Wow, an update.

So, I haven't updated in MONTHS, but a whole lot has happened since March, lol. I graduated, got a job substitute teaching, met new people, done new things... Let's go through what I've done so far:

COMPLETED

1. Finish TWS
That project was a beast... and was the last goal that I wrote about on here, back in March

2. Survive student teaching
I almost didn't. There was a point where I had a total melt down after school one day, but I pulled myself back together and definitely improved myself from it

3. Pass Early Childhood Praxis
Booyah! I am certified to teach widdle ones! I didn't even take any classes for EC, but I still passed the certification exam, haha!

4. Graduate college
AWESOME.

10. Successfully parallel park w/o embarassing myself
I actually did this last week... I parallel parked perfectly. Might have been a fluke, but I am going to count it.

17. Host a party at my apartment
My Fourth of July party was a lot of fun :D

23. Go a month without fast food
I did it back in January/February, but I am going to do it again pretty soon.

28. Take a Tai Chi class
I joined a gym (YAY!) and now take the yoga/tai chi/pilates class several times a week

35. Get my fortune read
I got my tarot read in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. It was really interesting!! It was a lot of good news for my love life, but now I am starting to doubt that all those great things are really going to happen.

36. Go skinny dipping
Okay, so I was totally naked except for a pair of panties. Does that still count? I say yes, since I did it while sneaking into a closed pool. I did this a couple times too.

45. Beat Super Mario Bros. Wii
I love that game!

79. Make a new friend
I've made a couple!

83. Do one thing that I thought I would never do
I honestly don't remember exactly what that thing was that I thought I would never do, but since then I have done a few more also. I'll remain mysterious on this one for a while longer...

88. Find a bra that actually fits
Not only did I find a great bra that fits, but I discovered my problem to begin with. I was fitted and found out that I was wearing the wrong size. I am actually a 38F. Did you know F was even a size??? I didn't.

So excited tonight!!

Well, this is a big moment in my higher education career... I have finished my Teacher Work Sample, the final project between me and graduation!!! So exciting!! That was my very first goal on the list, soooo...

1. Finish my Teacher Work Sample before it is due (completed!!)

and technically, it is before it is due, since it is not due until tomorrow at 10:15am. I wanted to be done much sooner, but it was impossible since I had to reteach a bunch of lessons, it took two and a half weeks... it was the-suck. Oh well, it is done!!

In other goal-related news, I saw three new movies last night. Two that I liked, one that scared the shit out of me (and I do not think being scared is fun, yuck.) I saw Zombieland (hilarious!), Paranormal Activity (the ending scared me shit-less. I had to have my friend walk me to my car, I slept with all the lights on...), and yesterday I saw Alice in Wonderland in the theater.

47. Watch 100 movies I have never seen before (14/100)

Haven't updated in a while

You know how it goes; you get busy and things you enjoy get put to the side. Oh well, time for some me-time.

1&2: Within 1 week I will be done with my teacher work sample, and I am halfway through student teaching!! Huzzah!

13: Wrote another letter! Might write one today.

20: I have lost only 7 pounds since I started this, but that is pretty much with a diet-change only, so that's good.

47: I have seen 11 movies this year. I watched The Box last night with Cameron Diaz, and it is officially the strangest movie I have ever seen. It is not good, actually, it is very frustrating because they never tell you what the heck was going on!!!

That's about it for now. :)

Feed the Vampires!!

I got home today and saw an email in my inbox about a blood drive, so voooom, I was there! LoL, I love donating blood, does that seem strange? :D Today was my 16th donation, that is TWO GALLONS of blood, and 48 lives potentially saved!! I got a little pin, lol.

I almost didn't get to give today. Apparently, my left hand is anemic, but my right hand is not.

61. Give blood at least 3 times a year (1/8)

I have been so busy!!!

I have had like NO time to update this blog, but I am still slowly chugging along through my goals! I completed a big one today:

23. Go a month without fast food -- Completed!!!

Whooo! I miss it a little bit. I am tempted to let myself get it every once in a while, but I am definitely not going back to eating it as much as I used to! I almost stopped for an egg mcmuffin this morning, but I decided against it :)

I messed up on the vitamin one... I missed like three days in a row, so I am going to just start over. Bummer, I was two-thirds of the way through that goal. :(

I never sent that letter that I blogged about in my last post, but I wrote a new one tonight and I am going to pop it in the mailbox when I get done updating on here. So that will be...

13. Write 15 letters the old fashion way (3/15)

That's about it, right now. I am student teaching, so like I said, I am INSANELY busy. I am totally going to bed after I mail that letter. G'night all!

One Month Down!!

Here's the 101-in-1001, month 1 update!!

I have TWO goals completed!
45. Beat Super Mario Bros. Wii
79. Make a new friend

I have FOURTEEN in progress!
1. Finish my Teacher Work Sample
2. Survive Student Teaching (3 weeks down! 13 to go!)
13. Write 15 letters the old fashion way (2/15, gonna write another tonight)
20. Lose 30 pounds (5/30, I weigh myself Monday mornings, so we'll see if that number changes!)
23. Go a month without fast food (22/30, I feel so much better for this!)
24. Remember to take a vitamin every day for a month (21/30)
26. Go for a walk, just because, twice a month (2/66)
38. Read 52 books in 2010 (6/52)
42. Crochet a new afghan
47. Watch 100 movies I have never seen before (8/100)
53. Don't overdraw my checking account in 2010
55. Start a change jar and keep it up
63. Compliment a stranger at least once a month (1/33)
100. Finish a coloring book! (I've got a Winnie the Pooh coloring book!)

Finished reading...

I just finished reading Dear John. I don't know how I feel about this one. In the beginning I was completely pulled in, then the middle on was completely depressing. The ending... I suppose was what it was suppose to be. It left me feeling so sad. And I had to pray that my John never has to feel like that.

But anyway, I read another book, which was pretty impressive considering how insanely busy and stressed I have been. But I need to find time to fit reading in, because I really love to sit down with a book.

38. Read 52 books in 2010 (6/52)

Also been really doing well with remembering to take a vitamin, and I haven't had ANY fast food in 18 days. Go me! Coincidentally (haha) I have lost 5 pounds in two weeks. Kick-ass!

Saw another movie...

My friend Kate and I watched The Notebook. And... well... I didn't like it. It was mostly the ending, it was terrible, way too Hollywood, totally unbelievable. The romance was nice, not even my favorite epic-romance, but it was nice. Definitely not one of my favorite movies. :(

47. Watch 100 movies (8/100)

Good morning!

My three day weekend is over. Back to student teaching today! I would be more excited, but it is 6:30 in the morning...

Finished another book, Slow Hands by Leslie Kelly. LoL, I'm starting to dig romance novels, lol. Next up I am being totally crazy and reading that Dear John book by Nicholas Sparks. Dammit, I'm probably going to cry myself silly, oh well.

38. Read 52 books in 2010 (5/52)

Better news: I lost 2 pounds this week! That was from eating way healthier than I've ever bothered to eat before, so hopefully my goal will really jump-start when I start going to the gym regularly. Yay!

20. Lose 30 pounds (2/30)

Oh yeah, I wrote another letter yesterday...

13. Write 15 letters the old fashion way (2/15)

Movie weekend!

My friend Kate and I decided to be bums and spend a good portion of our weekend sitting on my couch watching movies. :) We were going to watch The Notebook, but I decided that I was in no mood to cry any more than I have been already, so we made a deal that every movie we watched would be a happy one, lol. I got to add 3 movies to my never-seen-before list!

Mamma Mia!
Definitely, Maybe
The Hangover

So that puts me at... 7 movies I've seen so far this year! Yay!

I also made Kate watch Iron Man, which she didn't want to see (haha), and now she's sharing in my love of Robert Downey Jr... damn, that man is gorgeous... :D I'm looking forward to the sequel next May!

I am also doing a great job at avoiding fast food! Other than Friday, where I went out to eat for my friend's birthday at this Italian restaurant and probably ate too much, I have been making my own food and trying to eat healthier. I feel pretty good so far. I doubt I have lost any weight yet, but I am going to the gym 3 times this week, or else!

Happy Friday, everybody!

I had a great day! I hope all of you did, too! And if it was less than stellar, I hope you all can make up for it this weekend!

I watched another movie I had never seen before: My Sister's Keeper. And I must say, although the ending of the movie is more believable, I think the story as a whole totally loses something because of the change that is made. Honestly, I don't think I liked it, at all. I cried throughout the whole thing, but I didn't cry at the end because I was too mad, lol.

47. Watch 100 movies I have never seen before (4/100)

My friend and I are watching The Notebook tomorrow, because I have never seen it. Worried that I'll be crying too much again, so I made her agree to follow it up with a less-cry-inducing movie. I am making her watch Iron Man, because I looooove that movie and she has never seen it!!

Oh! Here's a big one for my goal-reaching:

2. Finish my TWS before it is due
3. Survive student teaching

Both are in progress!!! I have my unit picked out, and lesson ideas already floating through my head for my teacher work sample project. And my first week of student teaching went AMAZING!!! I love this so much! I finally feel like I am an adult, haha.

This is going to sound like an excuse...

... but I have decided to put off giving up soda for another week or two. Well, you see, my mom and dad were totally awesome parents and went out and bought me groceries. And, well, mom picked up a two liter of diet pepsi. Well, it was just sitting in my fridge and it was too much temptation! I reasoned that I would give up fast food first, and then the soda. I won't drink regular soda, which is good because I will be eliminating those empty calories. But I know diet soda isn't much better for you. It prevents me from drinking more water... hmm, I need me a Brita pitcher and a water bottle. Eh, doing this in steps might give me a better chance of success anyway.

So this is the update:

23. Go a month without fast food (5/30)
24. Remember to take my vitamin every day for a month (4/30)

Oh! And just now, I started a new goal:

55. Start a change jar, and keep it through 2010.

It's in a coffee can :)

Back home and getting down to business!

Well, the holidays are over and I have returned from my parents house DETERMINED to living healthier, getting shit done, and accomplishing some of my 101 goals!

Tomorrow (well, today, it is almost 1 in the morning) I am going to start my kick-off month. So in progress will be...

22. Go a month without soda
23. Go a month without fast food
24. Remember to take my vitamin every day for a month

I am going to start going to the gym 3 times a week, and I need to eat healthier for it to have any decent effect, so there! I am not too sad about the soda... I am going to drink a lot of juice and tea. I am also thinking of getting a Brita water pitcher, because I am picky about the water I drink.

Also! Finished another book, Murder Takes the Cake by Gayle Trent, so my goal now looks like...

38. Read 52 books in 2010 (4/52)

The afghan for number 42 is coming along great! I actually might get this done pretty quickly. Right now it is a circle with about a 3 foot diameter.

Yesterday, I also watched a movie I had never seen before with my dad. The Fugitive. So...

47. Watch 100 movies I have never seen before (2/100)

I have accomplished my first goal!!!

45. Beat Super Mario Bros. Wii

Yaaay!!! I beat it! I was so excited, lol.

New in progress...

42. Crochet a new afghan.

I started this pattern that naura posted on MIG, its a very cool hexagon pattern. I have 11 hexagons all finished and connected together! It is very pretty: I am doing a pattern in peacock colors, a dark purple, a purplie-purple, and an aqua color. I will take a picture of the progress next week, when I find a camera.

Quick Book Update

Finished Book 3 of the Year: Carrie by Stephen King. I've been wanting to read it since I saw the movie a year or two ago, and the book was better than the movie. The destruction in the end was far more horrifying.

In other book news, I got my Kindle case in the mail today! I was quite excited. It is way cute, it looks like a journal cover, with bright pink fabric and lime green elastic holding it closed. I love it!

38. Read 52 books in 2010 (3/52)

All I've been doing lately is reading...

... so I haven't accomplished much so far this year, but it has been very relaxing!!!

38. Read 52 books in 2010. (2/52)

I finished Dearly Devoted Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay. It was pretty good, though I certainly don't like Dexter as much in the books as I do the show. He really has no emotion in the book, and the whole reason why he's going to marry Rita??? I don't like it that much, though I must admit it is intriguing...

45. Beat Super Mario Bros. Wii

Still in progress... I am on the final castle in World 7, and there are only 8 worlds! I'll get this one done soon! And then I am going to find a coloring book!

Third day in...

I went to the movies yesterday, so that reminded me that I have to update the blog, haha!

But let's go in order...

13. Write 15 letters to friends and family the old fashion way (1/15)

I wrote a letter to John, sending it to Iraq tomorrow, so I am counting off one of these!

45. Beat Super Mario Bros. Wii

This one is in progress... I am in the process of struggling through the last castle in World 4. I am so addicted!

47. Watch 100 movies I’ve never seen before (1/100)

Yesterday afternoon, my friend Kate and I went to see It's Complicated and it was sooooo hilarious! Meryl Streep is amazingly awesome.

Sadly, none of my heath goals have really been started yet. I am living at my parent's house this week, 200 miles away from my gym membership and my healthier pantry-full of groceries. So I may have to start these next week.

Happy New Year, everybody!

We made it, it is 2010! I am super excited to have 2009 over and done with, and I am looking forward to a big year.

Plus, today is DAY 1 of my 1001 days! And so far the only one I can update on is...

38. Read 52 books in 2010 (1/52)

I finished one book today, a romance novel by Michele Hauf called Kiss Me Deadly. It was quite fun! I had never read a romance novel before, since I wrote them off as being smutty and predictable. But smutty and predictable are two of the best parts of the book, so I enjoyed it.

Good luck to me and everybody in the next 1001 days!