101 in 1001: A Rough Month…

Written by Sara on June 1, 2010 – 10:35 am -

Hello readers! First of all, I apologize for the blogging drought…I’ve been feeling a little overwhelmed with wedding planning (and life changes!) lately, and this blog has sadly been quite far down on my to-do list. I promise, though, the wait was worth it: on Friday, I plan to showcase our DIY wedding invitations, which were sent out to our guests last week! Be sure to tune in for that.

Today, however, I am prepared to give you all an update on my (lack of) progress toward my 101 in 1001 goals project.

Here are the goals I wanted to accomplish for May:

- Make or bake at least one Rachael Ray recipe.

- Try beets…again.

- Learn how to drive a stick shift/manual vehicle.

- Go bowling…and actually try to bowl well.

And here’s the one (yes, one) that I actually completed:

- Learn how to drive a stick shift/manual vehicle.

While my guy has tried to teach me how to drive a manual car before (his lovely old Jeep Wrangler!), he now has a new manual car (yay for Jettas!), so we spent a few hours together driving around a parking lot, and then hitting the main road!

I did rather well (I swear, the Jetta is easier to drive than the Jeep EVER was!), but once I had to take a detour (lame-o South Dakota construction!), I got scared as the car inched up (and then down!) a rather steep hill. Needless to say, that was the end of my driving experience that day.

I really sucked at completing my other goals, so I’m going to leave those on tap for June.

How are you doing on your life goals? Do you have a bucket list?


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101 in 1001 Goals: April Progress Report!

Written by Sara on May 10, 2010 – 9:00 am -

So, as a reminder, here are the goals that I wanted to accomplish in April, and how I did:

- Send my brother Brian at least one care package at college. [OOPS. Um, yeah, didn't do this one. This one's going on the list for the fall semester!]

- Take a trip with my best gal pals. [Well, one of my best gal pals! Jordan's sister Larissa and I trekked up to Minneapolis for a weekend, and had A BLAST shopping!]

- Send flowers randomly to someone I care about. [Check! Sent flowers to my lovely maid of honor and cousin, Kristen, to celebrate her getting her dream job!]

- Buy a pair of wellies. [Yeah, I wish...I just can't justify the spending right now!]

So, 2 out of 4 isn’t bad…right?

On the brighter side, here’s goals that I accomplished without even trying:

- Participate in premarital counseling. [J and I started this in April; read more about our premarital counseling here!]

- Write and mail at least 10 handwritten letters. [Sent 3 more handwritten letters in April, this time to 2 of my Aunts and 1 of Jordan's Aunts!]

- Go on a hike. [I took Wyatt the dog hiking in a recreational area near our house on a supremely lovely day; we had fun!]

- Have a marathon movie-watching session of all of the “Lord of the Rings” series with Jordan. [We watched the LOTR series while designing our wedding ceremony programs!]

- Try at least one new wine every month for one year. [In April, I tried a Malbec! Yummy.]

Here are my goals for May:

- Make or bake at least one Rachael Ray recipe.

- Try beets…again.

- Learn how to drive a stick shift/manual vehicle.

- Go bowling…and actually try to bowl well.

Be sure to tune in again in June to see how I did!


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