On Aug. 1, 2009 - I made a list of 101 things to do in 1,001 days, and seeing that we are approaching the one year mark - maybe I should hold my self accountable for some of the things I wrote down just a year ago.
Here is the original list with some updates.
1. Refinish a piece of furniture.
2. Take more pictures.
3. Get a decent pedometer
4. Make a craft room.
5. Make dinner and eat it entirely by candlelight.
6. Try 10 new places to eat. (0/10)
*This is competed.
7. Start using a cash only system
*Working on this. Making some progress.
8. Get a daily face cleansing routine
*Completed. Now using Clinique products.
9. Have a garage sale.
10. Have a weekend away with just Jenn.
11. Get a headboard for our bed.
12. Rewatch the Star Wars Trilogy
13. Own a real Kate Spade
14. Hang some birdhouses in the back yard
*I have hung two birdfeeders in the back yard.
and it seems that the squirrels
benefit more than the birds. Bird houses to follow.
15. Go bowling.
16. Purge wardrobe of anything that does not fit or have not worn in 2 years.
*Completed.
17. Join a book club.
18. Have a picnic in the park using a picnic basket
19. Throw a clambake
20. Host a movie night outside in the summer.
21. Learn to make the perfect pie crust.
22. Enter a cooking contest
23. Private goal
24. Do something nice for a stranger
25. Start a family
26. Start going to church again
27. Volunteer in a soup kitchen
28. Go to NYC at Christmas time
29. Get a dog
*In process. Hubs and I are in discussion.
30. Go on an Alaskan Cruise
31. Learn grant writing
*In process.
32. Get out of credit card debt
*In process. Took second job to pay off some debt.
33. Get a massage
*Completed. (It was great!)
34. Get a facial
35. Visit the new Yankee Stadium
36. See Mt. Rushmore
37. Make a quilt
38. Run a 5K
39. Plant flower bulbs at my grandparents grave
40. Get back into scrapbooking.
41. Make my own Christmas Cards
42. Send a care package to a solider
43. Paint kitchen
*Completed. Now if we can just figure out what to do with the entry way.
44. Re carpet the bedrooms
45. Host a Christmas party
*Completed. This will be an annual event.
46. Host 5 game nights (0/5)
47. Dip my feet in the Pacific Ocean
48. Go fishing
49. Take a cooking class
50. Take a boat ride.
51. Sell something on EBay
52. Paint the bedroom
53. Redo the floor in the kitchen
54. Send a card to someone I love once a month (0/33)
55. Learn how to use Photoshop/Lightroom
56. Get a pedicure with my mom
57. Read 100 books (0/100)
58. Properly store my wedding dress
59. Donate my hair to Locks of Love
*Completed. Donated 13 inches in February.
60. Wear a dress just because
61. Teach G my Grandma’s card game
62. Private goal
63. Get new counter tops in the kitchen
64. Start the process of buying a new house
65. Send my mom flowers on her birthday
66. Send my mother in law flowers on her birthday
67. Go sledding
68. Clean out the garage
69. Get in the habit of putting clean dishes away every night
*Almost there. While they are not put away every night - I would say they get put away at least 5 nights a week.
70. Drink only water for 1 week 5 times (0/5)
71. Learn to can veggies
*In process.
72. Send someone a get well package
73. Spend a weekend on Chautauqua Lake
74. Visit Lake George
75. Try acupuncture
76. Cook a meal with items only purchased at the farmer’s market
77. See another show at Shea’s
78. Get a hammock
79. Get a baby nursery ready
80. Watch all of the Godfather movies
81. Dance in the rain
82. Take a day off from work to make Christmas cookies
83. Spend an entire day in my PJ’s
84. Have my teeth professionally whitened
85. Take on meatless Mondays. (0/139)
86. Record every penny I spend for 1 week.
87. Learn to cook a meal in a dutch oven
88. Have dinner at Hyde Park Steakhouse
89. Cook a meal with G
90. Buy something on Craigslist
*Completed. We bought a fridge for the garage for $50. It quit last November.
91. Make a chocolate and peanut butter cake for G
92. Go away for our wedding anniversary
93. Plan a date with G and keep the details secret
94. Go play bingo
*Completed. Played at the Turning Stone Casino.
95. Visit Niagara Falls again.
96. Win money at a casino
97. Start a herb garden
98. Wear high heels just because
99. Private goal
100. Donate $5 for every goal not accomplished to Hospice in memory of my grandparents
101. Make a new 101 things list for the next 1,001 days.
Hmmmm..not as bad as I thought.
