101 in 1001

44. Go on a “date” with each of my direct family members #3

2011-01-10T14:39:00.000-08:00

Went to the Stamps - Lions game back in September actually!!! and it was SO bad! we lost! :( I think... haha! I don't actually even remember that... I'm pretty sure we did... we left like... 3 mins to the end of the game, and in those 3 mins, they scored their only touch down!!! so disappointed in myself for making that call to leave :( Oh wells... we got to go to Peter's :p

That there my friends are the faces of disappointment

94. Learn to apply eye make up properly

2011-01-10T14:12:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I don't think I ever wrote about this cuz I didn't think I actually knew how... I guess it's more of an experience thing, and I'm slowly, but surely gaining that. I'm not big on make up, so I hardly ever put it on, and when I do, apparently you can't actually tell :p but! the point is, I have a good idea of what I'm doing now thanks to a super cool cousin :)

This is the napkin she used to explain things to me ;p

And this is my attempt to duplicate it! :)

13. Sing in a group of less than 8 in public

2010-12-08T22:26:00.000-08:00

This is one that probably won't have any picutres... cuz it was kinda a more sombre occasion. I sang the EFY Medley with my cousins at my grandpa's funeral this Monday morning... I think a few of us cried and therefore cracked, so it wasn't the best performance, but it was pretty amazing considering the circumstances (ie - only having ever practiced the song for the first time about 15 hours before performing and all of us being emotional).

I very much enjoyed this once it was a little more organized :) I love my cousins SO much! and honestly... I think we're all pretty invincible when we're all together :) Huzzah! and RIP Lito.

80. Read 20 books over a summer - Failed

2010-11-25T07:32:00.000-08:00

Well, I won't be able to read 20 books, I might give it one last attempt when I get back from my mission, but in the meantime, I wanted to check out this list, and see how much I have read :) so... the ones in italics are books I haven't finished, the bold are the ones I've completely read :) The plan I think will be to finish the italicized ones in those 20... *I didn't italicize the ones that I started reading in a library and then just didn't take out... but there's a few of those too :/ :p

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien

3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling

5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

6 The Bible

7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte *this book was a little too weird to want to finish... I rented the movie, just to see what I had given up, and I decided Emily Bronte is just... really weird! so is Charlotte Bronte... but not as weird... and they have another sister! Anne... I kinda wanna see where on the Bronte scale of lunacy she sits... :p (judged on their writings)

8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell

9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman *The Subtle Knife was read in french! my first french novel read by choice ;p **random fact - the translation for the title is actually The Tower of the Angels

10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott

12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy

13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

14 Complete Works of Shakespeare

15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier

16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien

17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk

18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger

19 The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

20 Middlemarch - George Eliot

21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell

22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald

23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens

24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy

25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh

27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame

31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens

33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis *ok... call it blasphemy, but I think I've tried reading every single one, and never made it more than half way... if I even get by more than 3 chapters... :/ mind you... it was the same kinda deal for The Hobbit, but I eventually made it through that one too! so...

34 Emma -Jane Austen

35 Persuasion - Jane Austen

36 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - CS Lewis *... why is this on here twice?

37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres

39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

40 Winnie the Pooh - A.A. Milne

41 Animal Farm - George Orwell

42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving

45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins

46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery *ditto Chronicles of Narnia

47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy

48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood

49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding

50 Atonement - Ian McEwan

51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel *ok! I would have finished this if it wasn't for a book club, and thus having to return the book... so don't tell me how it ends!

52 Dune - Frank Herbert

53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons

54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth

56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon

60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov

63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt

64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac

67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy

68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding

69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie

70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville

71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

72 Dracula - Bram Stoker

73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett

74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson

75 Ulysses - James Joyce

76 The Inferno - Dante *had to read some for English 20IB... or something... don't think I'll finish that one...

77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome

78 Germinal - Emile Zola *oh man! don't read this!!! haha! we read exerpts of/ the sparks notes kinda version of it in FLA 20IB, and then we watched the movie... weird!!! and by the sounds of the other books described to us that year by him... he could be put on the scale of lunacy too

79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray

80 Possession - AS Byatt

81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell

83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker

84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro

85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert

86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry

87 Charlotte’s Web - E.B. White

88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom

89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton

91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery *aka - Le Petit Prince, I think I've read it twice and parts of it over and over again! and I went to the play ;p My kids might not like this one cuz I might just read it to them a lot :p

93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks

94 Watership Down - Richard Adams

95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute

97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas

98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare

99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

... also... there's a bunch on here I can't believe I haven't read... I think I might get to do some more reading before I leave! :p plus... there's some on here I wish I hadn't read ;p and some I know I never will ;p

29. Fly a kite

2010-09-05T20:45:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago, my friend gathered materials for me and her to be able to build our own kites! =D a couple weeks ago, we built mine! :) quickly we ran outside to test it :) it worked!!! =D

Last week, my sister and I took it out for a real try in the big field behind our house, and it was SO good! :) I only wish the string we have was longer! :p I don't even know how long we were out there, we had such a great time... even if my cousin who joined us knew nothing about flying a kite. In fact, that almost made it more fun at times.

50. Drive outside of Canada

2010-07-17T16:30:00.001-07:00

I totally forgot about this one!!! but we road tripped to a wedding in Utah a few weeks back!!!! :D and we did a lot of waving at people... and a lot of singing, sleeping, reading, and most of all: laughing! :p I laughed a lot as I sped around the curvy mountain highway with my mom clutching for her life in the back seat... :p pics were taken! though not really of me driving, but taken while we were driving and throughout the trip :) I even drove to places and like a Utahn :p which is awesome prep for my mission I think :p

Maybe you can't read it, but the sign says MILE ;p

45. Get myself drawn as an anime

2010-07-17T16:28:00.001-07:00

My sister drew me as an anime!!! =D yay! thanks! and ... I'll see if I can scan it in :)

11. Climb 5 new trees

2010-07-17T16:18:00.000-07:00

Pics are to come! they were taken of the first tree and me in the third tree... :p

1. The one in our backyard at the Simon Fraser house (while on the phone with Bernz ;p)

2. The one on the east side of the 10th Ave chapel (while attempting to watch the sun rise from it :p)

3. One of the ones at Sandy beach with Meli :) and lots of help from Nessa :p

4. and 5. Were in Confederation Park with my new friend J.O.

44. Go on a “date” with each of my direct family members #2

2010-06-16T11:51:00.001-07:00

I forgot to mention a few weeks back that I went out with my mommy :)

I took her for chinese food! :D Buffet style ;) ... but we didn't take any pictures... it was kinda a lot of eating then vegging while watching The Spy Next Door.

I'll find a nice picture of us together to put up :)

Apparently we don't take pictures together?!

82. Get rubber boots

2010-06-16T11:49:00.001-07:00

I GOT NEW BOOTS!!! :D

Pic. to come soon... not much to tell... haha! :p

41. Learn to play soccer properly - Phase 1 - Learning the Rules

2010-06-04T13:10:00.000-07:00

So... There's a lady at work who has requested some girls come sub for her team, so me and the british intern are going out for the team! :D I'm so excited! but... neither of us know anything about soccer! :p so today at work, since it's been slow, I've been looking up the rules of soccer! :D and I found this awesome website that taught me the basic rules, and the offside rules! It's great!! Hopefully I won't look like too much of a fool come game time! :D

86. Drink the eight cups of water a day for a week

2010-05-21T14:01:00.000-07:00

I drank SO much water!!!! hahaha!! I actually tried this before, but had a fail... not that this went too much better... I had a couple days where I had to drink a couple cups right before bed... but it was all good! and actually really nice! :) I found it was a lot easier to drink a lot of water at work... *shrug*

Drink water - our body likes it when we do! :)

80. Attend a local group’s concert

2010-05-19T11:45:00.000-07:00

Check out their myspace here! and they're actually even maybe better LIVE! not that their recordings aren't good, but they are such good performers!!!

It actually made me kinda sad to think I hadn't been able to make it before!!! I've loved their music since... wow! a while... haha! but still!!! SO good!!!!!! Plus! they're really nice guys!! :) They know how to work the audience, they know how to show appreciation! and they are just really charismatic :)

99. Make a list of songs that remind me of each of my siblings

2010-05-19T11:44:00.000-07:00

I've decided that I'll have a list of the songs that remind me of each of my siblings ongoing! :) and! eventually, when I've shared with them their lists of reasons why I love them, I'll maybe post the top 10 here too :)

Nessa

2010-05-19T11:41:00.004-07:00

Songs:

Soy Rebelde - Jeanette

This is she and mum's emo spanish song... I'm pretty sure she doesn't know what it all means, yet she can sing along to just about all the words... :p

Love Song - Sara Bareilles

This is she and Miki's skipping song

Mustafa - Carmen Campagne

Actually... any song by this lady reminds me of her... haha! she has a few of the cds and reunited me with this lovely lady's music back when she was in Gr. 2

Smile - Uncle Kracker

We heard this song at a dear wedding which we made a long trip for... and both instantly loved it! <3

Rockstar - Hannah Montana

The Haruhi AMV we watched together at Otafest that one year... ^_^

I feel it in my bones - Tiësto feat. Tegan and Sara

I don't know why... but we do enjoy it together often :)

We No Speak Americano - Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP

We were randomly listening to remix half hour on the radio on our rush hour drive home one day, and this random weird song comes on. We're in a trance!!! but! since it's remix half hour, we have no way of finding out what it is! (well... Nessa found it later on their website, but still!) Finally, after it's played in her announcements!!! and just haunted us... She found it! and has played it at least daily ever since :p

Nano

2010-05-19T11:41:00.002-07:00

Songs:

Welcome Home - Coheed & Cambria

The only song by this group that I know!!! but! He likes them so much, when we heard this song on the preview for a movie (9), he HAD to watch it!! :p

We Want the Funk - George Clayton (I think?)

He LOVES the Mastercard commercial with it!! haha!! SO funny... Look it up if you don't know what I'm talking about! :p

Sexy Chic - David Guetta & Akon

I honestly don't really remember what the story was that he told about this girl and this song... but I always think of him :p

Are You Gunna Be My Girl - Jet

He kicks this song's butt on Rock Band

Miki

2010-05-19T11:41:00.000-07:00

Songs:

Intergalactic - Beastie Boys

This boy had us all SO confused and mildly annoyed for a few days cuz he wouldn't stop with: do you know that song that goes: arnernernerner arnernerner... I don't know what word it is, but it just repeats that one word?... THEN he found it!!! and wouldn't stop playing it!!! hahaha!!! I love this boy!

Haven't Met You Yet - Michael Bublé

This is our skipping song ^_^

Love Song - Sara Bareilles

This is he and Nessa's skipping song

Loser - Beck

Not much of a story, just he likes it too much :p

I get around - Dragonette

This is our cat walk song ;) Horrid song really, but it has the beat ;p

Untouched - The Veronicas

It's he and our cousin's song! They can really rock out ;p

Thunderstruck - ACDC

It was in his football video! and so... it makes me think of football and thus... Miki :)

63. Invite a friend to take the discussions *+ How it went

2010-05-06T12:05:00.000-07:00

I have taken the plunge.

For a while now, I've been friends with a boy from Québec, who is SO nice! He was going through some hard decisions in his life a few months back, and I had already sent him a Book of Mormon a few months before, so I suggested a couple readings and a fast, which we did together. He was really grateful, and I think it worked for him :) I think he's quite ready to learn the fullness of the truth! only... I doubt HE knows that, so I've done something kinda lame, but I'm very excited about it.

I wrote him my testimony in an email, and in the last paragraph, I invited him to find the truth for himself. I asked him to let me know if he'd be wanting to know more, and I would give him the number for the missionaries. I reckon that's as good as it's gunna get being a pre-mi.

Please pray that he will feel the Spirit... even if I'm trying to get it through electronically...

How it went:

I got an email from him that very day! in fact... minutes later!!! but I didn't get to reading it 'til the next day, but he sent me a text too, so I knew he'd received it.

He seemed extremely grateful for the sharing and the friendship we have, but no dice on wanting to know more... yet :) I refuse to accept it as a direct rejection, cuz it wasn't really a direct question either. Things will go well :) and he's still grateful for having sent him the Book of Mormon too :) I can't wait 'til he learns more :)

Keep praying :) and keep sharing :) and keep being a friend - that's the plan :)

88. Read 20 books over a summer

2010-05-03T21:36:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I realized this might be my only chance in my 1001 days to fulfil this one... so this post will probably be updated regularly as I think of more books and actually read them too. Feel free to suggest any must reads :) *keep in mind however, that I am a SUPER slow reader!

Books Read:

1) What I wish I'd known before my mission (I had started this one before, but in all fairness, I also read all the scriptures suggested, so I'm counting it) - John Bytheway
2) Daughter of a King - Rachel Ann Nunes
3) The Sunflower - Richard Paul Evans
4) Preparing to Enter the Temple - General Authorities?
5) Our Search for Happiness - M. Russell Ballard
6) Betty and Veronica (the one with the rating board with stars on the cover ;p)

I picked the largest size cuz I reckon it's highly important, but it was too big...

2010-05-03T15:49:00.000-07:00

3. Serve a full-time mission [another update]

2010-04-24T09:15:00.000-07:00

So... I'm pretty sure most of you already know, but just in case... I have been called to serve in the Utah Provo mission! I will be assigned to work in the St. George temple visitor's center, which I'm still waiting for some explantion about... The shocking part : I don't report until October!!! which is awesome! but also horrible! there are more pressing reasons for horrible right now, so please feel free to give me more pros! :)

I love you guys! and thanks for all the fish ;)

*ps - Spanish speaking

3. Serve a full-time mission [update]

2010-04-01T07:13:00.000-07:00

My Papers Are In.

I think that's the calmest I've been about it since my bishop said he was calling the stake president last night :p hahaha! ok... so maybe not cuz I did sit through choir without telling anyone...

Anyways... now we wait! You can go ahead and guess where I'll be going on my newly figured out Facebook group! :p

Thanks to all y'all! cuz I know those of you who read this are probably among the most influencial in this process and decision <3

Double FAIL!!! 74. (Junk Food) and 53. (Sleep)

2010-03-15T21:08:00.000-07:00

so I got pretty close for both of these and had an epic fail... partially my fault both times. Ok... totally my fault both times...

74. I made the mistake of being pretty vague, so I was thinking about doing it over anyways... oh! but also my dad only had pop for us to drink at lunch during the move this past weekend... so... epic fail

53. I was about 3 days from passing this one!! mostly subconsciously actually! but then... I stayed on really late one night... and the next... and then it was Friday! and there was a dance in L-town!! so I had to go... and then I wanted to hang with friends... so... 3am rolled around... and then the next night I didn't want to sleep either... I wandered town and even creeped my friends' house! ... they seemed to be asleep... lame... I gave up and went home... sleeping by 1am... the night of the daylight savings time switch... epic fail!

... oh well! =D more to do later :)

75. Learn to, and make alfajores on my own for someone else

2010-03-10T13:21:00.000-08:00

ok, so I didn't do it all by myself! but baking is no fun without someone else is what I've learned in the last year or so, so my brother and I made the alfajores for my mom and sister! they both thought they were good! our first batch is almost all gone today! and we baked yesterday!!! Oh! and we're bringing Heather a couple of 'em too! :) I hope she likes them!! =D I never realized how simple they are to make! just... time consuming and tedious too :p

PS- we made batch 2, it didn't last long either, but we also gave a couple away to visitors and other friends :) <3

85. Make meals that don’t involve rice for five days in a row

2010-03-09T13:00:00.000-08:00

I actually didn't get to cook day 3 cuz I worked all day, but I took on an extra day at the end :)

Monday I made pizza with my brother and sister's help! :) We even gave stuffed crust a try... and it wasn't amazing :p ... my bad

Tuesday I made pâté chinois (basically québécois shepherd's pie, so good!) for the missionaries! =D no one died and even my mom liked it this time! so it had to have been good! (she usually finds it too greasy)

Wednesday I ended up working overtime, so I didn't get to cook. :( My brother made us spagettis though :) (they were yummy and he kept up the no rice-ness ^_^ )

Thursday I made beef stroganoff cuz my sister was away at choir camp and she doesn't like it :p I got teased for my using ground meat again :p but this time around it was actually elk meat, so I guess it was Elk Stroganoff? =D

Friday I made us arepas (it's these little fried ... corn patties? they're venezuelan http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Arepas_de_huevo.jpg and you slice 'em open and stuff 'em with whatever you like :) ) to celebrate Nessa's return! =D we were almost out of deli meats though, so we had to suffice with just a lot of eggs and cheese to fill them with which wasn't bad, but next time I'll remember to check for the meats!

Saturday my mom wanted to make something with rice in it for dinner, so I got to make breakfast :) A classic! :) we actually ended up going out for dinner thanks to my cousin! :) Yay! Chinese!! :p <3

31. Play through an RPG

2010-03-09T12:42:00.000-08:00

I played Kingdom Hearts!! and kicked it's butt!! It's a Disney mixed in with Final Fantasy characters game! =D and it's super cute and not bad for fun! but also really annoying... I realized there's a reason why I hadn't done this before :p haha! but I am super good at it!! well... kinda... I still have troubles jumping from one thing to another... thank goodness for gliding!! :p and for my brother who patiently helped me get through this game!! :p

This made me feel special :) <3

kinda how I feel now ;p

12. Give up the internet for 2 weeks (not included in mission time)

2010-03-09T12:33:00.000-08:00

Due to circumstances involving trying to find a job, I had to do this over two separate weeks, so I might try it again later, but for now I will say it's been accomplished! =D ... and I need to find a picture of Ron! :)

What a pretty lappy ^_^ sitting there... cuz there's not a whole lot to do without the internet... well... there is... but not on a computer :p

6. Read Romeo and Juliet

2010-02-25T15:04:00.000-08:00

I've now officially read Romeo and Juliet. Somehow I skipped that in High School... and I know I wasn't missing much, but it's a classic... and one I wanted to read for a while... just cuz of all the frequentlly quoted text from it. :) It's actually not half shabby I say :) Anyone may oppose. It's just my opinion.

By the way, the two books... I started with the Oxford Shakespeare one, and I was doing ok, but I found when they had their monologues, sometimes I'd lose interest, usually because of a lack of understanding, so when I realized my uncle had a version that had both the "original" text (I learned in the Oxford that apparently there was no original script, theirs was devised from what people said, wrote down, transcribed, etc.) and a modernized verision on the adjacent page. It was great cuz I didn't have to read the lame modern version, I just had it there for those random inexplicable figures of speech.

[ 35. Write and send a letter once a week ] - update

2010-02-20T19:52:00.000-08:00

I don't know how I'm going to fix this one cuz I can't go back in time, but there are some weeks I send off up to four letters, but then I go a week or two without writing... =/ any suggestions?

68. Make tamales

2010-02-20T19:44:00.000-08:00

Lita taught Moni and I how to make 'em Friday!! =D and dare I say it's the best she's ever made... I say it's cuz Moni and I helped out! ;) We made 36 total! and I reckon at least a dozen of 'em were eaten day of! Oh! and for those of you who don't know... they're basically... meat (in this case pork and chicken) and an olive, sometimes a hot pepper slice and an egg slice, though not this time, wrapped in a cornmeal and spices mix :) so good when done well!

44. Go on a “date” with each of my direct family members #1

2010-02-20T19:21:00.000-08:00

So I took my sister for sushi the night before Valentine's day... we were going to get a love boat, but we were not that hungry, and she didn't want to try all of the ones it came with, so we just got:

Ebi Maki Norimaki and a half order of Prawn Tempura!!

Needless to say they were delicious! =D and we had some fun mixing things for the Maki! :) ... we actually asked for hot sauce to mix with the soya sauce :p it wasn't bad! and satisfied our want for a spicy something... but I think I liked the classic soya sauce with ginger and wasabi better :)

Funny story : to decide what kind of sushi to get we flipped a coin (like B-dette would!) and... it fell into my cup of water!! hahaha! ok... maybe not so funny when you tell the story, but hillarious at the time ;p

my chomping shot ;p her Aaaaaagh shot

Our happy together shot! <3

49. Have two jobs at once

2010-02-17T20:11:00.000-08:00

I have two jobs!! I got out of work at ON today to go to BBW!! ... still working on pictures... and still working on getting a better second job ;) ... but I don't wanna jinx it, so details will come!

k! so that job didn't work out, but I do still have two jobs! =D one still at ON the other at iStock! =D Not really working at the one though... :)

72. Write something in my journal every day for a month

2010-02-11T19:59:00.000-08:00

I honestly thought I'd forget and have to restart all over again really close to the end, but once you get into a habit of it... well... I couldn't go to sleep without writing!! I'm gunna keep this up! :) cuz it's defs helpful! :)

76. Learn to, and make, crema volteada

2010-02-09T21:06:00.000-08:00

We had a Death by Chocolate activity in RS today! and I made it!! with instructions from my mommy! :) and it turned out good! ... I think it was the only not actually chocolate related dessert there ;p [tastes better than it looks ;p I even got compliments! =D ]

24. Have “coffee” or a meal with a friend from elementary school

2010-02-08T20:30:00.000-08:00

so... it was actually DQ drinks :) (I had an Arctic Rush ;) mmm cherry flavoured ;p) and we just sat and talked... mostly I listened :) and learned about what happened to a bunch of my old classmates :) <3 it's fun, sad, crazy, weird, amazing, etc. to see how much we all grew up.

Here's us! All grown up!

77. Practice piano every day for 3 weeks

2010-02-04T22:56:00.000-08:00

I even practiced the day after it was all done! I want to keep this up! The only problem is in my sister being quite annoyed at me whenever I do... but that's only a minor problem because generally I can practice when she's at school! :)

Yay!

PS- This is my beautiful piano! Whom I can't bring myself to name... and too many times is used as a doorside coffee table :( *hearts*

56. Successfully make aji de gallina

2010-01-31T19:50:00.000-08:00

I did it!!! I wanted it for my birthday, and my mom was going to come home after church today to make it for me, but having watched people make it about... 3 times in the last few months... I thought I'd give it a whack! and oh man! apparently it was actually pretty good!! My auntie had seconds!! and as you will see... there weren't many leftovers!

Works in progress

2010-01-22T23:45:00.000-08:00

It's weird... but somehow I feel I'm not making any big dents in this list!!! so... I thought I'd write out what I'm working on... and then some I think I'll try soon :)

2. Read the Bible
I've started! in french...? I don't know... it has a different ring to it... so I'm excited! :)

3. Serve a full-time mission
I can't send my papers 'til I get a job!!! :( but I trust the Lord will provide if I keep looking! :)

6. Read Romeo and Juliet
I took out The Oxford Shakespeare - The Complete Works, Second Edition from the library, so I've started reading!! =D... and kinda hope I can make the time for a few other plays! :)

8. Share testimony with someone every fast Sunday for a year
Well... I have! though I tend to just get up and share it with everyone in the congregation or in Relief Society cuz well... I don't know... I guess I'm just not looking hard enough for others to share with

11. Climb five new trees
I'm up to two

12. Give up the internet for two weeks
I did a week! and then I caved cuz I really need a job... so I'm still not sure if I'll just do one more week later or a full two...

31. Play through an RPG
The lack of work has led to lunacy... I'm working on Kingdom Hears ;p

35. Write and send a letter a week
There have been weeks where I write up to three... and I am gunna say they count for the few weeks I haven't written

40. Not eat junk food for a month
My mom wants to lose some weight, so after the birthday rush, we're gunna do it! She wants to go for two months...

43. Sew myself a dress
Fabric has been found... and the skirt type I want too... so now I just have to make a pattern... or pick a different dress! but! I think I want it done for sweethearts :)

49. Have two jobs at once
So... it seems I have no job right now... but! in fact I do! I just don't get ANY hours! so... once I find a job that gives me hours, I'll technically have two jobs

52. Learn to play and be able to sing along to a song on guitar
I have found a cute song with just two chords! ... so I'm working on lyrics, and being able to switch between the two chords with ease :p

53. Go to sleep before midnight for two consecutive weeks
I've tried this one and failed too many times... but I'll get it...

56. Successfully make aji de gallina
My grandma taught me how, and I've already forgotten, but we're making it again tomorrow, so I'll take notes this time! :p and then! I plan my peruvian party! =D

64. Go carolling twice a winter season
I went this winter! :) 5 times at school! and then once actually out and about :)

72. Write something in my journal every day for a month
Day 11! :D

74. Read Preach My Gospel
Got me a copy! so I started! :D

77. Practice piano every day for 3 weeks
12 days left! I hope my siblings don't go insane :p

80. Attend a local group’s concert
15 Miles is amazing... heard I think... most of their originals... can't wait for the next gig!

83. Learn to skate properly
I'm not taking lessons or anything... but I've been out to the rink now! :) and doing better than I remembered! so... it'll get there! :)

94. Learn to apply eye make up properly
Once again... not taking lessons, but I've been experimenting! and there's deffinately been progress! :) wanna try a few more things before I can say I've got it! :)

95. Give out 3 Books of Mormon
1/3

99. Make a list of songs that remind me of each of my siblings
I've started playlists in Media Player for 'em :)

101. Document the fulfilling of this list with pictures and short notes
Well you've seen 'em!! :D

There's also plans being stewed about having a friends camping trip next month where we'd snow shoe and ice fish! ... I really hope it happens! =D

Oh! and I'm almost certain the temple won't be dedicated before my return! *thumbs up!!*

Oh wow... k! so... apparently I am getting more done than I remember! :) That's pretty encouraging! =D

61. Watch the three High School Musicals back to back and sing along to every song

2010-01-22T22:57:00.000-08:00

yes... I tortured my siblings this past Sunday! hahaha!! My sister had to keep on reminding me when a song was going! :p hahaha!! and... we made TOO much popcorn... well... not really, but we had to make a second batch cuz we forgot our grandma was still up upstairs, and when she came down she was not impressed that we hadn't offered her any! haha! Also! my parents showed up for the third movie! and they brought us a bit of chinese take out! it was pretty good... haha! so... Thanks to these two lovely kids! and thanks to the Cs who lent me their copies haha! :) <3

58. Wash dishes without being asked once a week for two months

2010-01-22T22:49:00.000-08:00

I have done it... there's not a whole lot special... except that I think it's more fun/even enjoyable when you play fun music too! :) Umm... I suppose I have to take a picture of me washing dishes... so check back for that! :p

47. Wave to everyone I make eye contact with while driving on a road trip

2010-01-22T22:48:00.000-08:00

Unfortunately, this one was a bit of a let down, but also an awesome one! :p haha! well... I tried it over my... oh... 4 lengthy car rides over 3 days? haha! and only on one occasion did I get some waving returned!! and it was because of my dear friends were waving as we passed them :) <3 I tried again afterwards because I didn't get the eye contact with the next people, so with my friends to aid me in my futile efforts, I waved into darkness even! trying for SOMETHING!! :p but... there was no more than one weird look... *shrug* you win some you lose some I guess... but I have to get a picture for this... and I'm not quite sure how to do it... but it'll come...

*days later, I found this picture I'd taken of the guy behind us that we tried waving to:

An obvious failure... but that's ok! it was fun! and funny! and we got Peter's out of it! =D

Random Quizzy Thing... that really doesn't have much to do with my 101...

2010-01-07T22:06:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine recently started her own blog, and the first entry was kinda a review of the past year, so here's mine :)

1. Did you keep your New Year's Resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

... I generally don't have set resolutions... and I think my only resolution is to get most of my 101 done before my mission! :) ... no real resolutions
2. Did anyone close to you give birth?

I think Trina and Kailey both had their kids this year! =D

3. Did anyone close to you die?

... I hate to say that we weren't as close as I had hoped we would be... so I don't know if it counts! but she was a great friend <3 RIP Leita... (PS- if anyone can tell me how to get to her grave, that'd be greatly appreciated)

4. What countries did you visit?

Just Canada! :) and what a LOVELY country! =D

5. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?

Savings

6. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory and why?

Haha! I'm such a goose... I defs thought of like... going on dates! so... here goes those! =D
1) The Temple mis-date Date!
2) The Giant Group Date
3) The Preference Date
4) The Fried Rice Date
5) The Fall Ball Date
I think that migh actually be all the dates I went on this year :p ... they were all pretty memorable :) <3 thanks!

7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

I think I'm pretty happy with having lived on my own and basically payed for just about everything (except the food and couple months of rent my parents helped me out with) on my own (and yeah... I accumulated a lot of debt =/ )

8. What was your biggest failure?

Not putting at least 90% into my efforts for my student teaching. I could just feel myself slacking =/ I put A LOT into it... but it never seemed to be enough...

9. Did you suffer illness or injury?

a little illness... (nothing major... just your regular stress cold I think) no injuries :)

10. What was the best thing someone bought you?

oh... umm... I don't know... The Christmas Mug I got from one of my students! it's my first teacher mug! :)
11. Where did most of your money go?
Tuition!!!

12. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Going to Québec!!! and starting my papers, so also blood tests ;p !!! =D

13. What song will always remind you of 2009?

This is it - Michael Jackson

14. Compared to this time last year, are you:

a) happier or sadder? about the same...

b) fatter or skinnier? umm... about the same... maybe a tiny bit skinnier cuz I didn't eat so much this time around living with my dad :p

c) richer or poorer? deffinately poorer...

15. What do you wish you'd done more of?

Saving... or working...

16. What do you wish you'd done less of?

Slacking

17. Did you fall in love in 2009?

umm... not sure... so I guess not? ... unless you count falling in love with Québec City all over again.

18. What was your favorite TV program?

At the beginning of the year I followed four shows: Legend of the Seeker (which apparently has a season two! w00t!), One Tree Hill (unfortunately I got addicted...), Supernatural (but only in the day time :p) and Big Bang!! but... I unfortunately fell into the evil that is Heroes near the end of the year... so it took over all! though I still follow the others :p

19. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?

I wouldn't say hate... but there's a couple people I can think of that I'm not as fond of anymore...?

20. What was your greatest musical discovery?

umm... David Archuleta :)

21. What was your favorite film of this year?

Up! :) or... High School Musical 3 <3

22. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?

I reached 20 this past year! and I was away from all my family! and only had one good friend... the only one who wished me a happy birthday that day (in person) and the only person who handed me a gift that day too... (she got me a Cowboys Fringants CD!!! =D) :p though! I did get a package in the mail the Friday before (it was a Sunday, which kinda added to the lameness cuz I was at church! and even my missionary buds forgot!!)! and then like... a month or so later I got a package from my aunt!! =D PLUS!!! Carnaval started that weekend!!! which is the best present I could ever not even have to ask for! :) so... although it was kinda a lame day... it was an all around good time too :)

23. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

umm... being able to hang out with my bff+e much more pre-mission... or having enough money to be able to leave on my mission immediately...

24. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?

... fashion? ... ok! umm... try things people would pick out... and give it a chance :) ?

25. What kept you sane?

The wind and music

26. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

umm...... none? I honestly can't think of anyone... oh! Maybe Taylor Swift... but I also hate her... cuz she's got it all ;p

27. Who do you miss?

Jon, and now my L-town friends... and Miki!! and pops a bit... ;p and Jon's parents!! and the QUÉBÉCOIS! both legit and adopted :) <3

28. Who was the best new person you met?

Oh man... Bernz!!! My Aussi Twin!!! followed very closely by Jon's mom, Claudia, Lisa, JCam, JStory, Noyce and Bravery!

29. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:

Surrounding yourself with good people and intentions makes life easier and feel more worthwhile. (or something like that... )

57. Have a sleepover with all my cousins on my mom’s side

2009-12-29T08:44:00.000-08:00

Leftovers of our partying :p

Well... to be honest, the 2 year old couldn't make it for the actual sleeping part... but my auntie brought her over in the morning so we could all have breakfast together! :)

I actually think that the person who was most grateful for this get together was my grandma!! :) It was pretty lame that we couldn't have Christmas all together cuz two of them were with their mom, who had arranged for them to be unavailable the following evening, and actually helped make it tricky to get them for the sleepover too!! but that's ok! we persevered! and we had a rocktacular time! :D

We watched The Muppets' Christmas Carol :) and then in the morning the boys played a PS3 football game :p and we all just kinda hung out 'til the crêpe master (my auntie) arrived :p and we feasted! and then we made plans to go get things for lunch cuz we were all still pretty hungry :p

28. Pay for the person behind me at a Timmy Ho’s drive thru

2009-12-29T08:22:00.000-08:00

This was probably the most fun thing so far! and it took no time at all!! We stopped by Tim Horton's to get my mom something to eat before work on our way back from my dad's and there was a jumbo line up, so I thought to myself : What better day than Monday morning in this ridiculous line up the Monday before Christmas?! so I did! :) The lady told us we payed for a guy's coffee and breakfast sandwich :)

You can't tell too well... but that's the guy behind us! and the long line up ;p

*INSERT: On the radio today they had a segment for sharing do-good things that have been done to you, and someone said they went to Timmy's one day and when they got to the window, they found it was payed for them! w00t!!!! :D -May 28th 2010

15. 12 days of Christmas someone

2009-12-29T08:13:00.000-08:00

I chose one of my new awesome friends who lives nearby to do this to... I don't know if she knows how awesome she is! plus, she didn't spend Christmas with her family, so she was obviously the perfect candidate <3 Unfortunately, she knows me well enough already to know that I'm one of the only people around that would do this, so I didn't even get past day three without her knowing who it was :p

Some of them were pretty clever too!! but I can't take credit for all of them cuz I took a lot from http://www.easyfunschool.com/article2032.html

Well... I returned to Calgary after day 7 and I left a secret helper to deliver the last few days... :) Thanks to them!

10. Watch all three Lord of the Rings extended editions back to back

2009-12-29T08:00:00.000-08:00

Goodness this was quite the feat!! and although it was quite the experience, I don't reckon I'll do it again... unless I'm bed ridden and can't read or something scary like that :p

Anyways... we started strong around 11:30am, Nessa and I having just eaten breakfast and Trevor and Ryan having come prepared with their blankies :)

I can't remember exactly when... but I think it was half way through the first or after the first... we made all kinda of popcorn! and by all kinds I mean microwaved, air popped and stove top popped. Note: it was overall agreed that stove topped and air popped were the best tasting, but because when you pop it over the stove there are no wasted kernels, it is the best method for popping corn.

This was the final result and gang... we finished at nearly 1am... but we finished!!! =D congrats to us!
*Note - Braeden and Kurt joined in on the fun for the last movie while Chris (who joined for the second movie) and Ryan skipped out to get some things before Sunday :)

57. 58.

2009-12-25T16:46:00.000-08:00

umm... no pictures yet, tons of fun! umm.... more to come!! <3

10. 15. 28.

2009-12-21T08:46:00.000-08:00

Three!! in a week and a bit! Pictures to come! :)

well... I guess 15 isn't quite done yet, but it's out of my hands now, as I have left the deliveries to someone else since I returned home for the remainder of the Christmas season.

10. Saturday I spent all day vegging and Sunday I was really tired! :p but it was accomplished... and I never intend to do it again... :p

28. Today, as we came in to town, my mommy needed some breaky, and since my sister and I had had Timmy's we got in line and got her some too! :) only we payed for the dude behind us too! :) The lady said he got a coffee and breakfast sandwich :) No better way to start your week than a free breakfast eh?! =D I like this one...

5. Build a snow fort & failed attempt at 81

2009-12-05T11:54:00.000-08:00

OH MAN I LOVE THAT WE GOT A BLIZZARD!!

(right to left) My cousin, brother and I went out to make a snow fort this morning!! =D

It may be hard to tell, but it's a BEAST!! We were out there about an hour and a half...
This was our final project:

Fort Potato! Skittley Dee Potatoes!! ;p

but we got interuptions... like the taxi that came to get people who actually went to work this morning got stuck, so we dug him out :p or right before coming in we decided to try to shovel 1/2 our walk to our neighbour's... but failed because the snow just kept blowing it back on, so I gave up... but here are the efforts:

Basically I just had a ton of fun! and I invite you to come sit in our fort! :)

PS- Believe it or not, we didn't freeze!! =D it was actually quite nice! (even with the wind!) plus... once the fort was satisfactorily tall... sitting in it blocked a lot of that wind!!

7. Go without facebook for 2 weeks (not included in mission time or internet-less time)

2009-12-03T18:25:00.000-08:00

So... I honestly think I could have made this a month and been just fine... it was WAY easier than I thought it would be... though I think I can thank my practicum for that... in fact, I think it made it so that so far my practicum's going great BECAUSE I haven't been on all the time :p

An overall great experience... and now I have to go check on everything I missed... :p

PS- You can't tell, but it's 25 notifications, 15 messages, 1 friend request, 1 friend suggestion, 9 event invites, and 6 other requests... not bad for two weeks if I may say so myself :)

71. Watch a sunset and a sunrise within 24 hours

2009-11-21T21:57:00.000-08:00

So... the last week I've been leaving my house at the crack of dawn (litterally), and coming home just as the sun begins to set or so... and although I haven't been able to get any good pictures of those dark fuschia sunrises, I am including pictures of other sunrises/sunsets from around here.

This one's sunset looking over the plains and on to the mountains... but since I was driving, I owe my youngest brother many thanks for this amazing shot!!

Believe it or not, this one's a sunrise at the university! with the "city" skyline :p Very pretty though :)

My friends playing bumper caterpillars this morning while we were waiting for pretty colours to arise... and there were none!! it was the weirdest sunrise ever...

The reason I'm picking tonight to write it: we made a point of trying to watch the sunrise today... but it failed in being an obvious sunrise... but we even climbed trees to try to get a better view! ^_^ and it was so much fun! despite the minor disappointment in view... AND tonight we tried to watch it too :) while I wrote up my Grade 5 Math class :p

Slacking

2009-11-18T20:14:00.000-08:00

so... I sent my list to my missionary friend, and he claims to already have accomplished a bunch of them... I think he's lying/cheating, but his rebuke was true... all I've done is ONE! so... tonight I begin a facebook fast! ... no facebook for two weeks! it'll be great! it'll be hard! it'll be so worth it! I'm excited for two weeks of more human interaction! and more time to do other things in the real world :)

I'll need luck and prayers and strength! (sounds pretty pathetic...)

79. Attend a play

2009-11-02T11:00:00.000-08:00

I got lucky!! My brother was in the school play (playing many roles actually :p), so we went to go see the show closing night! Our grandma even came down for the event! :D

this is with my grandma

and here's everyone else! patiently anticipating the show!! :D

That's my brother in my favorite of his roles... The White Knight! "I'd call you a pansie, but that'd be an insult to pansies!" I laughed so hard!!

Getting Started

2009-10-18T14:45:00.000-07:00

In no particular order, I present my 101 in 1001

Sunday, October 18th 2009 - Sunday July 15th 2012

1. Slow dance in the rain

2. Read the Bible

3. Serve a full-time mission

4. Drink a virgin piña colada in the rain

5. Build a snow fort

6. Read Romeo and Juliet

7. Go without facebook for 2 weeks (not included in mission time or internet-less time)

8. Share testimony with someone every fast Sunday for a year (0/12)

9. Do a complete fast 3 times in a row (24 hours, prayer, offering) (0/3)

10. Watch all three LoTR extended editions back to back

11. Climb 5 new trees

12. Give up the internet for 2 weeks (not included in mission time)

13. Sing in a group of less than 8 in public

14. Attend a session at the Salt Lake Temple

15. 12 days of Christmas someone

16. Full out decorate for Halloween

17. Go camping with friends

18. Start and contribute monthly to a personal travel fund

19. Take a photography class

20. Take a mechanics course

21. Go snow shoeing

22. Go paintballing with a sling shot

23. Attend the family camping trip

24. Have “coffee” or a meal with a friend from elementary school

25. Get recertified for first aid

26. Get a pet

27. Learn to be fluent in a new language

28. Pay for the person behind me at a Timmy Ho’s drive thru

29. Fly a kite

30. Learn to golf

31. Play through an RPG

32. Have three friends attend the Calgary Temple open house (0/3)

33. Accept falling in love

34. Be vegetarian for a week each summer (0/3)

35. Write and send a letter once a week (x/143)

36. Take a tap or Irish dance class

37. Go on one of those crazy and pay for me rides (slingshot, bungee jumping or something)

38. Get my graduated driver’s license

39. Dress up as a famous group that goes together for Halloween

40. Not eat junk food for a month

41. Learn to play soccer properly

42. Go up the Calgary tower

43. Sew myself a dress

44. Go on a “date” with each of my direct family members (4/5)

45. Get myself drawn as an anime

46. Bring 3 names to the temple (0/3)

47. Wave to everyone I make eye contact with while driving on a road trip

48. Cook and host a more formal dinner with family and close friends

49. Have two jobs at once

50. Drive outside of Canada

51. Swim under the stars

52. Learn to play and be able to sing along to a song on guitar

53. Go to sleep before midnight for two consecutive weeks (also not included in mission time)

54. Bike on a highway

55. Go running for 30 minutes weekday mornings for 2 weeks

56. Successfully make aji de gallina

57. Have a sleepover with all my cousins on my mom’s side

58. Wash dishes without being asked once a week for two months

59. Write 101 reasons why I love each of my siblings (35/303)

60. Catch a fish

61. Watch the three High School Musicals back to back and sing along to every song

62. Read Jesus the Christ

63. Invite a friend to take the discussions

64. Go carolling twice a winter season (1/3)

65. Get Anne of Green Gables I & II (0/2)

66. Learn to belay

67. Eat tofurkey

68. Make tamales

69. Read the Book of Mormon in Russian

70. Go canoeing in a row boat in the moonlight

71. Watch a sunset and a sunrise within 24 hours

72. Write something in my journal every day for a month

73. Go to Utah for conference

74. Read Preach My Gospel

75. Learn to, and make alfajores on my own for someone else

76. Learn to, and make crema volteada

77. Practice piano every day for 3 weeks

78. Acquire a brass instrument for myself

79. Attend a play

80. Attend a local group’s concert

81. Shovel someone’s walk anonymously

82. Get rubber boots

83. Learn to skate properly

84. Go winter camping

85. Make meals that don’t involve rice for five days in a row

86. Drink the eight cups of water a day for a week

87. Use each of the EFY Gospel Lessons DVDs in a lesson (0/3)

88. Read 20 books over a summer (6/20)

89. Pixie someone

90. Learn the marinera

91. Know all 100 scripture mastery references (31/100)

92. Do my visiting teaching in the first week of the month

93. Be in three places at once

94. Learn to apply eye make up properly

95. Give out 3 Books of Mormon (1/3)

96. Give 5 compliments a day for a week

97. Learn to play harmonica

98. Learn to juggle consistently

99. Make a list of songs that remind me of each of my siblings

100. Clean each of my parents’ communal living areas (kitchen, living room, stairs, entrance) without them asking (1/2)

101. Document the fulfilling of this list with pictures and short notes

Preamble

2009-09-28T07:29:00.000-07:00

I was inspired by a good friend of mine to try this thing where you make a list of 101 things you want to get done in the next1001 days, so I thought to myself: why not? I have a long list of things I want to do anyways... why not add the motivation? so now I'm just working on finding 101 things to do! ... I'm about half way!