I have an appointment to get my hearing checked next Thursday. I'll be surprised if I don't get told I need hearing aides of some sort. My grandparents have better hearing than me! How embarrassing.

I've started Project 365, I'll post the link with the photos as soon as I empty the photos off my camera and onto the website.

I did end up reading my revised goal of 25 books, sorta. I started the one book Dec 30th and finished it Jan 3. But I'm counting it, damnit!

I realize I need to do some editing to the list on the sidebar, primarily dealing with repetitive events (ie: reading books, 25/25). I've revised my list twice in the last couple months and didn't seem to remember to fix those things. eh...

nothing much else that I can think of. oh well.

UPDATE
it's official, my grandparents have better hearing

now for an update

I'm looking over what still remains (most of it, I removed less than ten) and what is supposed to be done in certain time frames. The book one comes to mind first. I have read twenty books excluding textbooks since I started this back in July. I've started a good amount of books that then I got distracted from because of school work and the whatnot. I'm basically hoping to hit twenty five books within the next week and a half and I'll be happy.

I have bought my ticket for Captain's Ball. now unless I wimp out, I've been locked into going. I'm trying to maintain myself with this. I have my reasons for being a little hesitant...

I am hoping to cross off the write 101 things that make me happy over the break. It will really come down to me sitting down and working on it. I have some sources that I can browse for ideas if I run into a jam.

I am hoping to at least start on the list of things about my friends that I cherish in them. Is it bad that I'm worried about even coming up with fifty unique things? I am usually at lack of words to find what I mean and I'm nervous that what I write will be the same ten things in different words. Well, I guess I won't know for sure until I take a crack at it.

Suggestions to fill those holes on my list are always welcome!

Revision galore!

I hacked quite a few items sadly. the things that had good intentions but got put on the back burner too often.

Now that I've hacked things, I need to add some new ones to replace them. Ideas welcomed!

I tried going a week with only going on facebook and myspace only thirty minutes a day. Bad timing messed that up. I had a group project and our primary source of coordinating things for it was facebook messaging, causing me to get on a lot more than thirty minutes a day. I will try again soon.

I am going to do some revisions in the next few days, both of list items and my rules.

modifications and removal 1

I modified the going without facebook and myspace for a week. the modification is 30 minutes each day (it's still going to be hard!). This will allow me to check messages and send messages (currently being used for group projects) but not allow time to get too distracted. this does not mean a separate thirty minutes for myspace and facebook, it's an overall total for the two. I will be attempting this starting tomorrow, Saturday November 8 through next Saturday, November 15.

I removed going to the Freeman center three times a month during the school year. I have only been once the entire semester. The intent was to exercise or something like that. I am still attempting exercising, just not at the Freeman center.

here again

This is always on my mind, I just am not good at using my time wisely and so this gets the back burner. I'm hoping I can get up to speed this week and have time to at least knocking a few more items off the list.

Saying that, I've read a couple more books. yay! however, I didn't send a package for bday_packages in either September or October. lack of an income sucks like that. that's what I can think of off the top of my head. hopefully, the next update will have more to it.

a month and a half in one update

I've still been doing my 101 in 1001, just not updating for various reasons. So now I am trying to make up for that by remember what I've done. ish?!

39. so far, so good.

52. I am more than certain something was done for this in August but I can't find it, let alone remember what I ate. I ate a chicken tandoori sandwich for September. I had read it on the menu and thought it sounded scary but a friend was recommending it so I got it. It's actually pretty good.

55. I have no caffeinated beverages at my place in my name (roommate does have some tazo tea however). I usually take a Viverian each day when I wake up and that usually does the trick. I do sometimes get a soda from the vending machine but still, if I am only drinking that one a day, then I am still on target. (psst, it's usually a Dr. Pepper or Pepsi... damn Pepsi deals with amazon are so tempting!)

67. I dropped my bag off after hours and therefore did not get a receipt to take a photo of. but I did donate a bag of pants that I had not worn in ages. I had been telling myself for too long that I might want to ware those pants one day. Well, that day never came and perhaps someone else can wear them.

as usual, my green items are still progressing. I ended up having a few cavities when I had my check up at the dentist and basically that was the big wake up call in terms of improving my dental health. Not only did I have to deal with half my mouth being numb but I had to take time out of my schedule to travel up to Northern VA to get the cavities filled. It was all and all something I would not want to do again if I can prevent it.

My current roommate is all about recycling. This makes it so much easier, because we have a separate can just for the recycling at our place.

ok, so not as much in this update as I would hope. I did not send a birthday package out for September. Combination of money and school made it the last thing on my mind. I might try to send two this month to make up for it.

55. During the summer, another police aide mentioned how he was using no-doz instead of drinking soda. it's the caffiene without the sugar and other stuff a soda has. I was a little hesistant to use caffeine pills for personal reasons but I remembered someone mentioned some herbal caffeine pill. I was unable to get the name of it because the friend couldn't remember it, but I'm starting to get into the habit of taking one viveran a day and then not drinking any soda. I've been doing this for four days now. Let's see how long I last this way.

64. Did the August one the first week because I knew this month would be hectic. I'm just now making the post due to computer difficulties.

77. Read two more books, including Breaking Dawn. I'm disappointed the series is now over, because I can see the perfect opportunity for another book considering how this one ended.

78. After camp this year, I learned this may no longer be possible. The deer in question has been around for a long time. No one saw her this year at camp. We think that she might have finally passed, due to age.

84. I have a secret in mind, now to figure out how I want it to look and figure out the best wording. I had the wording down, but since I thought of it during a camp sleepover I was supervising and after we turned the lights off, I was unable to grab my notebook to jot it down.

Monday, I went to Moe's Southwest Grill and split a burrito with a friend. The stuff put on the burrito would have not been my first choice since I've never tried it but I went for it anyway. Consider this my food for the month that I didn't think I'd like. Additionally, I tried a V8 Fusion (mix of vegetable and fruit juices), also something I was nervous to try but glad I did. Now people won't bop my on the head!

Sent a birthday package for July!

And I think that's it since last time. Still working on the green items.

learn about food: items 53, 54, general update

53. Learn to cook/bake at least 5 things every two months
this is one that i'm still slacking on, more due to the fact i don't allow myself enough time for a real meals or make a list before going to the grocery store for food i might need. i am going to try to learn to make five things before this month ends, but if i don't, well then poo.

54. Learn 5 foods or habits every two months that put me at greater risk for diabetes.
i chose to put this on my list since both my grandmothers have/had diabetes, diagnosed within the last five years. with it running on both sides of my family, it only seems common sense to take precautions. so here are my five for the months of June and July 2008.

1. Eat lots of vegetables and fruits. Try picking from the rainbow of colors available to maximize variety.
2. Choose water and calorie-free "diet" drinks instead of regular soda, fruit punch, sweet tea and other sugar-sweetened drinks.
3. Choose non-fat dairy such as skim milk, non-fat yogurt and non-fat cheese.
4. Cut back on high calorie snack foods and desserts like chips, cookies, cakes, and full-fat ice cream.
5. Eat non-starchy vegetables such as spinach, carrots, broccoli or green beans with meals.

still working on the list of things that make me happy. what's been hard is finding the words and trying to think of different things. some things i've thought of are too similar in my opinion. also, a bad habit of mine, i think of stuff when i don't have the ability to write them down (thinking of stuff behind the driver's seat is one of the worst times!) the problems i'm having with this i can also foresee myself having with the list of things about friends. i'm debating on if i'll cut back the numbers or not for this reason.

finally, an update on the caffeine addiction. i had a friend suggest i do my actions in reverse. i only drink sodas with caffeine because i get a headache if i don't. i drink the soda(s) as soon as i can after waking up. the suggestion was i don't drink the soda until i feel the headaches coming on. i'm still debating if i should try this. headaches suck and knowing my luck, they will probably happen at the worst time possible. right now, i'm failing at this one on my list. summer has been laid back and i'm not as closely monitoring my food/drink intakes as i should. ^^;

last week, i saw The Incredible Hulk in theaters with Sharda, then two days ago, I watched Across the Universe on my laptop. two movies down!