101 in 1001

I'm a really big list person. I make lists for everything. If you've never heard of 101 in 1001, I'll fill you in a little. Basically, you make a list of 101 present tasks you would like to accomplish in 1001 days (or 143 weeks, or 32.89 months, or 2.74 years). The tasks must be specific with a goal that is measurable and clearly defined. They should be realistic and stretching, so they should represent some amount of effort. 


Why am I doing this? I think it's a great way to keep life interesting. If I don't have tasks, or goals in mind. Life just flies by and I don't even realize it. Of course it will still fly by, but at least I'll be doing everything I can to enjoy every minute of it. This is a great way to document that! 


I started making my list for this well over a year ago. I never really kept up with it. In the end, I just threw things on the list to fill it up. I found the list not too long ago. I don't even want to do half of the things I put on there any more. For example, I was supposed to watch a bunch of classic movies. I don't remember how many, but it was a lot. I should have known better than to put this down. I usually don't care for older movies. Don't get me wrong, there are some I would like to see, but I found myself looking through Netflix, trying to find classics. I would just cringe when I saw the movie posters and things for them (yes, I'm quite shallow when it comes to movies...I appreciate the glam and technology we have today over whatever it is people see in the classics). What would you put on your list?


Start date: 6/16/2011
End date: 3/13/2014


Italics=In progress
Bold=Complete
Red=I didn't do it

Cooking

1) Make a meal with things only from my garden (or mostly, I can use eggs, seasonings, oils, flour...those types of things...otherwise I would just have to make a salad)

2) Compile a cookbook of my favorite recipes

3) Cook lobster at home
4) Try 50 new dishes (3/50)
5) Make pasta from scratch

Entertainment 

6) Go crabbing

7) Eat at 10 new restaurants (0/10)

8) Try a new type of ethnic food

9) Try a new type of food (ingredient)

10) Go to a comedy club

11) Watch all of the Star Wars movies

12) Go to a shooting range

13) Host a Super Bowl party

14) Host a game night

15) Go to a new theme park

16) Go ice skating

17) Drive in DC

18) Go to an Oriole's game

19) Go to a horse race (preferably Preakness)

20) Go to a regular season NFL game

21) Attend at least one home and 1 away NC State football game a year

22) Attend 1 NC State basketball game a year

Financial

23) Pay off credit card debt

24) Pay off student debt

25) Start 401K/Roth IRA

26) Build our emergency fund to 3 months

27) Build our emergency fund to 6 months

28) Start meal planning again

29) Find a way to make a steady supplemental income

For Me

30) Get a massage

31) Have my house cleaned

32) Write a letter to myself to open in 5 years

33) Get a manicure and pedicure

34) Buy at least 5 new outfits that make me feel great (0/5)

35) Make a list of 100 things I love/that make me happy to put in craft room

36) Learn to change a tire (and actually change one)

37) Ride a horse again

38) Take a class on a subject that interests me (fitness, cooking or other hobby)

39) Get a new passport

40) Either sale/donate/or find another use for my wedding dress

Giving Back/Acts of Kindness

41) Donate unwanted items bi-annually  (1/5)

42) Leave a 50% tip

43) Leave a nice note in a library book for someone to find

44) Donate $5 for each incomplete task to charity

45) Send a care package to a soldier

46) Volunteer

Hobbies

47)  Re-vamp the blog...it's been the same since I started it

48) Scrapbook wedding

49) Scrapbook honeymoon

50) Build a piece of furniture

51) Re-upholster or paint/dye an old chair

52) Re-finish a piece of furniture

53) Read 50 books (2/50)
Black Heels to Tractor Wheels
Pretty Little Things

 54) Attempt to make wine/brew beer

Home

55) Update kitchen counters

56) Update kitchen cabinets

57) Make a piece of art to display in our house

58) Add something I love to every room of our house

59) Decorate guest room

60) Decorate living room

61) Find use for empty space in kitchen and utilize it

62) Install functional storage in laundry closet doors

63) Build deck

64) Fence in yard

65) Landscape front yard

66) Establish a cleaning schedule

67) Make a household binder

68) Get a safe for important things

69) Decorate master bedroom

70) Get TV for State Room

Life/Relationships

71) Start retirement or other type of savings plan for Daddy (because he will never do it himself)
72) Create a will (Josh and I)
73) Create a living will (Josh and I)
74) Get supplemental life insurance (outside work)
75) Make 10 cards to send to friends and family (0/10)
76) Take another family vacation

Marriage
77) Take a full day for us to relax together once a month (1/33)
78) Take family pictures at least once
79) Have 2 dates per month (1/66)
80) 50 random acts of kindness for Josh (1/50)
81) Not get pregnant

Mind/Body/Soul
82) Get back to my wedding day weight
83) Run 1 mile
84) Run 2 miles
85) Run a 5K
86) Complete some sort of exercise program (I'm thinking about 200 Sit-Ups)
87) Find a church
88) Answer the 50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind


Pets

89) Take Bailey swimming

90) Teach Bailey to put away toys

91) Teach Bailey to "say your prayers"

92) Teach Bailey to bring beer

93) Make and organize a file for Bailey

Travel

94) Go on a cruise

95) Take a spontaneous weekend trip (I'm a big planner...this doesn't happen to me often)

96) Tour Chesapeake Bay Wine Trail

97) Visit 5 new towns in MD

98) Visit a new state

99) Go back to NY

100) Travel outside the country (other than a cruise)


101) Make a new 101 in 1001 list