“The List”

For the past few years I have been making a list of things to do in that year. Fun things. Things I have never done. Things to just keep the year lively. It’s fun to be able to cross things off the list and see how much you have done over the year. Unfortunately I have not done such a good job in accomplishing my list the last 2 years. I am determined to do better in 2009…drum roll please…here is the list of 109 things to do in ’09.

1.Finish my book

2. Pay down my credit cards

3. Go on a road trip

4. Stay on the Queen Mary

5. Be a vegetarian for a week

6. Make a wishing tree

7. Complete a puzzle

8. Learn German

9. Learn to sew

10. Go on a hot air balloon ride

11. Go to Disneyland

12. Visit Giannina in Colorado

13. Order myself a birthday cake

14. Have a bonfire/make smores

15. Fly a kite

16. Start a friendship journal

17. Organize a potluck supper

18. Go to San Francisco

19. Ride on a train

20. Learn CPR

21. See a therapist

22. Go beach camping

23. Climb Half Dome

24. Write/Record a song

25. Read 12 new books

26. Raise my credit score

27. Go on the alpine slide in Big Bear

28. Bake a cake from scratch

29. Take a dance class

30. Have my portrait painted

31. Submit an article to a magazine

32. Learn to french braid

33. Go to a tattoo convention

34. Visit Catalina

35. Get my own place

36. Eat at 12 new restarants

37. Have a slumber party for my girlfriends

38. Throw a party

39. Make a necklace

40. Stay in a cabin in Mt. Baldy

41. Go ice skating

42. Bake and decorate cookies

43. Learn how to drive stick

44. Add 2 barbies to my collection

45. See a new Broadway musical

46. Make a wish on a dandylion

47. Climb a tree

48. Spend only $1/day on food for a week

49. Own an original work of art

50. Sleep outside

51. Blow bubbles

52. Kayak

53. Send someone a “just thinking of you card”

54. Create 5 pieces of art

55. Save at least $1000

56. Do something new with my hair

57. Learn to cook/take a cooking class

58. Make dinner for someone

59. Take a trip with someone

60. Pay a compliment to a stranger

61. Spend a day in silence

62. Go one day a week with no computer time

63. Host a cookie swap

64. Write a letter to myself to be opened when I am 30

65. Blog once a week

66. Go to Six Flags

67. Make a new friend

68. Write 12 handwritten letters

69. Clean out my closet and donate items

70. Pay for someone behind me at the drive-thru

71. See a show on the strip

72. Tithe every month

73. Start a bank for loose change

74. Learn how to do calligraphy

75. Learn to change a diaper

76. Visit a new state

77. Go to a farmer’s market

78. Go to a craft fair

79. Get involved in a church

80. Take a cake decorating class

81. Do something fun on New Years

82. Go to LA Arboretum

83. Go to a museum

84. Make a quote book/document favorite sayings

85. Put $5 in savings for every task I achieve

86. Spend a day in bed

87. Buy someone an anonymous present

88. Play croquet

89. Achieve great abs

90. Whiten my teeth

91. Go fruit picking

92. Start a new tradition

93. Have someone else clean your place from top to bottom

94. Get a new tattoo

95. Go on a dinner cruise

96. Eat at Ruby’s on the pier

97. Play in the snow

98. Buy nothing for a week

99. Take a mother/daughter trip

100. Watch Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and The Little Mermaid

101. Go on a date

102. Make sushi

103. Ride a seesaw

104. Get a professional wax

105. Suddenly decide on and leave for a trip

106. Learn how to make Cream Cheese Boysenberry pie and Cheescake

107. Learn to ride a dirtbike

108. Get to 118lbs

109. Go to a concert

Well…there ya go. It’s January 5th and I have done 3 things so far (tattoo convention–more on that later–started a bank and started a quote book). As I do things I will cross them off the list here. I am determined this year!!!