633 days to go...

Well, I'm a year into this process and have completed 20 of 101 things. I had wanted to get to 30 by the end of the year, but sadly that did not happen.

However, I'm pretty happy with my progress to date. The following "things" have now been completed:

#7: Read a Brave New World
#9: Read Lord of the Rings trilogy
#12: Start a journal
#15: Get a manicure/pedicure (I definitely did this more than once!)
#19: Drink 6 glasses of water a day for 1 month
#22: Make a home first aid kit
#23: Keep a food diary for 30 days
#28: Find a white wine that I really, really like (also did this more than once!)
#31: Find a good farmers' market in Boston
#38: Refine the chore schedule
#39: Stick to chore schedule for 2 months straight
#40: Send Christmas cards in 2009
#54: Start a rainy day jar for change
#73: Celebrate our 1st anniversary
#74: Take a Duck Tour
#88: Finish converting family videos to DVD
#89: Start a blog to document this process
#92: Start a cooking blog
#93: Complete a proper spring cleaning
#94: Go to a Red Sox game at Fenway

In addition, I have another 10 things underway, though most will probably take a while longer to complete (quilt, I'm looking at you...)

Looking back, I think this year has been fairly productive. The blogging process has been so important in keeping me on track and encouraging me to complete many of these tasks. If I didn't feel like it was breathing down my neck all year, I probably wouldn't have finished half of these!

It's also a nice way to reflect upon the past year and all that has happened. While most of the things are minor, every day life sort of events, remembering the circumstances under which they were completed helps to remind me of all the fun stuff we've done this year. The Duck Tour was first completed when my mom and Isabel came to visit, and the Red Sox game was a result of Yuna's arrival. The spring cleaning was part of the ongoing process of falling in love with our apartment, and the food diary helped to make me more conscious of what I'm putting in my mouth every day.

All in all, I'm really excited to be continuing this process into 2010. Thanks again to everyone for their ongoing support!