RECAP: 50 Things to Do in 115

So how did that list go? Well here are the results:

Complete: 28
Incomplete: 18
In Progress: 4

Pretty good, I think.

I'm spent from going through all 50...new post later.

RECAP of 50 Things to do in 115 Days
In about 115 (give or take a day or two or three- at the rate I'm going with updating), I will be 27 years old. Yikes! So I've made this list- of things I want to do before then. Here it is in no particular order: (And I'm going to refrain from explaining every single one. I hope to dedicate an entry to each one or at least an honorable mention in an entry.)

1. Lose 8 pounds. 6 pounds!
Status: In Progress...still...
Lately I've been thinking about this goal...probably not more than I usually do, which is still more than I wish I had to. Confusing, right? Well, I think I've figured out a goal that I CAN achieve while staying sane.
2. Pass JLPT N5. TAKEN 12/05/10- results TBA but I have a good feeling about this.
Status: Complete
Still waiting for the results but I'm not worried about it. Planning to take the next level this summer!

3. Run in a 5K race.- DONE! 10/03/10
Status: Complete
Moving on to a 10K in May and the Half-marathon in October!

4. Run 8K.
Status: Incomplete
I will be doing this soon enough! Just didn't have time.

5. Write a novel for NaNoWriMo. FAIL but it's ohkay!
Status: Incomplete
Last year (2010) I wrote around 10,000 out of 50,000 words and then things got too busy around here for me to finish. This year, I want to make a real effort to get this goal done!

6. Complete a video game. (Co-op games don't count) DONE! 10/30/10
Status: Complete
Not much to say...the game was Advance Wars: Dual Strike.

7. Teach the pre-kids a dance. -DONE! 10/01/10
Status: Complete
Been meaning to ask one of the moms if they had video of the dance...but haven't. Oh well.

8. Read >5 books.
Status: Complete
Mostly guilty pleasure zombie/horror theme books:
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, The Rising, City of the Dead, I Am Legend, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, World War Z, Wicked...
I feel like I read more but I can't think of any more.

9. See one of the 100 most beautiful waterfalls in Japan.
Status: Incomplete
We went to Takino Suzuran Park to see it but didn't end up finding it before we ran out of time and had to get back to Sapporo. We'll try again when the weather warms up!

10. Have an onsen day.
Status: Incomplete
Going to plan one soon.

11. Finish a sewing project.
Status: Still In Progress
Today I started measuring and cutting the material for two different projects!

12. Send Tristan his package.
Status: Still In Progress

13. Start a recipe file.
Status: Incomplete
Well, I started an AllRecipes.com profile. Does that count?? Well, I'll get to it one day....

14. Draw or paint a picture.
Status: In Process
Working on some birthday cards now so getting the creative juices flowing!

15. Start an indoor herb garden. (Rosemary is a MUST!)
Status: Incomplete
Yikes! I bought a Rosemary plant from the big hardware store here...and once the temperature started dropping, it just dried up. I didn't realize that it would...Well, in the spring, my plan is to have a big thriving garden!

16. Clean out our basement space. DONE!
Status: Complete
The basement space now houses our two bikes, 4 old tires and some extra parts for our heater. The bags of garbage that Ryan's predecessor left have finally been thrown out! At least they sorted the garbage. Still it takes a few days to dispose of everything because different things get thrown out every day.

17. Find a yoga place or just get yourself to do it regularly and with purpose on your own.
Status: Complete
I regularly stretch and do my salutations every morning after my 18 minute cardio interval.

18. Buy yourself a piece of naginata bogu.
Status: Complete
I now own a new pair of shin protectors! I'll add a piece to my armor every few months now. It's quite an expensive undertaking though.

19. Have your annual medical checkup done and ask all the damn questions you've been bugging yourself about. DONE! 10/19
Status: Complete
Nothing to write home about. No big surprises. I'm in good health. And at least the doctor agreed that my left rib does stick out more than my right rib so I'm not crazy.

20. Get your eyes checked and hopefully get a cool new pair of glasses. (or two?)
Status: Incomplete
I'm starting to run low on contacts so it's about time I get this done. Maybe next month...

21. Increase your income.
Status: In Progress.
My hours are increasing at the school but I still haven't picked up more private lessons. I'll get on it soon.

22. Travel outside of Hokkaido.
Status: Complete
I went to Hawaii in January before my birthday! Yay!

23. Hike the Maruyama trail. FAIL (for now! let's try again when Maruyama isn't frozen!)
Status: Incomplete
I doubt we'll be able to find the trail now after the snow fall we've been having especially since we couldn't find the trail in the summer! We'll try again soon.

24. Ask Tony about bouldering and hopefully go with him (or without him).
Status: Complete
I drunkenly asked Tony about it at our school's Christmas party and told him I'd like to try bouldering with him but haven't gone yet!

25. Buy yourself a pair of knee high boots finally. DONE and arrived on 10/19!
Status: Complete
Never in my life have I owned a pair of knee-high boots before this. It feels great! I had to buy specially made wide calf boots...but I've come to terms with my calves and will not feel bad about them (very often)! Now I want Over-the-knee boots!

26. Go to the temple for New Year's. Or find a suitable alternative.
Status: Complete
I went with my friend Miki on January 3rd. Packed! For New Year's we were sleeping in our hotel after a good day of skiing. On January 2nd we visited a teacher's house where I ate whale for the first time and dressed and got made-up as a geisha. It was a spectacular New Year!

27. See a live music show.
Status: Incomplete
Still looking for a place/band.

28. Do something for Halloween.
Status: Complete
I made a Hello Kitty costume, impressed all the kids and moms at my school, wore it around my neighborhood and got a lot of funny looks and got a free beer at the local burger place for wearing a costume.

29. Grow your hair until January. (THEN you can do whatever you want with it.) OOPS! Cut hair on 10/10!
Status: Complete
I haven't cut my hair since October and it's getting a little long. I'll probably grow it until it gets hot here (that'll be July or August!) and then I'm thinking about chopping it all off. Before that I might get a perm...just to try out a different look. I suspect I'll cut it sooner than mid-summer because I'll get sick of it.

30. Buy new underwear. DONE and arrived...don't remember.
Status: Complete
Every girl/woman should wear pretty underwear! I believe that your underwear has the power to set the mood for the day.

31. Appreciate the leaves changing.
Status: Complete
Walked around Hokudai and took some shots with my iPhone. Also collected leaves with my students. Would like to appreciate the leaves changing in Kyoto at some point.

32. Get your skis "chuned-up!"
Status: Complete
Of course I got this done!

33. Start sending out birthday cards monthly.
Status: In Process
Today I updated my address book and have gotten almost everyone's address. I have 8 cards to make and send (belated cards for January and on time cards for February) and I want to send them before the 11th.

34. Speak French with a Japanese person.
Status: Complete
Went to a holiday party at our friend's place and their friend is a Japanese woman who volunteered in Senegal. She spoke wonderful French and I pretended I could speak. I hope to make a better acquaintance with her and her husband (who is French!).

35. Speak Tagalog to your grandma.
Status: Incomplete
I have not even cracked open my Tagalog book. =( Or even called my grandma. =(

36. Restock the apartment dinnerware.
Status: Didn't really need to.
Ryan sometimes visits special schools and they always send him home with pottery and such. So we got a bunch of cute dishes (shaped like flowers, etc.)


37. Plan a warm weather vacation.
Status: Complete
Plan one?! I WENT on one. Hawaii!!!

38. Take mogul skiing lessons.
Status: Incomplete
And probably won't for at least another year. I took a regular ski lesson and find my technique improving all the time. Soon, moguls, soon!

39. Find a new awesome ski jacket.
Status: Incomplete
Have not found one to my liking! Can you believe it?! How can I be so picky??

40. Compete in a naginata tournament and win one of your shiai.
Status: Complete
In November, we competed in a non-stop round robin kind of tournament where you got points for entering a match, for each point you get in a match and for winning the match. It was sort of brutal and totally fun. I placed 20th our of 32...not bad. It was a whirlwind. But I still remember this one match where I got a point right at the beginning...just that rush of it.

41. Go sledding.
Status: Incomplete
I'm tempted to count the times we've taken the school kids out sledding but I won't. It's not ME sledding. Oh well, winter's not over yet1

42. Make a Halloween costume. 10/29/10
Status: Complete
Made a Hello Kitty costume. Now we have a large HK head pillow.

43. Organize the stamps that you've collected.
Status: Incomplete
Haven't really even looked at them yet. Booooo.

44. Make satsumaimo cakes. 10/?/10
Status: Complete
Yummy as usual...what else to say about it...

45. Buy a sleeping bag.
Status: Incomplete
Have not gotten to it. Probably don't need it yet.

46. Organize your pictures.
Status: In Process
I have been deleting and organizing my pictures on my HD and my external drive. It's great!

47. Clear your laptop's HD.
Status: In Process
I used to be dangerously low on memory on my computer but now I have space! And trying to add to it everyday!

48. Learn how to use yeast to make bread.
Status: Incomplete
Darn! Really want to make homemade bread. Soon, I'll learn.

49. Find something to decorate the dining room wall.
Status: Complete
An awesome artist and friend, made me a cool poster of me as a zombie. She is a girl after my own heart. Haven't printed it yet but I will soon. We also now have a whiteboard, a portrait of me by one of my students, a portrait of Ryan by one of his students and a note from one of my students to me.

50. Do C8B300 in 20 minutes.
Status: Incomplete
Have not even done one set! I've been doing lots of different high intensity interval training sets and want to graduate to this soon. Maybe by next week.. i want to get a little stronger.

Extra-curriculars:

51. Go to that bar that has the girls wearing sexy bunny costumes.
52. Go dancing.
53. Find a real life running partner.