Happy New Year!
It’s 2015 and it’s List time… This is my 6th list… which I think is pretty impressive! While sitting in an Otaki Motel the other night I started to watch the Movie ‘Julie and Julia’ which I had seen before and even blogged about here… but the same sentiments from when I blogged about it then struck me again. It reminded me why I like to blog, and in fact why I make my lists… not because I want to become a super famous blogger, but because it gives me drive, something to look forward to, some thing to aim for… 100 little goals, some silly, some hard, some fun, some serious and some that just seemed like a good idea at the time, but all things that will shape my year and move me forward when I need a little nudge. If you wanted to catch up on the the journey so far you can check out my old ‘lists’ by clicking the year 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013 or 2014.
The more lists I do, the more I love them and I am really excited about this year’s list because there are some super fun things on it. In fact, I think the 2015 list is one of my most adventurous lists yet as I am taking advantage of the fact that I am starting this year off in the extreme sport capital of the world… New Zealand… not that I am really doing that much extreme sport… just some more adventurous things than I would probably attempt at home. So here is my 2015 list of 100 things that I would like to do/achieve in the coming year.
Just like all the lists that have come before the list is a mix of all kinds of things, some of them are things that I have done previously and just wanted to do again, others are things I have attempted and not quite achieved yet, so they are back on the list again and some a brand new this year. I think there is a nice mix of weird and wonderful, thanks to everyone that helped me put the list together… and as things are better when we do them together if you see something that you might like to attempt with me… sing out!
Hopefully this year I will be a little more efficient at blogging about things are they get crossed off, but we will just have to wait and see… but enough rambling… here is the 2015 list:
- Visit Hobbiton
- Make my own dumplings
- Do another Pinterest craft
- Make my own hot cross buns
- Follow through with the 2015 date box again
- Paint Something
- Eat something I have planted
- Buy lunch at work no more than twice a week
- Go to two weddings
- Order fish at a restaurant
- Try again to embrace home cooking
- Have a weekend away
- Go to some carols by candlelight
- Work as a classroom teacher
- Make the most of my gym membership
- Run 5km without walking
- Do some trivia
- Learn another song on guitar
- Have a picnic in the backyard
- Start collecting and sorting photos of Dave and I’s family history
- See some black sand
- Put some new photos up around the house
- Blow some giant bubbles
- Ride a rollercoaster
- Play mini golf
- See a movie at the drive-in
- Build a sandcastle
- Buy an ice cream from an ice cream truck
- Take a selfie with the selfie stick fully extended
- Go to the beach at least 5 times
- Stargaze while lying on the grass
- Watch the sunset from a beach
- Rent a bike and go on an adventure
- Stay at the Langham
- Go Hiking
- Take a last minute road trip
- Make a playlist for each season
- Bake a cake for someone
- Buy a stranger dinner (e.g. pay for someone else meal at a restaurant)
- Learn a greeting in a language I haven’t spoken before
- Give a heartfelt surprise to someone
- Dance in the rain
- Plant a tree
- Knit a scarf
- Read a book on a subject you wouldn’t normally choose
- Fly a kite
- Write and email/call a company from which I received excellent service
- Go on a romantic getaway
- Help someone in need
- Learn something in sign language
- Wear fancy dress to something
- See two oceans meet
- Go in a sea vessel… kayak, canoe, paddle boat, regular boat… whatever
- Play a board game with friends
- Write at least 3 letters to my prayer pal
- Go fruit picking
- Swim 20km across the year
- Do another boot camp
- Do another fun run
- Walk/run 400km across the year
- Go camping
- Walk 10,000 steps more often than I don’t
- See some fireworks
- Eat a Fijoa
- Go on a luge
- Swim in a thermal pool
- Cook all meals at home for a fortnight (no going out or lazy take away)
- Take a photo everyday
- Play Super Mario Bros
- See a Musical
- Read 15 books
- Try four more local cafes in search of our new breakfast spot
- Try Inverloch’s ‘Red Cup’ equivalent
- Have a mocktail
- Finish unpacking the last boxes
- Visit a country town I haven’t been to before
- Put up some outside lights for christmas
- Keep getting closer
- See Big Hero6
- Use a remote control toy
- See a live music concert… or 4
- Do some colouring
- Go to a live sporting event
- Have a hot jam donut
- Have High Tea
- Cook something from each of my Donna Hay Mags
- Learn a new skill
- Make a photo book of our New Zealand Adventure
- Have at least 5 different groups of people over for dinner
- Ride a push bike without tears
- Complete my sentence a day book for 2015
- Make a teepee or blanket fort and watch a movie in it
- Go to a farmers market
- Go through the alphabet of foods/restaurants/cuisines
- Do something handy at home
- Walk the dog once a week
- Set up our outdoor furniture and eat at it
- Actually read through the New Testament
- See a wild swimming animal
- Touch a volcano
And that’s it… that’s the list… here we go…
The Most Curious George 