101 in 1001, Reconsidered

It's been nearly a year and a half since I last posted on this blog. The neglect! It's shameful.

Looking back on this 101 in 1001 I'm struck with how very different my life is now than it was when I first wrote these goals. With that in mind, I think it's time for an update. I'm going to restart my 101 in 1001 today, but first I'll take some inventory on the original goals to see what I actually managed to accomplish.

Here's the original list, for future reference:

My 101 in 1001
Start: Monday, December 29, 2008
Finish: Monday, September 26, 2011
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 at a professional level
* 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. Learn to knit Getting there, 11/09
* 8. Get MA in English, focus: Composition IN PROGRESS 11/09
* Travel
* 9. Lead an international teen community service program in the summer IN PROGRESS
* 10. Visit Berlin with DH (and possibly mom?)
* 11. Visit Dublin with DH DONE 6/10
* 12. Visit The Weasel in The Holy Land
* 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. Vegas trip with M, E, and N (college buddies)
* 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. Show DH at least one measurable sign of my affection every month
* 25. Visit Helga at least twice a month, call her at least twice a week DONE 5/6/09
* 26. Go through (cook) Martha Stewart’s entire Cooking Class book
* 27. Keep up our Christmas Eve Chanukah Celebration Pizza Throwdown tradition, invite more guests each year DONE
* 28. Plant veggie and herb garden in backyard
* 29. Hire a photographer to edit wedding photos and create a beautiful album out of the pictures we have ☹ IN PROGRESS 11/13/09
* 30. Repaint our interior walls to better colors.
* 31. Send exam care packages to A when she’s in Israel next school year
* 32. Have 30th birthday at the roller rink :)
* 33. Walk Bailee for at least 30 minutes every day DONE!
* 34. Have a baby, maybe.
* 35. Map out our family tree at least ten generations back
* 36. Official date night with DH at least twice per month
* 37. Photoshop and frame my door pictures from Greece
* 38. Get our ketubah professionally framed! DONE! 2/20/09
* 39. Keep up our yearly fall apple picking tradition DONE!
* 40. Go ice skating downtown with DH DONE! 1/3/09
* 41. Throw DH an awesome 40th birthday party DONE 4/15/10
* Do
* 42. Finish writing one novel
* 43. Publish one short story in a major publication
* 44. Work on a WWOOF
* 45. Stop saying the F word so fucking much
* 46. Create and launch three successful pre-Haven classes
* 47. Create business plan for The Haven
* 48. Get a book club going for at least one full round IN PROGRESS 10/09
* 49. Read ten of the titles Michael Dirda suggests in Book by Book
* 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 UPDATE: 1/4 as of 10/09
* 53. Use booze cruise tickets from Leti for a girls' night out DONE! 10/30/09
* 54. Upload the rest of my CDs onto my iPod, then sell CDs to used book store UPDATE: Working on it very sloooowly.
* 55. Attend six outdoor music concerts (Ravinia doesn’t count)
* 56. See Ani DiFranco in concert
* 57. See Indigo Girls in concert DONE! 6/26
* 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. Organize UFC outings to Ram every month instead of at home (save $$) DONE!
* 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 IN PROGRESS (1/5) 10/26/09
* 65. Take in two live plays or musicals IN PROGRESS 10/17/09
* 66. Attend a roller der/by bout DONE 5/30/09
* 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. Join the Windy City Rollers!
* Do-Gooder
* 75. Volunteer 40 hours at a local animal shelter with DH 12/40 hrs as of 11/09
* 76. Volunteer 40 hours of tutoring for underprivileged students
* 77. Sell off all unnecessary stuff UPDATE: Working on it. But nobody wants to buy my crap!
* 78. Give quality water bottles as gifts for plastic bottle abusers
* 79. Give reusable bags as gifts for plastic bag abusers
* 80. Always bring my reusable bags to stores, not just for groceries DONE!
* 81. Participate in a Habitat for Humanity program
* 82. Get Bai certified as a therapy dog
* Poundage, Health, and The Soul
* 83. Lose 15 pounds IN PROGRESS 11/09
* 84. Get cut again!
* 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. Bring sack lunch to work every day IN PROGRESS 2.21.09
* 92. Only buy coffee for the worst Thursday morning all-faculty meetings DONE 7/27/09
* 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 IN PROGRESS 11/09
* 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
* 98. Automate all of our bill payments
* 99. Spend no more than $50 per week on groceries
* 100. Budget pocket money for each week and stick to budget
* 101. Eat out only one time per week