My 101 in 1001
Here is my list of 101 things that I want to complete in the next 1001 days.
Deadline: Friday, December 17, 2010Completed, In Progress, Failed
Travel
1. Portland, Oregon
2. Visit a new state (besides Oregon)
3. Take Prince E to a game at Comerica Park.
4. Grand Canyon.
5. Visit a new town in Illinois. Sleepy Hollow and Dundee, April 5th, 2008
6. Visit cottage on a weekend that is not a holiday.
7. Take a road trip that involves at least one overnight stop.
8. Starved Rock.
9. Garden of the Gods in Southern Illinois.
10. Go to a Llama or Alpaca farm.
11. Go to a fair. Rotary Fest, June 14th, 2008
Adventure
12. Go ice skating.
13. Go sledding.
14. Ride a roller coaster.
15. Ride a unicycle.
16. Ride a tandem bicycle.
17. Go skydiving.
18. Go horseback riding.
19. Go white water rafting.
20. Climb an indoor rock wall.
21. Ride in a hot air balloon.
Health/Beauty
22. Complete a triathlon.
23. Swim 1000 yards. June 3, 2008 (39:55)
24. Participate in Bike the Drive.
25. Finish another marathon.
26. Lose 10 pounds. (8/10)
27. Keep weight off.
28. No diet pop for a week. June 11-June 18th, 2008
29. Get a radical hair cut or dye my hair.
30. Dry my hair at least once per week.
Trying something new
31. Take a dance class.
32. Try yoga. Yoga for Dummies DVD, May 12, 2008; Yoga Wii Fit May 2008-present
33. Learn to use clipless pedals. April/May, 2008
34. Learn sign language.
35. Eat out for dinner on a weekday.
36. Go 48 hours without television.
37. Go 48 hours without the internet.
Food-Related
38. Try Korean food.
39. Try an additional kind of cuisine.
40. Make a cake from scratch.
41. Try one new vegetable and one new fruit. Fruit: 5/10/08, Cherries; Veggie: 5/11/08, Cauliflower
42. Make a new kind of cookie. 3/28/08; gluten free chocolate chip cookies
43. Taste sushi.
44. Try lobster
45. Try scallops. Ate five at Joe's Crab Shack, March 23rd, 2008
46. Take a cooking class.
47. Cook 10 new dishes. (3/10) 5/27/08, Scrambled Eggs; 6/01/08, Maplelicious butternut squash mash; 6/02/08 Turkey meatloaf
48. Try different teas until I find one I like. 3/27-Lipton Herbal Apple Cinnamon (I put too much ice I think)
49. Dine at three new (to me) local restaurants. (0/3)
Crafty Things
50. Put together wedding album.
51. Make a clothing item for squishy baby. 06/28/08
52. Learn a new crafting hobby.
53. Sell something on etsy.com.
54. Print digital photos and put in albums or organized photo boxes.
55. Finish GR Marathon collage.
56. Hang already framed photos/collages.
57. Make artwork to hang in our apartment.
58. Sell items at a local craft show.
Financial/Big Deal Things
59. Reduce credit card debt by at least half.
60. Sign up for deferred compensation at work.
61. Save $XX/paycheck to deferred compensation.
62. Get pre-approval for a home loan. 3/24/08
63. Buy a condo or townhouse.
Arts/Entertainment
64. See a new musical.
65. Attend a professional hockey game.
66. Go bowling with Prince E.
67. Go on a picnic.
68. Finish Tomb Raider on Wii.
69. Go to an opera.
70. Attend a play.
71. See 10 new movies on the 2007 version of the AFI 100 List. (2/10); Annie Hall, 4/13/08; Sophie's Choice, 4/19/08;
72. Go to a Chicago museum I haven’t been to before.
73. See a movie that I don’t want to, but Prince E does.
Good Things for Others
74. Donate blood.
75. Donate to one of the shelters where we got a kitty.
76. Donate bicycles to charity.
77. Teach another class.
78. Get certified in CPR.
79. Volunteer 20 hours of my time. (4.5/20) 5/17/08 Discovery Ball
80. Donate $1 to charity for every item not completed.
81. Do a random act of kindness for a stranger.
82. Donate old cell phones.
Reading/Writing
83. Write something fiction (at least 10 pages).
84. Launch new blog in the works.
85. Read two new books from Prince E's bookshelf.
86. Make a pop-up book.
87. Submit an article to a law review or legal magazine.
88. Read two books that I already own but haven’t read. (2/2): Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, finished 4/5/08; Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, finished 4/12/08.
89. Write a poem per month. (I totally forgot I set this a due per month thing. Oops. I will consider it complete if I write enough poems between now and end goal that equal one per month)
90. Write a story for each nephew.
91. Blog everyday for a month in a non-NaBloPoMo month.
Clutter Reduction
92. Get rid of all non-essential VHS tapes. Complete 4/15/08
93. Sort through and donate unwanted clothing.
94. Donate at least 15 books to the library. 4/7/08
95. Go through still unpacked boxes in closet.
96. Reevaluate what things are mementos and which are garbage.
97. Organize old print photos.
Miscellaneous
98. Change to married name on passport.
99. Stop biting fingernails.
100. Carve a pumpkin with Prince E.
101. Make a new 101 list to do for the next 1001 days.
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