screw you photoshop or day 102

#66 on my list was to learn photoshop. to this end, i signed up for a self-paced, computer class through work. what i discovered is that photoshop is still as complicated and headache making to me as it was when i was in college. i have no real need for it, i just thought i'd like to learn. nope. don't care. this created my new legend category of "tried, failed, and am ok with that".

i created another new category, "not as motivated to do now as i was when i made the list". i have put some items there, hopefully temporarily. cooking more things, more often really doesn't appeal now that it's roughly 90 degrees everyday. taking to karin, eh. fan of the banter seems to be on indefinate hiatus, so doing something real with that is unlikely right now.

but i did accomplish #49, that being to get new non-boots. i bought a new pair of mary jane earth shoes in bordeux (say it like a drag queen). i also got a pedicure.

oh and i still haven't cut my hair :).

pucca and garo or day 92

#29 on my list is to do more painting, which coordinated nicely with #101, which was to finish my 5 projects before the end of 2009. to that end, i give you completed project #1: jarvis.
i'm pretty excited to start my other 4 now.

#32 on the list was to move to a more accessible apartment or make my current apartment more accessible. sadly, the apartment i had hoped for did not come through; however, i did ask my landlord to re-do my front stairs and that has been done. they aren't ideal, but they are better and safer than the monstrostities that were there before. this weekend, i gave up my parking spot in the garage. i haven't used it in months and the stairs are just dangerous, even for the able bodied. i gave it up so i wouldn't even be tempted to use it and today, i will apply for dedicated handicapped parking on my street in front of my apartment.

#56 was to straighten and tidy my apartment before it became unmanageable. last weekend, i cleaned the bathroom and this weekend, i tidied the living room. it's a work in progess, really.

#62 was to eat less wendy's. well, i've still been eating it, but have found the last 3x to be really gross, so i think they may be off the list for a while.

#73 was to organize/personalize my desk. last friday afternoon, i got a sudden bug to do this. it's also a work in progress, but i did get some pictures up and am going to continue organizing today.

#89 was to keep track of food in a journal or sparkpeople. i like sparkpeople, but because i cannot update it on my phone, i find that i end up writing things down anyway. so, i started a journal, wrote in the dates and calories/fat allowances to help me keep on track. i hate, i reallly do, but i gotta.

you're outta here or day 86

#18 was to walk more and #89 was to keep track of food. on sunday, i walked around my block and i intend to walk to dinner tonight. yesterday, i started a notebook to write down what i eat. i hate this, but i know i need to do it.

28 days later or day 64

here's what i've done:

1. i accomplished #20 and #21 in one day-going to the pulmonolgist and cardiologist. i found out that i'm only using 71% of my lung capacity (normal is 80%) and that i have a heart murmur. i was given a sleep oxygen test that came back normal, so i don't have to worry about that again until next year. i guess that 9% isn't all that importnat. i have to get a echocardiogram to see what's up with the murmur. would've done that last week if i hadn't contracted swine flu...will makew appointment after i'm done with this blog.

2. i took part in an ILL presentation for our all staff day. in preparation for this, i was required to attend a workshop on public speaking/effective presentations. after seeing myself on video and practicing a lot, i discovered that i'm actually not a terrible public speaker. this accomplished goal #82, to become a better public speaker and enhanced the ongoing goal #33, to be more proactive at work.

3. i'm making progress on #52, growing my hair out. here's were it is as of today, about 1/3 of the way to goal #1:

and here's goal #1:

4. val and i completed the first session of water aerobics, only missing 2 classes (and for totally valid reasons). we are signed up for the summer session, which starts in june. in between, we are going to continue to meet and swim on thursdays. this helps with #3, which is to swim a couple times/month.

5. i changed my sheets last night. not doing too well on doing that as often as i should. it had probably been a month and a half. still working on #41.

6. finally, i changed my #101 goal from participating in the 365 project to completing the 5 things i'm supposed to make for people by the end of 2009. i have some of the supplies for those projects now too.

the 3 things i would like to work on now are keeping track of food, exerbycling, and making the most of P.T.

i have been remiss or day 36

it's been a couple weeks since i checked in with this and i was pleased to see that i've accomplished a few things. i've also been kinda bad about some things. i have my cardiologist and pulmonologist appointments this week. i cleaned the fuck out of my kitchen, bedroom, and front spare room last night. living room, bathroom, and the dreaded back bedroom (aka chupacabra) are next and hopefully tonight. the front bedroom is where the exerbycle is and now that the floor is no longer riddled with cat litter, it might be more inviting. i charged my ipod for this purpose too.

oh and i managed to get my hair trimmed without lopping it all off again. progress.

revisiting list or day 19

looking abck after almost 3 weeks, i'm pretty pleased with what i've done so far. i've exerbycled once, which isn't a great track record, but i'm hoping to do it again tonight and maybe even tomorrow.

val and i started water aerobics last night, which is the perfect pace and the instructor played songs like "ladies night", "i can't go for that", and "get down on it", which is totally awesome. he also taught us a new vocabulary word, "disencouraged" and gave us "helpful" diet tips like don't eat after 7 and instead of eating fried foods, eat strawberries and blueberries. ah well. good thing i already know some things about nutrition (i said i know them, not that i utilize them). his name is william, but i'll secretly call him willy.

i got a $25 ticket for having a broken windshield. this is on my list of things to get fixed. sadly, an oil change and wheel realignment are first in line.

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.