101 Things in 1001 Days

I saw this on another blog that I read, and decided to go for it. I have only been able to come up with 86 things so far, it was way harder than I thought. I am going to try and come up with another 15 in the next week, once I see how these are shping up. Here is my list. I will out the competed things in bold so they are easy to see. I already got one crossed off!

101 Things in 1001 Days

START DATE: 08/01/2007
END DATE: 03/28/2010

Life & Experiences (13)
Eat at 5 new restaurants
Go see a play, musical, or touring Broadway show with Kevin.
Take Savannah to the pool, hiking, or park at least once a week, depending on weather
Have one date night with Kevin a month.
Two day trips to Disneyland.
Spend 4 days at any beach.
Go home to Ohio at least twice a year.
Take Savannah up to San Francisco.
Go to at least 3 Mommy and Me events a month.
Take Savannah to any SEA WORLD or similar park.
Take a family trip to Disney World in Florida.
Travel overseas, either to London or Paris.
Take a cruise to Mexico (Depart LA, at least 2 stops)
Try and see at least 3 new movies every month.

Personal Improvement, Health & Body(12)
Drink at least eight glasses of water each day.
Take my multi-vitamin every day.
Have a pap smear every year, starting this September, every September.
Get my broken top teeth fixed, & maybe teeth whitening.
Go to the gym 4 times a week.
Follow skin care regimen daily, paying lots of attention to moisturizing face and eyes.
Sunless tan 3-4 times a week.
Be in bed by 11:30PM nightly.
Try to be fully dressed with make-up by 2:30 PM on gym days, 11:30 AM non-gym days.
Keep fingers and toe-nails polished and soft.
Moisturize daily, head to toe.
Get hair permed or styled.
Try and check blood sugar 4 times a day.

Diet and Food (7)
Lose 30 pounds minimum.
Cook 5 meals a week; can not be soup, box meals, frozen meals. Less Processed foods.
Stock house with healthy snacks (low-carb, low-sugar, lots of fresh fruits and veggies)
Limit fast food to no more than once a week. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Try to eat at least 5 fruits or veggie servings a day.
Try one new food/dish a month.
Try a new crock pot recipe twice a month, and put favorites in recipe binder.
Try and drink at least 2 glasses of tea a day.

Things to Make & Creativity (11)
Crochet 3 new blankets: one for our bedroom (blue/brown/beige); one for Savannah (pink/green); one for downstairs (sage/hunter/burgundy/beige).
Make handmade scarves for family for birthday presents (Mom, Grandma, Betsy, Kim, Mel, Adrianna, Ashley, and Jeanne-Marie)
Work on using up scrapbook supplies. Try to limit purchases to stamp club, SEI, and only $15.00 a month.
Scrapbook at least 5 pages or cards a week.
Try to use up SEI kits during the month that they arrive.
Try to get through drawers of scraps using cards. Try to not accumulate new scraps buy using up scraps immediately by making cards after finishing original project.
Try and submit at least 4-5 projects a week for publications.
Finish BG Hiking album.
Finish First Christmas 5x7 album.
Finish 10 Reasons I love you SEI album.
Finish Universal Studios album.

Things to do for other people/Environment/Good stuff (6)
Make up two parcels, for a boy and a girl, to go under one of the charity Christmas trees this year.
Mail 10 cards a month, regardless of occasion.
Clean out linen closet and donate all blankets, curtains, etc that we are not using.
Try and surprise Kevin once a month with a little gift just to say I love you.
Send a care package to Rick once a month while he is in Iraq.
Mail 3 cards to soldiers in Iraq thanking them for there service.

Things to Own/Gather/Purchase/Surround (10)
Buy a painting for my bedroom that I LOVE to look at each and every day.
Get 8x10s printed, framed, hung in stairway.
Buy a new duvet to fit in IKEA cover.
Complete DVD box collections of Dawson’s Creek (need 2, 5, and 6)
Complete DVD box collections of The O.C. (need 4)
Complete DVD box collections of One Tree Hill ( need 2, 3, and 4)
Buy dining room table, chairs, and maybe hutch.
Buy an entryway table or nook with baskets like the one I love from Pottery Barn.
Replace the solid blue dishes that are cracking/chipping with white PB Everyday ware or white dishes from Cost Plus.
Acquire all serving pieces and dinner pieces from PB Great White collection.

Career, School & Income (5)
Take a least one class a semester towards degree.
Stick to budget that Kevin sets up, trying not to over spend and keep allowancing.
Work on getting mortgage business with Kevin started to add to household income.
Open up a savings account and try to put at least $25.00 a month in it.
Take a digital photography class and learn how to operate digital cameras properly.

Declutter/Organise/Sustainable Living (7)
Back up all photos on computer to Phanfare. Find an alternative way to store photo DVDs so things are easier to find quickly.
Clean out shoes and closet once a month and give to Goodwill.
Keep up with housework, dishes, and laundry. Keep house in much better shape. (FLYLADY)
Get CH photo boxes and get ALL photos printed and organized).
Try to use up all lotions and body sprays in the guest bathroom.
Clean out kitchen cupboards. Donate or throw away any sets missing pieces, unused kitchen gadgets, and other items not being used.
Run car through car wash once a week (when filling up with gas) and then clean out all trash and get a bag of stuff that needs to be brought in the house.

Things to Learn, Knowledge & Mind (5)
Learn to speak French.
Limit TV time to 5 hours a day for both Tab and Savannah.
Learn about gardening and try to grow more things in containers and herb garden.
Learn to speak Spanish.
Limit non-work computer time to less than 3 hours daily.

Read & Write & Photography (4)
Read 2 books a month (any genre or subject).
Update blog 3-4 times a week.
Take at least 40 pictures a week documenting our life (cats, house, garden, projects)
Get family photos taken every 3 months (pro or snapshots)

Miscellaneous (4)
Do a 5K race.
Do a 10K race.
Do a half-marathon.
Make an emergency box for in the car (jumper cables, flares, tire repair kit, blanket, diapers, snacks, etc)
Get car oil changed every 3 months (September, December, March, June) every year.

86 Total So Far.