Bethany’s 3-Month Progress Report

If you’re super detail oriented, you’ll notice that it’s only May 13th and I’m posting my 3-month warning post a day early.  Why?  Because tomorrow I’m going to be traveling and I wanted to make sure this got posted.  First of all, how do we only have 3 months left to get all our items done?  What in the world!!!  It’s flown by so fast.  And since Mary-Hall stole my 6-month format when she did her 3-month update post last week, I thought it only fair to basically steal her post and re-write it with my info. So here we go.

Color Key & Statistics

• List Items Completed – 8 (27%)   (Comically…the same number Mary-Hall has finished)
• Partial List Items Completed – (No. of X’s)  13 out of 24  (54%)
• List Items Begun in Some Form or Fashion – 11 (37%)
• List Items I Haven’t Spent Any Time On – 11 (37%)

And here’s the latest on every single item:

Goal	Progress
1. Visit a new country	DONE! We loved our snorkel excursion in Belize!
2. Run (complete) a 1/2 marathon	DONE! I still can’t believe I ran 13.1 miles!
3. Read 8 books	PARTIAL! 4 books down, and 2 halfway completed.
4. Learn to use a circular saw	DONE! And we use our new memo board all the time!
5. Visit a new state or major city	NOPE.  Unless you count that I updated the list item itself last week.  (I don’t count it)
6. Cook 8 new recipies	PARTIAL! I’ve cooked 5 new things so far!
7.Re-upholster an arm chair or make a piece of furniture	PROGRESS!  I was hoping to finish this before the home tour…but didn’t.  It’s currently half-finished in our shed.
8. Learn to change the oil in my car	NOPE.  And sadly, I need an oil change today….but I’m gonna have to go one more round w/Firestone.
9. Loose 10 pounds	PROGRESS!  I’ve lost between 5-8 pounds so far.  Gotta love it when you fluctuate.  😦
10. Sew a Christmas Stocking	NOPE.  Haven’t so much as bought fabric.
11.Go caffeine-free for 7 days straight	NOPE.  And I’m about to go make a cup of coffee right this moment….
12. Stop biting my nails	DONE!  And I LOVE it!  My hands feel so pretty all the time!
13. Write a song	NOPE.  But it might happen soon…I have a trick or two up my sleeve.
14. Stain master closet organizer	NOPE.  Sigh.
15. Surprise my husband	DONE!  He LOVED his birthday trip to New Orleans!
16. Taste 8 new foods	PARTIAL!  I’ve tried 4 new things and liked most of them!
17. Blog more regularly	DONE! All over this.  I think this is post 47!!
18. Take a yoga class	NOPE.  Groupon purchased.  Groupon expired.  sigh.
19. Do a service project involving music and kids	PROGRESS!  I’ve got something in the works!  Can’t wait for the big reveal!
20. Take a cooking class	NOPE.  Although I have perused the Whole Foods Cooking school website on numerous occasions.
21. Learn Bach’s Concerto No. 2	PROGRESS!  I’ve worked on several “tricky spots” although I won’t be posting any performances on the web soon.
22. Memorize the Book of James	PROGRESS!  I know 1:1-8.   Sigh.
23. Watch Gone With The Wind	DONE!  My friend Annie and I loved watching this classic flick.
24. Learn Conversational Spanish	NOPE.  I do have a friend who is a Spanish tutor…
25. Read through at least Luke 13 in the Bible	PROGRESS!  While I’m currently 17 days behind…I was an entire month behind, so I’ve caught up some…
26. Create a daily schedule	NOPE.  Although this would probably help me finish my list!
27.Eucharisteo	PROGRESS!  This one is going to have a big reveal when it’s finished!  And I’ve loved practicing thankfulness.
28. Take a “family history tour” of Lincoln County, TN	NOPE.  Hopefully hubs and I can schedule this one soon.  Can’t wait to take a mini road trip!
29. 30 days of no iPhone games	DONE!  But since then, I’ve played approximately 5 hours of Angry Birds Space. Old habits die hard.
30. Complete a sprint length triathlon	PROGRESS!  I’ve kept up my running (mostly) and I’m thrilled that I’ll be doing my first training swims this week!

Spillover:

I totally agree with Mary-Hall that this blog has made discipline seep into all areas of my life!  Here are some non-list-item things I’ve accomplished:

*ordered a plain steak taco and then ate it anyway when they handed me a taco with slaw, goat cheese and some sort of marmalade.  And kind of liked it.

*sold a bunch of things on Craigslist instead of sticking them in the shed.

*recovered a bunch of throw pillows.

*attempted to return all emails the day I get them (when possible)