Progress Report #2

Its been about a month since my last update, so I figured another one was due.

13.  Give 10 Giftcards to Homeless- in progress
     I have always felt uncomfortable giving homeless people money.  I love the homeless population, I intern at a crisis shelter for homeless youth.  Yet, giving money just never sat well with me.  Last year I read Under the Overpass and after I started the devotional, My 30 Days Under the Overpass.  It challenges you about how you act and treat other people, specifically the homeless.  One suggestion he gave was to hand out giftcards to McDonald's or something to panhandlers instead of giving them money.  So I want to hand out at least ten $5 giftcards.  The first week in January I went to New York City with Peter and I gave out 2 giftcards.

30.  Do All My 2010-2011 Winter XC Training- in progress
     When winter training started I was determined to do all my cross country training, because next season I want to do my absolute best and have no regrets for my offseason training.  The first month I kicked butt with my training.  But then I got sick, and all my wisdom teeth out one week, and then I went to New Orleans for a week.  I tried my best to get runs in in NOLA, but I was so unmotivated.  I had no push and didn't really care, but I knew once I got to school I would start caring!  Needless to say I did not do all of my training.  After adjusting to my schedule I realized I would not be able to either.  Mike Wilson and I changed it around, so for the rest of my off season I will run at least 5 days a week!

34.  Volunteer Once A Month For A Year-in progress
     Since I went to New Orleans on a missions trip in January I saw that as my volunteer for a year kick off.  We did street ministry, worked with schools, and worked at a house.  It was amazing and I love it down there.  On February 5, 2011 I volunteered at MCFOODS.  Peter's dad works there, it is a food distribution center, people donate food to them, they sort it and give it to food pantries and stuff.  We had to take food from bins and put them in boxes and label them, and then we sorted out bags to hand to schools for food collections.

74.  Spend 20 Minutes in Prayer Everyday For a Month with Journal- in progress
     One thing that really lacks is my prayer life.  When I use a journal to write my prayers each night it really helps me focus and my mind wander less, I can also use it to see the progression of my prayers from day to day.  So finally I bought a notebook and on January 29, 2011 I started to journal my prayers.

Progress Report #1

Hey, so since I started my 101 in 1001 before I started the blog, there are a lot of goals that are already in progress which is good.  Also, as of 1:15 today two of them are complete!!!

23. Help 5 Strangers- in progress
     On New Years Eve I went to CVS  to get something.  There was a man outside next to a motorcycle that said, "Broke Down Need Parts".  I just smiled and walked by.  After I left I had this pit in my stomach.   I saw a man in the freezing cold and I just smiled.  So I went back.  I felt like an idiot as I walked by him again and he said, "back for more?" So I went inside, bought chocolate for Peter's dad and on my way out asked him if there was anyone I could call for him.  He said no and that the part he needs is way too much money at the place that has it and the place that doesn't wont get it until after Christmas.  So until then he was waiting to find a place to stay.  I do not have the money to put this guy in a hotel and my dad would probably murder me if I invited him to stay at our house, because we were leaving.  So I went and bought him coffee and gave him some of the chocolate I bought.  I talked to him, Roger, for a little bit and then left.  I know I could have done more, but Roger said he was really grateful for the coffee.

26. Get my tragus pierced- COMPLETE
     My friend Jenn and I had planned on getting our ears pierced a few weeks ago and we had failed to find the place.  So today we decided to try again.  We ended up finding it and even though she chickened out, I got my tragus pierced!!!

82. Have my own ice skates- COMPLETE
     After asking for ice skates for about 7 years, I finally got them for Christmas.

84. Pray for Healing Everyday- in progress
     I have a friend that I have been friends with forever and she has a disease.  It has just been a fact of life and something that has never hindered us, but is obviously not ideal.  Then one day I realized that in my struggles I rely on God to pull through and make me strong.  I have prayed for speedy recoveries and prayed for peoples health before, yet I have never prayed for healing for something that has no cure.  So starting on December 15, 2010 I have been praying for healing every night.  And I will every night until it is healed, even if that is the rest of my life!

90. Get 10 more shot glasses- in progress
     Both my parents and Peter's parents collected shot glasses.  So we decided to also.  We have a small collection with some from the beach, New Orleans, and the Devils.  For my brother's birthday we went to Dave & Busters and with our extra points we got a new shot glass.  One down- Nine to go!

100. Read 7 Books for Fun- in progress
     As many of you know reading books for fun is a new concept for me.  But I have been enjoying books more and have found certain genres that I like.  This past summer I read A Child Called "It".  So This winter break I read the second, The Lost Boy.  Now I am in the middle of the third, A Man Named Dave.  So far only the second one counts, but I'm excited to keep doing it.  One down- Six to go!

Ready, Get Set, Go!

So besides my Xanga in middle school, this is my first blog.  So if figured what's a better first blog than going through my 101 goals in 1001 days.  No one may ever read this, but I'm ok with that.  It is more to help me keep track and focused and motivated.  I first heard about this through my wonderful roommate and decided to give it a try.  It was actually kind of easy to make this list.  They are not all big, major, life-threatening tasks, but are things I want to do.  I have read through my list multiple times and changed a few things around and this is my finalized list I finished today:

1. Visit Ireland
2. Go to all 48 Continental States
3. Visit Daysi, my sponsored child, in Mexico
4. Go to Las Vegas
5. Go to Chicago
6. Have a savings account with more than $250 in it
7. Support Daysi until she turns 18
8. Tithe 10% for a year
9. Get a credit card
10. Save to send my parents to Europe
11. Pay someone's toll
12. Research 3 things in depth: CF and 2 social justice issues
13. Give ten gift-cards to homeless people
14. Finish the 90210 series
15. Have a real picnic in a park: basket, blanket, and all
16. Watch a hockey game in Canada
17. Drink in front of my parents
18. Get Peter's camera fixed
19. Eat a whole 3 Brother's Pizza with just Peter
20. Watch an SNL screening Live
21. Find my poem
22. Create my own recipe
23. Help 5 random strangers
24. Have a bikini body; my standards
25. Get my conch pierced
26. Get my traigus pierced
27. Do yoga twice a week for 3 months
28. Take a hot yoga class
29. Take a laughing yoga class
30. Do all my Winter 2010-2011 XC training
31. Go paintballing
32. Take an art class
33. Be involved in my own church
34. Volunteer once a month for a year
35. Take a photography class
36. Do a mud-run
37. Do a duathlon
38. Fix the bottons on Peter's pants whenever he asks
39. Try a man vs. Food challenge
40. Go snorkeling
41. Go to Spanish church 5 times a semester
42. Paint a picture outside
43. Paint a portrait
44. Do lego art
45. Write my stories
46. Try to make a viral youtube video
47. Finnish Europe scrapbook
48. Finish sophomore year scrapbook
49. Scrapbook New Orleans
50. Submit a video to Tosh.0
51. Do all my work in one class
52. Take a photo of the sky everyday for a year
53. Speak spanish in a Hispanic community or setting
54. Try a new kind of food with Peter once a year
55. Memorize 10 Bible verses in Spanish
56. Read Bible through a second time
57. Take a Ballroom dancing class
58. Blow Glass
59. Run a race far away- Cannot touch New Jersey
60. Submit Peter's work in a photography contest
61. Gamble in Atlantic City
62. Go real camping
63. Road trip on Rt. 66
64. Visit 10 new lighthouses
65. Participate in the Devil's Super Score-O
66. Run a marathon
67. Run a half marathon in under 2 hours
68. Run a 25:30 5k
69. Run 100 miles each month one summer
70. Rub a sub 30 6k
71. Take a roadtrip eithout a destination
72. Get married
73. Write a letter to someone out of state every month
74. Spend 20 minutes in prayer everyday for a month with a journal
75. Pull an all-nighter with Peter
76. Get Peter to take pictures again
77. Give Peter his Valentine's Day present on time
78. Make something for Timmy
79. Run so hard I throw up
80. Have one day in the summer where I walk or ride my bike everywhere
81. Own a house or apartment of my own
82. Have my own iceskates
83. Get sunglasses in 10 different colors
84. Pray for healing everyday
85. Find a giant twisty shell
86. Take an astronomy class
87. Meet a Devil's hockey player
88. Go skinny dipping
89. Get 5 more foam fingers
90. Get 10 more shotglasses
91. Learn to crochet
92. Get a real job
93. Survive my internships
94. Decide on field of work
95. Sing karaoke
96. Try all Pizza Places in 5 mile radius
97. Get my BSW
98. Get my Masters
99. Make Dean's List one semester
100. Read 7 books for fun
101. Make an igloo

That is my list.  Some may not make sense to you and others you may have no idea why I would want to do that. =) But as I go through the things on my list I will explain each one and keep record of my progress! 

Start: December 13, 2010

End: September 8, 2013