Tuesday, December 23, 2008

18. Complete National Novel Writing Month by writing a 50,000 word novel



I'm counting this as complete as I attempted to complete this challenge twice but did not reach the 50,000 mark either time. I love the idea of this challenge but have found November to be a busy time.

18. Complete National Novel Writing Month by writing a 50,000 word novel
98. Freebie – Complete 365 Daily Self Portraits in 2008

Day 366 (366/366): The Last Day! Betty Lou Schemes

Today I took my final 365 Days picture and of course that darn Betty Lou showed up!

I can't believe this project is actually over and that tomorrow I begin my 34th year. I'm so glad I did this even though
some days I really, really didn't want to take a picture of me. I got pretty sick of me as a subject about halfway through
the project but in the end, I had so much fun doing this.

Day 320 (320/366): Silver Pinky

In my 33rd year, I moved in with my love, gained a cat, started taking the bus to work, went to Hawaii, went on a great road trip with my love, saw a dear friend marry her love and on this final day, ran two Half Marathons and got my wish for a major snowstorm in Seattle.

Day 201 (201/366): On the Urban Safari

Here are some stats from the past year:

Days Missed: 0 -- I know, A++ here!
Made Explore: 5

Most Viewed Photo: Day 168 with 15,940 all time views

With other people: 35
With animals: 12
As Betty Lou: 6
With Scott: 17
Cities taken in: 20
Taken after Half Marathon Runs with my Medals: 2
Showing my Knitting and/or yarn: 36
With Food: 26

And yes, I loved this so much, I'm considering doing a Year 2! First though I need to go and play in the snow!

Day 197 (197/366): Wink!

98. Freebie – Complete 365 Daily Self Portraits in 2008
17. Knit two socks at once on two circular needles

Toe Done

After many months of trauma knitting these socks, I finally finally knit a pair of socks on one circular needle and they are awesome!

Raveled

Back of Socks

Day 357 (357/366): Finally FINISHED!

Yes Done

17. Knit two socks at once on two circular needles

Saturday, December 06, 2008

28. Take a Pilates class

Pilates101

I took a mat Pilates class at my gym today and LOVED it! I'll be back. The teacher was awesome.

28. Take a Pilates class

Friday, November 07, 2008

76. Knit a sweater for me!

CPH Fold

I knit the Central Park Hoodie for myself and while I'm not 100% satisfied with the end result, I still knit a sweater for myself.

76. Knit a sweater for me!
60. Go to The Grand Canyon

View of the Canyon

I went and it was amazing!

60. Go to Egypt The Grand Canyon

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

30. Take public transportation to work for an entire month.

TMA

I'm claiming July as my taking public transporation to work for an entire month. I've actually begun taking the bus as my main form of transportation to work. I only drive if I need to be somewhere immediately after work. I'm really enjoying the bus and getting so much knitting in!

30. Take public transportation to work for an entire month.

Monday, July 21, 2008

46. Catalog all my books in an excel spreadsheet

I've done this and all is updated on my computer. Yep, all done!

PS I'm not sure how to photograph this 101?

46. Catalog all my books in an excel spreadsheet

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

82. Do STP Run the Vancouver Half Marathon

Getting Ready to Race

I ran the Vancouver Half Marathon and it was great! I finished in 3 hours and 2 minutes and 56 seconds. My goal was 3 hours but heck I'll take those extra 3 minutes and be proud of what I did today.

Race Morning

Scott got up at O'Dark Thirty with me and sent me off at the starting line. The sun was shining and the day was just beautiful.

Photo by Scott


Julie ran the entire way with me which you know really makes the race just that much better.

Photo by Scott


Julie and I stuck to our 5 minute runs and our 1 minute walks all the way until Stanley Park. The crowd was super supportive and cheered all of us on. They printed our first names on our bibs and I do admit to being confused when people I didn't know would yell my name and cheer me on. It took oh about 6 miles to figure out that my name was on my bib! Duh!

Photo by Scott


Stanley Park was beautiful and we walked up "the hill" where you gain 200 feet in elevation in just under one mile. We picked up our 5 and 1's once we were done with the hill and ran, ran, ran our way in. The last mile may have been the LONGEST mile known to man but I am so happy with my time and so happy to be done training for a bit!

Day 138 (138/366): Time = 3:03!

OK, OK, I know I'll be back out there running again soon but I'm going to relax this week and not worry about training!

82. Do STP Run the Vancouver Half Marathon

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

99. Freebie - Buy a Nettie Pot and use it.

CWD: Audit Group - Movie Poster

This was interesting to say the least!

99. Freebie - Buy a Nettie Pot and use it.
87. Run 100 miles by April 1, 2007 in 2008

Day 98 (98/366): Ready to Run

With my 10 mile run on Sunday, I've now run 111 miles in 2008. I have many more to run before my Half Marathon but for now I've accomplished this goal! Yippee!

87. Run 100 miles by April 1, 2007 in 2008
36. Clean out my closet

Day 90 (90/366): Let's Bring in Some Color!

I feel a bit like I'm cheating on this one but I have cleaned out my closet since I'm moving. The new closet is being carefully sorted and assembled to prevent the pile-up of the last closet. I look forward to being able to reach into my new closet without having things fall on me.

36. Clean out my closet

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

65. Buy a surge protector for the computer that shuts off energy when the computer is asleep.

Smart Strip

Easy Peasy and Done!

65. Buy a surge protector for the computer that shuts off energy when the computer is asleep.

2. Replace all regular batteries in my house with rechargeable batteries.

Rechargeable Batteries

Again, Easy Peasy and Done!

42. Replace all regular batteries in my house with rechargeable batteries

66. Buy Life.doc and use it

Life

Finally filled out and not as hard as I was making it in my mind.

66. Buy Life.doc and use it

57. Freebie – Buy a Nettie Pot and use it.

CWD: Audit Group - Movie Poster

57. Freebie – Buy a Nettie Pot and use it.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

31. Floss every day for a month

Day 55 (55/366): Flossa, Flossa, Flossa!

One of my goals for my 101 in 1001 is to floss my teeth everyday for a month in a futile attempt to make me floss more often. I started flossing everyday on January 20th and now on February 20th, I hve flossed officially for 30 days. I may even keep this up!

31. Floss every day for a month
41. Start recycling my food scraps with either a compost pile or in yard rubbish recycle bin.

Composting 101

Scott's place offers Yard Waste Recycling which includes food scraps and since I'm spending most of my time there, I've set up a little composting bin which I'll empty weekly into the Yard Waste Recycling bin. Easy Peasy!

41. Start recycling my food scraps with either a compost pile or in yard rubbish recycle bin.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

40. Recycle my old cell phone

101 Recycle Cell Phone

I've been meaning to recycle my old cell phones for quite some time. I finally found a place to mail them off to where they can either be re-used or the parts recycled. My co-worker also gave me her old cell phones for recycling and I'm mailing them all off today.

40. Recycle my old cell phone Mailing Label

40. Recycle my old cell phone

Sunday, February 10, 2008

88. Do 100 crunches at once

100 Crunches

Whew! This isn't easy but it's not terribly hard. I did it and now I don't have to do it again :) but I'm sure I will at some point.

88. Do 100 crunches at once
53. Do my taxes in 2008

2007 Taxes

Yesterday I sat down with my W-2 forms and my Tax Software and after about 20 minutes, my 2007 taxes had been submitted and I'm getting a refund!

53. Do my taxes in 2008

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