Monday, 22 December 2008

• My 101 in 1001

  The New Year is coming, so I have compiled a list of 101 goals to be completed in 1001 days.

   

  Start date: 12/22/08

  End date: 09/19/11

   

  Education

  1.      Graduate from my school with an A.S. in Biology!

  2.      Represent my school in the catalog.

  3.      Apply to Olivet Nazarene University.

  4.      Take a tour of Olivet Nazarene University.

  5.      Take a tour of University of Illinois-Chicago.

  6.      Find a Filipino cookbook written in English.

  7.      Learn how to swim.

  8.      Become fluent in Spanish.

  9.      Volunteer at a hospital.

  10.  Learn to ride a bicycle.

  11.  Win a scholarship.

  12.  Become certified in CPR.

  13.  For every fiction book, check out a nonfiction book.

  14.  Learn how to maintain a car.

  15.  Recognize 5 constellations in the sky.

  16.  Try a new recipe once a week for a year.

  17.  Be a baby-wearing guru with my Moby wrap.

   

  Art

  18.  Be featured on Xanga.

  19.  Make a photo album just for my dancing pictures.

  20.  Develop the pictures from my computer.

  21.  Get one tattoo.

  22.  Write down my love story.

  23.  Take a photography class.

  24.  Organize Carlos’ pictures.

  25.  Scan the pictures that I want from my parents’ house.

  26.  Buy a piano.

  27.  Learn bellydancing.

  28.  Take a dance class with Carlos.

  29.  Take an art class.

  30.  Memorize “Moonlight Sonata” on the piano.

  31.  Send in a secret to PostSecret.

  32.  Paint a painting.

  33.  Create a sculpture.

  34.  Write a blog everyday for a month.

   

  Family

  35.  Breastfeed Giovanni for 1 year.

  36.  …for however long he wants.

  37.  Go through the boxes of Carlos’ old documents.

  38.  Visit my family in the Philippines.

  39.  Meet Carlos’ family in Chile.

  40.  Design my dream house.

  41.  Spend the weekend at Sybaris with Carlos.

  42.  Adopt a cat.

  43.  Get professional pictures taken with Carlos, Giovanni, and Michael…

  44.  …and send them to the entire extended family.

  45.  Make the piñata for Giovanni’s 1^st birthday party.

  46.  Make the cake as well.

  47.  Sing a karaoke song for Carlos in front of a lot of people.

  48.  Watch my brother spar in a Tae Kwan Do match.

  49.  Grow a vegetable garden.

  50.  Grow an herb garden.

  51.  Grow a houseplant for every room of the house.

  52.  Cook one vegetarian meal once a week.

  53.  Make a homemade dessert twice a month.

  54.  Finish my Home Management Binder.

  55.  Sponsor a child.

   

  Travel

  56.  Take a picture by The Bean in Chicago.

  57.  Go ice-skating in Millennium Park, Chicago.

  58.  Introduce Giovanni to my Washington friends.

  59.  Go on a cruise with Carlos.

  60.  Attend a ball.

  61.  Get the rest of my stuff out of my parents’ house!

  62.  Go to a beach in the Philippines.

  63.  Go to Wrigley Stadium when the Seattle Mariners are playing.

  64.  Kiss Carlos at the top of the Sears Tower.

  65.  Take a ride in a horse-drawn carriage with Carlos through downtown Chicago.

  66.  Visit Navy Pier, Chicago.

  
  

  Money

  67.  Pay off my credit cards.

  68.  Buy a filing cabinet and actually use it.

  69.  Open a 529 plan for Giovanni.

  70.  Buy a video camera to record life’s precious moments.

  71.  Save $1000.

  72.  Support Heifer International.

   

  Self

  73.  Join a gym.

  74.  Get toned.

  75.  Speak Spanish for a day.

  76.  Speak Tagalog for a day.

  77.  Go wall-climbing.

  78.  Grow my hair down to my waist.

  79.  …and donate it!

  80.  Finish the Harry Potter series.

  81.  Find a new hairstyle for straight hair.

  82.  Experiment with waves and curls.

  83.  Stop cracking my knuckles.

  84.  Read the Bible in its entirety.

  85.  Volunteer at my church.

  86.  Learn how to braid my own hair.

  87.  Get braces.

  88.  Celebrate my 21^st birthday by going to a bar.

  89.  Go to church every week for a month.

  90.  …For 6 months.

  91.  Figure out my family tree.

  92.  Own lingerie from Victoria Secret.

  93.  Make friends at my parenting classes.

  94.  Learn how to knit.

  95.  Make a scarf.

  96.  Knit a beanie.

  97.  Follow my cleaning routine for 1 week.

  98.  …For a month.

  99.  Own a little black dress.

  100.          Recycle more, even if it means having to drive to the recycling center.

  101.          Instead of going out to shop, go online.

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