100 Things to Do in 2009

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