I haven't blogged in approximately FOREVER! I didn't even realize this had passed! I've been keeping it in mind, but I had completely lost track of time. I plan on making some changes to my blog, so I'll post my new 101 in 1001 list once I update!
I didn't do so well with this...I didn't complete 33 items, so I had to donate $165. If you know me at all, you know I absolutely love animals...probably more than I like people. I chose to donate to MidAtlantic Bully Buddies. They are a bully breed focused dog rescue in my area. They foster all of their dogs until they can find good homes for them. I have always had a soft spot for Pitties & other bully breeds, so this was a pretty easy choice for me!
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
I didn't do so well with this...I didn't complete 33 items, so I had to donate $165. If you know me at all, you know I absolutely love animals...probably more than I like people. I chose to donate to MidAtlantic Bully Buddies. They are a bully breed focused dog rescue in my area. They foster all of their dogs until they can find good homes for them. I have always had a soft spot for Pitties & other bully breeds, so this was a pretty easy choice for me!
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)
I'll try for this one again when we have the space to have a decent garden.
I'll try for this one again when we have the space to have a decent garden.
2) Compile a cookbook of my favorite recipes
3) Cook lobster at home
4) Try 50 new dishes (50/50) (*=favorite) - 1/28/13
* Chicken Spaghetti* Chicken Bruschetta Pasta
Red Velvet Pancakes
Crab Pretzels
Cheddar Bay Biscuits
* Lemon Blueberry Pancakes
Peanut Butter Cookies
Pumpkin Pancakes
Horseradish Crusted Beef Roast
Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie
Crab Wontons
Crab Dip
Avacado Basil Pasta
* Hamburger Steak with Gravy and Onions
Chicken Enchilada Puffs
Baked Chorizo Ravioli
* Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas
Cookie Dough Dip
Turkey Tortilla Soup (This recipe, but with turkey leftovers!)
Farfalle di Pollo al Sugo Bianco
Chicken Bryan
Salmon Cakes
Turkey Enchilada Spaghetti (this recipe, but with turkey)
Mexican Chicken Casserole
Baklava
Pan Fried Onion Dip
* Chicken Parmesan Bake
* Healthy Sweet Potato Skins
Corn and Cheese Chowder
Quinoa "Burgers"
* Mushroom Risotto
Brocolli Quinoa Casserole
Roasted Veggie Enchiladas
Veggie Frittata
Mashed Cauliflower
Colcannon Cakes
* Oreo Truffles
Lemon Drop Cupcakes
Single-Serve Monkey Bread
*Hashbrown Casserole
Jalapeno Popper Dip
Beer Bread
Beer n Bacon Mac n Cheese Bites
Crockpot Baked Apples
Mocha Silk Pie
*Twice Baked Cauliflower
Baked Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken
Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers
Quinoa Kale Risotto
Barramundi Osso Buco
5) Make pasta from scratch
Entertainment
6) Go crabbing
7) Eat at 10 new restaurants (10/10) - 1/2/11
Harpoon Hanna's
Fuddrucker's
Riptide by the Bay
Burger Bros
Cadillac Ranch
Akbar
Pacific Coast Dining Company
Ellicott Mills Brewing Company
Claddagh Pub
Fuddrucker's
Riptide by the Bay
Burger Bros
Cadillac Ranch
Akbar
Pacific Coast Dining Company
Ellicott Mills Brewing Company
Claddagh Pub
8) Try a new type of ethnic food-12/2/11-Indian YUM!
9) Try a new type of food (ingredient)- 8/29/11-Buffalo
10) Go to a comedy club
11) Watch all of the Star Wars movies
12) Go to a shooting range (1/24/12)
13) Host a Super Bowl party - Woohoo...GO HAWKS!
14) Host a game night
15) Go to a new theme park (Hershey Park)
16) Go ice skating
17) Drive in DC
18) Go to an Oriole's game
20) Go to a regular season NFL game
21) Attend at least one home and 1 away NC State football game a season (5/6)
22) Attend 1 NC State basketball game a season (2/3)
Financial
23) Pay off credit card debt
24) Pay off student loan debt (1/25/13)
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
I did one better, I found a better job!
For Me
30) Get a massage (10/21/11)
31) Have my house cleaned (11/5/11)
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 (5/5)
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 (3/9/12)
38) Take a class on a subject that interests me (Access)
39) Get a new passport (3/3/12)
40) Either sale/donate/or find another use for my wedding dress
40) Either sale/donate/or find another use for my wedding dress
Giving Back/Acts of Kindness
41) Donate unwanted items bi-annually (6/6)
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 (50/50)
Black Heels to Tractor WheelsPretty Little Things
The Men I didn't Marry
Gone with the Wind
The Pretend Wife
Of Mice and Men
Murder by Family
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl who Played with Fire
I'll be Home Soon
The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Hunger Games
Pictures of You
Catching Fire
Mockingjay
The Pride and the Prejudice
Water for Elephants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Accidentally Yours
Breaking the Rules
Nights in Rodanthe
Deadly Little Secret (Touch Series)
The Notebook
Deadly Little Lies (Touch Series)
Deadly Little Games (Touch Series)
Deadly Little Voices (Touch Series)
Dead Until Dark
Living Dead in Dallas
50 Shades of Grey
The Help
Club Dead
50 Shades Darker
50 Shades Freed
The Lucky One
Dead to the World
Dead as a Doornail
The 5 People You Meet in Heaven
Definitely Dead
All Together Dead
From Dead to Worse
Hidden: A Bone Secrets Novel
The Wedding
Pretty Little Liars
The Choice
Left Behind: A Novel of Earth's Last Days
The Vow
Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind
Gone Girl
Sharp Objects
Dark Places
Extra books:
Nicolae: Left Behind #3
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 - I will probably keep adding, but I am content
with the way this room looks. It is probably one of my favorite rooms in
our house so far.
60) Decorate living room
61) Find use for empty space in kitchen and utilize it
62)
Install functional storage in laundry closet doors - Unfortunately,
this is not possible due to the bi-fold doors we have. The space we have
does not allow for the french doors I originally wanted.
63)
Build deck - We decided this wasn't worth the money it was going to
cost for the short amount of time we will spend in this house.
64) Fence in yard - Our yard is so small, we've decided it's really not worth it.
66) Establish a cleaning schedule
67) Make a household binder
68) Get a safe for important things - 1/18/12
69) Decorate master bedroom
70) Get TV for State Room - 2/10/12
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 (3/1/13)
75) Make 10 cards to send to friends and family (0/10)
76) Take another family vacation - Due to time/schedule restrictions, we have not been able to go out of town with family, but we have taken a day trip with each side of the family...Hershey Park with Josh's and DC with mine. Since this satisfied my goal of getting out of the house & doing something different with our family, I counted this.
72) Create a will (Josh and I)
73) Create a living will (Josh and I)
74) Get supplemental life insurance (3/1/13)
75) Make 10 cards to send to friends and family (0/10)
76) Take another family vacation - Due to time/schedule restrictions, we have not been able to go out of town with family, but we have taken a day trip with each side of the family...Hershey Park with Josh's and DC with mine. Since this satisfied my goal of getting out of the house & doing something different with our family, I counted this.
Marriage
77) Take a full day for us to relax together once a month (22/33) - I stopped counting this. It just wasn't happening.
79) Have 2 dates per month (66/66)
80) 50 random acts of kindness for Josh
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
87) Find a church
88) Answer the 50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind
Pets
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 - We decided to go on an all inclusive rather than a cruise.
95) Take a spontaneous weekend trip
96) Tour a Wine Trail
97) Visit 5 new towns in MD (5/5)
North Beach, MDHampstead, MD
Frederick, MD
Sykesville, MD
Keedysville, MD
98) Visit a new state (DE -7/30/11)
99) Go back to NY
100) Travel outside the country (other than a cruise) - We went back to Mexico to celebrate our 3rd anniversary & we visited the Dominican Republic in February, 2014!
101) Make a new 101 in 1001 list
101) Make a new 101 in 1001 list
