My Life Goals…

I’m a work in progress, as is this list…

Some items I have done previously but this list was “started” in July 2008 so all things crossed off have been done since that date…

Items in Progress

Items Completed

JUST FOR ME

1. Keep a short-term to do list and complete items weekly for a month (8/28/08)
2. Start a journal and journal at least every other day
3. Start a happy journal and identify 500 things that make me happy (86/500)
4. Get a haircut every 3 months (Haircuts: 2)
   
5. Start and use a calendar for a month (8/28/08)
   
6. Update my wardrobe with clothes that fit and I like
7. Get a pedicure at least 12 times a year (Pedicures: 4)
8. Get manicures twice a year (Manicures: 1)
   
9. Have five “me” days a year
10. Write Avery a letter
11. Make a list of 50 things I like about myself (34/50)
12. Find the perfect foundation in the right color
13. Identify five bad habits and work on getting rid of them (0/5)
14. Dress up once a week even if I’m just staying home
15. Write a personal mission statement
16. Get a facial
17. Get eyebrows waxed
18. Start tanning a few times a week
19. Buy something for myself once a month (Months: 6)
    
20. Get a massage
21. Spend money on five things I normally wouldn’t (0/5)
22. Find acceptance in two private matters I’m struggling with
23. Be more positive
24. Be less critical of myself and others
25. Be more patient
26. Gossip less
27. Love myself
28. Get professionally fitted for bras (3/1/09)
29. Learn to have realistic expectations of myself
30. Spend a whole day in bed “just because”
31. Try the “miracle fruit”
32. Fill a journal with inspiring quotes
33. Start wearing jewelry on a regular basis
34. Create an inspiration board
35. Dye hair four times a year
36. Buy a cute pair of sunglasses
37. Find the perfect black dress
38. Have my own garden
39. Celebrate my Golden birthday (28th) by doing something special
40. Buy a new favorite purse
41. Make a conscious effort to complain less
42. Learn how to complain effectively and do it when need be
43. Learn to “count to ten” before speaking if I’m upset
44. Do something that terrifies me
45. Smile at everyone I meet
46. Learn to be thankful for each day I’m given
47. Complete Simple Abundance book
48. Take the Meyer-Briggs personality test
49. Feel comfortable in a bathing suit
50. Have breakfast in bed
51. Become less materialistic
52. Get a haircut I really love that works with my hair’s texture
53. Indulge in the luxury of having a bi-weekly or monthly housekeeper for at least a couple of months
54. Make a list of feelings I want to feel in my life and then figure out how I can achieve them
55. Make an effort to worry less (for a month)

HEALTH

1. Lose 50 pounds (0/50)
   
2. Finish a 5k
3. Go to the gym (or workout) at least 3 times a week (Workouts: 4)
   
4. Get my teeth fixed (10/10/08)
5. Keep track of my monthly cycle
6. Drink one glass of water a day for a month (0/30)
   
7. Take vitamins every day for a month (0/30)
8. Do 100 push-ups (www.hundredpushups.com)
9. Learn ten yoga poses (0/10)
10. Go without caffeine for one week
11. Develop a nightime routine and stick to it for a month (0/30)
12. Go to dentist for cleaning twice a year (Cleanings: 1)
    
13. Find a primary care physician
14. Go to eye doctor for a checkup
15. Go to dermatologist to check moles
16. Get a pap smear done once a year (Done: 2008)
    
17. Compete in a triathlon
18. Do crunches every night for a month
19. Complete online anxiety workshop
20. Be able to do 50 situps without taking a break
21. Look at MIB
22. Go two weeks without eating any fast food
23. Get skin tags/moles removed
24. Complete a 5k
25. Complete a marathon

LOVE

1. Plan wedding and get married
2. Cook dinner at least once a week for Sinisa (Cooked: 2)
3. Write a letter to Sinisa once a month (Letters: 1)
   
4. Take 20 walks with Sinisa (0/20)
5. Watch the sunrise
6. Watch the sunset
7. Do two romantic things for Sinisa a month (Things: 8)
   
8. Have a date day/night once a month (Dates: 4)
9. Take dance lessons with Sinisa
10. Complete ‘1001 Questions to Ask Before you get Married’ book (76/1001)
11. Complete The Love Dare book twice
12. Dance at home with Sinisa
13. Go on a romantic picnic once a summer
14. Go stargazing
15. Listen to 50 of Sinisa’s favorite songs (1/50)
16. Go to pre-marital counseling
17. Take a carriage ride
18. Kiss Sinisa at midnight on New Year’s Eve (1/1/09)
19. Kiss Sinisa in the rain
20. Kiss Sinisa under water
21. Kiss Sinisa under the mistletoe
    
22. Buy Sinisa something he’s been wanting once a month (Items: 7)
    
23. Have a candlelight dinner
24. Do 31 day prayer challenge for Sinisa
25. Do 30 day husband encouragement challenge
26. Make a list of free date night ideas
27. Go on a romantic cruise- just the two of us
28. Go on a double date twice a year
29. Visit a B&B with Sinisa
30. Make a list of 100 things I love about Sinisa (14/100)
31. Do something special for each anniversary
32. Complete marriage journey book
33. Take Sinisa to a hockey game
34. Complete “21 Day Complaint Free Marriage” online (simplemarriage.com)
35. Call into a radio station and dedicate a love song to Sinisa
36. Place a love note in the personals
37. Write wedding vows
38. Bring Sinisa breakfast in bed one morning (3/15/09)
39. Convince Sinisa to write down his goals so I can help him achieve them and cheer him on
40. Complete a crossword puzzle book together
41. Throw a surprise birthday party for Sinisa
42. Leave Sinisa a love note on the mirror in lipstick
43. Write Sinisa a love letter and hide it somewhere he can find it
44. Learn how to make crepes and make them for Sinisa
45. Go on a weekend getaway w/ Sinisa once a year (kid free)
46. Kiss Sinisa at the top of the Eiffel Tower
47. Attend five “couple” activities a year (Attended: 1)

BEING A MOMMY

1. Have another baby in 2009/2010 (6/25/09)
   
2. Send birth announcements for Jacob
   
3. Write a letter to Jacob once a month (Letters: 2)
4. Read 500 books to the boys a year (Read: 400+)
5. Get Jacob’s pictures professionally taken (Pictures: 15)
6. Get Luke’s pictures professionally taken (Picture: 3)
   
7. Take five belly maternity pictures while pregnant w/ Lucas (only took 3/5)
   
8. Take a photo of Jacob everyday for a month (8/28/08)
   
9. Make and update monthly a growth chart for Jacob
10. Complete baby book for Jacob
11. Order boys’ birth certificates
12. Learn ten new songs to sing to boys
13. Take Jacob to story time (9/12/08)
14. Write Jacob’s birth story for his baby book
15. Input list of Jacob’s “firsts” online and keep it updated
16. Write letters to Lucas
17. Baby proof home
18. Teach Jacob baby sign language
19. Potty train Jake in 2010
20. Record 100 videos of Jacob and Lucas and post online (4/100)
21. Raise happy children
22. Be on the PTA when they are school age
23. Choose a middle name for Lucas (2/22/09)
    
24. Organize Jacob’s shoes by size (2/2/09)
25. Teach children about their heritage
26. Send my kids to college
27. Always support my children’s dreams
28. Start a journal for Jacob
29. Start a journal for Lucas
30. Start a quote book when children can talk
31. Complete Baptism book for Jacob
32. Look into homeschooling
33. Take 1 or 2 pictures with the children each month so I don’t look back and regret that I don’t have any :
    
34. Get “Avery, Jacob, Lucas” tattooed (but first research where on the body is the least painful)
35. Plan great first birthday parties for each child (Jacob’s-5/30/09)
    
36. Bake and decorate birthday cakes for each birthday
37. Keep the children cavity free
38. Complete a scrapbook for each year of their childhood
39. Make “school year” boxes for them and keep special items
40. Go on family vacation once a year
41. Coach a team for each of the children
42. When children are schoolage develop a family emergency plan and review it together twice a year
43. Get Lucas baptized
44. Host playdates at least once every other month (Playdates: 3)
45. Become members of the zoo
46. Become members of the children’s museum (5/09)
47. Become members of the community pool
    

FAMILY

1. Spend one day with each person in my immediate family
   
2. Visit with family often
3. Write a letter to 10 people who are important to me (0/10)
4. Trace my family tree
5. Contact each grandparent twice a year (Good amount of contact made w/ Grandma D)
6. Take a picture with ten people I love and write a paragraph about our relationship (0/10)
7. Get a family picture taken twice a year (Picture taken 6/26/09)
   
8. Send out Holiday cards and family updates each Christmas (Times Cards Sent Out: 1)
9. Write thank-you’s for all gifts received
10. Plan a “mom and me” trip
11. Take my parents to dinner
12. Go to family reunion every other year
13. Keep a list of family traditions I’d like to start/maintain
14. Put flowers on grandma and grandpa’s graves
15. Visit mom’s grave monthly
16. Buy a family dough ornament every Christmas (Bought: 2008)
    
17. Send a thank you letter to my parents thanking them for raising me
    
18. Cook one Holiday meal and invite all family over
19. Take a picture of all my dad’s grandchildren together, frame it, and give it to him as a surprise
    

SOCIAL

1. Visit with college friends once a year
   
2. Have a girl’s day/night once every other month (4)
3. Attend at least 15 meetups a month :)
   
4. Host five parties at my house (2/5)
5. Get in touch with three people I’ve lost contact with (2/3)
6. Call someone just to chat once a month that isn’t family
7. Make ten new friends a year (Done: 2008 and 2009)
   
8. Host a Holiday cookie exchange
9. Keep track of friends birthdays and send out cards
10. Become active in Moms of Infants group :)
    
11. Write notes to ten of my friends telling them what they mean to me
12. Attend 10 year high school reunion
13. Make a life-long close friend
14. Widen my social network
15. Go on one child-free weekend getaway w/ friends a year (Done: 2009)
    
16. Write a letter of encouragement to a friend who needs it

HOUSEHOLD

1. Make a cleaning schedule and stick to it for a month (0/30)
2. Organize bedroom (5/09)
   
3. Clean out file cabinets (2/09)
   
4. Finish decorating the nursery
5. Clean closet (8/9/08 and 3/16/09)
6. Clean bathroom and maintain for a month
   
7. Have fresh flowers in the house twice a month (Times: 9)
8. Bake five times a year (Times Baked: 5)
9. Make my desk area more usable (2/3/09)
10. Clean out under bed (3/31/09)
    
11. Sanitize all Jacob’s toys
12. Go through magazines and purge, then keep only ten (8/09)
    
13. Frame and put out/hang pictures of family
14. Clean and organize laundry room (9/09)
15. Go through green laundry bag and hem/fix or take to cleaners
16. Hang framed art
17. Organize kitchen cabinets
18. Fix carpeting by bathrooms and kitchen (2/16/09)
19. Paint bathroom walls (5/09)
20. Clean out closet in Jacob’s room (8/08)
    
21. Clean out storage closet (5/09)
22. Setup a household message system on fridge
23. Organize family life binder
24. Plant a cherry blossom tree in the backyard (once I own a home)
25. Finish spray painting frames and hang them
26. Shred old receipts/files
27. Make project files
28. Condense “school” boxes
29. Clean out and organize my makeup
30. Buy and setup a hammock outside and then use it
31. Load pictures onto digital frame
32. Cover crib rails
    
33. Paint nursery windowsill (5/09)
34. File papers in “to file” container
35. Make an outdoor play area on balcony (5/09)
    

FINANCIAL

1. Pay off $1000 in debt a year
2. Establish a 1 month emergency fund
3. Establish a 3 month emergency fund
4. Establish a 6 month emergency fund
5. Talk to family member about taking care of Jacob in case of our deaths (Talked to my dad 8/15/08)
6. Draft living will
7. Pay off car loan (actual loan paid off but still $722 $672 in fees to pay)
   
8. Open a saving’s account
9. Save for a down payment and move into a rent-to-own house
10. Develop and stick to a budget for 3 months (Done: March 2009)
    
11. Call SM loan and create payment plan
12. Call GL loan and create payment plan
13. Pay dad back for CB loan (Months paid: at least 6)
14. Listen to Dave Ramsey’s financial CDs
15. Sell five things on ebay/Craigslist (2/5)
16. Purchase a new car
17. Get current with all bills (3/7/09)
    
18. Check credit reports once a year
19. Pay movie store fines
20. Pay library fines
21. Have one no spend day a week (no spend days: 4)
    
22. Keep track of spending and checking accounts for 3 months (Done: March 2009)
    
23. Invest in a stock I pick myself
24. Setup all bills for online bill pay if possible
25. Find out FICO score and improve it (3/18/09)
26. Save at least $50 monthly (Done: 3/09)
    
27. Save $1000 using coupons (Saved over: $250)
28. Own a home
29. Have a garage sale
30. Save enough money to live comfortably when I retire
31. Complete Simple Dollars “31 Days to Fix Finances”
32. Make menus for three months and plan shopping list by sale ads
33. Put all Jacob’s bonds together and list them (when received, by who, etc…)
34. Save change all year for “Christmas fund” and put in an ING account
35. Eliminate debt
36. Track every dime spent for one month (3/31/09)
    
37. Avoid all unnecessary spending for one month
38. Start a “new car” fund
39. Start a “college” fund for boys
40. Start a “vacation” fund
41. Start a “wedding” fund
42. Start a “gift” fund

LEARNING

1. Get an Associate’s Degree
2. Learn 100 words/sayings in Croatian (2/100)
   
3. Take a photography class
4. Learn how to change a tire
5. Attend ten workshops (0/10)
6. Learn the sign language alphabet (0/26)
7. Learn how to use five different exercise machines at the gym
8. Apply to University
9. Read or watch at least two news stories a day for a month (8/28/08)
   
10. Get college transcripts from MVNU
11. Get college transcripts from COD
12. Research bpd (8/17/08)
    
13. Learn 50 new abortion facts I didn’t know (3/50)
14. Take a cooking class
15. Take a course at MIT online
16. Take a surfing lesson
17. Learn how to use the grill
18. Take a belly dancing class
19. Take a self-defense class
20. Learn to speak Spanish fluently
21. Learn to speak Croatian fluently
22. Earn a Bachelor’s degree
23. Earn a Master’s degree
24. Relearn CPR and the Heimlich
25. Learn about real estate
26. Learn about investing
27. Take a creative writing class
28. Take guitar lessons
29. Learn how to make five mixed drinks
30. Do a project through wikiversity
31. Learn how to say hello in ten languages
32. Be able to identify all states on a map
33. Learn all State capitals
34. Learn more about my heritage
35. Learn more about Croatia

CAREER

1. Create a professional portfolio
2. Write my resume
3. Organize article file
4. Find a flexible, well paying job
5. Become a teacher
6. Teach someone to read

TRAVEL

1. Plan and take a vacation
2. Go to the beach five times
3. Go camping once a year
4. Go to California
5. Visit family in New York
6. Visit family in Pennsylvania
7. Go on a boat
8. Visit a botanical garden
9. Spend a day downtown
10. Go to an orchard and pick apples (9/7/08)
11. Go to an amusement park
12. Take a road trip
13. Go to the zoo
14. Go to a waterpark
15. Go to a museum
16. Stay somewhere overlooking the water (3/21/09)
17. Go to Tahiti
18. Visit all 50 states (IL, WI)
    
19. Go to New York for New Year’s Eve
20. Go on a cross country road trip
21. See five of the top USA wonders
22. Go to DisneyWorld
23. Go to Wisconsin Dells again
24. Go to Africa
25. Visit the Holy Land
26. Go to Croatia
27. Go to Hawaii
28. Visit MVNU again
29. Go to Mackinac Island again
30. Go to Saugatuck, MI again
31. Be in two states at once and take a picture
32. Go to a vineyard
33. Go to the Arboretum (4/09)
34. Go to the Crystal Cathedral again
35. Go to the Boardwalk in Maryland again

ENTERTAINMENT

1. Erase songs on IPod that I don’t like
2. Add songs to IPod monthly
3. Create playlist on IPod for working out
4. See 25 movies I’ve never seen before (10/25)
5. Make a top 10 list of movies
6. Make top 10 list of songs
7. Attend one concert a year
8. Attend 10 festivals (0/10)
9. Go to a drive-in movie
10. Spend a day watching a tv show marathon
11. Go to a taping of the Oprah show
12. See Blue Man Group
13. Join Netflix
14. Listen to each of Rolling Stone magazines “500 greatest songs of all time”
15. See all of AFI’s top 100 movies
16. Watch the Planet Earth series
17. Watch one new television show a season :)
    
18. Watch the olympics (at least 5 different sports)
19. Watch 25 documentaries a year (Watched: 1)

WRITING/READING

1. Read all Nora Roberts books I own (read: 1)
   
2. Read five financial books a year
3. Read 10 parenting books a year
4. Write a children’s book
5. Catalog all books and organize them
6. Write 10 reviews of places or services (www.lilaguide.com or www.yelp.com) (0/10)
7. Own all Nora Roberts books that are written
8. Write the book that’s been in my mind for years but first talk to HER about it
9. Read 10 relationship books a year
   
10. Subscribe to two magazines (2/2) (8/9/08)
11. Publish an article online or in print
12. Try to get Morgan’s story published
13. Publish something I’ve created through lulu.com
14. Join a book club and read at least one book with them
15. Publish a novel
16. Go to a book signing for a book I’ve read
17. Write three “letters to the editor”
18. Make and maintain a list of books I’d like to read
19. Complete book about my life for children
20. Read five “banned” books
21. Listen to an audio book all the way through
22. Complete a NaNoWriMo one year
23. “Discover” 10 new authors I like
24. Get something published in a “chicken soup for the soul” book

CREATIVE ENDEAVORS

1. Setup a scrapbooking area
   
2. Create scrapbook for Jacob’s first year
3. Create a scrapbook for Lucas’ first year
   
4. Create scrapbook for my relationship with Sinisa
5. Create scrapbook of college years
6. Join and sing in a choir
7. Make boys an ABC book
8. Make boys a family photo album
9. Be an extra in a movie or tv show
10. Organize pictures
11. Audition for something
12. Do a project from cutoutandkeep.net
13. Take at least five pictures from each event I go to for a month
    
14. Relearn how to crochet
15. Do Live Journal’s “A Day in My Life” photography project
16. Have a photograph in an art exhibit
17. Make something using a pottery wheel
18. Can something for winter
19. Purchase a real photography camera
20. Buy an old piece of furniture and fix it up
21. Bake a pie from scratch
22. Make a recipe scrapbook
23. Sew something
24. Try a new recipe every month
25. Make a Christmas scrapbook each year
26. Bake cookies every Christmas
27. Make my handwriting into a font
28. Make homemade chicken noodle soup
29. Organize recipes

GIVING BACK

1. Volunteer 10 days of my time a year
2. Give away 500 items (100/500)
3. Give blood once a year
4. Do 50 random acts of kindness a year (Acts :4)
5. Tell a manager when I get good service (5/09)
6. Attend a pro-life event
7. Become a CASA (court appointed special advocate)
8. Participate in Holiday gift tree for a needy child
9. Write a letter to a politician about abortion
10. Release five books through bookcrossing.com (0/5)
11. Use reusable shopping bags for small trips to the grocery store for a month
12. Replace light bulbs with energy efficient ones as they go out
13. Look into recycling and start recycling cans
14. Donate 50,000 grains of rice through freerice.com (3,000/50,000)
15. Anonymously pay for five strangers coffees or food (0/5)
16. Re-sign up to be an organ donor (7/3/09)
17. Complete two March of Dimes Walks (0/2)
18. Go through clothes and give away what I don’t want
19. Volunteer at a soup kitchen
20. Make five meals for a family in crisis
21. Donate $50 worth of food to a food bank all at once
22. Complete 10 things to become greener (0/10)
23. Plant a tree
24. Participate in “Earth Hour” each year
25. Reduce carbon footprint by 10%
26. Look into donating plasma
27. Make someone’s Holiday wish come true
28. Go on a Mission trip again
29. Put change in someone’s expired meter
30. Buy McDonald’s gift cards and keep in car to give to homeless/people in need
31. Leave a dollar somewhere a kid will find it
32. Become a big sister again through BBBS
33. Give 10 unexpected gifts
34. Build a house with Habitat for Humanity
35. Become active in a non-violent pro-life group
36. Visit an orphanage in another country
37. Donate 10 malaria nets
38. Participate in a walk for a charity
39. Donate money and put my name on it (ie. college scholarship/park bench)
40. Sponsor a child
41. Anonymously mail a letter of encouragement to someone
42. Write my congressperson about an issue that I’m passionate about
43. Write a letter to five people who have influenced or inspired me
44. Volunteer with Meals on Wheels
45. Go to an abortion rally in Washington
46. Start a non-profit organization
47. Donate $10,000 (somewhere other than Church) over the course of my lifetime (Donated: $20)

SPIRITUAL

1. Read the whole Bible using the year plan (5/365 days)
2. Tithe weekly-10% of income (giving weekly but not at 10% yet)
3. Find a church home (9/14/08)
   
4. Do devotions every day for a month (0/30)
5. Put myself in an uncomfortable conversation about Faith
6. Read the Case for Christ
7. Pray with someone who’s never prayed before
8. Share the Gospel with at least 100 people
9. Do a thorough study of Proverbs 31
10. Keep a prayer journal for 6 months with answers
11. Help develop a mom’s ministry at Church
12. Start everyday in prayer
13. Teach a Sunday School class weekly

FUN

1. Watch fireworks live
2. Go to a parade
3. Drive around looking at Christmas lights (12/24/08)
4. Go mini-golfing
5. Walk along the lakefront
6. Decorate Easter eggs (4/10/09)
7. Play in the rain
8. Go down a waterslide
9. Shop at a Farmer’s Market
10. Go bowling
11. Make smores
12. Draw with chalk on the sidewalk
13. Go sledding
14. Try 15 foods I’ve never tasted before (9/15)
15. Build a snowman
16. Finish a 1000 piece puzzle
17. Complete a Suduko book (Puzzles completed: 158/182)
    
18. Mail a secret to postsecret
19. Color in a coloring book
20. Go swimming
21. Play a board game (11/15/08)
22. Fly a kite
23. Achieve a 30% winning percentage in spider solitaire (28% currently)
    
24. Complete a crossword puzzle on my own (8/12/08)
    
25. Go horseback riding
26. Plant flowers
27. Race a go-kart
28. Play laser tag
29. Go pumpkin picking and carve the pumpkin (10/30/08)
30. Shop at a thrift store other than Goodwill
31. Play the lottery (7/28/08)
    
32. Visit five new restaurants (4/5)
33. Send out a message in a bottle
34. Go out for ice cream (7/29/08)
35. Go to a sporting event
36. Get a typing speed of 100wpm at typeracer.com
37. Register five dollar bills at wheresGeorge.com (5/5) (8/9/08)
38. Go to Benihana restaurant
39. Ride a train
40. See a Cirque de Soliel show
41. Go to a Bear’s game
42. Ride in a stretch SUV or limo
43. Get picture taken at Glamour Shots
44. Go to a Haunted house
45. See what “Sonic” is all about (4/4/09)
46. Go to a flea market
47. Have mimosas one morning
48. Go on a bike ride
49. Meet someone famous and take a picture with them
50. Go to a play
51. See a stand up comedian
52. Build a sandcastle
53. Play darts
54. Play pool
55. Go fishing
56. Stay at a lake house for a weekend (3/21/09)
57. Ride in a Gondola
58. Make a snow angel
59. Watch the ball drop in times square
60. Go skinny dipping
61. Go out on a paddleboat
62. Name a star (or have one named after me)
63. Go on a high ropes course
64. Swim with dolphins
65. Play five board games I’ve never played before (2/5)
66. Make and maintain a list of local places to go
67. Make and maintain a list of events in the area
68. Visit a spa
69. Rent a beach house for a week
70. Play backgammon again
71. Stay in a hotel in town
72. Play a complete game of Monopoly
73. Take pictures in a photo booth
74. Go Christmas caroling
75. Play a SIMS computer game
76. Go ice skating
77. Go skiing
78. Go to Taste of Chicago
79. Go to Oktoberfest
80. Find five letterboxes
81. Make Easter baskets (4/3/09)
    
82. Win something
83. Play in the rain
84. Do five “touristy” things in my city
85. Dress up for Halloween one year
86. Drive a convertible with the top down
87. Break a world record
88. Be a contestant on a game show
89. Shop at Mall of America
90. Order room service
91. Go paintballing
92. Play laser tag
93. Try real sushi, not just California rolls
94. Go to Navy Pier
95. Go to brunch
96. Visit a castle
97. Stay at a 5 star hotel
98. Get an ice cream cone from an ice cream truck (for myself!)
99. Find a four leaf clover

ONLINE/COMPUTER

1. Create and maintain a list of favorite websites
2. Create and maintain a list of my online profiles
3. Clean off computer hard drive (8/10/08)
4. Empty email inbox and keep it empty (3/15/09)
   
5. Print out pictures on Snapfish
6. Organize pictures on the computer (2/16/09)
7. Add pictures to flickr account
8. Update all online profiles
9. Start a blog and blog at least twice a week for a month (8/28/08)
10. Put all CD’s onto the computer
11. Have 100 subscribers to my blog
12. Sign up to stop receiving junk mail
13. Sign up for National do not call list (2/23/09)
14. Rename blog (3/09)
    
15. Start a preschool blog
16. Find one new interesting website a month (2/18/09)
17. Buy, install, and learn to use photo-editing software
18. Develop pictures within two weeks of taking them
19. Buy an external hard drive to put pictures onto
20. Scan photos in computer and put online

THINGS TO BUY

1. Crib for Lucas (3/7/09)
2. Video camera
3. New phones (3/6/09)
4. Desk
5. TV Cabinet
6. Pots/Pans
7. Dishes
8. Engagement/wedding ring
9. Baking dishes
10. Knives
11. Wii
12. Metal escape ladder for boys room and balcony
13. New Computer
14. Wagon for boys
15. Sand and water table (4/27/09)
16. Dresser/Clothes storage for Lucas (4/09)

JUST BECAUSE I NEED TO

1. Wash car inside and out twice a year (2009: 1)
   
2. Get oil changed four times a year (Times Changed: 2)
   
3. Renew license plates yearly (Times Renewed: 2)
4. Update address book
5. Get a new passport
6. Get a new license (7/3/09)
7. Renew lease (3/17/09)
8. Buy a fireproof/safe box (3/6/09)
9. Get resident card from town I live in
10. Get life insurance
11. Check voicemail every day or every other day
12. Return voicemails within 48 hours
13. Fix back breaks and suspension on car
14. Vote in every election (Voted in ‘08)
15. File taxes yearly (Done: ‘08)
    
16. Compile all financial/account information together in one place on a USB drive in case something happens to me
17. Put an “emergency supply kit” together