T - 1: The List

Disclaimer: Some of these things I have done before. Keep in mind that this isn't my Bucket List. Just things I'd like to try, or to do again.

Stephanie's List of Goals, To Be Completed By September 28, 2010, at 11:13PM EST:

1. Dance all night.
2. Write my initials in wet cement.
3. Take a cross country road trip.
4. Swim with dolphins. Completed January 6, 2010.
5. Successfully write and deliver a five minute speech for Human Communications 101. Completed October 21, 2009.
6. Sit through a movie marathon with a BGF (Best Girl Friend).
7. Spend at least three hundred dollars at one time on myself. Completed October 22, 2009.
8. Successfully transfer to a college where I feel comfortable. Completed March 25, 2010.
9. Gain confidence in a bikini.
10. Finish one of my sketchbooks.
11. Write fifty short essays.
12. Pass Intermediate Algebra without blood being shed. Scrapped October 16, 2009
13. Pass College Math without blood being shed. Scrapped October 16, 2009
14. Attend Warped Tour.
15. Sit through an entire game of Monopoly.
16. Sit through an entire Lord of the Rings movie.
17. Spend a day baking.
18. Host a movie night.
19. Make a collage of just pictures.
20. Finish a scrapbook.
21. Find a secret spot.
22. Teach my sister to surf.
23. Teach Samantha to snowboard.
24. Run a half mile.
25. Go to NYC for lunch.
26. Build a fire on the beach in the dead of winter. Completed January 27, 2009.
27. Send my friends a care package at college. Completed September 30, 2009.
28. Go skinny dipping.
28. Learn to take a compliment.
29. Plant a tree.
30. Sleep under the stars.
31. Go deep sea fishing.
32. Go camping.
33. Go white water rafting.
34. Buy a plane ticket to a random town.
35. Get these kittens out of my room. Completed November 14, 2009.
36. Train Oliver to walk on a leash properly.
37. Build a bird house.
38. Be able to look in the mirror and not critize my bulgy hips or stomach. Completed February 3, 2010.
39. Throw some sort of benefit for the American Cancer Society.
40. Make someone cry, in a good way.
41. Give blood.
42. Surprise Ben with a homemade, fancy picnic by candlelight.
43. Have professional pictures done of Ben and I.
44. Swim in clear blue water. Completed January 6, 2010.
45. Buy a water case for my camera.
46. Lend my camera to Ben and actually get it back in working condition.
47. Travel to Las Vegas.
48. Re-read Romeo and Juliet.
49. Dress up for Halloween. Completed October 31, 2009.
50. Spend a rainy day with Ben being lazy in our PJs.
51. Drive to Vermont to get maple products. Completed October 5, 2009.
52. Have my mom's step-dad make us pancakes.
53. Play football with friends.
54. Learn to cartwheel.
55. Re-learn flexibility.
56. Take a yoga class.
57. Join a gym. Completed December 25, 200.
58. Improve my snowboarding skills.
59. Camp out on a playground.
60. Go to the top of the Empire State Building.
61. Do something epic for my birthday. Completed December 30, 2009.
62. Spend New Year's with my friends. Completed January 1, 2010.
63. Go to an all-you-can-eat chocolate buffet.
64. Go on a sleigh ride.
65. Shop at the Mall Of America.
66. Go behind my mother's back and buy everything I'll need for dorm life, so come fall she won't need to spend a penny.
67. Eat Canadian bacon in Canada.
68. See Niagra Falls.
69. Learn to count to one hundred in five different languages.
70. Write a successful blog.
71. Travel to New Orleans.
72. Have friends over for a homemade dinner, like they do in the movies.
73. See the Grand Canyon.
74. Save money.
75. Save two-thousand dollars for a road trip.
76. Save three-thousand dollars for college.
77. Go whale watching and see a whale leap out of the water.
78. Volunteer.
79. Go horse back riding.
80. Open a savings account and try to put away at least seventy five dollars a month. Completed September 29, 2009
81. Visit the National Mall.
82. Visit Ellis Island.
83. Visit Ground Zero.
84. Go to batting cages.
85. Race go-carts.
86. Take a day and go to open houses, pretending to be VERY interested.
87. Act like the rich bitches my sister and I aren't on our cruise. Completed January 8, 2010.
88. Organize my photos.
89. Be more optimistic.
90. Obtain a credit card and be responsible with it, to start building my credt.
91. Be more harsh with myself when buying needless things.
92. Stop buying food simply because it's there.
93. Convince Mom to kick Rob out so I can move into his room.
94. Creat and stick to a budget.
95. Make new friends.
96. Throw a successful party.
97. Take Lauren for a spa afternoon.
98. Subscribe to Glamour magazine and start displaying my very secret love of fashion. Completed September 29, 2009
99. Buy a vintage dress. Completed November 6, 2009.
100. Paint a picture I'm proud of.
101. Tie-dye socks, shirts, sheets, sweats.
102. Buy something I really don't need, but desperately want.
103. Pass the CLEP test.
104. Make a snowfort.
105. Get an article published in a magazine. Completed January 12, 2010.
106. Do something romantic for Valentine's Day. Completed February 14, 2010.
107. Make blankets like I used to. Completed October 11, 2009
108. Learn more about Etsy.
109. Patronize local buisnesses.
110. Send a message in a bottle.
111. Grow my hair out past my shoulder blades. Completed February 17, 2010.
112. Whiten my teeth.
113. Stop swearing.
114. Clean the house from top to bottom for my mom.
115. Feel healthier.
116. Complete a spin class.
117. Go hiking.
118. Run.
119. Go apple picking.
120. Go pumpkin picking. Completed October 26, 2009.
121. Carve a pumpkin. Completed October 26, 2009.
120. Go on a Haunted Hayride.
121. Get my mom's recipe for cranberry bread. Completed November 11, 2009.
122. Successfully copy my mom's recipe for cranberry bread. Completed November 11, 2009.
123. Go to a club.
124. Edit a video to 'Weightless' by All Time Low.
125. Get absolutely crazy in Sam's basement like the time when Ben was grounded and we had a dance party.
126. Take a long, scenic bike ride.
127. Spend a night on Sketchy Island.
128. Master 'The Secret'.
129. Go on a big date. Completed November 15, 2009.
130. Throw a mini Halloween party. Completed October 31, 2009.
131. Dress up and walk around town.
132. Go mini golfing in my prom dress with Alli.
133. Curl my hair successfully.
134. Be completely silet for 24 hours in honor of people I've lost.
135. Have a dance party with my sister. Completed January 4, 2010.
136. Go ice skating.
137. Sail in a race, even if it's against a friend.
138. Feel needed.
139. Jump off the end of a dock.
140. Go snow tubing.
141. Go down an alpine slide.
142. Learn to play a song on the piano.
143. Take my dad out to dinner for once.
144. Stay a night in a teepee, whether homemade or not.
145. Visit an American Indian reservation.
146. Go to a party and just crash there, instead of leaving like I always do.
147. Make a list of 20 movies people are astonished to learn that I haven't seen, and watch them all.
148. Start re-collecting Disney movies.
149. Sew my own Ugly Doll.
150. Buy my dad a real Christmas gift. Forget shirts! Completed December 22, 2009.
151. Look like an American Eagle model.
152. Solve a Rubix cube.
153. Begin a novel.
154. Snorkel.
155. Own a wardrobe I'm proud of.
156. Learn the drums on Rockband on medium.
157. Get a massage.
158. Finish painting my room. Completed January 8, 2010.
159. Have a real bed again. Completed January 8, 2010.
160. Skydive.
161. Participate in a charity walk.
162. Create a video with Twig like her Don't Matter one.
163. Get a season pass for a mountain.
164. Change a tire.
165. Re-read To Kill A Mockingbird, The Scarlet Letter, and The Things They Carried.
166. Sleep on a hammock.
167. Play a song on the guitar.
168. Walk to the end of Long Beach.
169. Get a hotel room and act like a tourist in my own town.
170. Go to Boston by myself, first by car and then by train.
171. Bike ride on the Rail Trail from start to finish.
172. Spend a day at Heritage Museums.
173. Make a table out of a board game.
174. Follow an entire season of a TV show.
175. Go sledding.
176. Build a snowman and not let Ben deface it.
177. Get a new luggage set.
178. Stop texting in the car.
179. See a concert.
180. Fly in a small plane.
181. Watch a thunderstorm.
182. Read a book over 1000 pages long.
183. Babysit.
184. See a play.
185. Eat better.
186. Make another photo album.
187. Read a series.
188. Watch Twilight.
189. Spend an entire night watching scary movies.
190. Go surfing.
191. Spend an entire day on the beach.
192. Watch fireworks with Ben.
193. Spend the night in Boston.
194. Buy and keep up with a planner. Completed January 25, 2010.
195. Buy a daily calendar for 2010.
196. Start watching America's Most Wanted again.
197. Sing on expert on Rock Band.
198. Take a cake-decorating class.
199. Kayak.
200. Have a fun, spectacular, amazing year.

It's time for bed, for now. Tomorrow, I will start my year.

!!!!! RGs:
12. Eliminate the word 'Like' from my vocabulary as a filler.


***** Mini Goals:
a. Find the perfect gift for Benjamin. Completed November 23, 2009.