List 2: 2013-2015

In Progress (24)

Completed! (48)

1. learn enough Portuguese to have a conversation

2. run a 5K - 5/23/14
3. play a complete D&D campaign - 5/30/15

4. only buy thrifted/made in USA clothing for one year - 1/1/14-1/1/15

5. join a co-op (and use all the monthly vegetables)
6. watch sea turtles hatch
7. volunteer with Habitat for Humanity

8. complete my Animorphs collection
9. visit another foreign country - 5/13/13
9. go on an open water dive  snorkel a reef with Ricky - Looe Key, 11/1/14

11. attend at least five religious services different from my own (5/5)

          12/24/13 - Methodist Christmas Eve service  
          10/5/14 - Episcopalian service(s), weekly through 5/2015
12. buy at least five new board/card games (5/5)

          12/25/13 - Pandemic

          12/31/13 - Ticket to Ride
           3/28/14 - Habari
           6/3/14 - Story Cubes 
          8/30/14 - 7 Wonders

13. get my M.A.! - 5/4/13
14. apply to a PhD program

15. rent or own a house (NOT an apartment) - lease signed 6/30/13

16. write a children's book

17. learn (or relearn) five new face card games (1/5)

          Nerts

18. read one book every month (33/33)        
          April 2013 - Coraline by Neil Gaiman
          May 2013 - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
          June 2013 - Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (x)
          July 2013 - People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (x)
          August 2013 - Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien (x)
          September 2013 - The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro (x)
          October 2013 - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
          November 2013 - The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
          December 2013 - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 
          January 2014 - Worm by wildbow (web serial) 
          February 2014 - Good Omens by Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman
          March 2014 - The Color of Magic by Terry Prachett
          April 2014 - The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
          May 2014 - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
          June 2014 - The Awakening by Kate Chopin (x)
          July 2014 - The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon
          August 2014 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling  
          September 2014 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 
          October 2014 - The Elementals by Michael McDowell 
          November 2014 - The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly 
          December 2014 - Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman 
          January 2015 - Blindness by Jose Saramago 
          February 2015 - The Princess Problem by Rebecca Haines 
          March 2015 - Guide to Natural Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
          April 2015 - Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine
          May 2015 - Son by Lois Lowry

19. take an adult education class (auto mechanics, graphic design, etc.) -7/22/14, intermediate ASL
20. go parasailing, hang gliding, or windsurfing

21. participate in a political campaign
22. buy Ricky a well-tailored suit/get a suit tailored - 5/30/13
23. buy at least five pairs of flats to replace heels (5/5)

24. attend a book signing by an author I like - 6/23/13

25. go to another performance of Les Miserables - 6/28/13

26. can at least 10 cans of food for food storage (0/10)
27. write a letter to a senator or congressperson - 9/6/13 RE: Syria

28. put at least 5% of every paycheck into savings

29. learn how to make a new dip for parties

30. create a from-scratch graphic design - 5/7/14

31. purchase one piece of outdoor equipment (kayak, hiking packs, fishing rods, etc.)
32. play the bagpipes at least once
33. do something fun outside at least once a month
          April 2013 - YW pool party
          May 2013 - trekking around Portugal
          June 2013 - Pearson wedding
          July 2013 - Islands of Adventure with Jeremy and Erin
          August 2013 - Yellowstone National Park
          September 2013 - City of Rocks
          October 2013 - beach day
          November 2013 - kayaking with Nate
          December 2013 - orange picking 
          January 2014 - beach at sunset
          February 2014 - hike at Koreshan State Park
          March 2014 - NYC 
          April 2014 - pool party
          May 2014 - 
          June 2014 - four-wheeling
          July 2014 - sunset at the beach with the girls
          August 2014 - baseball game
          September 2014 - Kubb at the beach
          October 2014 - Halloween Horror Nights
          November 2014 - Key West
          December 2014 - Christmas tree shopping (totally counts because I'm pregnant and I say it does)
34. have at least seven Facebook fasts of at least two weeks each (can be consecutive) (5/7)

35. adopt a family a the local women's shelter for Christmas every year (3/3)

36. say only nice things about people for two weeks straight
37. give one genuine, non-superficial compliment each day for a month
38. fly a kite
39. go on at least one completely spontaneous weekend trip
40. start a garden of some variety (windowsill, patio, etc.)
41. get a bike for Ricky

42. play the piano for church at least 30 times (30/30)

43. learn at least three songs on the guitar (0/3)

44. write a short story

45. submit a paper to a conference/journal
46. write at least five letters by hand (2/5)
47. participate in one of the following: carpentry, illumination, calligraphy, ironworking, soapmaking, candlemaking

48. fully detail the interior of my car
49. go back to Disney World to visit Fantasyland

50. identify five different species of local birds in the wild (3/5)

51. listen to at least one scientific/educational podcast or Youtube video each month (1/33)

52. buy one thing that's over 100 years old - 5/13/13
53. learn to fold five pieces of origami (0/5)

54. volunteer at a soup kitchen/food bank - 12/14/13

55. volunteer at a youth home

56. perform long-term volunteer work for at least one full year

57. do "photo a day" at least six days a week for one year - 1/1/14-1/1/15

58. pick one major historical event or time period and read at least five books and two articles on the subject

59. find one complete album that I like and buy it

60. make a batch of laundry detergent - 9/14/13
61. go someplace with little to no light pollution and stargaze - 9/1/13 
62. identify ten constellations and ten stars by name (10/10; 10/10) - 9/1/13
63. learn a magic trick or slight of hand
64. solve a Rubik's cube
65. learn to juggle
66. build an investment portfolio outside of my retirement fund
67. avoid buying any bottles of water for one year - started 7/16/14
68. put together 72-hour emergency kits
69. properly display Ricky's baseball collection - 9/22/13
70. buy an external hard drive for Ricky's computer - 12/2014
71. become completely cruelty-free in all beauty products
72. test drive a car - 12/16/13
73. ride a horse on a trail - 5/21/13
74. memorize a poem and recite it for someone
75. avoid eating any processed foods for one week

76. donate blood - 2/1/14
77. eat five foods I wouldn't have tried otherwise (5/5)

78. spend ten afternoons just reading (4/10)

79. watch (or rewatch) all the films on the American Film Institute's 10 Top 10 list (8/10)
          Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 
          Raging Bull
          The Godfather

          Lawrence of Arabia
          City Lights
          The Wizard of Oz
          To Kill a Mockingbird
          The Searchers
          2001: A Space Odyssey
          Vertigo

80. water ski or snow ski
81. go back to England
82. start karate
83. become really good at one ballroom dance with Ricky
84. take a hot yoga class
85. begin a fitness program and stick with it for at least one month
86. buy a starter kit of essential oils - 3/15/15
87. drive through Yellowstone - Labor Day weekend 2013
88. visit a redwood forest in CA
89. see the Northern Lights
90. tour the Capitol and/or White House  
91. eat an entire meal with chopsticks - 12/28/13 
92. do everything left-handed for one week

93. take an ASL class (or teach myself basic ASL online)

94. perfect a meatless Japanese curry recipe

95. perform 15 significant acts of kindness, at least 5 of which are anonymous (15/15)

96. go to a spa - 9/30/13
97. write in a journal weekly for one year (2014)
98. have a new 99 in 999 list written by the end of the 999 days
99. document all 99 goals (in photos or writing) within a month of each being completed