tow31: update

i'm seven weeks into my 31st year, and i'm feeling pretty successful so far. here's an update on the goals.

1. watch 31 johnny depp movies: finished! including Alice in Wonderland, i've seen 35 johnny depp movies this year. 35 movies in 25 days. slightly ridiculous, but a fabulously good time. :)

2. read 31 chapters: i'm currently 13 chapters in. after watching Alice in Wonderland, i sat down & read through the book. now i'm getting back into Eclipse. i'm hoping to get a good chunk of it read this week.

3. go 31 days without watching Friends: finished! i lined this one up with watching the johnny depp movies. so i basically traded one obsession for another. :) yesterday actually made day 32 without Friends. tonight i popped disc one of season one into the dvd player ... and all seems to be right with the world.

4. make 31 new recipes: eight tried so far. mostly good. i didn't really appreciate the crock pot squash, but it would work really well for squash soup.

5. prepare food for someone else 31 times: five so far.

6. take 31 photos a day for 31 consecutive days: i haven't started this one, yet.

7. send 31 pieces of mail: i've sent one so far.

8. blog 31 days in a row: i don't know, maybe i'll do this in may? i can't do everything at once, right?

9. watch 31 episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent: i'm 20 episodes in right now. i'd hoped to finish off season one today, but it turns out i got the wrong disc from netflix. the sleeve said L&O: CI, but it was regular L&O instead.

10. watch 31 Friends episodes in preparation: in honesty, even with my 31 day fast, i've probably already watching 31 episodes this year. but the 31 that accomplish this goal will be watched with purpose.

11. take 31 photos of the same object or scene: i haven't found the inspiration, yet, for this one.

12. do 31 things i've never done before: i've claimed four so far. i'm trying to be picky about what i choose. it'd be easy to come up with 31 if i claimed things like "watch 35 johnny depp movies in 25 days." i need to challenge myself. ;)

13. lose 31 pounds.: i'm down almost five pounds since my birthday.

14. drive 31 miles on US Route 31: i figure i'll take Route 31 down to indianapolis some time when i'm visiting marlana.

15. go 31 days without meat: two days so far. they were spread out, but still it's two days.

16. make 31 pieces of jerky: nothing, yet. but i did have some tasty homemade venison jerky this week. good stuff.

17. sew 31 seams on a quilt: i thought about quilting this week. and i did do some mending today. so that's something.

18. take at least 3100 photos: at last count (about a week ago), i was at 232.

19. play a 31-game series of Phase 10 with liz: we're currently 12 games into the series. i was on a winning streak at first, but liz is coming back with a vengeance. i'm only one phase ahead of her right now.

20. fill 31 holes: the weather's getting nicer, i'll be getting around to this one soon. once the holes are filled, i'll need to do some painting - so warmer weather for open windows will be good.

21. make use of 31 photos from Ireland: no plans, yet.

22: play 31 notes on a musical instrument: i've started coming up with a plan for this one. if i follow through, it'll be fun.

23. ride 31 miles on my bike: again, the weather's getting nicer. i'll pull the bike out soon.

24. scan 31 old photos: nothing, yet.

25. go 31 days without leaving dirty dishes in the sink for more than 31 hours: finished! and still going strong - today makes 39 days.

26. secret: i've made progress on this one. it's small, but that's okay. :)

27. give 31 handmade gifts: currently one, soon to be two.

28. finish Christmas presents at least 31 hours early: c'mon, it's march ... no way will i be THAT early!

29. print 31 photos for the photo album: finished!

30. print 31 more photos for the photo album: 18 done. then i ran out of magenta ink. :)

31. print another 31 photos for the photo album: and i misspoke about my photo albums. i was at the spring of 2007, not 2005. currently, i have 2008 finished.f