Girls just want to have fun! 100 things to do in 2007. My 2007 resolutions.

January: Girls Just Want to Have Fun

It’s a month in and I’ve done pathetically little on my list of 100 things to do this year. It’s OK though because most of the stuff will probably happen over the summer and I’m sure I can have some weekends where I knock off about 5 things 🙂 The only thing totally checked off so far is number 44, thanks to Josh who brought me flowers for my birthday! I still will gladly accept flowers from any boy who wants to give them to me though 🙂

girls just want to have fun

Valerie’s 100 in 2007:

General
4. Pick a hair color and stick with it
I’ve dyed my hair blonde, twice…but it won’t cooperate

Movies
36. Watch all the 80s cartoons I have on dvd
I’ve started season one of Fraggle Rock (not a cartoon cartoon, but it counts)


Pampering
44. Get flowers from a boy 😉
Thanks Josh!

Books:
51. Read ten Pulitzer Prize winning books (my goal is to eventually read them all)
I read Middlesex

52. Read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
halfway through

Writing:
54. Write a good draft of my memoir, 56. Write an article and send it out, 57. Finish a good essay and send it out, 58. Finish a good short story and send it out
I’ve been writing a lot more 🙂

Web Design:
59. Learn Google Analytics
I looked into it for work and installed it on my own, nothing too exciting but it will hopefully be cool for my work’s website
62. Figure out what is wrong with the leave comments section on my website
I spent some time with this one and am still hitting a wall

Life and professional:
67. Apply to do freelance editing
I started drafting a letter to a publisher

71. Design a freelance website
I started one for someone at work, but I am being really slow because I never feel like working when I get home

72. Learn to use my iPod and get all my music on it
I’ve gotten some songs on it

Sports:

74. Learn to snowboard
Not yet, but I learned to ski!

Food and Libations:
85. Bake once a month
I baked Oatmeal Raisin and Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprise cookies in January
I have already started on my first baking project for February

Baked Oatmeal-Cherry Cookies

Baked Oatmeal-Cherry Cookies

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February 1, 2007
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Hi, I'm Val. I spent most of my 20s in a standstill, unable to pick which path in life I wanted to take. I wanted the nomadic life of a traveler but also wanted the husband, the condo, and the kitten. Unable to decide which life I wanted more, I did nothing. When I turned 30 I’d had enough of putting my life on hold and decided to start “choosing my figs.” So, I quit my job, bought a one-way ticket to Europe, and traveled for three years. Now I'm back in Chicago, decorating my apartment in all the teal, petting my cats, and planning my next adventure.

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2007 was both the best and worst year you could ever imagine. OK, so definitely not the worst year ever, but at the same time I feel kind of shitty that I didn’t suck it up and accomplish the two biggest things on my list. I’m still living with the parents and I’m still single 🙁 Other than that though I had one of the most amazingly awesome years you could ever imagine! Thank you so much to everyone who helped make my year so sweet! Highlights definitely include Nadia and Bryan’s wedding, the Illinois road trip, Warped Tour exhibit at the Rock Hall, the Krystal Square Off, meeting Kurt Halsey (and him recognizing me!), and meeting Pat Bertoletti (and him remembering me!). Oh! And the Kwik-e-Mart…and my birthday…and skiing…and cicadas…and well…I guess a whole lot more!

Despite the fact that this year I also completed my masters in writing, I think i probably can sum up the year best in the 10,328 photos I took…



(Don’t worry, I didn’t really post here all 10,328 photos. But sorry they go so fast, I had too many!)

For those brave ones, below the cut is a recap of my “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” 100 in 2007!!!


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