The End of the Year

Just a quick post. I'm off to play some bingo for big money tonight. Hope everyone has a great new year. Stay safe. See y'all next year!

Happy New Year!

A New Beginning

Its been a while since I last made a post. Sorry. I haven't really worked much on my list. Its not that I'm busy, because I'm really not. Even with the holidays coming around, I still find myself with plenty of time on my hands. My only problem is that I'm not motivated. I need to change that... but for now, I will let you all know about my plans for this blog.

I plan to combine this blog with my bucket list blog. Its hard to maintain them blog (plus all my others as well). And since the topics are pretty much the same, I figure it won't be too bad of a change. For now, I will keep it dedicated to my challenge, and just have the bucket list as a side part. Later on down the road, I might dedicate it to my bucket list, but for now, it will stay dedicated to my challenge.

I have some updates to my challenge, but they are minor ones, so I'm not gonna blog about it. They aren't completed goals, just updates. Also, I will be changing around the layout a bit, to accommodate my bucket list. From now on, in my menu bar, my challenge list will be referred to as "101 in 1001 List" and my bucket list will be "Bucket List". Simple, right? So, no more "master list" because that would be too confusing.

Alright then. Hopefully I will make a post by tomorrow night. If not, then I will see y'all after Christmas. I have a photobook to make before Christmas eve, and a contest that ends the day after Christmas. I will be plenty busy in the next week. Happy Holidays!

December To-Do List

001. Finish 2 books
006. Finish a suggested book
009. Finish a book on Kitsap C. history
014. Find some more quotes
016. Accomplish month 4
018. Lose 10-15 pounds
027. Have at least one internet break
032. Donate blood
035. Have a total donation of at least 10,000
052. Take a trip to Hawaii
061. Watch at least 5 movies
063. Finish season 6 and season 7
068. Watch at least 5 movies
088. Send a postcard to PostSecret
090. Write a short story

Monthly Updates for November

Sorry again. I really have been neglecting my blogs. Hopefully I will have more to update tomorrow now. Anyways, here is my monthly update for November:

001. Read 50 books [2/50]: I finished another book. I guess I have been reading one book a month. But that isn't good because there are only 34 months in my challenge and I need to read 50 books. I am going to make sure to read at least 2 books this month of December.
016. Don't eat fast food more than twice a month, each month [3/34]: Accomplished month number 3. This one isn't very hard for me since I don't really have any money to spend.
018. Lose 50 pounds [8/50]: I've lost 8 pounds since the start of my challenge. Well, actually, I think I only started weighing myself in October, but I'm not exactly sure when. This actually has been surprising because I don't exercise. All I do everyday is wake up and blog, eat, and sometimes go to school. I mainly sit around and go on the computer. So I don't know why I'm losing weight, but I'm happy.
027. Take 10 one-day breaks from the Internet [3/10]: I accomplished two internet breaks in November. Hopefully I can accomplish another one this month.
034. Send 50 postcards via http://www.postcrossing.com/ [50/50]: COMPLETED! I accomplished this task on November 11th. However, this does not stop me from sending more postcards.
035. Donate 100,000 grains of rice at http://www.freerice.com/ [4,160/100,000]: I donated 2060 grains of rice in November. I hope to bring my donation up to 10,000 by the end of December.
061. Watch 26 movies starting with each letter of the alphabet [13/26]: I watched 4 movies in November. This month, I plan on making a list of movies to watch, so later on I don't have to stand around trying to figure out which one to watch.
063. Watch all 8 seasons of Charmed [5/8]: I don't normally blog about this one so I'm not sure how many I've watched in November but I think its been about 2 seasons. And I'm almost finished with season 6.
068. Watch 101 movies [6/101]: I watched 3 movies in November. I actually know that I watched more than this but since I can't exactly remember which movies, and on what dates, I'm not going to add them.
070. Watch a movie from the year I was born (1989): COMPLETED! I accomplished this goal on November 13th. Hmmm...I think that was friday the 13th too. Haha, I made sure I stayed home that day.
078. Put $5 in savings for every task completed [$30/$505]: I have been saving up this money, but just last week I finally opening up an account for it. So now, I have $30 in my bank account.
080. Earn $100 from blogging in one year [$19.49/$100] : Since this is a November update, my earnings as of November 30th is: $19.49 and earnings from November is: $6.12. I am actually only counting Adgitize earnings now. I just started writing paid posts from SocialSpark but I won't add those earnings until I get paid. So for now, I will just be updating Adgitize.
096. Reach 50 followers on this blog [27/50]: I don't update this very often either but I think I've gotten around 10 in November. So, thank you my followers!

As you can see, I've done a lot since October, but I haven't accomplished that many. I only accomplished two goals in November. Do you have a list too? I would love to hear about it. Let me know how your list is coming. Do you think I've been on track, or do you think I need to step it up a bit? Don't worry, you won't hurt my feelings. I think I need to step it up a lot. Well, til next time.

Bucket List: Knowledge

**Should equal 50 total when finished

Knowledge
1. Learn how to drive stick shift
2. Research my native american family history
3. Learn how to shoot a gun
4. Read the bible entirely
5. Become fluent in another language
6. Learn how to change a tire
7. Learn how to speak Tagalog
8. Read a book on the history of Kitsap County
9. Read 20 books on different events in U.S. History
10. Read a book on the history of each state
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Education/Classes
26. Learn massage therapy
27. Graduate from college with an Associate's degree
28. Graduate from college with a Bachelor's degree
29. Attend a self-defense class
30. Take a creative writing class
31. Attend a pole dancing class
32. Get certified in at least one geographical area
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Bucket List: Charities

**Should equal 50 total when finished

Charities/Organizations
1. Grow my hair out to my elbows, and donate to Locks of Love
2. Give to charity 20 separate times - cannot include charities listed in this category [0/20]
3. Create a charitable family foundation
4. Donate blood - initial time
5. Donate blood 10 times [0/10]
6. Donate 2 million grains of rice through www.freerice.com [0/2,000,000]
7. Become a Post Crossing supporter
8. Send 50 shoeboxes to Operation Christmas Child [0/50]
9. Volunteer 30 separate times [0/30]
10. Adopt a family during the holiday season
11. Pledge 30 Acts of Green
12. Become a Couch Surfing supporter
13. Donate $100 to www.bookwish.org
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Family/Friends
21. Take parents out for dinner 20 times - and pay for everybody each time [0/20]
22. Send 50 "Just Because" postcards or letters to friends and family
23. Take a trip with my parents - that I pay for
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36. Put change in someone's expired parking meter
37. Compliment a stranger
38. Make a scrapbook for someone else - for free (including supplies/shipping)
39. Donate $5 to a random blogger
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Bucket List: Food

**Should equal 50 total when finished

Food
1. Make a giant chocolate chip cookie - at least 10 inches, and eat it
2. Take a cooking class
3. Make my own salsa - customize a recipe
4. Try every cheesecake on the Cheesecake Factory menu - does not have to be at the same time
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27. Learn how to make 100 different alcoholic drink recipes
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Bucket List: Entertainment

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Nature/Animals
1. Ride a horse on a beach
2. Send a message in a bottle
3. Go treasure hunting with a metal detector
4. Skinny dip
5. Dig for diamonds
6. Go on a safari
7. Go whale watching
8. Take part in a real scavenger hunt
9. Go rock-climbing, real or fake
10. Bungee jump
11. Milk a cow
12. Go parachuting
13. Kiss behind a waterfall
14. Swim with dolphins
15. Climb a mountain
16. Be two places at once
17. Ride an elephant
18. Ride a camel
19. See an active volcano
20. Go on a dinosaur bone dig
21. Go on an archeological dig
22. Watch a solar eclipse, but not directly
23. Build a giant snowman
24. Touch a penguin
25. Attend a real Hawaiian luau
26. Go horseback riding
27. Make a geocache and hide it
28. Find 20 geocaches [0/20]
29. Ride a zipline
30. See a volcano
31. See a pyramid
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51. Fly first class
52. Ride in a hot air balloon
53. Ride in a limo
54. Rent a cottage/cabin on a beach
55. Stay at a Bed & Breakfast Inn
56. Spend a night in a tree house hotel
57. Spend a night on a house boat
58. Camp out on a beach
59. Stay at a 5-star hotel, for at least one night
60. Ride on a train
61. Ride in a helicopter
62. Drive a golf cart
63. Drive on a race track
64. Ride in a horse-drawn carriage
65. Rent a summer cottage
66. Go on dinner cruise
67. Go for a ride on a motorcycle
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101. Have my fortune read by a fortune teller
102. Watch a movie the night it comes out
103. Attend a movie premiere
104. Set a Guiness world record
105. Set/Break a Guiness World record for owning the most of one of my collections - postcards, piggy banks, playing cards
106. Set/Break 5 Guiness World records [0/5]
107. Plan a family reunion
108. Meet someone famous
109. Take "old-time" pictures
110. Sing karaoke in a karaoke bar
111. Experience weightlessness
112. Get a professional massage
113. Teach a class
114. Ride a mechanical bull
115. Read a book in a day
116. Kiss under the mistletoe
117. Kiss a girl
118. Be on a game show
119. Become a member of the audience in a TV show
120. See a baby born - not including my own
121. Attend a photo shoot for my tattoos
122. Have a photo shoot with a someone
123. Throw a fun dinner party
124. Go to/Throw a masquerade party
125. Host a cocktail recipe swap party
126. Get a manicure involving decals
127. Get a professional bra fitting
128. Get acupuncture at least once
129. Attend the midnight premiere of a movie
130. Attend a CD signing and get a CD signed
131. Attend a book signing and get a book signed
132. See Cirque du Soliel
133. Attend the Superbowl at least once
134. Learn how to tango
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Bucket List: Travel

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Travel - modes/general
1. Travel in an RV
2. Road trip coast to coast - have to touch both oceans
3. Throw a dart at a map, and travel there
4. Travel for 3 months straight [0/3]
5. Travel for 6 months straight [0/6]
6. Travel for one year [0/365]
7. Go on a cruise - can't be a dinner cruise - must be at least 3 days
8. Go on a cruise around the world
9. Go on a road trip through at least 7 states
10. Go on a road trip without a preset destination - must be at least 500 miles

United States - general/D.C.
1. Visit all 50 states [7/50]
2. Visit all 50 state capitals 
3. Visit a lighthouse in every state [0/50]
4. Drive through Route 66, from beginning to end
5. See a professional football game in at least 25 states - Pro Bowl & Superbowl count [1/25]
6. See a professional basketball game in at least 25 states [0/25]
7. Go to all of the Six Flags parks
8. Visit the Whitehouse
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1. See a musical on Broadway
2. Go to the top of the Statue of Liberty
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Washington
1. Have dinner at SkyCity - the Space Needle restaurant
2. Go to the top of the Space Needle
3. Visit the Pike Place Market
4. Visit all counties in Washington [10/39]
5. Go to 5 different museums in Kitsap County
6. Visit the original Starbucks in Seattle
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1. Visit LA Ink
2. Visit San Francisco
3. Visit Hollywood Walk of Fame
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7. Visit Graceland
9. See the Northern lights
18. Visit the Hershey Chocolate Factory
58. Go to the Crayola Crayon Factory
59. Go to the Jelly Belly Factory

World
1. Ride in a gondola in Venice
2. See a bullfight in Spain
3. Drive to Mexico
4. Celebrate El Dia De Los Muertos in Mexico
5. Tour concentration camps in Europe
6. See the 7 Wonders of the World [0/7]
7. Visit at least half of all countries in the World
8. Attend the World Cup
9. Attend the World Series
10. Visit Anne Frank's house
11. See the Royal Ballet in London
12. Visit 6 of the 7 continents [2/6]
13. Visit the Vatican and view the Sistine Chapel
14. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
15. Walk on the Great Wall of China
16. Visit Canada
17. Visit Paris
18. View Michelangelo's David
19. Go to Carnivale
20. Go to Oktoberfest in Munich
21. Go to Disneyland in Paris
22. Go to Disneyland in Tokyo
23. See Stonehenge
24. Visit the Amazon Rain Forest
25. Buy a sari in India
26. Have a kimono made for me in Japan
27. Visit Barbados
28. Visit the Bahamas
29. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Mexico
30. Ride on top of a double decker bus in England
31. Visit the Mayan ruins in Mexico
32. Visit Easter island
33. Backpack across Europe
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Bucket List: Shopping

**Should equal 50 total when finished

House/Car
1. Make record album bowls
2. Create a cookbook from gathered recipes that I've tried
3. Transfer home videos to DVDs
4. Hang my own painting
5. Glue a puzzle together and hang it
6. Create a family history book
8. Make pottery
9. Buy a piece of art in an auction
10. Buy a boat
11. Own a car - completely paid off
12. Equip my car with an emergency kit
13. Put up and decorate my first Christmas tree (while living independently)
14. Assemble a first aid kit to keep in the car
15. Have a hammock in my backyard
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26. Own a clear umbrella
27. Buy something for myself from Tiffany's 
28. Buy an iPhone
29. Receive a map card postcard from all 50 states, plus D.C. [0/51]
30. Receive a postcard of all 50 state capitol buildings, plus the US state capitol [0/51]
31. Receive a postcard from all US National Parks
32. Receive a postcard from 100 different countries [0/100]
33. Collect a postcard from all 50 states, from own travel [0/50]
34. Collect a postcard from 30 different countries, from own travel [0/30]
35. Collect 200 piggy banks [0/200]
36. Collect 500 playing cards sets [0/500]
37. Have a DVD collection of 20,000 DVDs [0/20,000]
38. Collect 150 elephant items [0/150]
39. Start and finish a journal - fill it artwork and ideas
40. Buy an article of clothing that costs over $100
41. Buy a pair of Jimmy Choos
42. Buy a pair of shoes that cost over $250
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Bucket List: Home

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Ownership
1. Own a house - with the mortgage paid off
2. Design my own house
3. Own a timeshare
4. Own a vacation house
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16. Live by the beach, within 10 feet - vacation homes can count
17. Live in another country for at least 6 months
18. Live in another country for at least 1 year
19. Live in a foreign country for more than a month
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31. Start my own home library
32. Have a recording studio in my house
33. Create my dream kitchen
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Bucket List: Personal

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Health/Weight
1. Become comfortable dancing in public
2. Wear a bikini in public and feel great
3. Live to see the day of January 1st, 2077
4. Straighten my teeth
5. Whiten my teeth
6. Get my BMI out of the overweight category 
7. Lose 50 pounds [0/50]
8. Complete Couch to 5K
9. Do 100 sit-ups without stopping
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Family/Children
11. Have at least 3 kids [0/3]
12. Get married and have a wedding
13. Have at least 2 grandchildren - 1 boy 1 girl [0/2]
14. Take my grandchildren to Disneyworld
15. Make a time capsule for each of my children, when they are born - they can't know about it, and they can't open until their 18th birthday
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21. Bathe in a tub full of rose petals
22. Have 10 tattoos [2/10]
23. Have a cell phone plan that I actually keep throughout the whole 2-year contract [0/2]
24. Write a letter to the editor and actually send it in
25. Find out my blood type
26. Reach the top 10 for most postcards sent from United States through www.postcrossing.com
27. Send a postcard to PostSecret
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Money
31. Pay off all credit card debt
32. Pay off all debt - except for mortgage
33. Owe nothing to nobody - including mortgage/car/parents
34. Stay out of debt
35. Save $1,000
36. Save $30,000 towards retirement
37. Become a millionaire
38. Have a personal net worth of over $1 million
39. Earn $100 from blogging in one year [$0/$100.00]
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Career
41. Create a magazine
42. Write a book
43. Get a book published
44. Find a way to make a living while traveling
45. Own my own business - from scratch, cannot be a franchise
46. Own a successful business for more than 2 years - cannot be a franchise
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