29 January 2009

The First 85...

1. Buy a souvenir for a friend
2. Eat a piece of fruit I've never tried before
3. Buy a pair of shoes
4. Keep a photo journal of a vacation
5. Eat lunch in a part of a city I've never been to
6. Wear a dress
7. Do 15 minutes of yoga every other day for 30 days straight
8. Create a hard and fast schedule for the littles
9. Go see a live NFL game
10. Make a calendar using the best pictures taken in each individual month
11. Play Trivial Pursuit with friends
12. Take a road trip
13. Take 2 pictures with friends each month for 6 months
14. Create a solid and functionl household budget
15. Buy and install a speed bag in the basement
16. Give someone a handmade gift
17. Face a phobia
18. Hold a baby
19. Meet my sister
20. Memorize a new song
21. Speak Spanish for 2 minutes a day for 30 days straight
22. Go on a date once every 3 weeks for 3 months straight
23. Make a clay figurine
24. Drive to Canada
25. Research how to bring Waffle House to Chicago
26. Go to a museum
27. Start a mini-garden
28. Read an entire section of a newspaper
29. Learn to play a song on the guitar
30. Go see a play on Broadway in Chicago
31. Go to the ballet
32. Read a magazine while laying out on the beach
33. Send a long-lost friend a greeting card
34. Go ice skating with a friend
35. Go swimming
36. Kiss a fool
37. Host a small dinner party
38. Live 24 hours without my Blackberry
39. Wear a skirt+makeup to work
40. Fly somewhere I've never been
41. Lose 30 pounds
42. Learn how to make a new entree
43. Learn a new phrase in a foreign language
44. Play the push-up game with a deck of cards
45. Get a manicure/pedicure
46. Catch the 5:30a train to Union Station
47. Move my boxes from the garage into the utility room
48. Go to a latin dance club
49. Go bowling with a friend
50. Go to a salsa group class
51. Take the littles on an hour-long walk
52. Read a novel
53. Get a facial+massage
54. See a movie at the movie theater once a week for a month
55. Train the littles for 30 minutes straight each night for two weeks
56. Play Wii Fit 133 days in a row
57. Go to the gym 96 weekdays in a row
58. Go snowboarding or skiing
59. Ride a horse on a trail
60. Take part in a 5K walk
61. Learn to say hello in 60 languages
62. Memorize the names of each country in Africa
63. Learn how to read French at a first grade level
64. Visit the top of the Empire State building
65. Donate blood
66. Audition to be in a commercial
67. Create a video for YouTube
68. Go to a concert
69. Keep a 3-month journal during the summer
70. Learn how to say something flattering in American Sign Language
71. Ride a mechanical bull
72. Go to the World of Coke
73. Bury a time capsule
74. Send flowers to someone for no reason at all
75. Send a message in a bottle
76. Smile at 20 strangers
77. Design a cocktail
78. Give in to an impulse I normally supress
79. Spend a holiday on an island
80. Go to a shooting gallery
81. Taste a vintage wine
82. Spend five dollars at a slot machine
83. Go a week without using text/IM speak or abbreviations for words not used before the invent of AOL
84. Keep a food journal until June
85. Save $100 a month for a vacation to a far-off place

3 comments:

  1. These are in no particular order, and I'll probably do these out of order as well :)

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  2. I'd like to honestly see how you do with #83; That's definitely sounds like a challenge! Oh and I'll be sure to send the wonderful people your way.

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  3. HAHAHA I know, huh? I do believe #83 will be quite the challenge. I'm an "LOL" freak...I think I've been using it since 1994. Oh wow...15 years of usage. I should try that next week :-p

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