A List of Things. All Random.

This list was started on Dec 31.

1. Sometimes you just can't pray.
2. God hears anyway.

3. These past few days have been stunningly beautiful. I have ached to be outside.
4. I've been sitting at my desk in my office, working all week during the daylight hours.

5. It's New Year's Eve.
6. I am about as much a fan of this day as I am of Christmas Day.

7. My dad died in 2015.
8. Drew and Danica got engaged in 2015.
9. Both events caused me to have many feels.

10. Deciding what to watch on Netflix is a time consuming activity.
11. I binge watched Nashville tonight.
12. Don't judge me.

13. I can't decide if I should make a list of things to do in 2016.
14. Do I even know how to move forward without a list?

And then I clicked over to my 101 Things To Do in 1,001 Days list and updated it.
Allowed myself to feel a smidgeon of pride that I have actually completed 24 items on that list this past year. "Yay me," she says with an imaginary sparkler in her hand.


For those of you who find clicking links just too onerous, I've copied and pasted it here:
You are so very welcome.

pixnprose (Jane O)

101 Things in 1001 Days

Jan 01, 2015 - Sep 28, 2017

1	Explore the option of using the equipment at the local community centre's gym,
2	No bread/buns for 30 days (Jan 2016)
3	Deal with dental issues in 2016
4	In addition to family and friends, pray intentionally, for one year, for a political leader, an organization, a stranger, a singer, a writer, an actor, a convict, a random famous person, a world event
5	Be better at posting "Three Things I'm Thankful for" ... aim for 5 times a week.
6	See Donny and Marie in Vegas
7	Become a mother-in-law. Don't be a sucky one
8	Replace door and locks on cabin.
9	See Rend Collective in concert. (Passion concert?)
10	Update birthday book/calendar with special dates
11	Read 3 Management/Business books in 2016
12	Be more intentional about reading the Bible. I mean, come ON.
13	Prepare a budget for 2016. Then completely ignore it as opportunities to do fun things surface.
14	Get a library card. Use it often. Or not. Just keep buying books as if money grows on trees.
15	Host a Let's Make a Difference party
16	Get rid of 200 Things. Like for serious. And don't just dump it in the garbage. Someone else may want/love it?
17	Set aside the 1st day of each month to fast in 2016
18	Get eyes checked. By a doctor who knows these things. Deal with the results in a mature fashion
19	Walk a half marathon with Andrea
20	Go to spa/have a facial
21	Send a thank you card every Friday in 2016.
22	Host craft weekend at lake. Probably do this more than once.
23	Leave 100 comments on random instagram photos in January 2016
24	Make a new friend. Preferably one that is single. Lives in Vancouver. And likes watching fireworks on New Year's Eve
25	Finish/Print 2015 Photo Book
26	Finish/Print 2014 Photo Book. Be amazed how spectacular the year was.
27	Host a Nora Ephron movie-thon weekend at lake
28	Donate blood
29	Visit Vern in Winnipeg
30	Attend a spoken word event
31	Walk across the Cambie Street Bridge
32	Walk across the Port Mann Bridge
33	Renew passport
34	No fast food lunches for a month
35	Take a dance lesson
36	Submit an article to a publication
37	Organize/Sort through 25 boxes. If possible, get rid of contents.
38	Organize/Sort through 25 more boxes
39	Via dye or extensions, add a bright colour to my hair
40	Explore laser eye surgery
41	Vacation in Europe. (Visit cousins?) Destination and companions to be determined
42	Attend Symphony
43	See Fleetwood Mac live
44	Attend/Volunteer at Vancouver Film Festival
45	Sign up for Match.com. Be awesome. Get married
46	Pay for someone's order behind me in a Starbucks or Tim Horton drive through line
47	Memorize a passage of scripture
48	Get rid of 100 things
49	Write a Production Manual for work
50	Figure out a way to have music in my basement
51	Pacific Northwest weekend road trip
52	Make one recipe off Yum board on Pinterest
53	Add all book club book selections to Pages board on Pinterest
54	Write 4 letters to each of my Compassion children in 2016
55	Walk around Barnston Island
56	Visit/Explore Othello Mines
57	Attend a play at Pacific Theatre
58	Attend a play at Arts Club Theatre
59	Do a 24 hour read-a-thon in 2015 at the lake
60	Buy ten $5 gift cards to Tim Hortons. Keep in purse. Hand them out to people in need.
61	Go to bed by midnight 10 nights in a row
62	Write a random note of encouragement. Put it in a book at a bookstore
63	Plan an evening where I place pre-written encouraging post it notes in random public spaces
64	Try geocaching
65	Invest house money
66	Remove 2013 and 2014 photos from laptop
67	Get a makeup make over
68	Buy new bed(s) for cabin
69	Get outdoor patio lighting for cabin
70	Improve landscaping at cabin
71	Lose 10 pounds
72	Pray for the entire world via: operationworld.com
73	Watch/Recommend one TED video everyday for a month
74	Give blood again
75	Lose an additional 10 pounds
76	Go chocolate-less for 30 consecutive days
77	Participate in Lent in a meaningful way
78	First Advent Sunday- with OBoys
79	Find local eyebrow threader
80	Enjoy a beverage at an outdoor cafe in Paris facing west in the late afternoon while reading a book of poetry wearing bifocal reading sunglasses and a cotton floral summer frock
81	Watch 5 documentaries on netflix
82	Attend a concert at Red Rock in Colorado
83	Follow 25 new photographers on Instagram
84	New York. With friends
85	Northern Lights with Oboys
86	Organize office at work - get a bookshelf/cabinet
87	See Cirque du Soleil
88	Replace all the contents in my top dresser drawer
89	Attend a stand-up comedian's show
90	Do a prayer walk around my kids' neighbourhoods
91	Complete an athletic challange
92	Visit Tricia in North Carolina
93	Attend an Anne Lamott book reading event
94	Finish reading Outlander series
95	Lose another ten pounds
96	Hold a newborn
97	Follow through on HONY/Story of My Life project idea
98	Replace phone with newer model in 2016
99	Help mom clean out Christmas Closets
100	Move all boxes from garage to basement
101	Go dancing

Haha.

Always with the lists.

Three things I'm thankful for:

1. There is only one New Year's Eve per year.
2. He even hears unspoken, not fully developed prayers. In advance.
3. Glimpses of great love.


Shalom.
xo