List Progress

Today since not too much excitement is going on in my life, I thought I'd do an update on the progress I've made on my 101 goals in 1,001 days list.

Here are some more items that I've completed:

-"Finish all the books in the Twilight Saga." I finished the last one about a month ago. I wouldn't really consider myself a HUGE fanatic fan, but I did enjoy them! And I can't wait to go see "New Moon" on November 20!

- "Laugh Until I Cry." I did this on my birthday at my parents' house. My dad was reading through my baby book just for fun. He read the page about my imaginary friends to everyone. I had at least 4 imaginary friends when I was little. I'm too embarrassed to say anything more about that whole situation, but let's just say it was funny enough that I laughed until I cried while my dad read it out loud. They say imaginary friends are a sign on intelligence and creativity, right? That, or I was just crazy! :-P

- "Switch to reusable grocery bags." While I was at Aldis last Monday I took the plunge. No more feeling guilty every time I waste more plastic bags.
-"Try a new soup recipe." I did TRY one. I tried to make butternut squash soup a few weeks ago. It tasted good, but the consistency just wasn't right. I was going to try again, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I also got this soup mix for my birthday from Luke's mom, and I can't wait to try it!And I think that's about it. So far I have finished 11/101 items. I think I'm making pretty good progress! I've only been working on this for a little over 2 months. It's so exciting to be able to cross off each item!

There are a number of items that will be tackled in the next month or two with the holiday season:

- "Fill a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child." I picked up my pamphlet and shoebox at church today! So this week I will work on filling it up with toys and personal hygiene items. Then it will be sent to a child in need in a third world country as their Christmas gift! Luke told me today that he would help me, so maybe we'll have to make a date night out of purchasing our items and filling our box :-)

-"Bake a pie from scratch." Now that I have my apple peeler-corer-slicer (got it for my birthday!) I am going to try to make a homemade apple pie! I'll probably do this the weekend after next, since Youth Explosion is next weekend and I won't be home! (I'm honestly extremely nervous about this. I'm fairly certain that I will mess it up horribly and be too discouraged to try again. Hopefully I'll surprise myself and it won't be that bad!)

-"Bake lots of Christmas cookies and send them to friends, relatives, and neighbors." I'm already searching for recipes and can't wait to get started on this in about 3 weeks!

-"Go to a concert." We are going to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert in Cleveland on Dec. 20. I. CAN'T. WAIT!!!

-"Read at least one classic novel." I'm planning on reading "A Christmas Carol" in December sometime. I absolutely LOVE the whole story. I've watched so many different movie versions of the story and have watched the play at a couple of different local theaters. I read the book in 8th grade, but thought I might get more out of it now that I'm older. (Confession: my favorite movie version of this story is STILL "A Muppet Christmas Carol." How lame am I?!)

- "Send Christmas cards." They are already designed and ready to be printed out, addressed, and sent :-)

- "Do Project 365." I plan on doing this next year, so I'll be looking for a link to that blog on or before January 1!

And that's it. I love having these goals. It is definitely making me try new things that I haven't done before!

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Before I go, I visited with my mom today, and we went for a walk with the dog, Holly. Call us weird, but we find it peaceful and interesting to walk through the cemetery behind the woods that's behind her house. There's a lot of history there! We don't find it creepy at all, and I hope you don't find us creepy now that you know that about us :-) Anyway, it was such a beautiful, warm day I had to share some pictures from our walk:

All the berries are out on my parents' holly tree! Christmas is its the way :-)

Please come back tomorrow...I will be giving the December scavenger hunt categories and information! There will be a Christmas-themed prize, so you probably want to participate ;-) Spread the word!