The one with the catch-up

The one with the catch-up

OK, as I’ve now updated the blog and imported all the old posts onto here at last!  That wasn’t on the original “list” but it’s a job well done I feel. I’m now well past the half way mark so decided to do a catch-up on the list and update my progress!  I’ve adjusted some of the 101 things to take account of changes in circumstances and such like! So far I have completed 69 things and have 14 underway, leaving 18 tasks not started – of those, 7 seem highly unlikely to be completed now due to finances or logistics.  I have 274 days left to go.

Personal

1. Complete the EA Sports Active 30 Day Challenge (2/30)
2. Ride my bike every month for 6 months (0/6)
3. Try out the Lincolnshire 20s and 30s Walking Group – DONE 4/1/09
4. Go to the theatre at least 4 times (4/4) – DONE 25/2/09
5. Change my hair colour- DONE 17/4/09
6. Celebrate Buy Nothing Day – 29th November – every year (2/3)
7. Buy some shares
8. Walk up Steep Hill without stopping – DONE 7/12/08
9. Download a random iTune every month for a year (12/12) – DONE 7/08/09
10. Give blood – DONE 15/4/10
11. Wear make-up every day for a month.(31/31) – DONE 16/3/09
12. Have a professional bra fitting. – DONE 30/7/09
13. Go 2 months without buying any new clothing items. – DONE 1/4/09
14. Wear a skirt at least once every week for a term – DONE 19/12/08
15. Try contact lenses – DONE 18/4/09
16. Fill the £1 savings tin – DONE 24/3/09
17. Follow a regular skincare routine for 2 months – DONE 23/4/09
18. Win a competition *started
19. Watch every episode of Friends
20. Go without Facebook for a week – DONE 7/3/09
21. Never have more than one basket of ironing to do for a year – DONE 7/8/09
22. Have a non-chocolate Advent calendar – DONE 24/12/08
23. Post to PostSecret- DONE 6/4/10
24. Get down to a size 12
25. File paperwork once a fortnight for a year – DONE 7/8/09
26. Get a library card and borrow a book every school holiday for a year (2/6)
27. Try sushi – DONE 16/2/09
28. finish 9 weeks of the Couch to 5K programme   *started 2/8/10
29. *Personal challenge* started 1/12/09

 

Creativity

30. Create a blog – DONE 24/7/08
31. Learn to crochet first chain made 19/8/08
32. Sew all my badges on my camp blanket
33. Hem all the unfinished curtains – DONE 31/5/09
34. Mend all the clothes on the sewing pile – DONE 19/2/09
35. Make Christmas cards for family and friends
36. Update my family website- DONE 15/3/09
37. Add at least 2 more generations of ancestors to my GenesReunited Family Tree DONE 21/9/08
38. Walk Like an Egyptian Photo Challenge – – DONE 2/1/10
39. Use my watercolours to paint 4 pictures (0/4)
40. Join a singing group – DONE 2/2/09
41. Make fudge. – DONE 21/11/09
42. Take part in 26 Things– DONE 1/3/10
43. Learn to play 2 recognisable tunes on the flute (0/2)
44. Watch 5 friends’ favourite films (3/5)
45. Make a Christmas pudding – DONE 29/1//08
46. Bake every weekend for a term – DONE 31/7/10

 

Friends & Family

47. Write to my closest friends instead of sending an e mail – DONE 31/12/08
48. Have 5 dinner parties (5/5) – DONE 8/1//09
49. Have 3 BBQs, including one in the winter! (3/3) – DONE 29/5/10
50. Get my wedding dress cleaned – DONE 15/5/09
51. Make a will
52. Host Christmas dinner
53. Have 6 meals in the freezer at the start of every half term – DONE 1/9/09
54. Host a fondue or cheese & wine night
55. Take Ed to Heston Blumenthal’s pub- DONE 27/3/10
56. Send at least one ‘thinking of you’ card each month for a year – DONE 1/9/09
57. Send someone flowers “just because”- DONE 3/2/09
58. Clear out my room at Mum & Dad’s
59. Send out my hen party pictures and video- DONE 8/3/09
60. With Nicola, plan a St Georges reunion- DONE 26/2/09
61. Let my husband choose a challenge for me – tow a trailer- DONE 12/8/09
62. Let my best friend choose a challenge for me – mix concrete – DONE 18/2/10
63. Visit Emma in Newcastle DONE 29/10/08
64. Throw a party to celebrate my 100 accomplishments!

 

Work & Guiding

65. Complete class reports at least one week before the deadline – DONE 1/7/09
66. Maintain and update great classroom displays for a year – DONE 1/9/09
67. Make a Minsk 2007 scrapbook
68. Make a 28th Lincoln Guides Unit scrapbook- DONE 19/2/09
69. Complete Adventure 100 – DONE 1/4/10
70. Read all the children’s books on my shelf (!)
71. Go to a jamboree as staff- DONE 8/8/09
72. Do something amazing in 2010 to celebrate the Guide centenary – DONE 8/8/09
73. Catalogue all my school books – DONE 1/9/08
74. Volunteer to do something I wouldn’t normally do – DONE 10/9/08
75. Organise a county Senior Section trip
76. Survive OFSTED – DONE 17/3/10
77. Plan each half term at school in advance for a year – DONE 31/5/09
78. Make one night a week a “no work and no Guides” night for a year – DONE 1/9/09
79. Attend Centenary PGL Weekend – DONE 4/7/10
80. Complete my 75 Nights Away badge – DONE 6/9/09
81. Make a threshold application – – DONE 21/7/09
82. Teach a term without using a text book- DONE 3/4/09

 

The World

83. Visit Doddington Hall with Karen
84. Visit the Eden Project in Summer and Autumn
85. Return to Longleat to see inside the house
86. Take Lucy to the beach
87. Use Eco-Libris with every new school book purchased for a year – DONE 18/2/10
88. Participate in FreeCycle at least 6 times DONE 20/8/08 (8/6)
89. Use my re-usable bags DONE 12/8/08
90. Go skiing again
91. Find white flags for our world map DONE 12/12/08
92. Visit Estonia
93. Get a pin in the southern hemisphere
94. Go strawberry picking – DONE 26/7/10
95. Go on a holiday just using the £1 savings tin – DONE 15/4/09
96. Take part in a MoonWalk – DONE 2/5/10
97. Go on a canal boat
98. Visit Egypt – DONE 2/1/10
99. Make at least one loan through Kiva– DONE 4/6/10
100. Take part in PostCrossing– DONE 31/3/10
101. Donate £5 to the NSPCC for every unstarted challenge after 1001 days

My deadline: May 5th 2011