Whew. It's been a long time since I was on this thing! I've been a bit busy graduating from UTK with my Master's, moving to Chapel Hill, starting a new job in the Carolina Union, and getting married. We got married a little less than a month ago and honestly I wouldn't change a thing about it. It was the perfect beginning to our happily ever after. We honeymooned in the Domincan Republic, and pending that I jump back on the blog band wagon, there may be pictures and all that hoopla soon. I'm here because my very first 101 is officially up. And I have composed a brand new 101 with my husband, and I'm super excited to get it published and make it official. But before I post the new one, I wanted to do an official re-cap ending out the 101 I began in October of 2010. Wow that feels like a really long time ago!
Physical/ Health
Run 3 miles on a regular basis instead of 2; For the past month, I've ran at least a 5k when I run =)Continue going to yoga/pilates (LOVE IT!) Get into hiking or trail running Greenways in Knoxville, and trails in Chapel Hill - Run the Cooper River Bridge 10 K!
Swim a mile as my rule not the exception- Try one cleansing / detox diet just to see what it’s like
Find one other type of class I enjoy, Zumba, Jazzercize, etc. When I moved to Chapel Hill I got into spin class! - Use my drive to exercise to benefit others- participate in run/walks for non-profit organizations
- Go to at least one Crossfit session with Bran!
- Take and pass the Beach lifeguard physical portion exam
Continue taking a multi-vitamin and bump it up with adding Vitamin C and possibly a few others- We take a gummy multi vitamin every day
Education
Educate
the new members we just brought through their new member period in
order to leave behind a good legacy: Members have been educated, and my
term has officially finished.Successfully host the Greek 101 program for all Greeks: I think this was sucessfully hosted and completed, October 23rd.
3.Confidently
finish my Officer Term with a bit more assertiveness than before: I
officially handed over my position December 7th, 2010. I think I'm more
assertive...
4..Finish out with a 3.9 overall GPA Graduated with a 3.85 overall, close but no cigar
5. Get my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology WOO! Graduated on May 14th, 2011
6. Get
into the majority of the programs I applied to for Grad School- Got
into USC, Tennessee, Western, and App. Canclled my review on FLorida
application because I had decided on UT already =D
7.Obtain my Master’s Degree in College Student Development (this will happen in t-minus 30 days!)
8.Get a certificate in Leadership and Organization to better set myself up at as an asset to get hired
1. Get hired as a Head Guard at an outdoor pool
2. Teach private swim lesson full time one summer
3. Hold an assistantship the entire time I’m in Grad School
4. Get hired as a Greek Advisor (does this have to count, since I don't want to do that job anymore?)
5. Find a job near where Bran is finishing his Doctorate January 2013 UNC Chapel Hill
6. Be on an exec. Board at a college to get my foot in the door
7. Begin working my way up through a University that has opportunities for me to advise and organize student affairs programs I started working for UNC Chapel Hill in January of 2013
8. Write a small piece or column for a local magazine or newspaper
9. Give back in some way whether time or money to Tri-Sigma possibly as a chapter advisor somewhere but not at my own chapter I've paid up through my alumni dues and been able to give a little bit to the Zeta Lambda chapter
10. Make the big girl change to a BlackBerry to be able to manage everything on the go- Got an Iphone! End of January 2011
Start
paying off my college loans (don’t incur too many during Grad School)-
Made my first payment of 50 WHOLE dollars yesterday, 6/18/11- Stash money to help with my brother’s college
Get someone to give me a freaken credit card, Summer of 2012 I got a AAA one, I also got a NY and Co one ;)Save up enough to do DisneyWorld right: This
is an almost, I will be going to Disney in May but it has been financed
through someone else so I'm not sure how this one will be dealt with...- Have at least $5,000.00 in savings
Be able to send money when asked thru Alum Relations for Zeta Lambda Check!
- Start a small savings account for a house down payment
1. Stop being such a chicken and take a baking class; to make cupcakes and cakes like I want to.
2. Make at least 2 meals at home a week
3. Make carrot cake from scratch Completed!
4. Make funny bone cake from scratch I made Brandon's cake this year, March 2013
5. Plant a garden and grow some of my own vegetables
6. Own my very own palm tree, even if it’s in a little pot
7. Get a kitten when I have a big girl apartment for Grad School Hood Rat arrived the first weekend in November!
8. Learn to cook Chicken Melanesas, made them for Thanksgiving
9. Become a bit more fashionable- add accessories!; I just went out with Christmas money and got sweaters and some fashionable accessories.
10. Turn Sigma t-shirts into a quilt- March of 2011 Mim (brandon's grandmother) and I created this masterpeice
11. Learn to sew well enough to make curtains and fix buttons
12. Buy a pink vacuum- got one here in Laurel
13. Bump up my sheet thread count- ie price range when buying sheets 700!!
14. Have decent fingernails that I can actual paint- I've been doing a great job with this, they aren't daggers or anything but they are long enough to paint!
15. Frame a picture I took from Hawaii to use as a center piece for a room
Personal Growth
These are all a little sappy... and not measurable..
1. Find more time for writing, blogging and composing
2. Stand up more often for the little things instead of waiting for a big issue to fight for
3. Discover more about Buddhism (possibly through visiting Thailand)
4. Volunteer at a soup kitchen or a clothing drive
5. Become a Big Sister through Big Brothers/Big Sisters
6. Finish my listography books
7. Stay in touch with my sisters via snail mail
8. Coach a little league soccer team
9. Teach the twins how to drive a stick shift
10. Learn
to exhibit more on the outside what’s going on inside instead of
assuming others know what I’m feeling without actually saying it
11. Hold others to the standards I hold myself
12. Strive to teach others through action and not lecture
1.Make
a trip to visit all the schools we’ve applied to NC State, Chapel Hill,
Tennessee, USC etc.- Have visited and decided that I will be at
Univeristy of Tennesse in a month, and the fiance =D will be at UNC
Chapel Hill.
- Go back to The Big Island of Hawaii
3.Bring Bran to meet the family in Charleston, WV, we went last year for Christmas (2011)
4. Head to Denver, Colorado (maybe see a Bronco’s game)
6. Visit my Little in Saint Louis Missouri
7. Hike a small part of the Blue Ridge parkway
8. Take a cruise to some exotic tropical spot
9, Drive to Florida for a Vacation- May 24th, Bran and I drove from NC to FL for our Disney and Engagement
12. Go back to Kentucky and see another Wildcats Game
13. Visit a Spanish speaking country June 2013 Dominican Republic
Become Engaged to my Prince Charming- On May 27th, Brandon proposed to me in front of Cinderlla's castle the moment we walked into the Magic Kingdom. Take professional pictures “fairy tale style” Go to a Denver Broncos Game, November 11th, 2012 against the Panthers; we stomped Carolina! Be kissed in Cinderella’s castle at Disney- See above!Eat more exotic fruits like mangos, kiwis and pomegranates I'd say this was a success Decorate a room all by myself, I'd say my Laurel apartment countsOwn a blender for smoothies, Had a miniature pink one - Make a CD for family of guitar playing and singing
Own a yellow pair of rain boots; For our 3 year anniversary Bran got me a pair of these!Get monogrammed towels!; Same here =)- Spend a whole evening in a book store getting a bunch of books I’ve always wanted to read but never had the time
- Get certified in Scuba Diving
- Bring Bella back from Mim and Pops
- Ride on the back of a motorcycle just to see what it’s like
Get a specific perfume Romance Have a fish tank with some exotic fish, Got one for Bran for our anniversary in October Buy a pair of skinny jeans to wear with boots; Over fall break in October 2010 I bought a black pair, LOVE THEM!Go to a wedding! I’ve only ever been to my parents renewal of vows, Last fall I got to go to Sam Davis's my SBIG's wedding- Go out in a rain jacket and rain boots and stomp in a really really huge puddle
- Find the love notes from Bran from my summer away at camp
Start a DVD collection I inherited one, that should count right? - Own and play the piano again. Possible compose again as well.
- Spend one entire day really and truly playing hooky
- Learn to water ski/ go tubing
See
a white Christmas; Christmas 2010 was DEFINITELY a White Christmas. We
were in West Virginia and there was 3-6 inches on the ground and more
falling =)- Get a set of those tumbler cups with my initials in them
I did 53 of these! Looking back at it, I will say that if you decide to do this, make your goals more measurably. As you will see from the list I'm about to post, the things we want to get done in the next few years are alot more do-able than traveling to a million different places and buying a zillion different things. I'm determine to do at least 75% of the next list! March of 2016 here we come!
