Thursday, July 22, 2010

Update number 6

One more has been completed and I have added another to in progress.

51 - Turn an old t-shirt into something new
This is in progress as I have a pile of t-shirts and a plan for them. It's just going to take some time to get organized and create a more concrete plan of attack.

79 - Become certified to teach first aid
So far so good. Completed the instructor course and over the past two days completed my first team teach. That went well and I'm booked for my second one in August where I'll attempt to teach the lessons that I didn't do this week.

11 - Get a full body massage
Completed this today and it was fantastic. This is definitely something I am going to consider continuing to do on some kind of semi regular basis. :)

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Update number 5

So, I've managed to cross a few more things off my list and put a few more into progress.

Complete:

30 Plan a random weekend road trip
- Plans are in place for me and my partner to roadtrip to Jasper on July 23rd. Hotel is booked and I think we're good to go. I've never been to Jasper so it should be fun.

54 Use a film camera
- This is done and I have photos to prove it. My partner and I wandered our neighbourhood a couple weekends ago and I took the film camera along. Here's a few of the photos that were taken:



76 Have a try something new date
99 Fire a handgun
- These were completed together. As neither my partner nor I had ever shot a handgun before I suggested we go to the gun range and try it. He was game, hence our try something new date. We fired a 9mm and a 44 revolver (aka the Dirty Harry gun). Fantastic fun. Here's photos of the targets we shot at:

9mm

44 revolver


95 Buy a funky hat and find a reason to wear it
- Done. The reason was nothing major but I wore my bowler style hat to my last staff meeting at work as I was not organized enough to get my hair done before leaving the house. Not a great reason but it is a reason. Ha ha. Got lots of compliments on the hat so it all worked out.

In Progress:

28 Donate my time once a month for at least 6 months
- I am currently volunteering at the Edmonton International Street Performers Festival and will be volunteering at the Edmonton Fringe Festival in August.

31 Take the random weekend road trip
- Marked this as in progress as there are plans to go July 23rd. Looking forward to it.

62 Spend a night in an unfamiliar place
- This is marked as in progress in connection with the road trip. As I've never been to Jasper it'll be an unfamiliar place.

82 Save enough money for a down payment on a house
- Slowly building savings. Going to take some time to get to the down payment but got to start somewhere, right?