Wednesday, July 16, 2014

New 101 in 1001!

So...I'm FINALLY posting my new list. Here's to the next 1001 days!

Start date: 7/16/14
End date: 4/12/17

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

Adventure
1) Try a new type of ethnic food
2) Try a new meat
3) Go tubing
4) Go paddleboarding
5) Go ziplining
6) Take an overnight camping/backpacking trip (before Peru)
7) Go to a random festival
8) Eat a cheesesteak in Philly
9) Eat a cannoli at the North End
10) Watch noon formation at the Naval Academy
11) Go to The Memorial Illumination
12) Take a train ride

Discovery
13) Try a new outdoor activity
14) Visit a museum
15) Visit a new winery
16) Visit a new brewery
17) Learn something new about MD's history
18) Discover and experience 5 new MD things (SO much to do here) (0/5)

Entertainment
19) Read 75 books (0/75)
20) Go Crabbing
21) Eat at 20 new restaurants (0/20)
22) Go to a professional sporting event
23) Go to a concert
24) Have friends over for dinner (0/10)
25) Host a few game nights (0/5)

Financial
26) Save for a down payment for next home
27) Reach 401K goal

28) Reach savings goal
29) Pay off Explorer
30) Pay off HVAC

For Me
31) Revamp Blog...for real this time
32) Get a massage
33) Get a pedicure
34) Write a letter to myself to open in 5 years
35) Buy at least 5 outfits that make me feel great (0/5)
36) Have at least 5 girls nights (0/5)
37) Try 5 new hairstyles (0/5)

Giving Back/Acts of Kindness
38) Volunteer
39) Do something to show appreciation for the military
40) Donate unwanted items bi-annually (0/6)
41) Leave a nice note for a random stranger
42) Pay it forward at least once a month (0/33)
43) Donate $5 for each incomplete item

Hobbies
44) Hike Old Rag
45) Try a new hobbie
46) Improve food photography
47) Learn enough Spanish to get by in a Spanish speaking country

Home
48) Organize master closet
49) Organize garage
50) Organize laundry closet
51) Finish drawers on our bed
52) Paint kitchen ceiling
53) Paint second guest room
54) Replace door in guest bedroom
55) Make a new menu board
56) Organize kitchen drawers
57) Buy our next home
58) Get a new comforter for our bed

In the Kitchen
59) Try 75 new dishes
60) Make Pasta from scratch
61) Learn to make Paella
62) Make homemade ice cream/gelato/sorbet
63) Make sushi

Life/Relationships
64) Create a will
65) Create a living will
66) Get death wishes from parents
(I know it sounds morbid, but I don't want to be worried with figuring out what to do at such a difficult time)

Marriage
67) Do a Bible study together
68) Have lunch together, during the work week (0/10)
69) Drive somewhere random together, with no destination in mind
70) Do something new and completely random together
71) Do something creative with our wedding vows
72) Make activity jars for when we can't decide what to do
73) Go on at least 2 dates per month (0/66)
74) Learn something new about each other
75) Watch our favorite childhood movies together

Mind/Body/Soul
75) Read the whole Bible
76) Complete a Bible study
77) Reach my goal weight...again
78) Hike Machu Picchu
79) Complete the 100 pushup challenge
80) Complete a 10K in an hour or less

Personal Development
81) Take and pass the GRE
82) Start Grad School
83) Learn the basics of our new camera


Pets
84) Take Bailey on 1 trip per year (0/3)
85) Teach Bailey something new
86) Try a new activity with Bailey

Random
87) Repurpose an article of clothing
88) Get wedding dress cleaned 
89) Make a photo book of our travels

Travel
90) Visit Philadelphia
91) Visit a new state
92) Visit Dolly Sods
93) Take a spontaneous weekend trip
94) Visit a new country
95) Go back to NY
96) Visit Spain
97) Visit South America
98) Visit Iceland
99) Visit the Vegas Strip
100) Visit a non-coastal state west of the Mississippi (not including the Vegas trip)

101) Make a new 101 in 1001 list