Alice Resolves (2014):

In 2014 I want to:

~*~ Read 15 books (15/15) - Hyperbole and a Half - Allie Brosh (finished 1/1/14), Death's Acre - William Bass (finished 1/8/14), The Shining - Stephen King (finished 1/17/14), Helter Skelter - Vincent Bugliosi & Curt Gentry (finished 2/19/14),  Five Days in November - Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbins (finished 2/20/14), Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident - Donnie Eichar, Dead Ever After - Charlaine Harris, Why Do Bluebirds Hate Me (finished 8/13/14), One Thousand White Women - Jim Fergus, Prip'Yat: The Beast of Chernobyl - Mike Kraus (finished 8/18/14), Dismembered - Susan D. Mustafa & Sue Israel (8/24/14), The Storyteller - Jodi Picoult (9/1/14), Waiting to Be Heard: Amanda Knox memoir (10/7/14), Honor Bound: My Journey to Hell and Back with Amanda Knox (10/13/14), A Death in Italy: The Definitive Account of the Amanda Knox Case - John Follian (finished 10/27/14)

~*~ Read 3 Stephen King Books (1/3) The Shining - Stephen King (finished 1/17/14), 11/22/63,

~*~ Read 1 book about John Lennon (0/1) - Lennon Revealed - Larry Kane

~*~ Read 1 autobiography (not about John Lennon) (0/1) - Home: A Memoir of My Early Years - Julie Andrews

~*~ Read 1 biography / memoir (not about John Lennon) (1/1) - Waiting to Be Heard: Amanda Knox memoir (10/7/14)

~*~ Read 1 book about a scientist (0/1) - Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century - Sean Patrick

~*~ Read 1 book about science (1/1) - Death's Acre - Bill Bass, William Bass, Jon Jefferson (started 12/30/13, finished 1/8/14)

~*~ Read 1 book about volcanoes (0/1) 

~*~ Read 1 book about history (1/1) - Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatolv Pass Incident - Donnie Eichar (started 2/24/14, finished 8/14/14)

~*~ Read 1 book about religion / atheism (0/1)

~*~ Read 1 true crime book (1/1) Helter Skelter - Vincent Bugliosi & Curt Gentry (started 1/19/14 - finished 2/19/14)

~*~ Read 1 book about Three Mile Island or Chernobyl (1/1) - Prip'Yat: The Beast of Chernobyl - Mike Kraus (finished 8/18/14)

~*~ Read 1 book about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (0/1)

~*~ Read 1 book about the assassination of JFK (1/1) - Five Days in November - Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbin (started & finished 2/20/14)

~*~ Read 1 book by Chuck Palahniuk (0/1) 

~*~ Read 1 book by Kurt Vonnegut (0/1) 

~*~ Read 1 book about North Korea (0/1) 

~*~ Read 1 book about President Theodore Roosevelt (0/1)

~*~ Read 1 book about John Muir (0/1)

~*~ Re-read the Harry Potter Series (0/7) 

~*~ Re-read The Phantom Tollbooth 

~*~ Re-read The Hunger Games Trilogy (0/3)

~*~ Finish the Sookie Stackhouse series (1/1)

~*~ Send 50 Postcrossing cards (64/50) - 10 sent 1/10/14, 4 sent 2/20/14, 5 sent 3/7/14, 3 sent 3/19/14, 4 sent 4/4/14, 2 missed somewhere, 6 sent 4/26/14, 4 sent 6/5/14, 11 sent 7/31/14, 7 sent 8/2014, 1 sent 8/28/14, 3 sent 9/9/14, 4 sent 9/23/14

~*~ Send 50 letters to current pen pals (31/50) - FJ - Germany (2/26/14), CB - Montana (2/28/14), MN - Czech Republic (3/18/14), TR - Arizona (3/21/14), KL - Florida (6/14/14), SR - Italy (6/17/14), PG - France, RF - Scotland, MM - Belgium, HM - Germany, PN - Sweden (6/30/14), HH - South Dakota, WC - Hong Kong, WC - Scotland, GJ - New Zealand (7/2/14), CJ - Isle of Man, JM - Michigan, WJ - Georgia, KN - Japan (7/3/14), LI - Russia, CB - Montana, PP - Nevada (7/8/14), R - Russia, PGJ - Canada (7/10/14), BL - Lithuania, SB - South Africa, HN - Washington (7/14/14), HH - Sioux Falls, SD, DGC - The Netherlands (8/20/14), SB - Wales (8/22/14), SJ - Portugal (8/27/14)

~*~ Send 5 letters to potential pen pals from Friendship Books (International) (5/5) - SJ - Portugal (January 2014), SA - Iran (January 2014), PJ - Greece (January 2014), PS - Croatia (January 2014), PL - Finland (January 2014 - no longer accepting new pals)

~*~ Send 5 letters to potential pen pals from Friendship Books (US) (3/5) - PP - Las Vegas, NV (2/4/14), LPS - Arlington, TX (2/4/14), RN - Franklin, MA (8/19/14) 

~*~ Send 3 letters to potential pen pals from Postcrossing (1/3) - SB - Conwy, Wales (June 2014) - Postcrossing

~*~ Send 3 letters to potential pen pals from InterPals (0/3)

~*~ Send 15 autograph requests (7/15) Dick Van Dyke, Dame Julie Andrews, Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Michael Gambon, Tim Minchin (8/2014)

~*~ Send 5 Love Letters (0/5)

~*~ Send 5 letters to my adopted soldiers (0/5)

~*~ Send 1 care package to my adopted soldiers (0/1)

~*~ See 1 performance at Wolf Trap (0/1)

~*~ See 2 shows at the Weinberg Center (0/2) 

~*~ Start saving for a piece from Tiffany's (I asked for .:THIS:. for my birthday. Sawyer gave me .:THIS:. for my 31st birthday.)

~*~ Write 5 posts about my wedding (3/5) (1, 2, 3) 

~*~ Bake 3 kinds of Whoopie Pies (0/3)

~*~ Try 5 recipes from Pinterest (0/5)

~*~ Make 2 recipes from Dinosaurs Can't Eat Pizza (1/2) Best Chocolate Cupcakes Ever (2/23/14) 

~*~ Make 3 things with my sewing machine (0/3)

~*~ Have Christmas gifts ready to ship by December 1, 2014 (ordered gifts for PA, Best Friend C, Big Brother - 10/27/14)

~*~ Have Christmas cards ready to mail by December 1, 2014 (ordered stamps 9/9/14, addressed, stamped, return addressed 10/1/14, sealed 10/27/14)

~*~ Blog once a week (not just song lyrics)

~*~ Write back to pen pals within a week of letter receipt

~*~ Start working towards weight loss

~*~ Invite 10 pen pals to read blog (2/10) - KL, CB, made blog public

~*~ Finally get a library card in the Old Line State 9/22/14

~*~ Find a trustworthy Alzheimer's foundation to donate to Found one (Alzheimer's Foundation), need to speak with Sawyer about donations

~*~ Buy or make cloth napkins

~*~ Switch to microfiber cloths and lessen paper towel use

~*~ Finish 2012 & 2013 photo albums 

~*~ Keep up with 2014's photo album

~*~ Have a mole check done 8/25/14

~*~ Pay off my credit card

~*~ Get a mammogram (if recommended) Not recommended until 40 years old

~*~ Start saving for a tortoise (Jayne Cobb)

Bold = Completed
Italics = In Progress 
Strike through = Not happening

“Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!”

~Friedrich Nietzsche