1. Do some form of exercise every day (114/1001)
2. Go for a walk in the fresh air every day for a month (0/31)
3. Stop biting my nails
4. Take a Pilates class
5. Attend a spin class to see if its for me
6. Go on 5 hikes throughout the United States (0/5)
7. Have my cholesterol levels checked every 12 months (0/3)
8. Eat fish once a week for a year (0/52)
9. Only drink alcohol on weekends unless its a special occasion (0/143)
10. Give up ice-cream for a month (0/31)
11. Be able to run 5km on the treadmill
12. Go on a bike ride with Paul at least 24 times (4/24)
13. Maintain my goal weight and remember its more important to gauge weight by how your clothes fit than by the numbers on a scale!
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow mindedness - Mark Twain
14. Go on an awesome snow holiday in Canada
15. Hire a convertible and drive Highway 1 with Paul
16. Go to Disneyworld
17. Attend a Jazz Festival
18. Drive to Yellowstone NP and camp in the wilderness
19. Spend at least 24 hours in 10 states (4/10)
20. Scuba dive at 5 different locations around the world (3/5)
21. See a show on broadway
22. Visit 50 of the locations in Northern and Central America in the books 'Frommers 500 places to see before the disappear' and 'Rough Guides: 1000 Ultimate Travel Experiences: Make to most of your time on Earth' (2/50)
23. Take a road trip with no destination in mind
24. Take Paul to Europe - specifically Italy and France
25. Visit the pyramids in Egypt
26. Visit N'awlins for Mardi Gras
27. Take my parents on a US road trip
28. Sit on a beach in the Caribbean with a book and a cocktail
29. Visit a Mayan site of significance
30. Visit 5 countries other than the US and Australia (4/5)
31. Return to Canada in the warmer months and explore Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper
32. See a moose/bear/bald eagle/hummingbird/otter/beaver/bison/red cardinal/elk/coyote in the wild and try and photograph them (2/10)
33. Visit Alaska and see the Northern Lights
I dont think much of a man who is not wiser today that he was yesterday - Abraham Lincoln
34. Learn Spanish at a conversational level
35. Complete my Human Resources Post Grad Degree
36. Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet
37. Learn photography
38. Mush a sleigh pulled by huskies/marmalutes
39. Learn to ride blue runs on my snowboard
40. Answer the '50 Questions that will free your mind'
41. Take a series of Yoga classes
42. Take the PADI Nitrox Course
43. Learn how to cook 5 authentic Thai dishes (1/5)
44. Learn how to cook 10 traditional American dishes (2.5/10)
45. Read 20 books that challenge my ideals (1/20)
46. Dance - Bollywood style
47. Attend a wine appreciation course
48. Join a book club
49. Use 2 new words every week (21/143)
Nobody gets to live life backwards. Look ahead, that is where your future lies - Ann Landers
50. Stand up at a Karaoke bar and SING!!
51. Learn to try and let go of the things I cannot change
52. Submit a favourite photo into a competition
53. Junp out of a plane
54. Swim with a manatee
55. Add to our family with a baby - fur or otherwise....
56. Use an outdoor hot tub in winter in the snow... brr!
57. Climb a mountain
58. Wakeboard
59. Go ice fishing
60. Go snow camping with paul for a night
61. Go cave tubing and spelunking in Belize
62. Ride a rollercoaster
Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are - Author Unknown
63. Donate unworn/unused clothes to the Salvation Army every 12 months (1/3)
64. Donate the things that we dont use to charity
65. Donate blood once a year (0/3)
66. Call my grandparents once a month (0/33)
67. Don't complain about anything for a week
68. Donate a bag of food to the Houston Food Bank
69. Volunteer 6 hours a month at the Houston Food Bank for 6 months (0/6)
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in - Robert Frost
70. Spring clean and organise every room in the house
71. Create a 'place we've travelled' map for the study
72. Have our uni degrees framed and mounted in the study
73. Finish decorating and organising the study
74. Create a comfortable space in the house for reading
75. Print and display some of our favourite photos around the house
76. Buy a second house in Australia or the USA
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you - Ralph Waldo
77. Get married to my wonderful fiance (and stop complaining about the stress of the wedding)
78. Scrapbook, scrapbook, scrapbook - specifically the wedding and our time in Texas
79. Find meaningful employment in Houston
80. Treat Paul to something he's always wanted with my first US paycheck
81. Give up Facebook for a month (0/31)
82. Buy a little black dress and feel amazing in it
83. Build a snowman (carrot nose and everything)
84. Pick my own berries and make a delicious desert
85. Visit the Houston Farmers Market
86. Send a birthday card snail mail to every member of my immediate family for a year (8/11)
87. Turn my university assignments in a couple of days before their due date at least once (0/1)
88. Change from my maiden name to my married name in OZ and the US
89. Wash my car every month (3/33)
90. Write all the things that I cant let go of onto a piece of paper, burn the piece of paper and forget them
91. Read and review 100 books (31/100)
92. Take the time out to watch thunderstorms on the balcony with a glass of wine or a cuppa at least once every summer (0/3)
93. Organise my photos in iphoto and back them up
94. Buy a deliciously expensive piece of jewelry - tiffanies celebration ring anyone???
95. Spend a week somewhere completely cut off from modern technology
96. Watch the sun rise and set on the same day
97. Make a custom recipe book
98. Investigate, research and purchase all my own scuba equipment
99. Graciously turn 30 and hold a dinner party in celebration
100.Blog the completion of the items on this list regularly
101. Create a new 101 list once this one is complete
