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Sunday, June 7, 2009
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About Me
- Lori O.
- I read, write, teach, and live in Chicago. Clearly, I'm also a fan of the Oxford Comma.
101 Countdown
Progress!
0/101 Goals DONE
0/101 Goals IN PROGRESS
0/101 Goals IN PROGRESS
My 101 in 1001
- Start: Monday, May 2, 2011
- Finish: Monday, January 27, 2014
- In no particular order:
- Learn
- 1. Become fluent enough in Spanish to watch and understand soap operas
- 2. Learn guitar well enough to play the major campfire songs
- 3. Develop calligraphy skills so I can create beautiful artwork
- 4. Become conversationally fluent in Hebrew
- 5. Take a creative writing course (teaching it doesn’t count)
- 6. Take a pottery class (and attend every single session this time)
- 7.
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- Travel
- 9. Visit Belgium
- 10. Visit Berlin with DH (and possibly mom?)
- 11. Visit Switzerland
- 12. Visit The Weasel in LA
- 13. Visit three National Parks in the U.S.
- 14. Visit a really small, charming southern American town.
- 15. Visit Portland with DH
- 16. Visit Boulder with DH
- 17. Girls' trip with NS
- 18. Plan girls’ weekend away with mom
- 19. Take a long-distance train trip to somewhere new in the country
- 20. Go on a camping trip with DH and friends
- 21. Go on a hiking trip
- 22. Go on a bicycling trip
- 23. Visit Napa Valley ~or~ the Canadian Rockies with DH
- Family & Home
- 24.
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- 28. Plant veggie and herb garden in backyard
- 29. Frame some of our personal photos to put up around the house
- 30. Repaint our interior walls to better colors.
- 31. Put up bookshelves in living room
- 32.
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- 36. Official date night with DH at least once per month
- 37. Photoshop and frame my door pictures from Greece
- 38.
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- Do
- 42. Finish writing my novel--first draft
- 43. Finish writing my novel--final, polished version
- 44. Get a literary agent
- 45. Publish my novel!
- 46. Create and launch three successful pre-Haven classes
- 47. Create business plan for The Haven
- 48. Keep Badass Book Club going!
- 49. Read 84 books per year
- 50. Organize one big group get-together at Bin 36 Movies in the Loft
- 51. Watch all of The Godfather movies
- 52. Organize four girls’ nights out
- 53. Cut down TV and Internet to one hour max per day
- 54.
- 55. Attend six outdoor music concerts (Ravinia doesn’t count)
- 56. See Ani DiFranco in concert
- 57. Organize Ravinia party every summer 0/3
- 58. Hike up a mountain and watch the sunrise with DH
- 59. Hit Chicago like a tourist—visit ten tourist spots and enjoy it all
- 60.
- 61. Throw a New Year’s Eve pajama party
- 62. Go to a Bears game
- 63. Go to one Illini football game
- 64. Take in five live music shows at local bars 0/5
- 65. Take in two live performances--plays, musicals, etc.
- 66.
- 67. Take one RTS course with DH
- 68. See a string quartet live with DH
- 69. Use up all my beads and whatnot to make jewelry
- 70. Learn to throw a baseball really well
- 71. Go to the drive-in
- 72. Write at least one letter per month to a friend
- 73. Get properly fitted for a bra
- 74.
- Do-Gooder
- 75. Volunteer 40 hours at the local animal shelter
- 76.
- 77. Sell off or donate all unnecessary stuff
- 78.
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- 81. Participate in a Habitat for Humanity program
- 82. Get Bai certified as a therapy dog
- Poundage, Health, and The Soul
- 83. Weigh 145 lbs
- 84. Take walks with DH once a week
- 85. Learn to meditate, then practice regularly
- 86. Sign up for and take tango classes with DH
- 87. Floss every night
- 88. Race in Muddy Buddy with DH
- 89. Cut soda out of diet, even on the weekends
- 90. Drink eight glasses of water daily
- 91.
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- 93. Take a yoga class with The Weasel and don’t giggle during the entire thing
- 94. Enter a pro figure competition
- 95. Complete a BfL challenge
- Show Me the Money
- 96. Use debt snowball to eliminate all of our non-mortgage debt
- 97. Save one entire year’s worth of living expenses to have, just in case
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