I am a little bit excited about this years list, I feel like the whole idea is taking off… and I like the fact that except for the last couple of months my blog has now made it into its forth year… and just because I really love having a list here is my 2014 list of 100 things that I would like to do/achieve in the coming year.
Once again the list is a mix of things, some of them I have attempted in the past and even blogged about them (my old ‘lists’ can be checked out by clicking the year 2006, 2007, 2012 and 2013), and some of them I have never done or at least haven’t done for a long time. As always it’s a mixed bag of all things weird, normal and wonderful… Things are always more fun when they are done with someone else, so if you see anything on the list that you might want to try… let me know!
Hopefully as the year goes by I will once again be able to tick them off this not so little list and put a photo or a blog up about it… so here it is… the 2014 list:
- Do the 1000 steps
- Make a loaf of bread
- Use my day off productively
- Cook dinner at least once a week
- Do mine and Dave’s family trees
- Try a green juice
- Go to two weddings
- Eat something from my veggie garden
- Run 5km without walking
- Be a more informed consumer
- Go 1 week without a sometimes food
- Embrace home cooking
- Read the New Testament
- Stop back dating blogs…. Post it when it happens or not at all
- Go Low FODMAP for a week
- Do another boot camp
- Get a sun reflector for my car
- Help someone set up a blog
- Review the books I read on amazon
- Send one handwritten note of gratitude to someone each month
- Complement a stranger everyday for a week (different strangers otherwise it would be creepy)
- Break a rule
- Swim 50km, not all at once, but over the year
- Update my resume (Not because I want a new job but to reflect on my accomplishments)
- Walk/Run 300km
- Buy a house
- Do another fun run
- Cuddle a baby less than 6months old
- Get a massage
- Be Vegan for 24 hours
- Go in a sea vessel… Kayak, Canoe, Paddle boat… whatever
- Go out in country Victoria for the day
- Build a sand castle
- Write at least 3 letters to my prayer pal
- Play a board game with friends
- Enter a colouring competition
- Make a cushion
- Cook fish
- Learn a song on clarinet without Dave’s help
- Plant something in the garden
- Play Mini golf
- Follow through with Dave’s Christmas present again
- Take Dex for a play date with Abe or Diesel
- Learn a song on the guitar
- Go to Costco
- Try 1 recipe from each recipe book I own
- Take Dex for a walk every week
- Work as a teacher
- Get some fresh flowers to brighten a room
- Hire a bike and ride around the city
- Get a fake tan
- Go to a pump class
- Go to a spin class
- Do something truly Melbournian
- Make my own advent calendar
- Find a train free route to work
- Get a timer for our Christmas lights
- Go to Bright
- Put Pa’s videos on DVD
- Try Pilates
- Use my new paper diary more effectively
- Be better at visiting my grandparents
- Go to the cricket
- Cook all meals at home for a fortnight (no lazy takeaway or eating out just because)
- Go fruit picking
- Get awesome Christmas jumpers for Dave and I
- Start my Australia camping pictures map
- Go camping
- Walk across the bridge in Kilcunda
- Go to a cemetery
- Join a book club
- Read 12 books
- Try some regular yoga
- Do 5 different exercise classes
- Do a trail walk/hike
- Go a month without playing games on my phone
- Put some nets on my veggie patch
- Take a photo everyday
- Get there and stay there
- Have a picnic in the backyard
- Swim in the ocean at least 5 times
- Actually finish our wedding guest book
- Update our displayed photos
- Keep my corner clean
- Pretend to be a morning person
- See the movie Frozen
- Exercise 4 times a week
- See ‘Saving Mr Banks’ at the movies
- Have dinner and go bowling with Dustin and Rachel
- Do my chores and pull my weight around the house
- Just stop picking
- Play Super Mario Bros
- Save some of my pocket money each fortnight
- Cook something from each of my Donna Hay magazines
- Try at least one thing from each of my Women’s Fitness magazines
- Do my 2012 and 2013 scrapbooks
- Wash my car by myself
- Go on a push bike adventure with Dave
- Finish going through my cooking magazines and either save them or throw them out
- Drive a bus
So there you go… thanks to all the people who helped me put this years list together, sing out if you want to help cross something off, or if you have a list of your own I would love to hear about it.
Here we go!
The Most Curious George 
It looks like a good one this year.