Progress Report #2: 101 in 1001

[willow_red]

I was going to write a real post this weekend, but found that I didn't want to spend all that much time in front of the computer. Instead, I spent some time catching up with friends I don't talk to often, as well as doing some sewing and knitting. For future reference: cutting and sewing foam kinda sucks. At least I'm done with that part now.

Anyway, I've made a decent amount of progress on my 101 in 1001 list, and an update has been long overdue. (Okay, just looked it up, and I haven't posted a progress report in over a month. Bad willow_red, no cookie!)

Added #42-53, still looking for ideas for #54-101. Made progress on #2, 6, 16, 28, 36, and 39 beyond what was previously posted. The highlights consist of me reaching the halfway point in paying off my second mortgage (w00t!), and getting a little over halfway through making the cat bed. Sadly, despite my attempts to work out on every opportunity, the weight stubbornly refuses to go away. Stupid genetics!


Starting Thursday 2 February 2006

To be completed on or before Thursday 30 October 2008

1. Present a paper at a professional conference in my field
2. Pay off (and close account for) second mortgage (status: halfway done!)
3. Find a long-term solution for daycare for Akito that does not require him to be at my parents' house
4. Work out at least twice a week on workdays, plus weekends (I'd like to find a way to work out every day, but that doesn't look realistic right now)
5. Catch up on Space.com e-mails and stay current to within two weeks (currently 8.5 months behind)
6. Maintain inbox at < 500 messages (once I get down to that; current status: 1175)
7. Travel to a country I've never been to before (i.e. not the US or Canada)
8. Drive along the Pacific Coast between Vancouver, BC and San Diego, CA
9. Attend my high school reunion
10. Lose 20 lbs from August 2005 baseline weight (current status: 4 lbs)
11. Make another cosplay costume and wear it to a con
12. Visit at least 3 friends who live more than 2 hours away by car
13. Take Akito on a road trip
14. Save CU's Tau Beta Pi chapter (I've been talking to some people, and we're hoping for cool heads to prevail at this point.)
15. Host at least 2 parties each year (2006: one down, one to go)
16. Donate at least $100 to charity each year ($25 so far for 2006)
17. Start a PhD program
18. Complete another NaNoWriMo novel
19. Write and edit a short story fit for publication
20. Hike Bear Peak again
21. Hike to the top of a mountain above 10,000 ft
22. Organize storage stuff in second bedroom, making it fit to be a guest room (got a very small start)
23. Redo lighting in second bedroom
24. Decorate master bedroom
25. Go on a date with someone I'm interested in (the original plan was to be married and maybe have a kid by late 2008, but the point of this exercise is to be realistic)
26. Re-cover couch
27. Get some houseplants
28. Fix up the lawn in the backyard (status: bought some grass seed and planted a test area)
29. Come up with 3 new "presentable" recipes
30. Volunteer at the National Space Symposium (3 times if practical) (status: got boss's approval to go this year)
31. Hike at least 10 new trails, with at least one being outside of Boulder
32. Grow my hair down to my waist again
33. Organize my tools so I can find things when I want them
34. Get new hard drive working
35. Finish Sweater 2.0
36. Spiffy surprise gift for nalablack (3/4 done with this)
37. Ridiculously overdue graduation present for enishi2000 (I have something very specific in mind, but I'm not saying what it is because it's a surprise)
38. Super-Secret Project (This is something I started at the end of last year. It's pretty huge, but I don't want to talk about it for fear that I'll then end up not doing it. Anyway, for the purposes of this list, let's make the goal to be getting halfway through this.)
39. Make cat bed for illyanarasputin and nakano (status: a little over halfway done)
40. Upgrade parents' computer to Windows XP and hold an exorcism for the hard drive
41. Get a new digital camera
42. Buy 5 CDs
43. Go to 3 more Shakespearean plays
44. Go to 3 non-Shakespearean plays
45. Finish writing this list
46. Organize manga collection; decide what to keep and what to sell/give away
47. Catch up on reading fanfic (status: 10.5 months behind)
48. Secret project for a friend's baby (DONE!)
49. Read 3 books of personal interest that have been recommended to me for years, but I've never gotten around to (Ben Bova's Mars currently resides on my bookshelf, first recommended to me in 10th grade.)
50. Read 2 technical books or textbooks of professional interest
51. Catch up on Pottercast
52. Catch up on and subscribe to Science Friday Podcast
53. Create at least one AMV (status: got music, still ripping video clips)

Comments

[mackys.livejournal.com]

Can't help you with the sewing part, but cutting foam is quick, easy, clean and precise with one of those electric reciprocating carving knives.

[willow-red.livejournal.com]

I've used those before (when I was working at JoAnn's), and they're pretty nice. IMHO, the sewing is worse than the cutting. Anyway, I should be done with the foam part now. (And if it's a little misshapen, well, I meant it to look that way *cough*)

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

*eyes 7 and 43 and hopes to be of service*

[willow-red.livejournal.com]

7 is all about you (when time and money are available simultaneously). As for 43, I sincerely hope we can take care of that one this summer :).