Made some progress on a few of my goals...
What I did:
8. Choose and document One Little Word 2015 and 2016 -- Still working on this although I lost some steam in March.
13. Pass 500 books for Arthur's 1000 Books Before Kindergarten -- Up to 199 books... Making some great progress.
26. Read 50 of my owned unread books -- Read 5 more books from my own bookshelves. My total is up to 11 books.
28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal -- I read 2111 pages in March. That puts me at 6382 pages so far.
29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) -- I worked on March while in Indiana and wrapped it up once i got back. Now I'm starting my work on April's pages. Still going strong.
34. Make 250 different greeting cards -- I only made four different designs this past month. Up to 18. Got to get cracking on this goal.
37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie -- Still working on this one...
42. Participate in 30 Days of Lists 2x -- Officially completed one round of 30 Days of Lists this past March!
45. Make 50 new recipes -- Two new recipes this past week.
- Oven Roasted Broccoli -- Yum yum and easy
- Blueberry Croissant Puff -- Very yummy. Just need to adjust the cook time a bit.
50. Meal plan for an entire month -- I got my crap together and meal planned for the entire month of April in March. So excited! I've got a new meal planning plan (hee hee) that uses categories to help organize the process.
72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (2/10) -- We had a successful spring social supporting CASA.
94. Officially close my Hotmail account -- Finally doing this! I haven't opened my account in almost a month. I've got one more month of not opening it before Microsoft will officially close it.
Remaining goals and total:
Friends, Family, and Love
1. Send out homemade holiday cards in December
2. Build a snowman
3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur
4. Spend a day at the beach
5. Date nights x 20
6. Complete a Jar of Life
7. Host a tea party
9. Write a personal manifesto
11. Give 5 Just Because gifts
12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2015
16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa
Crafting and Culture
17. Attend an opera or musical
18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit
20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges
21. Make 10 non-greeting card crafts on my Pinterest boards
22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all
23. Watch a meteor shower
24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5)
25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts
27. Tour a factory 30. Finish 2015 and 2015 December Daily
31. Catch up the twins scrapbook albums
32. Watch 100 different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series)
33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982)
- 1982: Gandhi
- 1983: Terms of Endearment
- 1984: Amadeus
- 1985: Out of Africa
- 1986: Platoon
- 1987: The Last Emperor
- 1988: Rain Man
- 1989: Driving Miss Daisy
- 1990: Dances with Wolves
- 1991: Silence of the Lambs
- 1992: Unforgiven
- 1993: Schindler's List
- 1994: Forrest Gump
- 1995: Braveheart
- 1996: The English Patient
- 1997: Titanic
- 1998: Shakespeare in Love
- 1999: American Beauty
- 2000: Gladiator
- 2001: A Beautiful Mind
- 2002: Chicago
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- 2004: Million Dollar Baby
- 2005: Crash
- 2006: The Departed
- 2007: No Country for Old Men
- 2008: Slumdog Millionaire
- 2009: The Hurt Locker
- 2010: The King's Speech
- 2011: The Artist
- 2012: Argo
- 2013: 12 Years a Slave
- 2014: TBD
- 2015: TBD
- 2016: TBD
35. See a drive-in movie
36. Listen to every song by The Beatles
38. Have a Pixar movie month
39. Complete The Artist's Way
40. Complete a year of no book buying
41. Learn Ruby on rails
43. Go to 5 tourist things in San Francisco
Food and Drink
44. Take a cooking class
46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is one it
47. Give up dining out for one month
48. Try Whole30
49. Make a pie on PI day
51. Make fresh pasta
52. Learn to make a good martini
53. Do a brewery tour
54. Try 25 new restaurants
55. Try 5 new to me foods
56. No pop for a month
Health and Fitness
57. Lose 2 pants sizes
58. Walk a 5K
59. Get a massage
60. Take a yoga class
61. Get three pedicures (1/3)
62. Do a spa day
63. Meditate daily for a month
64. Complete a 30 miles in 30 days challenge
65. Get lasik
66. Get CPR certified again
Travel
67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast
68. Go on a vacation with Josh
69. Visit the Redwoods (any park)
70. Travel to a new state
Philanthropic
71. Give a 100% tip
73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop
74. Donate to a Kickstarter campaign I love
Financial
75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry)
76. Open an Etsy shop
77. Cash in my piggy bank for something special and frivolous
Miscellaneous
79. Get Arthur's tattoo
80. Get a passport
81. Get rid of 100 things
82. Learn how to use our DSLR
83. Take one free online class
84. Make a chalk mural on the balcony/driveway
85. Finish a Soduku puzzle
86. Grow something from a seed
87. Complete a coloring book
89. Take an IQ test
90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall
91. Go horseback riding or hiking
92. Participate in 30 Day Wardrobe Challenge
93. Unplug completely for 24 hours
95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU,etc)
96. Dye my hair purple
97. Revamp my wardrobe
98.Take real photos of me for my blogs
99. Post a vlog
100. Go apple/berry/etc picking