I started working on my 210 list of things to do after Christmas. Coming up with this list was a bigger challenge than I'd intended. I didn't come up with my entire list, and made my last point be to add to it as I think of things.
Here is my list! Each month, I'll let you know what's completed.
My 210 Things To Do in 2010
1. Make a "sticky basket" for my oldest when he gets his braces off
2. Send copy of baseball pictures to grandparents
3. Buy my mom a bird feeder for Mother's Day
4. Make a fast start to boys college fund and make monthly deposits
5. Send an extra $500 to the mortgage principal
6. Make a Will
7. Take an on-line defensive driving course
8. Make curtains for the kitchen
9. Finish journaling in my youngest son's baby album
10. Order blue seashell Christmas Cards from KL
11. Download stuff on my basement computer and upgrade
12. Bake yummy treats for family 24x
13. Keep up with daily spending on spreadsheet
14. Limit DR forum reading time to 15 minutes/day
15. Put out breakfast dishes/food before going to bed
16. Make school lunches, snacks, water bottles night before
17. Limit FB time to 15 minutes/day
18. Volunteer w/boys at church's Christmas shop
19. Go to see family in February
20. Make a fuss over Valentine's Day
21. Take boys for Well Visits using a new doctor
22. Schedule my well visit- DONE FEB.
23. Send copy of basketball pictures to grandparents - DONE 2/1
24. Top of emergency fund
25. Check credit report and credit scores
26. close boys Texas accounts
27. open account here for boys
28. organize and purge Favorite Recipes - DONE 2/9
29. Organize cabinet above dishwasher
30. Organize laundry room
31. Organize coat closet
32. Move photos on computer to a memory stick
33. Research prices for energy efficient kitchen appliances
34. Can we get Sirius to work inside the house?
35. Renew passport
36. Start my bucket list
37. Update Christmas card list and addresses
38. Determine who to send 2010 cards to
39. Clean out Tupperware drawer - DONE 2/5
40. Buy a year's worth of BDay cards & pre-address - DONE, BOUGHT CARDS Jan.
41. Replace master bath towels
42. Organize and update control journal
43. Take boys to Callaway Gardens while it's free admission
44. Clean out dresser in guest bedroom
45. Find a central location for "gift closet"
46. Cut back gardenia bushes before spring
47. Organize photos that I want to hang on walls - and artwork
48. Buy frames for pictures above and hang up on wall
49. use my spa gift card before 2-14-10 - DONE
50. create a playlist for Napa music - DIDN'T GET DONE
51. Get a shelf for the basement storage room
52. Complete 2009 family album
53. Make batches of salsa in summer
54. make batches of jalapeno jelly in summer
55. Spend time with family in June
56. Send gifts for Father's Day
57. Update boys school albums after May
58. Take Christmas Card photo in June while on vacation
59. Dip toes in the sand a drink 1/2 a beer
60. Make a big deal over St. Patrick's Day
61. Have budget ironed out by March 2010
62. Make sure DH goes for a physical
63. purge files in desk
64. Clean out linen closet in hall
65. Clean out linen closet in bathroom
66. Buy pot rack for kitchen
67. Make shower curtain for hall bath
68. Journal in Masters Album
69. Send note cards to MIL at Mother's Day
70. Complete "love drawer"
71. Complete 2008 family album
72. Purchase school days album for DS2
73. Create playlist for summer vacation
74. Clean out my closet 2x/year
75. Clean out DS1 2x/year
76. Clean out DS2 2x/year
77. Have DH clean out his closet 2x/year
78. Write weekly letter to grandmother
79. Send monthly note and pictures to parents
80. When company is having have all meals planned and food purchased
81. Monthly letters to niece in college
82. Make 12 recipes from Julia Child's cookbook
83. Limit fast food trips to 1x/week
84. Clean out TV cabinet in den
85. Give DH a monthly update on income/outgo
86. Be regular church goers
87. Stay current on church pledge
88. Get FIL 2011 family calendar for Christmas
89. Collect 25 goodies for Christmas countdown stockings
90. Buy Christmas gifts with cash
91. Make collage for Christmas card insert
92. make apple or jalapeno apple jelly in the fall
93. Send football pictures to grandparents
94. learn to hand-hook and make a pillow
95. Take family on hike to Amicalola Falls
96. Go to golf club one day for after school snack & homework - first pretty, warm Spring day
97. Paddle down the Chattahoochee with family this summer
98. Rent a beach house
99. Call best friends in Texas every other week
100. Track coupon savings
101. Have 100 no-spend days
102. Have 100 no-drive days
103. Lose 15 pounds this year
104. Pick up house completely every Friday afternoon
105. Keep bird feeders full
106. Keep myself accountable on blog
107. Light candles on Friday afternoons (after picking up)
108. Family Fun Night 4x/year
109. Ear mark $5000 for family vacation
110. Run 365 miles this year
111. Be able to do 12 pull ups by end of year
112. Take a yoga class
113. Take a spin class
114. Take a step class
115. read 50 books
116. Read the book Mere Christianity
117. Sign up to take surveys for money
118. Have 24 Water-Only days (to drink)
119. Have a no on-line shopping month
120. Start list of things I'm thankful for
121. Put sidebar trackers on blog - DONE 2/10
122. Have a no-TV day
123. Have a no-electricity day
124. Buy Rosetta Stone - begin learning Italian
125. Count change in jar and put towards a savings goal - Counted 2/5
126. Organize phone number/address binder
127. Go into city for good cheese/breads 2-3x/year
128. eat from freezer/pantry challenges
129. Contribute to on-line savings account (maybe slush fund?)
130. Table this things to do list until I have more...add to as something comes to mind!!!!
Now -- I've got some work to do! Will post tomorrow how I did with meeting some goals in January!
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