I started this list a year ago, and I'm getting there. Here goes a count down of the dones and almost-dones:
3) Write and maintain a website - really ought to update it this week...
4) Learn to implement code using a header file - oh yeah, got it
5) Compile code w/ a make file - sorta, I understand them and when I have some spare time to dedicate, I'll do it..
6) Use multiple source code files compiled through a make file - 5 & 6 will happen at the same time
7) Use a header to input source code from one file to another - done
8) Read and understand a complete work (of any length) by Faulkner - read and understood!
9) Read 10 of the National Book Award winners in fiction (0/10) I'm not checking the tallies, but I'm doing okay on these
10) Read 10 of the Pulitzer Prize winners in fiction (0/10)
11) Read 10 of the Modern Library’s 100 Best Nonfiction (0/10)
12) Have a conversation in Portuguese - much convo in Portuguese happened - mostly in class last semester
15) T.A. a graduate level class
16) Take a language class
17) Present at an academic conference - done as of Monday - aack!
(13 items)
Diet/Food
18) Make a batch of freezer jam -done
23) Make baking bread a habit - when i have time, absolutely, but I'm trying to eat less grain
24) Stay on calorie budget during one of the BF's trips
(16 items)
Exercise
27) Take an advanced pilates class
28) Run a 5K
32) Master a tri-cep push-up - close on this one
34) Work down to 20% body fat (and maintain it for long enough to see if you like it) - coming to the sad conclusion that this may never happen - my body fat shot up when i started running :(
(19 items)
Travel
42) Visit the Field Museum
48) Visit a country whose primary language is not English - Costa Rica
52) Visit 10 Presidential Historic Sites - i'm at about three
53) Go on vacation without a car - Costa Rica
(23 items)
Community
54) Visit the Pizza restaurant near Lake Michigan
55) Visit the Snite Museum
58) Take a local cooking class
62) Visit a local winery
67) Visit Fernwood Botanical Garden
(28 items)
Household
69) Develop a successful composting system
70) Clean the oven twice (1/3)
71) Grow a crop of corn
72) Buy a cactus or other succulent to raise in the house - rosemary plant survived the winter! yeah!
73) Clean and organize the contents of both desks
74) Maintain organization of the desks - i'm doing reasonably well with this
75) Develop and maintain organization systems for all messy zones
(35 items)
Financial
80) Pay off student loans - almost done
81) Pay off my car loan -DONE!!!!
82) Organize and fully document my financial information - umm, sorta
83) Have an emergency fund of at least two months wages ($3000) - getting there!
(38 items)
Odie
85) Train Odie to come when called - mostly!
87) Train Odie to stay at doorways - she is SO good at this
90) Take Odie on a vacation - Christmas in Chicago!
(41 items)
Personal Challenges
91) Spend a week without the internet - I should do this in May. Can't work with no internet!
92) Watch no television for one month - did this!
93) Drive in downtown Chicago - did this, but Sunday morning near the museums, not difficult.
(45 items)
Miscellaneous
97) Have pants tailored
98) Reconnect w/ an old friend
100) Give a thoughtful and random gift to a friend (3/5) - i've been surprise gifting people chocolate like mad recently, but i should step it up
101) Do not allow yourself to complain of boredom
(49 items)
These aren't all complete, but clearly I should step it up and work on the hard ones. And the easy ones. I am going to take Odie to a new park on Saturday.
