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100 Things to Do in 2009
- Finish my Nantucket Jacket
- Visit the new Ikea in Charlotte after it opens in February
- Knit at least one other sweater
- Purchase a new living room suite
- Archive all my old photos from both computers and burn to DVD for safe-keeping
- Redecorate and rearrange my bedroom
- Create a portfolio of my latest graphic design work
- Update/redesign my website
- Read An Echo in the Bone (the 7th Outlander book by Diana Gabaldon, due out in fall 2009)
- See the new Harry Potter movie in July
- Gather up old clothes to donate to Good Will
- Put away the Christmas tree
- Experiment with new yarns for dyeing
- Keep my car cleaned out
- Go to the dentist for a check-up
- Get new glasses
- Join a book club
- Get a digital converter for my TV (or, barring that, give in and get cable)
- Knit a pair of socks using the toe-up method
- Learn to bake bread
- Visit Memphis or Huntsville before Christmas to meet Baby Joe
- Convince the powers that be at work to get me a production-capable computer
- Clean out and organize the upstairs closet
- Buy a pair of fun going-out shoes
- Throw Hans & Laura a kick-ass going away party
- Buy a new bookcase
- Design my wrap-vest sweater
- Design another pair of socks
- Reorganize my yarn and fiber stash Completed 2/14/2009
- Clean and service the Honda
- Sell the Honda
- Throw a dinner party
- Go for bike rides
- Make or buy a needle case for my circular needles
- Buy new sheets
- Buy new towels
- Have my favorite photos printed and framed
- Try growing herbs in my kitchen window box
- Get potted plants for my porch
- Spin at least 15 minutes every day
- Get or make curtains for my bedroom
- Get or make curtains for my dining room
- Go to karaoke
- Go to the Carolina beach (for the first time!)
- Have a picnic at Lake Jordan
- Go to a wine tasting event
- Color in my coloring books
- Write down stories about our family for the next generation
- Make a music video
- Rewatch The 10th Kingdom Completed 1/31/2009
- Knit Christmas ornaments for my friends and family
- Attend a trivia night event
- Read Jasper Fford’s Tuesday Next series
- See The Time Traveler’s Wife whenever it comes to theaters
- Attend TNNA in June with Mom
- Find an OB-GYN locally
- Take my parents to The Red Room when they visit next
- Put up a bird feeder on the porch Completed 2/13/2009 (well, it’s a bird house…)
- Walk downtown and take photos with the SLR
- Visit Biltmore Estate
- Visit the Bull City Fiber Loft in Durham
- Learn continental knitting Completed 1/24/2009
- Put my DVDs in alphabetical order
- Make an effort to blog at least once a week
- Paint my toenails
- Try to duplicate the egg souffles from Panera
- Replace the light bulbs in the dining room and the hall Completed 1/4/2009
- Make a friendship bracelet
- Track down my “thank you” gift from NPR (3 Back Porch Radio CDs)
- Back up music on an external hard drive
- Establish an exercise routine
- Go bowling
- Go to a concert
- Attend a church service
- Play my clarinet
- Get new pillows for my bed
- Go to CJ and Meagan’s wedding
- Learn how to do a slideshow photo gallery in Flash
- Put stand-alone knitting patterns in a notebook
- Read my Fair Isle book
- Make a Fair Isle … something
- Create new banner ads for Yarn Expressions
- Find a good bar in Raleigh
- Do my 2008 taxes
- Survive the 7-day PRINT 09 show in Chicago in September
- Play $10 in slots in Atlantic City while I’m there for MAILCOM in the spring
- Do some site-seeing while I’m in DC for NPF this spring
- Buy a good umbrella
- Get new slippers
- Unpack the boxes upstairs
- Play cards with Wes and Maggie Completed 1/31/2009
- Participate in a Secret Pal knitting gift exchange
- Go to an art fair
- Read the new J.K. Rowling book
- See a movie at the Rialto theater in 5 Points
- See unwanted books to a used book store
- Have a spa day
- Make a pair of purple socks for Maggie
- Eat more veggies
- Make or buy a pair of sock blockers for my hand-knit socks Completed 2/7/2009