• Graduate from my school with an A.S. in Biology!
  • Represent my school in the catalog.
  • Apply to Olivet Nazarene University.
  • Take a tour of Olivet Nazarene University.
  • Take a tour of University of Illinois-Chicago.
  • Find a Filipino cookbook written in English.
  • Learn how to swim.
  • Become fluent in Spanish.
  • Volunteer at a hospital.
  • Learn to ride a bicycle.
  • Win a scholarship.
  • Become certified in CPR.
  • For every fiction book, check out a nonfiction book.
  • Learn how to maintain a car.
  • Recognize 5 constellations in the sky.
  • Try a new recipe once a week for a year.
  • Be a baby-wearing guru with my Moby wrap.
  • Be featured on Xanga.
  • Make a photo album just for my dancing pictures.
  • Develop the pictures from my computer.
  • Get one tattoo. (I changed my mind on this one--I don't want any ink when I'm old and wrinkly!)
  • Write down my love story.
  • Take a photography class.
  • Organize Carlos’ pictures.
  • Scan the pictures that I want from my parents’ house.
  • Buy a piano.
  • Learn bellydancing.
  • Take a dance class with Carlos.
  • Take an art class.
  • Memorize “Moonlight Sonata” on the piano.
  • Send in a secret to PostSecret.
  • Paint a painting.
  • Create a sculpture.
  • Write a blog everyday for a month.
  • Breastfeed Giovanni for 1 year.
  • …for however long he wants.
  • Go through the boxes of Carlos’ old documents.
  • Visit my family in the Philippines.
  • Meet Carlos’ family in Chile.
  • Design my dream house.
  • Spend the weekend at Sybaris with Carlos.
  • Adopt a cat.
  • Get professional pictures taken with Carlos, Giovanni, and Michael…
  • …and send them to the entire extended family.
  • Make the piñata for Giovanni’s 1st birthday party.
  • Make the cake as well.
  • Sing a karaoke song for Carlos in front of a lot of people.
  • Watch my brother spar in a Tae Kwan Do match.
  • Grow a vegetable garden.
  • Grow an herb garden.
  • Grow a houseplant for every room of the house.
  • Cook one vegetarian meal once a week.
  • Make a homemade dessert twice a month.
  • Finish my Home Management Binder.
  • Sponsor a child.
  • Take a picture by The Bean in Chicago.
  • Go ice-skating in Millennium Park, Chicago.
  • Introduce Giovanni to my Washington friends.
  • Go on a cruise with Carlos.
  • Attend a ball.
  • Get the rest of my stuff out of my parents’ house!
  • Go to a beach in the Philippines.
  • Go to Wrigley Stadium when the Seattle Mariners are playing.
  • Kiss Carlos at the top of the Sears Tower.
  • Take a ride in a horse-drawn carriage with Carlos through downtown Chicago.
  • Visit Navy Pier, Chicago.
  • Pay off my credit cards.
  • Buy a filing cabinet and actually use it.
  • Open a 529 plan for Giovanni.
  • Buy a video camera to record life’s precious moments.
  • Save $1000.
  • Support Heifer International.
  • Join a gym.
  • Get toned.
  • Speak Spanish for a day.
  • Speak Tagalog for a day.
  • Go wall-climbing.
  • Grow my hair down to my waist.
  • …and donate it!
  • Finish the Harry Potter series.
  • Find a new hairstyle for straight hair.
  • Experiment with waves and curls.
  • Stop cracking my knuckles.
  • Read the Bible in its entirety.
  • Volunteer at my church.
  • Learn how to braid my own hair.
  • Get braces.
  • Celebrate my 21st birthday by going to a bar.
  • Go to church every week for a month.
  • …For 6 months.
  • Figure out my family tree.
  • Own lingerie from Victoria Secret.
  • Make friends at my parenting classes.
  • Learn how to knit.
  • Make a scarf.
  • Knit a beanie.
  • Follow my cleaning routine for 1 week.
  • …For a month.
  • Own a little black dress.
  • Recycle more, even if it means having to drive to the recycling center.
  • Instead of going out to shop, go online.
jun 21 2009 ∞
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