Well, now is the bit where I succumb to "peer pressure."  Yes, "all the bloggers are doing it," so why shouldn't I.  Actually, the idea stressed me out at first, but I came up with a nice looking list.  It makes me a bit nervous really.  Some will cost a pretty penny; but I figure, worse comes to worst, I can adjust them to make for some cheaper alternatives.  So here it is, my list -- to be completed by June 4, 2009!

SERVING GOD

1. Read and apply Gate Keepers of the Home.
2. Listen to Nancy Campbell’s Beautiful Homes tapes.
3. Go to a ladies retreat.
4. Study the book of James.
5. Memorize the book of James.
6. Identify my favorite version of the Bible.
7. Buy a new Bible.
8. Create a meditation/prayer spot for myself.
9. Study the book of Philippians.
10. Memorize the book of Philippians.
11. Get involved with foreign missions at church.
12. Start a prayer journal.
13. Read a book about Catholicism and Protestantism.

TAKING TIME FOR SELF

  14.   Read Les Miserables.

  15.   Read through and make changes according to What You Don’t Know May Be Killing You.

  16.   Read 20 fiction books.

  17.   Read 20 non-fiction books.

  18.   Visit the home of Louisa May Alcott.

  19.   Go to the Ben and Jerry’s factory in Vermont.

  20.   Finish my bachelor’s degree.

  21.   Go to a day spa for some pampering.

  22.   Buy an ink cartridge for the printer.

  23.   Print out my favorite blog posts and articles and file them neatly in a binder.

  24.   Start a Tradition website.

  25.   Learn calligraphy or the like.

  26.   Make a new good friend.

  27.   Get at least 6 hours sleep a night (or try).

  28.   Give up soda.

  29.   Take a day off from the computer every week.

  30.   Replace my favorite old broken or scratched CDs.

  31.   Watch Pride and Prejudice (AGAIN!).

  32.   Go to a bed and breakfast or inn or nice hotel for a night alone.

  33.   Buy a new bathing suit.

  34.   Keep my toenails painted.

  35.   Buy some new tennis shoes.

  36.   Improve my overall complexion.

  37.   Learn another language.

  38.   Learn the identity of the birds in my backyard.

  39.   Stop biting my nails.

  40.   Write and send one letter (snail mail) every week.

  41.   Take a bath or shower every day (even with newborns).

  42.   Learn to write biographies and memoirs.

  43.   Stay at Tybee Island for a week with the family.

  44.   Buy a journal and begin writing down my thoughts and days events again, for posterity’s sake.

  45.   Go crabbing.

HONORING MY HUSBAND

  46.   Go on a weekend out of town trip with Jason and without the kids.

  47.   Write Jason a love letter.

  48.   Visit two historic prisons with Jason.

  49.   See Rent on Broadway with Jason.

  50.   Go to an L/P homecoming.

  51.   Set aside time every day to sit and talk with Jason.

  52.   (Personal).

  53.   Get Jason’s Alcatraz poster framed.

  54.   Kiss Jason every day.

  55.   Go camping five times with the family.

  56.   Learn 5 new curry recipes for Jason.

RAISING MY KIDS

  57.   Make sure my kids see all their great grandparents one more time (at least).

  58.   Have another child.

  59.   Begin and keep up with memory journals/scrapbooks/keepsake boxes for each child.

  60.   Buy and start filling a hope chest for Teeny.

  61.   Take Teeny to a tea room for her birthday.

  62.   Take Gordon to a movie.

  63.   Take my kids to Sesame Place.

  64.   Go to a good beachcomber shore and hunt for goodies with the kids.

  65.   Go to every Smithsonian Museum with the kids.

  66.   Take Teeny to see the Nutcracker Ballet.

  67.   Print out new pictures every month to put into photo boxes and kids memory books.

  68.   Watch Little Women with my kids.

  69.   Help my kids start a leaf collection.

  70.   Teach my children 10 hymns.

  71.   Teach Gordon “The Lord’s Prayer.”

  72.   Wake my kids for the first snow of the winter.

  73.   Watch Anne of Green Gables with the kids.

  74.   Take the kids to a parade.

  75.   Potty train Teeny.

  76.   Begin a keepsake journal for kids about myself and Jason.

  77.   Begin a Grandparents journal for kids.

  78.   Give or get Gordon and Teeny swim lessons.

KEEPING MY HOUSE

  79.   Grow a small vegetable garden (tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, carrots).

  80.   Grow a fruit or two.

  81.   Learn to can.

  82.   Learn to sew.

  83.   Finish “the quilt” or do something with the squares.

  84.   Grow a garden of annuals.

  85.   Write out and organize my favorite recipes for easy access.

  86.   Make some beaded Christmas ornaments.

  87.   Make a nicely written, embellished, and framed Bible verse for every room of the house.

  88.   Learn to whip up egg whites right.

  89.   Organize all my pictures into photo boxes.

  90.   Grow a houseplant.

  91.   Go for a walk with my family after dinner at least 3 times a week.

  92.   Read Hidden Art, discover my hidden arts and use them.

  93.   Put a birdfeeder out back (squirrel proof).

  94.   Put a bird bath out back.

  95.   Build and hang a bird house or nesting box.

  96.   Check out (and become a frequent shopper?) at the local whole foods market.

  97.   Go shopping for goodies at a flea market.

  98.   Find a recipe for pralines that are as good as Savannah Sweets’.

  99.   Check out (and become a frequent shopper at?) the local farmer’s market or farm stand.

  100. Grow basil, oregano, sage, and thyme.

  101. See if I can buy a week’s worth of groceries for $75.