April 9, 2011

My Goal List for 2011!

Good morning!

Well, I was up bright and early this morning at 6:45 AM. Apparently that is what my body thinks it is supposed to do when I want to sleep in on this lovely Saturday morning!! I guess it actually did sleep in, since I have been up and at ’em every morning this week at 5:30 am – so there you go!! 😉

Yesterday, I had started thinking about My Life List, and thought about how I was able to cross a couple of items off for this year, belly dancing, and being on time to everything for a week. I realize it is already April, but I figured now was better later late than never to decide what other things I want to accomplish this year, and thought I would share this list with you!!

Adopt something from the French culture
Bake an authentic French baguette
Bake fresh croissants
Become a plus-sized model for a day
Become a vegetarian for a week
Blog every day for a year
Build a piñata from scratch
Cancel cable for at least a month
Cook an entire meal for Jason’s family
Create a time capsule
Create a warm, inviting & comfortable home where everything in it has a designated place
Crochet a queen-sized blanket using a difficult stitch
Do an entire cross stitch pattern
Eat at Voodoo Donuts in Portland, OR
Fill up a journal from cover to cover
Form a choir to sing Christmas carols
Gather a group of people to blow bubbles in a public space
Get a passport
Get a professional facial
Get a tattoo
Get an article published in a magazine
Get CPR/First Aid certified
Get eyelash extensions
Get paid to do what you love
Give everyone homemade gifts for Christmas
Go a day without speaking
Go fruit picking
Go out dancing
Go rock hunting for geodes
Go to a large water park
Go to Disneyland with Jason
Go whale watching
Go whitewater rafting
Grocery shop using only reusable bags for an entire month
Grow a flower garden
Grow a veggie garden
Hang laundry in the sun to dry
Have $20,000 in Savings
Have a grown-up sleepover
Have a home with an antique hardwood floor
Have a pin-up style photography shoot
Have a prayer alter in my home with stair-stepped candles
Have my photography displayed in a gallery
Have something studded with crystals
Hike the longest trail at Silver Creek Falls
Hold a jumbo garage sale to downsize belongings
Knit a scarf
Learn an authentic Hawaiian recipe
Learn how to build an SSIS package
Learn how to hula hoop
Learn how to make a ribbon lei
Learn how to make a white sauce
Learn how to manage money
Learn how to serve cheese
Learn how to take pictures with a Brownie Camera
Learn how to tile
Learn how to walk in heels
Learn how to work the camping stove, propane lights, etc
Learn scary advance SQL – subselects, unions, temp tables, etc
Learn to authentically barbecue beef
Learn to belly dance
Learn to can food
Learn to make ambrosia
Learn to make doughnuts
Learn to play piano
Leave $100 for a haggard waitress
Leave yourself a letter in a library book
Live without eating out for one month
Live without junk food for one week
Love my entire wardrobe
Make & send my own Christmas cards
Make a loan to an entrepreneur in a developing country through www.kiva.org
Make a quilt
Make Aunt Alice’s somen noodle recipe
Make authentic spam musubi
Make butterscotch from scratch
Make fire without matches
Make marshmallows from scratch
Make pasta from scratch
Make something powered by a potato
Make sourdough bread
Make yogurt from scratch
Meet Della Reese
Memorize the preamble
Milk a cow
Milk a goat
No cussing for an entire week
Organize a group of friends to spend a day picking up trash/litter from a public space
Organize a large family picture
Organize all of our personal photographs
Organize the scariest place in the house
Own a home furnishings boutique
Paint a mural
Paint a self portrait
Pan for gold
Pay off all debt
Perform 100 sit ups in one sitting
Play an entire song on a cornet, again
Play ping pong with Jason
Publish an e-book
Read every book I own
Read The Art of Being a Woman
Record a lullaby CD with my dad for my child in a recording studio
Refinish a piece of furniture
Ride a bike for an hour
Ride a paddleboat
Ride on a ferris wheel
Ride on a merry-go-round
Ride on a ride that scares the shit out of you – DO IT ANYWAY!!!
Ride on a roller coaster
Run a mile
See a classy burlesque show
See a view from the penthouse
See one of the planes my dad worked on in the Navy
See Pink Martini live in concert
See the filming of a Twilight Saga movie
Sell all of my jewelry from my old jewelry business
Send a letter to a politician telling them, “Job well done!”
Send a letter to Elisa every month for a year
Send a message in a bottle
Sew an entire outfit
Spend the day searching the Oregon coast for glass floats
Start a book club
Start a personal black & white photograph gallery of friends & family
Surprise someone with May Day flowers (Ding & Run!)
Swim 10 laps non-stop
Take a child to OMSI
Take a cooking class
Take a nature walk & press the wild flowers you collect
Take a photography class
Take a weekend vacation by myself
Take a yoga class
Take Jason on a surprise trip
Throw Jason a HUGE un-birthday party!
Try 10 scary fruits
Try 10 scary non fruit/veggie foods
Try 10 scary veggies
Type up great-great grandma’s recipe book for the family
Vacation in a yurt
Visit a historical cave
Visit a movie studio
Visit the Hollywood Museum at Max Factor Building
Visit the Winchester House in San Jose, CA
Volunteer in a homeless shelter
Wear a hat in public
Wear a size 14 pant
Wear a t-shirt that you’ve creatively changed
Wear a veil in public
Weigh less than 220 pounds
Wire a lamp
Write a celebrity a fan letter
Write a letter to the President

Whew!! That is a HUGE list!! Today, I plan on baking fresh croissants today, which I have never done before! Wish me luck, baking is NOT my forte.

I am also going to be working on my cross stitch pattern, which I almost have done, and my knitting a scarf project, which is about halfway done!!

I want to go swimming, take the girls for a walk, possibly meet up with some friends for lunch, play some games with Jason, take a nap (it sounds like I will need it), do some neglected house chores, organizing, purging, and reading done!! Again, I say WHEW!!!

Have a FABULOUS day!! 😉