Nicole's List: The End 76-100

I finally figured out my last two. So, here's the end of my list. There's still a few days left for anyone interested in joining!


76. Fix the bathroom drain
77. Substitute teach more
78. Read a book on grammar/writing (increase my content knowledge)
79. Learn a new word each week
80. Keep a lesson/assignment journal for ideas
81, Do 1 homework assignment in advance 2/9
82. Decrease my carbon emissions in some way
83. Read a high school level book and develop a lesson plan for it
84. Take each family member out to lunch
85. Tell the truth when asked “what’s wrong” at least once
86. Get PowerPoint for my computer
87. Get REAP application finished
88. Be nice to someone rude
89. Compliment people freely
90. Ask a question in class
91l Watch the stars appear
92. Take a day to do nothing (and not feel guilty)
93. Buy something for someone for no reason
94. Send someone flowers
95. Be able to identify five types of trees
96. Research a place before I visit
97. Train for the 5k
98. Write Christmas letters instead of Christmas cards
99. Write a short story—and not turn it into a novel and/or series
100. Give 100% in student teaching—regardless of the situation.

Nicole's List 51-75

I am still grasping at straws for my last two. I think I am going to take the next few Christmas days to ponder over my last two goals for the next year. Maybe seeing my family will help put some more ideas into my perspective. So, for now, here's #51-75. Happy Holidays! Good luck with any other lists you may be creating. And we'll meet back here again a little closer to the new year!

51. Take old clothes to Goodwill (not just have them sit in my trunk)
52. Make pasta from scratch
53. Go to that little bookstore on Main Street again and buy something.
54. Go camping more than once this year.
55. Finish my teaching portfolio before I finish student teaching.
56. Watch a sunrise
57. Write a poem
58. Support a local farm
59. Backup my computer
60. Backup blog posts
61. Buy a birdfeeder (& put it up, obviously)
62. Read a book about a historical time period I don’t know much about.
63. Support my library
64. Rewrite my philosophy of education & classroom management plan
65. Go to a literary event (poetry reading, book club, something).
66. Increase my endurance
67. Visit my Grandmother’s grave
68. Go to a state I’ve never been before
69. Watch “To Have and Have Not”
70. Try a new recipe each month
71. Send thank you cards for any gifts or nice gestures
72. Play in the rain
73. Go to a karaoke bar
74. Expand my first day of school plan
75. Actually Study for the Social Studies Praxis Exam

Nicole's List 26-50

The next portion of my list. As you continue it gets harder, but I'm almost to 100. One thing that helped continue my list was to write a smaller list about what broad subjects I was interested in or what things I wanted to change. Lists are fun!


26. Go to a Cardinals game
27. Fix the towel racks in the apartment
28. Keep track of everything I spend for at least one month.
29. For each kid I tutor, go the extra mile to prep—even if I’m not getting paid for it.
30. Make a cherry pie for my mom 1/28/07
31. Create my own recipe 1/9/07
32. Buy a new chain for my necklace from Rich.
33. Write final draft of a non-fiction essay on an important issue.
34. Go to the eye doctor
35. Finish Eleanor Roosevelt’s autobiography
36. Start a tradition
37. Try a new food
38. Don’t be afraid to stand out—at least once.
39. Give someone an anonymous gift (and never tell it was me!)
40. Run a 5K
41. Go to a book signing
42. Send an old teacher a thank you
43. Go to a major league ball park I have never been to
44. Go to a National Park I have never been to
45. Take the Social Studies Praxis
46. Put all my CDs into Itunes
47. Cook a gourmet meal
48. Go to church
49. Go to a play
50. Enter a writing contest

My First 25

To help anyone stuck get started, here are my first 25!

Nicole's 100 Things To Do, To Be in 2007

1. Start an organic garden
2. Eat something I grow
3. Go to a farmer’s market
4. Finish The Goal
5. Finish Finding Home
6. Write a letter to someone instead of an email --1/17
7. Write a series of lesson plans for a unit on creative nonfiction
8. Pick wildflowers
9. Read “This Organic Life”--1/12
10. Read one book from my To Be Read shelf
11. Change to diet pop
12. Join or participate in a nonprofit organization
13. Submit The Road That Leads Home for publication
14. Minimize (Go through all my boxed up stuff and get rid of unneeded items)
15. Get and stay up to date with photo album
16. Make 1 new friend
17. Reach out to an old friend
18. Throw a party
19. Drink with Christina
20. Ask a question when I’d usually be too embarrassed
21. Go to a movie by myself
22. Sled, ice skate, swim or play hide-and-go-seek –do something from my childhood
23. Get a real haircut
24. Keep a secret
25. Hike at least once a month—a different trail each month.