. ~~Read Jane Austen: The Complete Novels. (2/7)~~
76. Then watch that Jane Austen Book Club movie.
77. Read at least one book from this list each year. (~~2008~~, ~~2009~~, 2010, 2011) (2/4)
RANDOM THINGS
78. ~~Win some money. Anything over $20 counts.~~
79. ~~Get a plant. Don’t kill it.~~
80. Blog at least twice a month.(17/33)
81. ~~Successfully finish NaBloPoMo (blog every day in November) once.~~
82. Try every year (2/3)
83. ~~Successfully complete Holidailies (blog every day in December) once.~~
84. Try every year (2/3)
85. ~~Blog about a weird/silly/awesome dream I had!~~
86. Write a story.
87. Have a birthday party.
88. ~~Take a really great nap!~~
89. ~~Teach someone something.~~
90. ~~Donate hair.~~
91. Buy and donate items to an animal shelter.
92. Buy and donate gifts for the (is it Toys for Tots?) tree things at a store each Christmas. (’09, ’10) (1/2)
93. ~~Make a bird feeder.~~
94. Plant some flowers.
95. Get a Pedicure.
96. Go on a Girl Date (like a Girls Night Out, but smaller).
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LIST THINGS
100. Celebrate this lists’ milestones! Do something special after you complete a total of 25, 50, 75, and the final item(s)! (0/4)
101. Check off items on this list as I complete them, and blog about it!

100 Books in 1001 Days

27) Angels at Christmas by Debbie Macomber
26) Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
25) Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult
24) Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult
23) Secrets in the Shadows by V.C. Andrews
22) The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
21) Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger
20) What to Expect When You’re Expecting by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
19) Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth by Jenny McCarthy
18) Pregnant Pause by Carrie Friedman
17) My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
16) Love the One You’re With by Emily Giffin
15) Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
14) The Host: A Novel by Stephenie Meyer
13) Jane Austen in Scarsdale: Or Love, Death, and the SATs by Paula Marantz Cohen
12) Reality TV Bites by Shane Bolks
11) Secrets in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
10) How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls by Zoey Dean
9) Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
8) Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
7) Multiple Bles8ings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets by Jon & Kate Gosselin, and Beth Carson
6) Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
5) The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck
4) Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
3) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2) The Assistant by Bernard Malamud
1) Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen

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