Mandy's 101 List:
1. Read 10 new books (See below)
The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult (DONE)
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult (DONE)
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (DONE)
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
The Pact by Jodi Picoult
**The rest to follow soon**
2. Go vegetarian for 1 week
3. Go to Las Vegas
4. Sew an article of clothing
5. Go on a radom road trip
6. Take my parents out to dinner
7. Create a blog and post everyday for a week (Done)
8. Go see a film on opening day
9. Rent a cottage for a weekend with my husband and daughter
10. Take Abby on a trip to see Grandma in Chatham
11. Take a cooking class
12. Quit smoking
13. Lose 25 pounds
14. Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the Alphabet (List of movies to follow soon)
15. Watch a 3D movie
16. Learn to play an instrument
17. Spend more quality time with my husband
18. Plant a tree for Abigail
19. Walk 30 minutes everyday for a week
20. Do my wii fit everyday for a whole month
21. Clean out storage closet (Done)
22. Organise our walk-in closet (Done)
23. Do more things as a family
24. Organise my movies alphabetically (Done)
25. Organise my books
26. Save for and purchase new tv and blu-ray
27. Go on a date every 2nd month (at least) with my husband
28. Learn to shoot a gun (Done)
29. Go partridge hunting with my husband
30. Take swimming classes with my daughter
31. Take a class (Yoga, Dance or maybe an art class)
32. Plan family vacation down east and actually go :)
33. Volunteer in a womans shelter
34. Donate to a charity
35. Make wedding and baby scrapbooks
36. Start writing again
37. Plan and host an elegant dinner party for 6 (Done)
38. Cook a 4 course meal for my husband
39. Organise a girls night every other month
40. Participate in the walk for the cure
41. Get a higher position at work
42. Start looking into prefab homes and planning for our house
43. Become debt free (except for car payment as we just got it a year ago)
44. Get a membership at the library
45. Take my daughter to see her great grandma in Barry's Bay (She has moved back to Ottawa, but I will take my daughter to meet her there instead)
46. Learn to make maple syrup with my husband's family
47. Learn to make christmas ragout and tourtiere with my Dad and Granny (see below) Done
December 11, went to make tourtiere
December 23, making ragout
48. Go to a hockey game with my husband
49. Try dog sledding
50. Go for a hike in the Gatineau park with my family
51. Take 10 minutes everyday for a month to clear my mind
52. Make pasta from scratch
53. Write my will
54. Obtain, fill out and submit forms to have my body donated to science when the time comes
55. Somehow help troubled teens
56. Not log onto facebook for a full week
57. Spend a day at the spa with my mom and pay for it
58. Grow an herb garden
59. Learn to make pickles
60. Host a poker night
61. Join a league ( besides baseball )
62. Grow my nails long
63. Buy a new wardrobe for work
64. Try canoeing
65. Make 3 new friends
66. Go horseback riding
67. Learn to crochet
68. Learn another language
69. Play bingo
70. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
71. Find 10 new recipes and try them out over the period of 2 months (see below)
1. Turkey Kielbasa soup (Gross)
2. Turkey Meatloaf ( Quite yummy)
3. Crock-pot Pulled Pork ( Sooooo Good)
4. Swiss Steak ( Unfortunately it needed to be cooked longer, the veggies were too crunchy, but otherwise good)
5. Fettuccine a la Carbonara ( To Die For)
6. Chicken Parmigiana ( Again to die for)
7. Chicken Kiev ( Better than M&M's)
8. Fried Chicken with Creamy Gravy
9. Cheesy Italian Meatball Casserole (Done, not as good as I thought)
10. I haven't found one yet, I'll keep you posted
72. Go to an arcade
73. Go to the casino and put 25$ on black
74. Go to the christmas craft sale
75. Get a puppy
76. Go see a play
77. Go see a musical
78. Do a random act of kindness for a stranger
79. Create a recipe book
80. Go without internet for a week
81. Have a spa day
82. Carve my name on a tree
83. Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day ( Done , December 15, 2010 )
84. Save $5 for every task I complete
85. See a drive-in movie
86. See 10 classic movies I've never seen
87. Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find
88. Put 5$ into a savings account for my daughter for every uncompleted task
89. Have a game night with friends
90. Put up blinds in my daughter's room finally
91. Go to church with my grandmother and daughter on christmas eve
92. Spend a whole day watching movies in bed
93. Send a message in a bottle
94. Go on the haunted walk of Ottawa
95. Go to the war museum
96. Finish reading the Harry Potter books (I'm in the middle of #5)
97. Go skating on the canal with my husband and have beavertails and hot chocolate
98. Learn to drive a ski-doo
99. Go snow-shoeing (sp?)
100. Get a new hairstyle ( Done, I dyed my hair a deep chestnut brown for the winter)
101. Get a tattoo of my daughter's name
Now, I do not want to have to keep re-posting the list everytime I complete something, so what is the best solution for this? Also, how do you "cross"things off the list,a s in put a line through it on here? Any ideas or help would be most appreciated!!!
Hope everyone is well, and is all geared up and ready for the fast approaching holiday season, I know I am. I am very much looking forward to my little pumpkin's first xmas!!!! We bought her an awesome wagon that converts into a sled!!! We also took her to see Santa last week at Carlingwood, what an experience, poor pet cried the whole time :( Hopefully I get to post again before xmas, but if not I wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas!!!! Goodnight to all.
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