Year End Update

Hey, it's the end of the year, and that means it's the end of the month, and that means it's time for a 101 list update!

Completed this 2 weeks:
Get a 3.5 GPA for a semester (Actually, I surpassed this with a 3.8!)
Purchase a learn Hebrew book
And I remembered I'd actually gone a week without fast food at camp, so that's done too and marked off this week!

Progress this 2 weeks:
Read to Pray As a Jew
Watch 26 movies one for each letter
complete a coloring book - I bought a new one - this one of the Hebrew alphabet. :p
Take Taste of Judaism class - I signed up - it's three Tuesday evenings in January/ February
Find 10 beers I like and figure out similarities between them so I can guess at new beers
Find 10 wines I like and figure out similarities between them so I can guess at new wines
Get rid of 100 things - mostly this has meant selling books.

Since Sunday is my one year anniversary on this project, and the rest of the things on the list seem to require a bit more thought and planning... here's a new section: Things I should work on immediately:

Authorize for combat archery - I need to authorize to fight first, and to do that... well that's a whole 'nother goal.
Sew something without help - I need to accomplish goal: learn to set up my sewing machine first.
Warp loom without help - First I need supplies: string and cards. So this two weeks, I will either find or purchase these two supplies.
Learn Pysanky - I will look up patterns and supplies this two weeks
Learn the Hebrew printed alphabet - two letters a week gets me this in a relatively short time frame, especially considering i already know a few letters.
Have garb appropriate to 13th century ukraine - I will read the book I bought about this, and figure out what would be appropriate.
Read To Pray as a Jew - Just keep reading
Complete puzzle book - one a week should do it
Pass my student teaching - this one kind of automatically starts in January.
complete a sudoku book - figure out how many puzzles I have to do a week in order to do this.
Complete a crossword book - same
Authorize for heavy fighting - restrap my shield
Learn to set up my own sewing machine - Requires finding someone who knows how to set up my sewing machine I suppose.
Read a children's book in Hebrew - after learning the alphabet, and some words, obviously!
Make something out of wood - i keep hoping they'll offer another chair making class at an event I'm going to!
Take a train somewhere - delayed
Go rafting - look up school trips and prices
Learn the Hebrew handwritten alphabet - after learning the printed one
Watch 26 movies - one for each letter - Watch one new movie a week, this will be done in 6 weeks.
Complete a coloring book - do the Hebrew one along with how I'm learning the letters
Bake cupcakes - bring to SCA event that I'm supposed to bring a dessert to. I've forgotten which. :p
See an off broadway production - find schedules for theaters
Try a new recipe every month for a year - guess I'd better start this one.
Take Taste of Judaism class - easy enough
Take Derech Torah class - just gotta pay and sign up
Spend a day at the beach - will have to wait until summer!
Finish the book about me - figure out how much I have to do in a week
Work on Habitat House - keep reading synagogue bulletins for info on this
Talk to the Rabbi about conversion - repeat if necessary - get up some damned nerve! His office hours are Tuesdays... I should be able to make it the 10th.
make a hippocras - on hold
Visit an amusement park - spring might be a better time for this!
Read a Children's book in Russian - on hold
Go to a zoo - February
Open a cookbook to a random page and make it - providing no one is allergic to it - why not I can do this.
Make a pie on pi day - obviously has to wait until 3/14
Eat Vegetarian for a month - I think I'll schedule this for March
Eat Kosher for a month - I think I'll schedule this for April
Unpack from camp and return mom's suitcase - I should be able to do this this two weeks.
Make one good thing a day my facebook status for a month - OK This is A January Project!
Find 10 beers I like and figure out similarities between them so I can guess at new beers - Need to write up the beers I already know I like.
Find 10 wines I like and figure out similarities between them so I can guess at new wines - Same
Make a new 101 list - obviously this goes at the end of the list!
Get rid of 100 things - start by working on the garage!
Clean my spot in the garage - work on this this month
Get a degree from RUM - Go to some SCA events and see when/if classes are even offered :p
Scan SAS photo albums - one country a week gets this done in 10 weeks!

Zulu

OK, I confess, I started watching this movie, and didn't finish. It was just that bad. It's a supposedly true story of the Zulu wars in South Africa. But it just made these people out to be animals. I guess I shouldn't have expected much more from 1964... but where do you find movies that start with Z? lol

Year One...

After my first year, I've completed 51 tasks. I've also found that I have some on here that just aren't feasible financially or educationally and so I'm making some changes. I'm trying to find some more things to do that match my financial and educational achievements. These are the tasks that will be removed:

6. Make recycled paper
14. Complete a class on Judaism
20. Have a 3.8 GPA at the end of this list
22. Read 12 books (2/12)
30. Complete a 1000 piece puzzle
48. Swim 100 yards backstroke without stopping
51. Drink nothing but water for 1 week
52. Stretch every day for a week
53. Shower or bath every day for a week
58. Make a period pie
68. Get a job teaching
81. Leave the country
82. Visit Oregon
83. Visit Hawaii
84. Visit Colorado
86. Ride a hot air balloon
87. Go to Harry Potter World
91. Clean office and keep clean for a semester
93. Complete the 5,000 question survey
95. See Avenue Q live
96. See Spelling Bee live

Things I know I will add right now are

1. Learn the Hebrew printed alphabet
2. Pass my student teaching
3. Purchase learn Hebrew book This one maybe?
4. Read a children's book in Hebrew
5. Learn the Hebrew handwritten alphabet
6. See a modern broadway production off-broadway
7. Try a new recipe every month for a year
8. Take A Taste of Judaism class here
9. Take Derech Torah class here
10. Talk to the Rabbi about conversion - repeat if necessary
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Updatey!

Completed this 2 weeks
DITL 10 times


Progress this 2 weeks
Read To Pray as a Jew
Complete a Sudoku book
Authorize for Heavy fighting - all armor now together
Watch a movie for each letter

DITL December 5

This DITL goes sundown to sundown following a Jewish day rather than an American day. Why? Because I could.







I finish my shield - the last thing I need to try to authorize to fight.





Schedule for the day...











Selling books on Amazon.com. This book was so big I had to go to Target and buy a special envelope for it.





It's quiet in the house - turn on a random movie just to create noise.





Forbidden midnight snack :p




















Ended up throwing some grapes in there, too. It was yummy!





Good night.





Good Morning!

















So what happened here is I washed all the dishes, then cleaned out the fridge and ended up with a sink full of more dishes to do... but I swear a lot got done in between these two pics!





This was a lot worse, too.





Fixing armor to make it legal in Meridies, even though it was legal in Outlands and Caid already. This was a HUGE PAIN fixing my legs. The glue did not want to stick to leather, even though I was promised it would.














Jack is not amused.

Emma

E is for Emma. I watched this movie, based on the book by Jane Austen, tonight. It was really slow, actually, and I'm still not entirely sure what's going on. The gossipy girls are driving me nuts. Basically... two stars. I guess.

Updatey!

Completed this 2 weeks
Write 100 things I'm thankful for
Go Snorkeling or Scuba diving
Make a list of 50 places I'd like to see before I die.


Progress this 2 weeks
Have garb appropriate to 13th century Ukraine - bought a book on the topic
Complete a sudoku book

DITL November 23

Happy Midnight DITL. Here's the agenda for the day :p






Dog knows best - it's time to be sleeping.





I sold a book! Yay for getting money, and getting space on my bookshelf!





How exactly did this hour happen while I'm still awake?





Give the dog a treat.





Good Morning!





Find an article about Magna Faire - still debating whether I'm going.





Up and ready to go!





Sekrit Piktur - No cameras allowed inside!





This was SUCH a bad idea!





But look, we have food!











All natural, fantastic yummy juice!





And lunch :p











What our kitchen looked like





What our kitchen looked like when hubby got home.





All the dishes - forgot to take a before pic





Start listing chores that need to be done regulary so we can assign them





Before





After.





Quite possibly the stupidest episode of the Simpsons ever.





Dinner. Actually not so good. Threw out most of the broccoli. Hubby threw away all the veggies and ate a piece of chicken I had also cooked.





Tomorrow is Turkey Day, and for the first time I'm bringing something to the family dinner.





Sweet potatoes don't look too yummy yet!





Give up my usual midnight snack for some vodka and green stuff.





Make sure the calories check out





Souffle done! It doesn't look the way I remember it from childhood, but hubby says it looks right to him.





Relax for a bit





Take bath





Good night DITL!