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Year In Review: 2011

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January
I added 2 things:
  1. Buy a Nook
  2. Bring reusable bags for purchases
I completed 1 thing:
  1. Bring reusable bags for purchases
I wrote 5 entries:
  1. Compost is steaming in sub-freezing temps on have my own land and be self-sufficient
  2. Getting ready for school on Support my soldier husband
  3. Another small medical bill going away! on get out of debt
  4. Maybe in 2011? on build a pond
  5. Do cheers fall off the planet? on Give 1000 cheers
I wrote 1 How I Did It entry:
  1. How to bring reusable bags for purchases
I received 36 cheers
I gave 9 cheers
February
I added 12 things:
  1. learn how to drive stick-shift
  2. adopt a dog from a shelter.
  3. Rescue a Pit Bull
  4. learn to make tamales
  5. stargaze in the desert
  6. Look at stuff under a microscope
  7. buy a microscope
  8. Celebrate Imbolc
  9. visit Pearl Harbor
  10. gather fresh eggs from a chicken coop
  11. Visit Knoxville
  12. sleep!
I completed 9 things:
  1. learn how to drive stick-shift
  2. Rescue a Pit Bull
  3. stargaze in the desert
  4. Look at stuff under a microscope
  5. buy a microscope
  6. Celebrate Imbolc
  7. visit Pearl Harbor
  8. gather fresh eggs from a chicken coop
  9. Visit Knoxville
I wrote 2 entries:
  1. Turned the compost on have my own land and be self-sufficient
  2. Ah, paperwork! on Support my soldier husband
I wrote 1 How I Did It entry:
  1. How to adopt a dog from a shelter.
I received 9 cheers
I gave 6 cheers
March
I received 8 cheers
April
I completed 1 thing:
  1. plant a garden
I received 8 cheers
May
I received 12 cheers
June
I completed 1 thing:
  1. buy a digital microscope camera
I received 17 cheers
July
I received 5 cheers
August
I added 29 things:
  1. raise ducks
  2. visit chattanooga
  3. Make My Own Jam
  4. plant a garden
  5. find someone to spend the rest of my life with
  6. Run a mile in 11 minutes
  7. Vacation in Hawaii
  8. take a sharepoint 2010 class
  9. Participate in a "Legal" Drag Race
  10. arrange a song
  11. raise chickens in my bathtub
  12. own an aloe plant
  13. get a doberman for a pet
  14. Walk for the JDRF!
  15. have a date with my husband
  16. Learn to shoot a rifle
  17. See snow and have a snow fight
  18. grow roses.
  19. try boiled peanuts
  20. visit Nashville
  21. visit Memphis
  22. Visit Savannah, Georgia
  23. take photographs at a cemetary
  24. explore an old cemetary
  25. Start seedlings
  26. grow sunflowers
  27. watch law and order
  28. buy Victoria's Secrets items
  29. Investigate my Geneology
I completed 27 things:
  1. write letters
  2. raise ducks
  3. Make My Own Jam
  4. Run a mile in 11 minutes
  5. Vacation in Hawaii
  6. take a sharepoint 2010 class
  7. Participate in a "Legal" Drag Race
  8. arrange a song
  9. raise chickens in my bathtub
  10. own an aloe plant
  11. get a doberman for a pet
  12. Walk for the JDRF!
  13. have a date with my husband
  14. Learn to shoot a rifle
  15. See snow and have a snow fight
  16. grow roses.
  17. try boiled peanuts
  18. visit Nashville
  19. visit Memphis
  20. Visit Savannah, Georgia
  21. take photographs at a cemetary
  22. explore an old cemetary
  23. Start seedlings
  24. grow sunflowers
  25. watch law and order
  26. buy Victoria's Secrets items
  27. Investigate my Geneology
I wrote 29 entries:
  1. Apparently I'm going to become a sharepoint expert instead on get certified on Windows Server 2008
  2. Only a few more years to go here on Support my soldier husband
  3. Summer Harvest doing well on have my own land and be self-sufficient
  4. Unexpected, but still fun on raise ducks
  5. Fried Rice on learn to cook. Really cook.
  6. I paid CASH for my glasses! on get out of debt
  7. Reopening this goal on Move to Tennessee
  8. Plumb jam on Make My Own Jam
  9. Several gardens in several states on plant a garden
  10. We'll be married 23 years this year on find someone to spend the rest of my life with
  11. I'm back to a 15 minute mile, but... on Run a mile in 11 minutes
  12. Recon trip on Move to Tennessee
  13. Looking at my hotel floor on stop throwing clothes on the floor
  14. Moving?! on throw out junk I don't need
  15. Working out on live to be over 100
  16. For our 18th anaversary on Vacation in Hawaii
  17. Took it from SharePoint Solutions on take a sharepoint 2010 class
  18. As a passenger on Participate in a "Legal" Drag Race
  19. Where are my cheers? on Give 1000 cheers
  20. 411 done on do 500 things
  21. Music Theory Class on arrange a song
  22. Twice now on raise chickens in my bathtub
  23. Asian Food Generally Only Sort of OK on Move to Tennessee
  24. Reactivated my postcrossings account on receive postcards from other people around the U.S. and the world!
  25. Inherited from my father-in-law on own an aloe plant
  26. Baskin Robins on have a date with my husband
  27. My Map on visit all 50 states
  28. And I love 'em! on try boiled peanuts
  29. 3 Generations Back on Investigate my Geneology
I received 23 cheers
I gave 16 cheers
September
I added 51 things:
  1. write my autobiography
  2. paint my house
  3. get my teeth cleaned
  4. Document my gardening, landscaping, and all of that kinda stuff
  5. make an emergency kit for my cars
  6. Meet my first grandchild
  7. read a book to a child
  8. photograph wildflowers
  9. learn to ride a motorcycle
  10. Simplify, declutter, organize and downsize in preparation for MOVING
  11. wax my legs
  12. buy and use a crockpot
  13. watch more NCIS
  14. finish my AA degree
  15. pass all my classes
  16. Go to my 20th High School Reunion
  17. Go to my 30 year class reunion
  18. get faster Internet service
  19. have a job where i travel
  20. update my resume
  21. Learn how to succeed in a job interview.
  22. get a job without having to interview for it!
  23. mow my lawn
  24. Prune my fruit trees
  25. stay up all night and watch the sunrise
  26. walk 5 miles
  27. learn MS Project
  28. Buy a new computer
  29. Master Photography
  30. change my hair color
  31. Find $100 in change
  32. Harvest my sunflowers
  33. order room service from a hotel
  34. Stay in a hotel room that has its own whirlpool
  35. travel for free
  36. bake bread
  37. bake zucchini bread
  38. Freeze or dry herbs from my aerogarden
  39. grow thyme
  40. grow a pumpkin
  41. have a kitten
  42. organize my books
  43. Move across the country
  44. review my Things
  45. raise money for a non profit
  46. Learn some basic Italian words.
  47. Make kimchi (kim chee)
  48. learn to walk in heels
  49. water my houseplants
  50. make hush puppies from scratch
  51. watch southpark
I completed 51 things:
  1. Give 1000 cheers
  2. sleep!
  3. paint my house
  4. get my teeth cleaned
  5. Document my gardening, landscaping, and all of that kinda stuff
  6. make an emergency kit for my cars
  7. Meet my first grandchild
  8. read a book to a child
  9. photograph wildflowers
  10. learn to ride a motorcycle
  11. wax my legs
  12. buy and use a crockpot
  13. watch more NCIS
  14. finish my AA degree
  15. pass all my classes
  16. Go to my 20th High School Reunion
  17. Go to my 30 year class reunion
  18. get faster Internet service
  19. have a job where i travel
  20. update my resume
  21. Learn how to succeed in a job interview.
  22. get a job without having to interview for it!
  23. mow my lawn
  24. Prune my fruit trees
  25. stay up all night and watch the sunrise
  26. walk 5 miles
  27. learn MS Project
  28. Buy a new computer
  29. Master Photography
  30. change my hair color
  31. Find $100 in change
  32. Harvest my sunflowers
  33. order room service from a hotel
  34. Stay in a hotel room that has its own whirlpool
  35. travel for free
  36. bake bread
  37. bake zucchini bread
  38. Freeze or dry herbs from my aerogarden
  39. grow thyme
  40. grow a pumpkin
  41. have a kitten
  42. organize my books
  43. Move across the country
  44. review my Things
  45. raise money for a non profit
  46. Learn some basic Italian words.
  47. Make kimchi (kim chee)
  48. learn to walk in heels
  49. water my houseplants
  50. make hush puppies from scratch
  51. watch southpark
I wrote 34 entries:
  1. Is it hormones? on write my autobiography
  2. Both in journals and on my blog on Document my gardening, landscaping, and all of that kinda stuff
  3. Didn't gain on work travel, but... on lose weight
  4. On vacation and... on learn how to build a house
  5. The Urban Ag Craze has... on write a book
  6. 440 so far on do 500 things
  7. Not sure when I'm moving; however... on Simplify, declutter, organize and downsize in preparation for MOVING
  8. Not sure if I like it better than shaving or not on wax my legs
  9. Hush puppies! on learn to cook. Really cook.
  10. Chicken Cacciatori in the Crock Pot on learn to cook. Really cook.
  11. At what point can I consider this done? on learn to cook. Really cook.
  12. University of Phoenix on finish my AA degree
  13. 962 on Give 1000 cheers
  14. We lost one yesterday who served with my husband on Support my soldier husband
  15. Got a bunch of cards to send out on receive postcards from other people around the U.S. and the world!
  16. 985 on Give 1000 cheers
  17. Feels like forever on clean my room
  18. Egg Rolls on learn to cook. Really cook.
  19. I Did It! on Give 1000 cheers
  20. Time to start a time line on Move to Tennessee
  21. Walking again on lose weight
  22. Reaping the fruits of my labors on receive postcards from other people around the U.S. and the world!
  23. 470 on do 500 things
  24. The project is ballooning on write my autobiography
  25. Threw out a bunch of old magazines on Simplify, declutter, organize and downsize in preparation for MOVING
  26. Reopening this goal on Own my own business
  27. Walked 2 miles yesterday on lose weight
  28. Packed up ... on Simplify, declutter, organize and downsize in preparation for MOVING
  29. South America - Check! on receive postcards from other people around the U.S. and the world!
  30. New Zealand! on receive postcards from other people around the U.S. and the world!
  31. Done! on sleep!
  32. version 1 of the timeline posted on my bathroom door on Move to Tennessee
  33. Moving Quote on Move to Tennessee
  34. Lost that pound for this week! on lose weight
I wrote 1 How I Did It entry:
  1. How to buy and use a crockpot
I received 101 cheers
I gave 82 cheers
October
I added 19 things:
  1. Donate money to JDRF
  2. read Wuthering Heights
  3. learn to do my own taxes
  4. make fresh squeezed orange juice
  5. Walk 3 miles
  6. have my blog read and commented
  7. become a project manager
  8. take a programming class
  9. play in the snow
  10. Go white water rafting
  11. visit the smoky mountains
  12. visit point reyes
  13. buy a digital microscope camera
  14. sleep in the sun
  15. prepare my own sushi
  16. learn to ride a motor cycle
  17. Buy a Mac Book Air
  18. Get a flatscreen monitor.
  19. have a garden
I completed 20 things:
  1. take a road trip
  2. do 500 things
  3. Donate money to JDRF
  4. read Wuthering Heights
  5. learn to do my own taxes
  6. make fresh squeezed orange juice
  7. Walk 3 miles
  8. have my blog read and commented
  9. become a project manager
  10. take a programming class
  11. play in the snow
  12. Go white water rafting
  13. visit the smoky mountains
  14. visit point reyes
  15. sleep in the sun
  16. prepare my own sushi
  17. learn to ride a motor cycle
  18. Buy a Mac Book Air
  19. Get a flatscreen monitor.
  20. have a garden
I wrote 16 entries:
  1. Made a fritata last weekend on learn to cook. Really cook.
  2. 488 on do 500 things
  3. No gain on business travel on lose weight
  4. In line with the Use it or Lose it theme... on receive postcards from other people around the U.S. and the world!
  5. Checking things off of the list on Move to Tennessee
  6. And for number 500 on do 500 things
  7. Good start to the week on lose weight
  8. Why am I keeping this? on Simplify, declutter, organize and downsize in preparation for MOVING
  9. 1/2 mile this morning on lose weight
  10. 7 lbs in 7 weeks! on lose weight
  11. Going to start saving for this on Buy a Mac Book Air
  12. I think my road trip may end up being... on take a road trip
  13. Major Milestone For Moving This Weekend on Simplify, declutter, organize and downsize in preparation for MOVING
  14. Well, at least I'm picking UP the clothes now? on stop throwing clothes on the floor
  15. Coq a vin in a crock pot on learn to cook. Really cook.
  16. Simple Fried Chicken on learn to cook. Really cook.
I received 34 cheers
I gave 27 cheers
November
I added 2 things:
  1. send post cards to my family and friends more often
  2. Put all of my garden journals online
I completed 2 things:
  1. receive postcards from other people around the U.S. and the world!
  2. Grow younger
I wrote 16 entries:
  1. Or maybe not? on learn to make tamales
  2. Trashed more trash! on Simplify, declutter, organize and downsize in preparation for MOVING
  3. Tamales are not a weight loss food on lose weight
  4. I'm now my real age on Grow younger
  5. Too difficult keeping up with PostCrossing on send post cards to my family and friends more often
  6. If i do this while sending post cards on say thank you to the people who have made a difference in my life.
  7. The never ending paperwork on Support my soldier husband
  8. Adding Pictures! on write my autobiography
  9. Wrote and stamped two today on send post cards to my family and friends more often
  10. Mile walk/run two days in a row on lose weight
  11. Had a great growing season - now it's time for winter on have my own land and be self-sufficient
  12. I have years and years of garden journal entries... on Put all of my garden journals online
  13. Left Out A State... on visit all 50 states
  14. Pot luck and eating out on lose weight
  15. Encouraging words on Do 43 acts of kindness
  16. Only gained 2 lbs for Thanksgiving on lose weight
I received 40 cheers
I gave 22 cheers
December
I added 4 things:
  1. find a new and better job
  2. drive while barefoot
  3. Make a list of 100 things about me
  4. evernote everything
I completed 2 things:
  1. Make a list of 100 things about me
  2. evernote everything
I wrote 14 entries:
  1. Lost those 2 Turkey Day Pounds on lose weight
  2. Box of Books for Craig's List on Simplify, declutter, organize and downsize in preparation for MOVING
  3. I want a job on find a new and better job
  4. Two more boxes of books gone on Simplify, declutter, organize and downsize in preparation for MOVING
  5. Christmas Gifts from Amazon on Simplify, declutter, organize and downsize in preparation for MOVING
  6. Revising Resume on find a new and better job
  7. Can I do this in one fell swoop? on Make a list of 100 things about me
  8. That wasn't too difficult on Make a list of 100 things about me
  9. Continuing on Put all of my garden journals online
  10. Enchildada Caserol on learn to cook. Really cook.
  11. This is Terrifying! on find a new and better job
  12. 1st Pound for the New Year on lose weight
  13. Maybe Not on find a new and better job
  14. Putting my notes into Evernote on Design my dream house
I received 23 cheers
I gave 19 cheers

 

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