Mmm...

Well...I had hoped to fill out even more items on my list by now. But, I guess I'll have to come up with the other 51 things by tomorrow. At least I have the list of foods and restaurants squared away:

10 Foods/Restaurants To Try

41. Basta Pasta
42. Canter's Deli
43. Chomp
44. Father's Office
45. Five Guys
46. The Gypsy Den Cafe
47. Mashti Malone's Ice Cream
48. Philippe's
49. terducken
50. Three Drunken Goats

Where I Stand...

Okay...I really do want to get started on my 101 (tasks) in 1001 (days) list...and I'm really making January 1 the hard deadline to start this thing. But, not including today...that leaves 3 days to fill out my list. This is what I have from my previous posts...

10 Things To Organize

1. CDs - catalog, import them to an external hard drive and store them in one place
2. DVDs - catalog and store in one place
3. VHS Tapes - throw out the warped tapes and digitize any personal videos
4. Budget - go through old receipts and figure out my spending habits
5. Closet - toss or donate old clothes
6. Digital Photos - find them all and store them in one place
7. Printed Photos and Negatives - digitize and store in one place
8. Theatre Window Cards - find them, store them in one place and start hanging them up
9. Magnets - find all the magnets I've collected in my travels and trips to the theatre and display them in one place
10. Garage - clean out the garage

10 Things To Photograph

11. 100 strangers
12. hummingbird
13. rainbow
14. meteor shower
15. lady bug
16. a pretty good self portrait
17. a cool underwater shot
18. a nifty looking tattoo
19. autumn landscape/tree scape
20. puppy

10 Movies To Watch

21. Citizen Kane
22. Lawrence Of Arabia
23. Vertigo
24. A Star Is Born
25. All That Jazz
26. Moulin Rouge
27. 2001: A Space Odyssey
28. Ben-Hur
29. Grey Gardens
30. Our Town

10 Books To Read

31. The Bible (in chronological order)
32. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
33. The Count Of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
34. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
35. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
36. North and South by John Jakes
37. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
38. Silas Marner by George Eliot
39. The Sound of Their Music: The Story of Rodgers and Hammerstein by Frederick Nolan
40. Twelve Ordinary Men by John MacArthur

So that means I have 3 days to come up with 61 more things. No problem! ;) But...if you happen to read this blog in the next 3 days...I could sure use some help filling out the list. Here's what I anticipate the rest of the categories to be:

10 Cities To Visit
10 Foods/Restaurants To Try
10 Festivals/Events To Attend
10 Places To Visit (museums, botanical gardens, etc.)
10 Things To Make
10 Things To Try - I haven't thought this last one through...so I may change it to something like "10 Miscellaneous Things" that don't fit in a previous category.

Wish me luck! =)

Mele Kalikimaka

I just wanted to take the time to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! I hope that everyone had a great day celebrating Christ's birth and spending time with family! =)

Home Sweet Home

After a week and a half in Hawaii...I finally made it back home. I know there's no snow storms or anything of the like to complain about, but it is much cooler here in SoCal than when I departed. When the shuttle driver drove us home from the airport, he even pointed out the frost on the roofs of the houses in our neighborhood. Brrr...

And now begins the task of catching up on mail, emails, lyrics, posting pictures and running random errands...especially before Christmas. I'm tired just thinking about it. ;) Ah well...better get cracking...

North, South, East, West

Well...I headed East for a weekend in November and promptly neglected my blog. Now, I'm West of home (in Hawaii) and trying to start it back up again. Aside from lack of internet the next few days, I'm trying to keep up with writing. I'm also trying to fill up my 101 tasks before the end of the year, so that I can start on the list by January 1st. Let's see if all these things come to fruition. ;)

As far as Oahu goes...it's been pretty fun the past day and a half...despite the torrential rains and flash flood warnings. =P I just hope it lets up soon so that I can actually tour the island before we leave...at the very least...I need to visit one of those shrimp trucks I've heard so much about. Oh...and the Honolulu marathon starts in about 5 hours...so I hope the rains let up for the poor souls trying to run over 26 miles.

Alright...I must bid you all adieu before my internet connection runs out...maybe I'll buy more internet time tomorrow. Until next time...aloha. =)