- Replace my broken external hard drive with one that has a minimum of 2.0 TB of space
- Visit and review at least 5 tea shops
- Become familiar enough with tea vendors to properly review at least 5 different vendors
- Obtain 200 followers on Twitter
- Obtain 100 followers on Twitter
- Write each currently expected post at least 1 week in advance
- Ensure every post has at least 1 solid image to help share its glory
- Arrange deals with at least 2 different photographers to have a mutually beneficial arrangement
- Ensure there is a Friday Photo per week
- Ensure there is a Monday NovelTea per week
- Post at least one complete article per week
- Have my personal design for the blog go live, as created by John
- Have 50 site views per day
- Have 25 site views per day
- Obtain 200 followers on Facebook
- Obtain 100 followers on Facebook
- Acquire sunglasses
- Read a book while enjoying the sun at One Mile
- Go on a picnic, even if it's just by myself
- Make a first aid kit to keep in my car for emergencies
- Finish a solid first aid kit for my home
- Karaoke by myself
- Visit the winery that's just outside of town at that monastery
- Beat Super Mario Wii with Mark (for reals this time)
- Make a list of the 4/5 Stormtroopers 365 photos I'd like to order prints of
- Make sushi with Alicia
- Read at least 2 full articles from each issue of Vogue I receive
- Finally hem my polka dot dress
- Get some make up from Bare Escentuals to have available when I want to pretty myself up
- Get more lotion that isn't irritating
- Get a shower curtain (ideally that one I've been salivating over at Urban Outfitters)
- Skype with Greg at least once a month while he's gone
- Attend at least 2 community events in Chico
- Visit with Erika and meet little Cyrus
- Have Adrian cut and color my hair again
- Have a Casablanca movie night
- Get little furniture foot in carpet thingies for the china cabinet (I totally know what this means, even if you don't)
- Frame and hang my Totoro poster
- Ask someone out (even if just for drinks)
- Submit my taxes within 1 week of my W-2 being available (that I am aware of)
- Study my German again, at least a little
- Make something for Glen V
- Get my front motor mount replaced
- Visit Dad, Kim, and the boys
- Have at least 5 posts prepared (or at least started) before pushing the blog live
- Have a "Breakfast at Tiffany's" champagne brunch
- Watch "An Affair to Remember"
- Have a dorky Chick Flick movie night. Ideally with some of my girlfriends, but if none are available, that's just fine
- Send at least 5 proper letters via post
- Make plans with friends more often
- Buy 5 albums of musicians new to me
- Forgive, but don't forget, or I'll be doomed to repeat my mistakes
- Have confidence in myself
- Go camping
- Get back into the habit of performing Yoga at least semi-regularly
- Take a chance at something, even if I don't feel like I will be able to succeed
- Print and frame more photos to hang around my apartment
- Finish re-reading the Harry Potter series once more
- See Christie at least once for a proper visit
- Try 10 new teas that I have never tried before
- Go out on a date
- Begin my collection of antique teacups
- Find a way to advertise my tea blog once it's up and running
- Homebrew at least one beer
- Acquire at least 3 more pieces of Fire and Light dishware
- Write at least 30 reviews of teas on Steepster
- Write at least 10 reviews of books on Goodreads
- Talk to Grandma about perhaps borrowing a painting or two to hang in my home
- Acquire the rest of the seasons of The Guild that are on DVD
- Get at least 2 more of these rad DVD racks from IKEA
- Keep my savings at at least $100 unless there is a legitimate emergency
- Start adding money to my savings account
- Take my Victoria's Secret Card bill to half of what it is and keep it there
- Take my Capital One Card bill to half of what it is and keep it there
- Take my Discover Card bill to half of what it is and keep it there
- Find 24 small things that I would like to fill my advent calendar with
- Make my own advent calendar for December
- Watch at least 5 truly classic films I've never seen before that are not otherwise listed here
- Acquire a can opener that is worth more than $2 and will actually open my cans without ridiculous amounts of effort
- Finally actually provide a recipe for Lynn to add to the Russell Family Cook Book
- See at least 2 of the Puke Hearts in person
- Stock up on wines, even if they're just cheap, drinkable ones from Trader Joes
- Make 5 different recipes from the Russell Family Cook Book
- Hike in Upper Park with a friend
- Go to Bidwell Park to read, relax, swim, etc
- Homebrew a cider. Yes, you can accept help from others
- Ride a horse
- Ride my bicycle to Farmer's Market at least 5 times
- Update my CouchSurfing profile and add more pictures
- Get a plant... and KEEP IT ALIVE for at least a month
- Get something up on the walls of my bedroom (it's so barren right now!)
- Make something crafty for my home. It can be useful, decorative, or whatever. But I have to craft it myself in some way or other
- Go on the Sierra Nevada Brewery tour. (It's free, for Criminy's sake!)
- Reward myself with something fun for accomplishing the previous goal
- Drive patiently for a full day. If I drive impatiently at any point, I must start again the following day until I succeed
- Release at least 1 book into the BookCrossing wild for each month
- Go CouchSurfing at least once
- Go for at least 1 road trip for the purpose of being on the road
- Start incorporating pictures into my blog posts more often
- Bring my camera and take pictures more often, even if it's just a night with the girls.
- Read 10 books that I have never read before
- Purchase at least 3 pairs of socks from Sock Dreams
- Go one whole month without using a single credit card (excluding debit card, since that's my own money, and auto-payments for bills).
- Cook with my new crock pot
- Get a crock pot
- Go two consecutive pay periods spending only the money necessary for bills and living. No unnecessary expenditures
- Learn enough about tea to start a themed blog
- Write blog posts about at least 5 different topics
- Come up with a list of at least 20 topics I could write about in my blog
- Pick up knitting again, even if just to make a couple of items
- Travel to the UK for a jaunt
- Wash (and wax) my car 10 times
- Stop sucking and put together a gift box to send to Greg
- Stop sucking and make sure that Celeste gets her gift box
- Stop sucking and make sure that Sarah gets her gift box
- Create this list with more realistic goals, having learned from the unrealistic things I put on my first list. And yes, this includes being careful with my wording
- Make a point to smile more, even when I don't always feel like it
- Get my legs professionally waxed to understand why people do it regularly
- Release 10 books into the BookCrossing Wild
- Post reviews of books I've read on Goodreads
- Update my Goodreads account
- Finally edit the laser tag footage into an awesome video
- Get my hair cut and colored
- Bring lunch to work at least twice a week
- Do something embarrassing in public
- Get a tin of Honey Trap lip balm from LUSH
- Stock up on Burt's Bees lip balm
- Make a list of things I waste time with and stop doing at least one of them
- Make a solid travel first aid kit
- Make a first aid kit for the house
- Learn some origami
- Remember the good in my memories associated with people and things that now seem tarnished
- Finally karaoke by myself
- Spend more time being physically active
- Build my Net Worth
- Keep up with my new Net Worth Calculator
- Go wine tasting with Mom
- Make a purchase of wine off wine.woot.com
- Don't allow others to determine my actions
- Stand up for myself
- Do something I would otherwise consider "stupid"
- Do yoga once a week
- Attend a Nook workshop
- Have a "Princess Bride" movie night
- Write at least one of my planned "How to Revise Writing" article series
- Read "Eat, Pray, Love"
- Cultivate the friendships I value, despite obstacles
- Read "The Bro Code" cover to cover
- Read "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" ...IN GERMAN
- Print up and re-read my old notes from my Grammar class
- Go one entire month without missing a single Love!Vomit video (and posting them on time, no less!)
- Spend one entire week without watching anything on TV (movies, shows, etc.)
- Fully let go of the B. situation
- Read "Drive" by Dan Pink
- Finish reading "The Way We're Working Isn't Working"
- Get a dresser
- Bake a loaf of bread that actually tastes good
- Organize and play a game of Capture the Flag
- Take a single weekend camping trip by myself with the gear I purchase
- Go to $2 Tuesday at the El Rey at least 10 times
- Determine which of my friends are really my friends
- Buy the basic camping gear I currently lack
- Accomplish all 101 of these goals
- Create a list of all the birthdays I want to remember
- Make Suit Up Night happen
- Get my #WrockWednesdays posted on time every week
- Beat Super Mario Wii with Mark
- Make a meal entirely from ingredients purchased from Farmer's Market
- Finish knitting a pair of socks on the round
- Sift through my things I have stored in Grandma's attic
- Frame the important posters on my walls
- Select the Stormtroopers 365 prints I want, order them, frame them, hang them
- Change my own oil in my car next time it needs changing
- Learn more about how to take care of my car
- Hem my polka dot dress
- Start meeting up with Grandma once a month for lunches
- Have more dinners with Grandma and Grandpa
- Call family and friends to catch up when the thought hits me instead of putting it off
- Come up with a game plan for getting back into school
- Go to Hearst Castle
- Go to the Winchester Mystery House
- Get my Victoria's Secret card down to $0
- Get my Discover card down to $0
- Get my Capital One card down to $0
- Finally make my Peter Pan movie marathon happen
- Host a tea party with friends
- Get a decent tea pot for home use
- Go on the Sierra Nevada Brewery tour
- Agree to do something that I am not comfortable with, but which will not cause any actual harm
- Spend time focusing on improving my writing
- Continue living without regrets
- Get a new bed
- Get my wisdom teeth removed
- Accomplish at least 20 of the items on 100 ways to spend a money free weekend
- Go through my stuff and get rid of what I don't need
- Use the crock pot I plan to buy
- Buy a crock pot
- Plan and cook a full nutritious meal
- Make good use of my new Nook
- Organize a picnic
- Hike Table Top Mountain with friends
- Climb Monkey Face with friends
- Get friends together for a camping excursion
- Take a weekend trip down the coast
- Go out on a date
- Come up with 101 goals
- Write in my blog more
- Read the Narnia series
- Accumulate air tight containers to hold my tea
- Try out different tea experiences
- Learn more about tea
- Organize a sushi making party
- Go skydiving
- Run at least once a month
- Start a book club
- Spend time with my friends more
- Travel to China
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Added a Progress Report to Travel to the UK for a jaunt
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Completed Go out on a date
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Joined the Make a list of everything you own Challenge
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Completed Get something up on the walls of my bedroom (it's so barren right now!)
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Completed Frame and hang my Totoro poster
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Started Beat Super Mario Wii with Mark (for reals this time)
May 7 at 4:22pm
Completed Go on a picnic, even if it's just by myself
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