3 months, progress

I haven't been intentionally neglecting my 101 list, it just seemed to fall by the wayside as life got really busy these past few months.  Looking back though, I've managed to accomplish a lot without even realizing it.

9. Plan for/look into going back to Athens for a semester or two.
*Athens has sort of been my fall-back plan for not finding a job after graduation, but the more I think about it, the more I lean in that direction.  Fear has been the only thing really keeping me from pursuing the idea, and that isn't a good enough reason.

12. Learn manual photography.
*Taking the darkroom class this semester has changed the way I approach a lot of things, not just my photography.  There is something so entirely different about the film process that I'm not trying to meld that feeling with how I work digitally.

19. Make a quilt.
*Well, the quilt top is finished at least. Hopefully the actual quilting will occur sometime soon.

24. Organize/reduce my yarn stash.
*Organization occurs in fits with me, and one day I tackled all of the bookcases and storage bins, so now all the books, fabric, and yarn have been sorted through and are in order.

27. Help CFB with her knitting group idea.

30. Make something with cables.
*The Bella Mittens, inspired by Twilight, were the perfect motivation for me to tackle my fear of cables. 

44. Bake my own bread regularly.
*Baking has turned into my Sunday afternoon tradition. After a morning at church in Fuquay, it is the perfect way to end a weekend.

47. Roast a whole chicken.
*I did not enjoy this experience. At all.
Although I'm more comfortable with the process now, it just doesn't make sense for me to roast a chicken regularly - I can't eat that much in one week, and we don't have the freezer space to accomodate storage.

57. Keep my desk organized - use it as a study/work space.
*fairly self explanatory

58. Organize my external harddrive - photos in chronological order, pare down music & photo files, school stuff in one place.

59. Exercise more regularly - swim, walk, yoga, etc
*being required to take two more pe classes in order to graduate means I'm actually doing this

80. Visit the NC mountains.
*spent the last few days of my spring break in Asheville, but I'll definitely be exploring again before the list expires.

81. Do something fun for last spring break of undergrad (March 2009).
see above. and here.

93. Fix up my resume, 95. Create a list of references for jobs/grad school.
*applying for jobs is stressful. but at least now my resume is ready to go.

~RLM

the list

Start Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009
End Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011

1. Use this list to keep track of accomplishments and goals - reevaluate as necessary.
2. Write progress blog entries at least every other month.
3. For every goal un-finished, donate $3 to MSF.
   
   Academic
4. Finish my thesis.
5. Pass German 206.
6. Graduate from Meredith.
7. Take the GRE.
8. Apply to graduate school(s).
9. Plan for/look into going back to Athens for a semester or two.
10. Finish my convocation attendance and forms.
11. Make at least all B's in my last semester.
    
    Photography
    
12. Learn manual photography.
13. Learn how to use all the settings on my XSi.
14. Enter a photograph in a juried show.
15. Complete 365 at least once.
16. Put together a portfolio of photography/design work.
17. Set up a photography website.
18. Print and hang some of my photos in my living space.
    
    Sewing
19. Make a quilt.
20. Use up at least 50% of my fabric stash before adding to it.
21. Make more of my own clothes.
22. Make two full lunch sets - lunch bag, silverware roll, napkin.
    
    Knitting
23. Knit a sweater.
24. Organize/reduce my yarn stash.
25. Photograph the stash and file it on Ravelry.
26. Donate handknits to at least one charitable collection a year.
27. Help CFB with her knitting group idea.
28. Complete at least one sewn/knit project a month.
29. Knit another pair of socks.
30. Make something with cables.
31. Make a new set of Moo cards.
32. Make an effort to actually sell something on Etsy.
33. Work with clay again.
    
    Writing
34. Fill a Moleskine each year.
35. Participate in NaBloPoMo each November.
36. Submit something to be published.
37. Create a Blurb book.
38. Write every day for a year.
    
    Food
39. Create a cookbook of favorite recipes.
40. Menu plan and eat seasonally.
41. Shop locally and at the Farmer's Market.
42. Eat what I have, when I have it - cut down on unnecessary groceries.
43. Avoid eating at chain restaurants - support local/small establishments.
44. Bake my own bread regularly.
45. Make my own yogurt regularly.
46. Use some of the recipes in my Cooky Book.
47. Roast a whole chicken.
48. Make something in the crock pot.
    
    Spiritual
49. Keep Sundays as a day of rest.
50. Read the Bible more regularly.
51. Keep a prayer journal.
52. Do more with the girls from church.
53. Offer to babysit for church families.
54. Be more positive/less negative.
    
    Home
55. Have people over to the apartment more (practice hospitality, as CFB puts it).
56. Clean out my collection of clothes and extra junk.
57. Keep my desk organized - use it as a study/work space.
58. Organize my external harddrive - photos in chronological order, pare down music & photo files, school stuff in one place.
    
    For Me
    
59. Exercise more regularly - swim, walk, yoga, etc.
60. Wear more skirts and dresses.
61. Fill the boy-void.
62. Go to at least three shows a year.
63. Go to bed before midnight at least 5/7 days a week.
64. Throw myself a graduation party.
65. Go to the Cupcake Shoppe (or equivalent) once a month.
66. Learn how to drive a manual car.
67. Go to the drive-in at least once.
    
    For Others
68. Support local/friend musicians.
69. Leave a mix cd somewhere with a playlist.
70. Donate to MSF regularly. (for Knitters w/out Borders.
71. Bring my own shopping bags everywhere - not just the grocery store.
72. Volunteer regularly.
73. Send my teenage cousins random postcards.
    
    Travel :: everything adventurous
74. Fill in my Athens City Notebook Moleskine.
75. Fill in my Washington, DC City Notebook Moleskine.
76. Visit Charleston.
77. Visit Chicago.
78. Visit NYC.
79. Visit Nashville.
80. Visit the NC mountains.
81. Do something fun for last spring break of undergrad (March 2009).
82. Leave the country at least once.
83. Make a Blurb book of Greece photos.
84. Start learning Greek.
85. Use my dividend miles.
86. Use lists of historic places in both Raleigh & NC in general to explore.
87. Attend Obama's Inauguration (Washington DC trip).
    
    Future
88. Save up for and/or purchase a wide angle lens.
89. Start a savings account.
90. Pay off credit cards.
91. Research possible career options - keep a file of information.
92. Build a work/professional wardrobe.
93. Fix up my resume.
94. Set up a loan repayment plan - out of debt by 30.
95. Create a list of references for jobs/grad school.
    
    Book List
96. Gentle Art of Domesticity
97. The Knitter's Book of Yarn
98. finish The Omnivore's Dilemma
99. The Eater's Manifesto
100. The Irresistible Revolution
101. My Family & Other Animals