Tuesday, December 30, 2008

The List

Black - incomplete
Green - in progress
Red - completed

1. Become familiar with 3 new Toronto neighbourhoods - Danforth, spring 09
2. See more of Ottawa
3. See more of Montreal
4. Visit a new province
5. Visit three new countries - 1/3 Cuba, March 29-April 4, 2009
6. Do 5 touristy things in Toronto
7. Visit a new state
8. Make photography full time career by 2010
9. Sell an art print
10. Have a wedding published in a magazine
11. Challenge myself in a new way every month (photographically, of course!)
12. Publish and sell a book of photography
13. Establish print packages - January, 2009
14. Clean out unwanted files from my computer at least once a month
15. Organize 'hard' copies of all files
16. Create printed portfolio albums
17. Open Etsy store
18. Upgrade DWF membership - Completed January 1, 2009
19. Buy a house
20. Have a date night with Craig every week
21. Visit Port Elgin 9 times a year - 2/9 (2009)
22. Get another dog
23. Write a will
24. Get really great pictures of my family
25. Secret
26. Spend three weekends away with Craig - 1/3 completed Jan. 24/09
27. Play video games with Craig for three whole afternoons 1/3 completed Feb./09
28. Take Guinness to play in a park once a month
29. See Cristi
30. See Saralyn
31. Spend a weekend away with Katie
32. Roadtrip with Laurier friends
33. Roadtrip with Jackie, Trish, Kelly
34. Learn 5 ways to make eggs
35. Learn to knit
36. Read three French novels
37. See Casablanca - completed Feb. 13/09
38. Re-read 1984
39. Re-read Heart of Darkness
40. See new AGO
41. Read Catch 22
42. Read Ulysses
43. Learn to make a pie crust
44. Create a photographic alphabet
45. Go snowboarding
46. Carry a 'journal' to jot down things that make me smile
47. Send a postcard to Post Secret
48. Start a personal blog - completed January 1, 2009
49. Learn to play guitar
50. Watch the Indiana Jones trilogy in one sitting
51. Volunteer
52. Get my G2
53. Get my G
54. Learn to make a tea ring
55. Cook a turkey
56. Eat a new kind of animal
57. Go camping
58. Get my next tattoo
59. Read the bible
60. Learn about Islam
61. Learn to play backgammon
62. Learn to play poker
63. Think of three things I am grateful for every night
64. Type out favourite family recipes
65. Learn sign language
66. Plant a tree
67. Give blood
68. Sing at karaoke
69. Work on an election campaign
70. Start RRSP
71. See a show at Stratford
72. Read a previously unread Shakespeare play
73. Read the Handmaid's Tale
74. Read Alias Grace
75. Read The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
76. Learn about a new painting every week - blog about it
77. Watch the Godfather trilogy
78. Watch Schindler's List - completed Feb./09
79. Do something with well wishes from wedding
80. Finish guestbench - completed April 29/09
81. Buy myself flowers five times - 1/5 April 25/09
82. Buy flowers for someone else five times
83. Go to an NHL game - completed Feb. 17/09
84. Go to an NFL game
85. Put up a new wall map with pins
86. Play a team sport for a season
87. Regain summer fitness level and maintain
88. Run a 10K
89. Run a half marathon
90. Cut out carbonated beverages - April 29: less than three/week
91. Get a bike
92. Climb the CN Tower
93. Don't use the elevator in my apartment for one month - completed March 2009
94. Get a proper bed (frame! headboard!)
95. Hang paintings in apartment - completed April 24-29/09
96. Frame/display some of my photography - completed April 27/09
97. Organize my closets - in progress
98. Get more storage in apartment
99. Get rid of old magazines
100. De-clutter
101. Organize kitchen - completed Jan./09