July Update

According to my last update (Yikes! It was February 19th!) I had completed 9 items and started 21 items on my list, leaving 71 items untouched. Let’s update what I’ve done in the past 5 months.

The List

Bold = completed
Italic = in progress

Things to do with Traveling
1. Visit all Oregon Lighthouses [0/8]
2. Meet Deb somewhere for a girl's weekend
3. Visit Roswell, NM
4. Camp at Gilliland Ranch in Trout Lake
5. Have lunch or dinner at Camp 18. Spend time enjoying the history there.
6. Take Ann to the Oregon Garden
7. Go on vacation with a couple we like
8. Go to England
I haven’t done a single item in this section to date. I haven’t even planned to do anything yet.


Things to do for Health
9. Loose 50 pounds [5/50]
I’ve lost a couple more pounds but nothing significant. I have to admit to not really trying.

10. Get anemia to normal level and keep it there for 6 months
I’ve been working hard on this one. I still don’t have my levels normal yet, but I am still taking my iron and seeing my doctor. She is sending So far I’ve done an endoscopy and a colonoscopy neither of which revealed any reason for the levels to be remaining low. My doctor is sending to a hematologist next week to see what he can do. Once we get his verdict then we can start on another path. Right now I’m focusing on taking the right dosage of iron.

Things to Learn or Create
11. Take a knitting class
12. Take a crocheting class
13. Take a digital photography class
14. Take a shooting class
15. Take a Adobe Photoshop Elements class or other digital scrapbooking class
16. Take a massage class
17. Make 5 blankets for Officer Buddy Bear program [2.5/5]
I have another ½ of a blanket done. I need to get moving on this one.

18. Take a loom knitting class
19. Take a craft class of some kind with Wendy

Things to Do With Finances
20. Create plan to get out of debt
We have created the plan. We are executing the plan and it will be done July 27th.

21. Create emergency fund
We are working on this one. I need to refine this goal a little more and assign a dollar value to the emergency fund, so I know when we have reached the goal.

22. Develop a budget and stick to it for 30 days straight
We’ve developed the budget but haven’t quite managed to stick to it for 30 days.

23. Stop using & destroy all credit cards
I think we can successfully call this one done! Boy did it feel good to feed those credit cards to the shredder!

24. File taxes before March 15th
Got this one done under the wire, but the taxes were done before the 15th.

25. Donate $5 to charity for every uncompleted goal on this list

Things to Nurture Relationships
26. Have 'date night (or afternoon)' with Greg once a month for 6 months
27. Call Jim & Pattie and make a date to get together with them
28. Get together with Bonnie for crafts or games
29. Send birthday cards to all work, family, and Sisterhood [7 of 12 months]
Been keeping up nicely with this one. 7 out of 12 months done!

30. Make Christmas presents for family 2009
31. Do 30-day Husband Encouragement Challenge

32. Find out all family birthdays, anniversaries, and contact info and put on calendar / contacts
I’ll even move it to my 2010 calendar!


Things to Organize
33. Organize hard drive by creating new folders and cleaning up old documents
This project will take forever! I need to commit to doing this on a regular basis. I did clean out about 4 months of emails this weekend.

34. Organize pictures into proper folders, add dates, add titles
35. Organize craft supplies and projects
Hey, this one is done! I’ve got them all up on a rack in the closet and easily accessible.

36. Sell, donate, or throw away 1001 broken or un-needed items from house [76/1001]
This goal is a really good one, but I neglected to do a good job of keeping track of the items we’ve gotten rid of. Any suggestions on how to estimate?

37. Create functional area to do and store crafts
I’m calling this one done. The floor is done in the room I want to use and all the craft stuff is organized and handy. I just need to do the projects now!

38. Completely organize my bedroom
There is only a little bit left on this one. Why haven’t I finished it yet????

39. Organize iTunes library
I found another box of CDs that I am downloading to my iPod. I think I’ll be doing this forever!

40. Unsubscribe to all email lists you don't use any more
This seems to be an on-going goal. I went through and unsubscribed from a ton of them, but I still seem to get a lot. I’ll do another pass through then call it good.


41. Organize paperwork into logical files - scan or get rid of what you can
I went through a lot of old paperwork and set aside a ton to shred. Still working on the rest of the file system.

Things to Do Around the House
42. Fix blue room floor
Yay! It is done. We’ve got the floor back in place, the trim up and it all looks great!

43. Finish the floors once and for all time
44. Finish painting the family room / kitchen area
45. Get sewing machine fixed
46. Set up closet system in my bedroom
47. Organize upstairs hall closet
48. Organize office closet
49. Put together dresser, decide where to put it and what to put in it and do it
50. Finish home remodel and sell house by Winter 2009
51. Declutter each room in the house [1/11]
I’ve done the laundry room so far. Still working on the others!

52. Re-read "Sink Reflections" and re-implement Fly Lady processes from before
I got the book off of my bookshelf, does that count?

Things to Do for the Soul
53. Identify 101 things that make me happy. Scrap a page about it.


54. Inspire someone else to do the 101 list

55. Walk in 3 fund raising events (Walk for the Animals, Breast Cancer, etc) [0/3]
I’m going to walk in the Relay for Life on July 31st.

Things to Pay It Forward / Random Acts of Kindness
56. Pay for the person behind me in the drive up
57. Volunteer at one of the Dog Paw clean up events
58. Volunteer at 3 events of some kind (beach/trail clean up,etc.) [0/3]
59. Do 5 completely random acts of kindness [3/5]
Helped someone catch their dog
Gave a gift certificate to someone who wasn’t expecting it
Took flowers to a friend just because

60. Donate 1,000,000 grains of rice at freerice.com [50,000/ 1,000,000]
I’ve lost track on this one, too. I haven’t done a good job of keeping track. I’ll have to come up with an idea of how to estimate how many I’ve done.

Things of a Legal Nature
61. Research setting up a living trust - is it something we should do?
62. Research and sign up for identity theft protection
63. Write a will
64. Write an advance directive
Haven’t done a single thing in this whole section.


Things I'd Like to Do Again
65. Go scuba diving
66. Go to Hawaii
67. Take Sophie lure coursing and/or racing
68. Do 5 puzzles (1000 pieces or more) [5/5]
I’ve done tons of puzzles since I started my 1001 list. It’s been great to play with them again. I love sharing them with other people at work, too.

Things I'd Like to Buy
69. Get new computer
I keep dreaming!

Things I've Always Wanted to Do
70. See a skating event at the 2010 Olympics
71. See Rocky Horror Picture Show
72. Go to the Festival of Lights at the Grotto
73. Make a gingerbread house
74. See King Tut exhibit
Still no firm plans, but I really, really want to go to SFO this year.

75. Start a seahorse aquarium

Things of a Crafty Nature
76. Complete Mama's scrapbook
77. Complete Hawaii scrapbook
78. Complete at least one cross stitch project
79. Finish Mexico scrapbook
80. Finish baby blanket
I have at least found it. Now to finish it!

81. Scan all negatives into the computer and store on some kind of lasting media

Things I'd Just Like to Do
82. Have a full day out devoted to fun stuff with Ann
83. Have a full day out devoted to fun stuff with Mom
84. See the new elephant while it is still a baby at the Oregon Zoo
85. Visit craft thrift store Knitn Kitten 7530 NE Glisan Portland
86. Visit SCRAP
87. Participate in National Blog Posting Month for one month. If you like it, do it again.
88. Create a 48-hour emergency kit for people and pets
89. Complete 101 in 1001 list with an action plan for all goals
I don’t know why I haven’t completed this one. It’s so important and I haven’t gotten past the first section yet.

90. Look into getting Administrative Assistant certification of some kind - and do it.
I sent in my applcation to take the CPS exam in November.

Things of a Letterboxing Nature
91. Letterbox in a state other than Washington or Oregon
92. Make and exchanges 10 LTC
93. Find all boxes at the Oregon Zoo
94. Find all boxes at Oxbow Park
95. Find 10 letterboxes that were planted before I started letterboxing [2/10]Found 2,

96. Find Broughton Bluff box
97. Find all letterboxes in the Musicians Series
I found all but one. And I planted one!

98. Complete the Mensa Series
99. Letterbox at Dartmoor and get my patch
100. Find all boxes in Vancouver
101. Finally get boxes to find list completed