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List 1: 2010-2013

**ended March 27th, 2013**

In Progress (14)
Completed! (70)
1.      Own all the Disney-Pixar movies, from Toy Story to the most current (13/13)         

         a.    Toy Story
         b.    A Bug's Life
         c.    Toy Story 2
         d.    Monsters, Inc.
         e.    Finding Nemo
         f.     The Incredibles
         g.    Cars
         h.    Ratatouille
         i.     WALL-E
         j.     Up
         k.    Toy Story 3
         l.     Cars 2
        m.    Brave 
2.      Go to a Cirque du Soleil show
3.      Enroll in a Master’s degree program
4.      Read Atlas Shrugged
5.      Avoid television/Netflix for one week
6.      Learn to play at least half of the hymns in the LDS hymnbook on the piano
7.      Participate in Lent
8.      Read the New Testament cover-to-cover
9.      Read the Old Testament cover-to-cover
10.    Go to another foreign country
11.    Have 5 Facebook “fasts” of at least two weeks each (5/5)
12.    Complete all wedding thank-you notes
13.    Take Ricky to NYC
14.    Go to a Broadway show
15.    Attend the Hill Cumorah Pageant
16.    Visit Nauvoo
17.    Go back to Busch Gardens
18.    Donate blood
19.    Donate to Locks of Love Pantene Beautiful Lengths
20.    Learn how to knit and/or crochet at a basic level
21.    Go to the temple at least once every 3 months, and…
22.    Take a family name each time 
                 July-August-September 2010 (no family name)
                 October-November-December 2010 (no family name)
                 January-February-March 2011 (no family name)
                 April-May-June 2011 (no family name)
                 July-August-September 2011 (no family name)
                 October-November-December 2011 (no family name)
                 January-February-March 2012 (no family name)
                 April-May-June 2012
                 July-August-September 2012 (no family name)
                 October-November-December 2012
                 January-February-March 2013
23.    Participate in a large-scale/group service project
24.    Go scuba diving/renew certification
25.    Make lasagna from scratch
26.    Hand-make at least two presents (2/2)
27.    Write a children's book
28.    Personally change the oil in my car
29.    Write in a journal weekly for six months
30.    Study for/take the GRE
31.    Visit VA historical sites with Ricky
         a.    Monticello
         b.    Appomatox
         c.    Williamsburg
         d.    Jamestown
         e.    Yorktown
         f.     Richmond
         g.    Lexington
32.    Legally change my last name
33.    Attend a Catholic mass
34.    Go to Disney World
35.    Send a care package to someone 
36.    Make a 72-hour kit
37.    Memorize D&C section 4
38.    Cross-stitch something
39.    Adopt a cat
40.    Donate to SVU
41.    Take Ricky to a DCI show
42.    Visit the Everglades
43.    Learn to hit a golf ball the “real” way
44.    Memorize the order of American presidents
45.    Read Jesus the Christ
46.    Frame 10 wedding/engagement pictures (5/10) - bought digital picture frame!
47.    Read a biography of Walt Disney
48.    Read at least one book per month outside of schoolwork (33/33)
                 July 2010 - A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
                 August 2010 - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
                 September 2010 - Home by Julie Andrews
                 October 2010 - 20 Days with Julian and Little Bunny by Nathaniel Hawthorne
                 November 2010 - Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde
                 December 2010 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
                 January 2011 - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison  
                 February 2011 - Rules by Cynthia Lord
                 March 2011 - A Series of Unfortunate Events, books 1-13 by Lemony Snicket
                 April 2011 - Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place by Maryrose Wood
                 May 2011 - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
                 June 2011 - Harry Potter, books 1-7 by J.K. Rowling
                 July 2011 - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
                 August 2011 - Room by Emma Donoghue
                 September 2011 - The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney
                 October 2011 - Beware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn Meyer
                 November 2011 - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark    
                                     Haddon
                 December 2011 - The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
                 January 2012 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
                 February 2012 - This Time Together by Carol Burnett
                 March 2012 - Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
                 April 2012 - The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman 
                 May 2012 - The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
                 June 2012 - Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
                 July 2012 - Messenger by Lois Lowry
                 August 2012 - Bossypants by Tina Fey 
                 September 2012 - Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
                 October 2012 - The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
                 November 2012 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
                 December 2012 - Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination  
                                      by Neal Gabler 
                 January 2013 - The God Who Weeps by Terryl and Fiona Givens 
                 February 2013 - Stardust by Neil Gaiman 
                 March 2013 - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
49.    Have a new 99 in 999 list written by March 2013
50.    Write down three awesome things that happen each day for six months
51.    Visit the Liberty Bell
52.    Get a library card in Florida
53.    Plant and successfully tend a vegetable
54.    Go to an MLB spring training game
55.    Get a new camera
56.    Make a hair accessory
57.    Have a recycling bin and utilize it at least once a week
58.    Complete a 1000+ piece puzzle
59.    Cook a Greek dish
60.    Begin a fitness program and stick with it for (at least) one month
61.    Refinish a piece of furniture
62.    Avoid having cable/satellite TV for the entire 999 days
63.    Buy at least two energy-saving light bulbs (0/2)
64.    Visit the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian
65.    Give out a copy of the Book of Mormon
66.    Pay for someone behind me in a drive-thru line
67.    Get a credit card
68.    Apply for a graduate assistantship
69.    Visit the Columbia, SC temple
70.    Sent flowers to someone
71.    Volunteer somewhere long-term (at least three months)
72.    Get Ricky new glasses
73.    Visit Harry Potter World
74.    Create a painting
75.    Find a job in Florida
76.    Write Rachel once a month on her mission (17/19)
                 September 2010
                 October 2010
                 November 2010
                 December 2010
                 January 2011
                 February 2011
                 March 2011
                 April 2011
                 May 2011
                 June 2011
                 July 2011
                 August 2011
                 September 2011
                 October 2011
                 November 2011
                 December 2011 
                 January 2012
                 February 2012 
                 March 2012
77.    Join the church choir in Naples
78.    Get my wedding ring (finally) resized
79.    Get health insurance
80.    Visit a zoo
81.    Sunbathe on Christmas Day
82.    Attend the weddings of at least 3 couples/friends (3/3)
83.    Buy "Virginia is for Lovers" t-shirts for Ricky and myself
84.    Legally become a Florida state resident 
85.    Make a book list
86.    Keep a running list of all books completed
87.    Reach a 4.0 in at least one semester of graduate coursework
88.    Buy a kitchen table and chairs
89.    Make homemade pickles
90.    Start a collection
91.    Put valuable documents in a safe or deposit box
92.    Invite someone over to dinner (other than the missionaries)
93.    Continue our subscription to the Ensign and read each issue cover-to-cover
94.    Give a Christmas Jar/Secret Santa gift to a family in need
95.    Clip five coupons from a newspaper and use them successfully (2/5)
96.    Learn to drive a stick shift
97.    Stuff and cook a Thanksgiving turkey
98.    Visit the Florida Keys
99.    Document (in photos or in writing) all achievements on the 99/999 list!

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