110 things I want to do this year
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- learn to tie a tie – 3/29/2010, TheMister taught me how!
- invest in a new laptop – January: looking at doing this by the end of the month hopefully. Done in January; Dell died, now a happy MacBook user
- invest in a DSLR again Done in July
- sell some photographs
- create a puzzle photograph for Mom’s birthday gift – opted to send photographs instead – she loved them!
- buy own blog domain – tada! Already done!
- add a photography page to the blog domain – mentally working on this as of the end of August
- add a new must-read blog to my reader – Sober in a Nightclub, Lamebook
- run a 5K
- run a 10K
- run a half-marathon there will be no running done in my life … thank you dear body
- get a bike – Done May
- go to three concerts – January (Seth Horan, Petteri Sariola & Ed Sheets), January (Long Thaw’s last concert)
- create a beautiful (and ME) living space – I feel absolutely comfortable with what I’ve done!
- walk the Golden Gate Bridge
- run the Golden Gate Bridge
- bike the Golden Gate Bridge
- find at least one thing every day that makes me happy
- journal a high and a low every. single. day. January – this didn’t actually start until the 11th, I will be better about it. This has sucked. I am really struggling to do this. This will probably be a fail for 2010!
- find a place to volunteer
- go to a bonfire on the beach
- take a yoga class
- take more photographs than last year
- buy a little black dress
- buy some fabulous black heels to go with
- buy a piece of classic jewelry
- continue work on my tattoo design
- re-pierce my ear
- see a Broadway show - saw (and LOVED) Wicked May 15th
- keep track of each book I read – the page is up
- read at least 50 books during the year - the page is up and I’m on track
- write a poem
- find a hair stylist
- find an esthetician for my eyebrows
- eat like a vegetarian for a month
- cut out all additional sugar for a week
- cut out caffeine for a week (no coffee/tea/soda)
- when I make it a week, make it a month
- visit three new states
- visit a foreign country
- try out a new musical artist – Erin McCarly … not something I thought I would like as much as I do!
- visit two museums – one in January with TheMister’s mom, another with TheMister’s family in Napa later
- meet three more blog/Twitter friends in person – @EyeMadeQuiet, will meet @undercovermama and @kristeneileen in September
- continue growing out my hair – still doing it, though it needs a trim
- try a new type of food – I do not like eggplant.
- jump rope – I did this on the 26th of March at a health fair, I sucked
- swim in the ocean – I played. That counts for me.
- give a massage
- get a massage
- finish a cross-stitch or embroidery project
- wear a non-traditional colored shoe
- visit Alcatraz
- learn to do a smoky eye
- organize my CD collection
- bake a cake from scratch
- bake cookies from scratch – Happy Birthday to TheMister
- go wine tasting
- visit a theme park Santa Cruz Boardwalk in May
- go to the zoo – SanDiego zoo!
- take a class – not only did I take it, I TAUGHT it!
- visit the ocean once a week – eh, looks like the first week in January got missed but since then I’ve been GREAT about doing it.
- color a section of my hair a non-traditional color - purple stripe added in March while in San Diego
- post a Vlog
- buy a fun new hat
- buy a beautiful scarf to wear year-round
- go camping
- go hiking at least a half-dozen times, this has been accomplished twice so far as of May
- try a new beer – I’ve tried a couple. I need to check with @Ewokmama on the name of the latest, but I loved it.
- try a new wine - tried a lovely Rose on 1/28/09
- visit a National Monument
- find a primary care physician
- see an acupuncturist again
- find a cranial-sacral therapist
- set up a counseling appointment – started doing this the week of January 11th, see him the first Wed of February. Didn’t work out with that one. Started therapy on March 23rd. Will continue until the end of June at least.
- continue seeing counselor if/because needed
- go skiing
- try to snowboard
- keep a houseplant alive – TheMister’s mom bought me a fern I’ve named Phyllis
It died. - find a fabulous lipstick
- try a new shampoo/conditioner – loving some Biolage I’ve got
- get a facial
- go on a road trip without a predetermined destination
- visit Big Sur with TheMister
- visit San Diego (M&M&M&M!)
- visit Tahoe
- clean out a drawer
- dance in the rain - did this with TheMister one night.
- jump in a puddle
- skip on the beach
- buy myself flowers three times, done it once!
- leave my city at least once a month – I visit Oakland twice a week. I guess that won’t count at a certain point. January: Stockton, CA; February: edge of the world w/TheMister. March: San Diego, CA. April: Cupertino, CA. May: Napa … but otherwise nothing. June: Roseburg, OR. July: Napa, CA. August: Sacramento, CA. September: Las Vegas, NV
- reform my DVD collection
- be fitted for a bra – 36D’s baby
- buy a matching bra & underwear set
- buy some fun new pajamas
- enjoy the little things in life
- enjoy the hard things in life
- continue to health network
- continually work at my full potential for my jobs
- forgive
- keep my mind open to new experiences
- send thank you cards for each gift received throughout the year
- post daily on my blog for an entire month
- live passionately
- keep my desk (once I get it) clean
- make health work connections at my CHORI job
- make a decision about graduate school
- take the GRE (if needed)
- spend a TON of quality time with TheMister
- make a list of 111 resolutions for next year
