Given all the other review, preview and goal posts, I thought the new year would be a great time for an update since we are almost at 1 year of marriage. About 330 days down, and another 670 days to go!. On our honeymoon, last February in Cabo, we sat down and day-dreamed a list of 101 things we wanted to do in our first 1001 days of marriage.
DONE
6- Go to a NY Yankees Game (June 2007)
14- H to start a 401(K) (the very last possible day of this year)
16- Start a journal (I began blogging in July 2007)
20- Subscribe to a magazine (H got a Newsweek subscription for Christmas)
26- Clean the carpet (mundane yes, but it’s been done and will need to be done again)
31- Fondue with friends (how we celebrated our birthday last year)
34- Read a fiction novel (You can see that I’ve done that several times over)
40- Take a photography class (Done in June 2007, and you can see where that led!)
47- Run everyday for a month (did this, but might do it again)
54- Go to a small town fair & rodeo (did this with my parents)
57- Subscribe to a travel magazine (we really enjoyed Budget Travel)
62- Visit Alabama (great trip for Thanksgiving)
76- See Dave Matthews Band in Concert (lots of fun, we might do it again)
68- Redecorate our bedroom (bye bye pink!)
71- Give blood (I’ve been great about going every time I’m eligible again)
71- Give blood (I’ve been great about going every time I’m eligible again)
87- Go on a picnic (one of my favorite things to do and we’ve done it several times)
IN PROGRESS
12- Decorate H’s office (has this ever been a work in progress!!??!?!?)
45- Camp at 3 New Parks (we did McKinney Falls, so 2 more to go)
48- Visit grandparents every week (I’ve been better, but not great about this)
50- Write and publish a technical paper (submitted and will be officially published soon)
51- Get Professional Engineering License (waiting to hear on my application, then the monster test)
63- Read a book together (We started a nice short one last night.)
72- Pay off debt (credit cards gone, my car is next and then keep working on our mortgages)
84- Rent 10 classic movies (we’ve joined Blockbuster Total access, so we’ve watched many movies)
90- Review monthly budget (we’ve been ok on tracking this, but will continue to do better)
101- Go to the driving range together (we’ve been a few times)
COMING SOON
~mostly seen on our 2008 Preview list~
1- Run a marathon together (can I convince him to do NY with me?)
7- South America Trip (we might do Argentina again and hit Peru!)
36- Volunteer for politics
46- New Orleans Jazz fest (hopefully in May)
65- Go to an art exhibit (National Geographic Photography exhibit is in town!)
69- Austin City Limits Music Festival (hopefully in September)
74- Do a good thorough spring cleaning
IF WE’RE LUCKY LIST
10- Start a garden
22- Install a sprinkler system
27- Go fishing with my dad
30- Plant some flowerbeds
37- Take Zoe to the beach
77- Upgrade the BBQ Grill
83- Go to a Houston Dynamo Game
88- Couples Massage
100- Visit the Messina Hof Winery
GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: I’m officially registered for my Canadian Rockies photography workshop!
