i heart carrie brownstein or day 11

hair

so, i said i would grow it out, just to see. here's an example of my 1st hair growing goal. i give you carrie brownstein:

i forgot about carrie for a bit. she's one of my hair heroes. she appears to have a similar texture to mine and eventhough i cut it all off again, like last month, and i was pretty much half way there, i will begin again. all the nay sayers can shut up right now.

valid plates or day 9

i got my vehicle sticker on sunday, which was 8 days before my old one expires and about 9 days earlier than i usually get it. yay not getting a ticket for expired plates!

i put money aside with this paycheck. i'm not going to "yay" it until i see that i can actually keep a hold of it until next paycheck.

today, i plan to exerbycle and my challenge for the week is to not have wendy's AT ALL. i love you wendy's, but this relationship is abusive.

i heart wendy's or day 7

so, in the last few days, i've continued to accomplish stuff from the list. here's what i've done:

#17 was to get 7-8 hours of sleep most nights. i can happily report that i have gotten at least 7 since i started this. yay me!

#33 was to be more proactive at work. i started a project that has been in my head for about a year and shared it with others. now we are all working on it. it's not a huge project, but it's something that needs to get done. i have a bunch of these that i'd like to start with others too. yay teamwork! (did i really just say that?)

#65 was to take water aerobics. i have signed up to take water walking with val starting next week. yay water wings!

#82 was to become a better public speaker. this actually was inspired by the fact that my dept is doing a presentation at our all staff day this year and i had to go to a day long workshop on presenting. i thought it was going to be awful and boring, but it was actully very helpful and i feel pretty confident that our presentation will not only not suck, but will be enjoyable. yay seeing a videotape of myself speaking!

#101 was to participate in the 365 project. to that end, i've taken a photo everyday since thursday. i will create a blog to post those and link that here. yay camera phone!

next is exerbycle and not eating at wendy's so much. i've been pretty bad about that all week.

list is finished or day 4

i finished my list! and i've gotten to work on time 2 days in a row, which is pretty good considering that, for about a month, i was being dropped off. i'm surprised i fell back into the mindset of leaving earlier and looking for parking. yay goals! sleeping until 8:05 was pretty sweet for awhile though.

today i will start keeping track of what i eat on sparkpeople again and try not to lose interest in doing so after 3 months as i usually do. i have my sights set on starting to exerbycle in the next couple days too.

here i go...

hit the ground running or day 2

ok, so here's what i've achieved since yesterday:

i went to bed at 10:45, which is about 2 hours earlier than usual. i was asleep by 11:30 and woke up at 7:30. woo hoo, 8 hours! i can't tell if i feel better, because i've been out of meds since friday essentially and i feel a bit...off. but, meds will be procured shortly and here's hoping that another 8 hour night makes a difference!

i did get up early enough to sit and eat breakfast. i had rice krispies and a hot dog. i never said that the breakfast had to make sense to everyone.

i made appointments to see both the cardiologist and pulmonologist for 4/24. sadly, i have to go all the way to bannockburn for these. happily, the doctors are in the same office space and i was able to get concurrent appointments. yay scheduling!

i called about my student loans, which i was moments away from defaulting on, and set up automatic payments. yay another bill to pay! wait...

and finally, i started looking at tricycles on ebay. i'm gonna have to save some $ to get one, but they're pretty cheap and i should be able to have one by the time the weather is actually nice enough to ride, not just a huge tease like today it.

not too shabby for day one. next: looking into the water aerobics classes, printing pool schedules for swimming and packing bathing suit and accoutrements in trunk.

the list

1. write list
2. exerbycle every week
3. swim twice/month
4. put together DJ/band/craft bazaar with emily
5. lose 10 lbs and keep it off
6. lose 10-40 more lbs.
7. renew passport
8. write in journal every week
9. take food roadtrip
10. write about that
11. go to montreal
12. go to austin
13. cook at home 3x/week
14. finally have people over for moussaka (and not just default to ordering pizza) 15. get the ball rolling in scott's future care
16. that with parents
17. get 7-8 hours of sleep at least 5 nights per week
18. walk 15-20 minutes 3-4 times/week
19. put together one off cover band (ala covers for cover)
20. go to cardiologist (2/3)
21. go to pulmonologist (2/3)
22. open a savings account.
23. set up payment plans for medical bills (athletico down, various hospitals to go)
24. start paying student loan
25. get new tires
26. frame more paper to decorate with
27. go to haskell free library and opera house in vermont-quebec
28. pay off law suit. stupid law suit.
29. do more painting (painted jarvis, luka, graham. moved onto collaging)
30. clean and organize spare room/assess and organize crafty stuff !!!!
31. pay off credit card
32. move to a more accessible apartment (or if that's not possible, make current apt as accessible as possible)
33. be more proactive at work (i.e. help think of solutions to problems, suggest projects, etc.) 34. be on time more often than not
35. read 10 books a year (4 as of 8/22/09. kinda sad.) (0/10 for 2010 so far) (started 1st book 4/15/10)
36. start a blog about something or everything
37. get liver enzymes checked yearly (09/10/11-being done on friday)
38. go to gyno every year
39. buy a tricycle and ride as weather permits
40. apply for handicapped parking
41. change bed sheets more often (seriously, i go months)
42. try to establish a realistic budget each month and stick to it
43. see 3-5 plays a year (3 as of 8/22)
44. attend 2-3 art exhibits a year
45. GO TO PLA IN PORTLAND 2010
46. visit tom j. in seattle
47. buy $300 dream shoes
48. buy new boots
49. but new non-boots (earth maryjanes)
50. look in to taking a rowing class
51. take more advantage of physical therapy
52. GROW HAIR OUT JUST TO SEE-this changes to stop deciding to grow hair out. it just doesn't work.
53. GO TO GREEN MOUNTAIN-SADLY, THERE ARE NOT AN ACCESSIBLE FACILITY.
54. DO SOMETHING REAL WITH "FAN OF THE BANTER"
55. drink 8 or more glasses of water a day
56. straighten and tidy apartment before it becomes a cleaning "project"
57. buy a skirt
58. find an everyday necklace
59. be open to affection/kiss a boy
60. try to find a new band to get into/month
61. GET DRUNK ONCE
62. eat at wendy's less often (it's gotten gross, except for frosties)
63. wake up and get out of bed an hour before i have to leave
64. pay overdue library fines
65. take a water aerobics class(es)-1 session down, starting another. starting a 3rd and 4th. and now a 5th and 6th. 7th and 8th.
66. LEARN PHOTOSHOP
67. put all loose photos into albums
68. get massages at least seasonally (4/4 spring 09-winter 10) (1/4 summer 10) (again, slacked, but got winter 11)
69. get sean tattoo
70. go to las vegas
71. do one crazy, random spur of the moment thing that comes up (like "let's go to vegas tonight", not "hey, let's go to karaoke tonight")
72. visit traci in england
73. organize desk at work and personalize
74. see a blur reunion show
75. apply to sell at renegade (or the like)
76. make a shadowbox
77. become better with direction
78. stop encurring overdraft fees
79. find a pilates or yoga class tailored to special needs
80. get manicures monthly (january 2010-done!/february, march, may june-done!/july/august/sept-done! slacked for several months, but feb 2011, done!)
81. masturbate more (seriously, i've almost lost interest and i don't want that to be the case) 82. become a better public speaker
83. pay car off
84. go on a serious spa weekend-possibly far away
85. go to an indoor water park in the dead of winter
86. get license plate renewed on time every year
87. join a gym
88. advance a level in my job
89. START KEEPING TRACK OF FOOD IN JOURNAL OR SPARKPEOPLE
90. take a random weekend trip by looking at a map and choosing a place close enough, but somewhere i've never been
91. find recipe for fudge foldovers and at to x-mas repetoire (or just whenever)
92. figure out how to make hopscocthies
93. get computer set up and make cds
94. get at home internet access
95. replace windshield
96. SIT ON FRONT PATIO/BACKYARD-now that i've moved, there is no patio or backyard. i guess i missed that opportunity.
97. BUY CHAIRS FOR PATIO-see above.
98. buy a new mattress
99. visit my cousin kim in IN
100. start thrifting/vintage shopping again
101. create 5 things for people before the end of the year

legend: completed in process and ongoing TRIED, FAILED, AND AM OK WITH THAT