Kinda Embarassing, Kinda Satisfying

So I was thinking about my New Year's resolutions and I remembered my 101 in 1001 list from way back.  I remembered a few things from it and sat their totally embarrassed for some reason.  Some things on this list are stupid to me now.  I was in such a different place then compared to now.  We had yet to really start trying to have a baby and there were just different things that were important to me then.

When I finally got the nerve to reread my list, I realized that I had done many things on this list.  And there weren't too many I still don't want to do.  So here's my updated list.  There are some things that I'm just not going to do.  I don't care about them anymore, but I'm justifying them with reasons so that equals everything out, right?  Anywho, I still have until September 28th of this year to wrap it up.  We'll see how far I get.

Here's the key as you scroll through:
completed
in progress
Faith
1. Find a closer relationship with God. Don’t get me wrong, I have faith. I feel like I have a strong faith, but I want a personal relationship with God. The kind that makes him a best friend that texts me often as opposed to a boss I just get memos from.
2. Truly understand Catholicism.
3. Go to church every Sunday for a month. I've completed this goal, but I am continuing it!

Family
4. Decorate a nursery. For a baby, not a puppy. No more dogs here!
5. Take my grandma to the boats and give her $20 to play the slots.
6. Support Clint in taking a big game hunting trip. He took it in October 2012.
7. Take Clint to a Cardinal’s game. I've taken him twice for his birthday.
8. Surprise my dad by taking him to a concert (that he would enjoy).
9. Treat my mom to dinner and a movie.
10. Take my sister on a road trip.
11. Take the Girly Girls to the zoo.
12. Take Jaylee to the zoo.
13. Go on a family vacation that puts the ski vacation of ’98 to shame. Can anyone say 33-cousin-slumber-party-due-to-avalanche? Smokey Mountain Christmas Vacation 2012
14. Play Pitch with my family (without a helper). And I like it!
15. Keep Paige and Kennady for a whole day to give Jenny and Nathan a day to relax. And it's been fun every time!
16. Visit the graves of my loved ones.
17. Start an autobiography. Not because I’m narcissistic, but because my great grandmother wrote one (by hand) for my sister and me.
18. Read my Grandma Bryan’s diaries
19. Have a date night with my husband once a month.

School (Learning)
20. Graduate with my Specialist degree. Graduated baby!!
21. Take a hunter safety course.
22. Figure out how to use Google calendars with my phone. I decided to use Outlook calendars instead but the main goal was completed.
23. Make a list of something I like about every student I have in 2010-2011.
24. Make a list of something I like about every Y Kid I have.
25. Make a list of something I like about every student I have in 2011-2012.
26. Make a list of something I like about every student I have in 2012-2013.
27. Learn to drive with a trailer.
28. Update my grades online every two weeks for at least one quarter of school. I've done this without being pressured by parents and while being pressured by parents.  I'm much happier when they let me do it on my own!
29. Learn 10 new photography techniques, give myself assignments, and complete them.
30. Learn to can vegetables from my garden.
31. Expand my wine knowledge beyond Rieslings, Riverboat White, and boxed wine from Walmart.  And this class act has decided that Rieslings, Whites, and boxed wine are what I like!

Personal
32. Shoot some kind of wild game.
33. Help process a deer Clint gets.
34. Watch the move “Gremlins” all the way through without closing my eyes and plugging my ears (in the full daylight possibly on a religious holiday and with somebody).
35. Watch all the Twilight series movies (that are out on DVD) in a row before going to the theater to see the new one. (This one may or may not be done with my friend Nicole or Liz.)
36. Go through my closet and rid everything that I haven’t worn in a year.
37. Donate the items I get rid of to goodwill.
38. Take an all girls trip
39. Blog daily on my personal blog for a month.
40. Blog daily on my teacher blog for a month.
41. Visit Graceland. And buy tons of souvenirs!
42. Attend a Jayhawk basketball game.
43. Treat myself to a massage just because.The because was because I was going crazy!
44. Write “just because” notes to my friends and mail them. Who doesn’t love getting mail that’s not a bill?
45. Give to a family in need.
46. Get my conceal and carry permit.
47. Own a pistol (that is mine, not Clint’s).
48. Become comfortable shooting a pistol.
49. Say yes to everything (within reason) for one day. This will probably not be a day I work with the Y Kids.  I didn't let everyone know what I was doing, but it was during the summer.
50. Make a meal totally from scratch. No mixes, no premade breads, no frozen sides. Now we try to Eat Clean a lot of the time.
51. Host a dinner party for friends.
52. Go back to the Smoky Mountains. Two birds, one stone.
53. Get in touch with my former teachers and thank them.
54. Make a list of 100 things I am grateful for.
55. Become a published author.
56. Read the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
57. Write a letter to a person I admire.
58. Organize the filing cabinet
59. Make jelly.
60. Go to the store only every other week (with the exception for emergency dog food, egg, milk, bread runs) for two months.
61. Host a successful home show party (Thirty-One, Pampered Chef, Scentsy, etc…).
62. Make sushi at home.
63. Build up my savings to 10 times what it is now.
64. Keep the plant in my kitchen alive for the duration of the challenge. It's still kickin'!
65. Volunteer somewhere for a whole day.
66. Pay it forward in a drive-thru by paying for the person behind me.
67. Try 10 new freezer recipes.
68. Watch a Blazer volleyball game.
69. Play in a slow-pitch softball game.
70. Read 4 classical literature books.
71. Keep a “My Day in 6 Words” journal for 3 months.
72. Reconnect with a friend from the past.I've done this with a lot of friends.

Health/Fitness
73. Get LASIK eye surgery. Thanks Mom!
74. Give up soda for at least 6 months. I did this one for more than 6 months, but I'm still drinking soda.
75. Complete the Couch to 5K program.
76. Run (not walk) a 5K.
77. Give up fast food for a month.Lent
78. Follow a healthy eating plan (whether it be Weight Watchers, South Beach Diet, etc…) for a month.
79. Wear size 4 pants (even if it is only for a few days…).  This one feels like it's not going to happen.
80. Don’t eat anything after 7:00 for one week.
81. Be caffeine free for two weeks. This is done but is something I will try to continue.
82. Weigh myself every day for two weeks.
83. Make a playlist of new music to workout to. Even if I have to pay for some songs on iTunes. I completed this with a little help from an iTunes giftcard from my sister. And I have a running playlist that really gets me going!
84. Workout at least 4 days a week for a month.  And I worked out twice a day for that month! 
85. Take my vitamins every day for 6 months.  Still doing it!

Fashion
86. Own and wear a pair of cowboy boots. They are so cute!
87. Hem all the pants that are in my closet and too long.  I'm also thankful that NY and Company has petite pants!
88. Wear skinny jeans without having a panic attack. Done! And another thing that I will continue!
89. Get a manicure with a funky nail polish color. But I hated it so it didn't last long!

Household
90. Plant a vegetable garden. Since this, we've had a really bad garden and a really good garden.
91. Plant flower beds around the house. We've done it, but we're going to do it even better this summer!
92. Plant a flowering tree in my yard.
93. Plant at least 3 peony bushes around the yard.We've got one.
94. Figure out a theme for the guest bathroom and decorate accordingly.
95. Make hanging baskets for my porch. I much prefer buying them, though.
96. Make a picture board for all the photos that are taking over the fridge.

Crafty
97. Put my jewelry on Etsy. Making jewelry took up too much time.  I just make it for fun now.
98. Make a quilt (even if it is small and a thread quilt). Baby quilt
99. Embroider a set of tea towels.
100. Make my own star for my Christmas tree.
101. Participate in at least 10 craft shows/ home shows through the duration of this challenge. I participated in 2 and then didn't have time anymore.