Cherry Blossom Adventures

In an effort to improve on my writing I have decided to sign up for Encyclopedia of me which started over at Bella Dia (and which I found out about by reading Laura`s blog here...) I am now almost half way through…

****************************************************************************************

L is for Life list…

I wrote a life list at the end of last year and posted it up on my blog at the beginning of the new year. I haven`t crossed as many things off as I would of liked but I have done some, and after all it is a life list and I have the rest of my life to complete it! I thought it was about time for an update though…..seeing as though even though I have done some of the things on the list I have not always written about them here. Will also show the ones that are in progress…

You can see the complete list here

8. Keep a decent journal for at least a year -In progress

I started journaling again while in China last year so that is since August…So if I make it to August this year then I will be able to cross it off. I write in it on average 4-5 times a week! Sometimes blog post ideas, sometimes I just stick in cool stuff or postcards I have lying around and other times I will go to coffee shops and write about what is happening in my life. I enjoy it, and I hope to keep it up. I used to keep journals when I was in primary and high school and also last time I lived in Japan and while I started again last year in Feb or March I soon gave it away. I always come back to it, even if I have a break!

39. Do all night karaoke with friends at least once a year- Completed for 2008

On my birthday…..well after my birthday party! I don`t have photos unfortunately because I forgot my camera but anybody that has me as a friend on facebook can see photos that friends tagged me in!

41. Learn how to play Mahjong- Completed

Shumpei finally taught me this passed weekend. And I beat him three games in a row! I rock! I don`t understand all the yaku (point system??) yet but I really enjoyed it!

47. Keep a reading journal and read 100 books in one year -In progress

I wasn`t specific enough with this perhaps but I record the books I read each month in my journal…sometimes I write mini comments. I have read over 30 books so far this year so am on target to complete the 100 in one year goal!

55. Get in contact with at least 5 old friends who I am no longer in touch with -Completed

Thanks to facebook I would have to say this one is done! Hope to catch up with a lot of people too when I am back in Australia for a longer period of time this time around!

63. Tell someone I love them everyday- In Progress

This one will obviously never end. But I do it everyday! I think I tell Shun I love him more than once everyday! He would probably say that I say it 10000 times a day though! I tell my kids at school I love them also!

67. Buy new flowers for apartment as often as possible- In Progress

I try to do this each week! And will continue to do it until we have to leave the apartment at the end of April! Then I will cross it off (When I return to Japan I will start again!)

83. Print photos from China and Europe- Completed

Finally! I went to Europe in January 2006! And this is how long it took me! I did China at the same time and have them in photo albums….Might take the China one back to Australia to show mum!

92. Start eating at least three more vegetables- Completed

I ate no vegetables as a child….and gradually as i have gotten older I have added more and more vegetables into the mix of what I eat. The three vegetables that I can now eat are gobou (In English it is call Burdock although I have never hear of it), Green beans and pumpkin! I have also started eating daikon sometimes which is HUGE for me because I used to hate it! I am also starting to eat more cooked carrot instead of picking it out of my food…

109. Revamp blog or start a new one!- Completed

Did this when I moved my blog to wordpress!

110. Complete the two reading challenges I am doing at the moment (Japanese lit and 888 challenge)- In progress

I completed Japanese lit earlier in the year….and wrote about it on my blog somewhere. Still working on 888 challenge but I have til December to finish it off!

168. Find my old journals and read them- Completed

I did this while I was in Australia earlier in the year. They were in a box at my dad`s house….They were funny to read but I couldn`t find the one I kept in my first year of high-school….Only the ones I kept when I was 15-17 and the one from when I was in Japan the first time! When re-reading them it didn`t seem like very long ago that some of that stuff happened yet some of it was more than 8 years ago!

A lot of the things on my life list are to do with traveling and while I wish I could fly off and go to all those places now I can`t!! Hopefully one day I will be able to though! Look forward to crossing more things off!!! It is nice to have some goals. I am a huge list maker also, lists make me happy! I LOVE getting a pen and crossing things off, no scribbling, no ticking or marking with an x, nope just a straight line through each task as it gets done (I write down what we will eat everyday for dinner every sunday night and sometimes put it on the fridge so Shun can know too!)…I also have packing lists, weekly to do lists, monthly lists, lists of stuff to buy, lists of people to email etc etc et…..They go on and on. Anyone else out there a list maker? L is for LISTS too you know!

Popularity: 30% [?]