The List...

So here it is.....my list of 101 things.
Let the Games begin.........

1. Finish CPA Accreditation


2. Read Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (unabridged)


3. Read Margaret George's historical fictions of: Mary, called Magdalene ; Henry VIII ; Mary Queen of Scotland


4. Eliminate credit card debt


5. Couch to 5K running programme


6. Run a 5K Race


7. Run a 1/2 marathon (13.1 miles)


8. One month no Coca-Cola


9. Watch Roots


10. Complete NaNoWriMo


11. Read Ayn Rand; Atlas Shrugged


12. Daily 365 photo project


13. Devote one hour a day to quiet time (reading, knitting, meditating)


14. Decrease current yarn stash by 1/3


15. Don't buy new yarn until remaining stash is decreased by 1/2


16. Find a Signature dinner recipe from The Silver Spoon and learn how to make it from memory


17. Learn to Fry Chicken


18. Simplify makeup/face care routine


19. Switch all household cleaners/detergents to all natural based products (i.e Mrs.Myers)


20. Join a volunteer service organization and become an active member


21. Take a Yoga class for one month (four consecutive weeks)


22. Knit socks for Mom


23. Knit socks for Aunt Doreen


24. Knit socks for Aunt Dolores


25. Bring breakfast and lunch to work for one month (put money normally used for buying meals in savings)


26. One night a week without TV for three months


27. Set a budget for a week of expenses and pay using cash only


28. Learn how to make a South Indian Chicken Curry


29. Purge unused articles of clothing and donate to Goodwill or consignment


30. put 3 months income into savings


31. Attempt one full week of crossword puzzles from the NY Times


32. Increase water consumption to 2 Litres a day


33. Decrease post consumer waste and use reuseable beverage containers (for Starbucks and Water bottles.)


34. Knit a lace shawl (Muir)


35. Give 10 "just because" gifts (under$10) to friends or family members (1/10)


36. Attend a Wine Tasting at Grape+Bean


37. Take Tennis Lessons


38. Make a Meringue Dessert Pie


39. Learn to make the Perfect Extra Dirty Martini (shaken not stirred)


40. Learn to make the Perfect Frozen Margarita


41. Watch all the James Bond DVDs


42. Throw four darts at a map of Europe. Visit the location where one of the darts lands


43. See a performance at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts


44. Scuba Diving Certification


45. Buy something from an antique store and refurbish it


46. Pay to get my car detailed


47. Upgrade to a "pro" account on Flickr


48. Go tubing


49. Learn how to properly calculate gauge from a yarn swatch


50. Get professional teeth whitening


51. Go on a picnic


52. Hike through the Shenandoah/Luray Caverns


53. Take an Introduction to Pottery class


54. Have "High Tea" at the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown


55. do a Smithsonian "museum crawl"


56. Attend an After-Hours event at the Hirshhorn Museum


57. Attend a performance at Wolf Trap Amphitheater


58. Participate in a walk for charity


59. Make fudge (possible recipe)


60. Learn double knitting technique


61. Get proper athletic shoes from a specialty running store


62. Design a felted messenger bag


63. Knit messenger bag (of my own design)


64. Master how to use a corkscrew without breaking the cork in the wine bottle


65. Make an authentic Chicken Pot Pie (from Joy Of Cooking)


66. Make an authentic Beef Pie (From Joy of Cooking)


67. Scuba Dive in Thailand


68. Attend an event at Busboys and Poets (i.e poetry reading, author book signing etc)


69. Eat a candle-lit dinner at home


70. Host a dinner party


71. Buy an original piece of art from a gallery


72. Create various play lists on my iTunes (rather then just have them all listed under Music)


73. Listen to every song on my iPod


74. Host a Scrabble competition


75. Have a professional henna application on my feet


76. Donate an entire cart of groceries to the food bank


77. Go paddle boating during Cherry Blossom season


78. Put all the souvenir postcards from my international travels in a framed collage


79. Take an IQ quiz


80. Buy a Dyson vacumn cleaner


81. Go to bed before 10pm for one month


82. Visit the National Aquarium in Baltimore


83. Purge (donate/freecycle) 101 personal things (not including clothes or housewares)


84. Only purchase one item of clothing a month for six months (consecutively)


85. Read 5 books from The Modern Library's list of greatest novels of all time


86. Learn how to PhotoShop


87. Go through my makeup drawer and throw out unused products. Don't buy new products until all old products have been used


88. go skinnydipping


89. Adopt a Hippo


90. Put an entry into the County Fair


91. Learn how to make three different varieties of salsa


92. Go to a Murder Mystery Dinner show


93. Take a tour of Virginia wineries


94. Support handmade crafts (buy birthday/holiday gifts from etsy or local market vendors)


95. Read all my old W magazines cover to cover and recycle/freecycle when finished


96. Learn the Rosary


97. Take a class in something I have never tried before


98. Learn to snowboard
99. Order personalized stationary/notecards
100. Play Paintball
101. Buy a Diane Von Furstenburg dress suitable for fall/winter