101 in 1001
Italic means actively working on.
Crossed out means completed.
Travel
1. Visit Yosemite
2. Visit Yellowstone
3. Visit Grand Canyon
4. Go to see my family at least 1x per year
5. Camp on Channel Islands State Park (or take a tall ship there)
6. Go whale watching
7. Attend a major league baseball game
8. Go to the new Children’s Museum in San Diego
9. Stay in a hotel with a nice pool
10. Go to a community college football game
Household
11. Get ½ our produce from our garden
12. Paint interior of house (at least 3 rooms) (2 done)
13. Teach James to cook at least 1 breakfast that requires cooking independently
14. Teach James to cook at least 1 dinner that requires cooking independently
15. Stop using paper gift wrap that is not some form of recycle (i.e. comics)
16. Bring my own bags every time
17. Get actual compost from my compost bin
18. Bake enough bread that it is our primary bread source, not store bought – I’m changing this. Since I’m trying to lose weight, baking bread is quite counter productive to me in that regard. So, I’m changing this to reach and maintain my goal weight.
19. Buy eggs from the farmer’s market (for human consumption only, will still buy eggs to add to the dog’s food from the store because that will get too costly)
20. Find a good local 2nd hand shop for (primarily) James’ clothes and use it.
21. Keep bird seed in my bird feeder
22. Get a hummingbird feeder and keep it filled
23. Grow pumpkins
24. Get the pond to habitable
25. Re-pot all the indoor plants that need to be re-potted
26. Make a terrarium
27. Add organizers in the Master Closet
28. Organize and donate clothes in the master closet
29. Sort through and get rid of old cds
30. Shop at the local tea store
31. Bring books to the used book store
32. Plant the front planters
33. Plant the side hill
34. Finish planting the front hill
35. Find more energy efficient light bulbs that will work for us
36. Investigate getting a rain barrel, even though I’ll find it’s probably not practical for here
37. Take the cans and bottles out of the garage to recycle
38. Take the Goodwill bags out of the garage to Goodwill
39. Plant 3 more rabbit proof flowers
40. Charge and carry my cell phone
41. Plan my garden with enough time to get seeds from seed savers or similar
42. Research getting rid of land line
43. Give James a great birthday party
44. Plant 5 more trees (or bushes), native and/or drought tolerant (4 done)
45. Fix the mailbox
46. Take e-waste to be recycled
47. Open a regular savings account for James
Art/Craft related
48. Write a letter to James from Santa Claus in the style of The Letter from Father Christmas
49. Finish 52 Blessings
50. Do Project 365
51. Finish James’ 100 good wishes quilt
52. Knit only from my stash or trading from it
53. Make homemade tiger balm
54. Sew a skirt for myself
55. Sew a shirt for myself
56. Sew a seat protector/organizer for the car
57. Stay up to date with mending
58. Paint or embroider stained shirts to revive them
59. Buy or make handmade gifts exclusively with the following exceptions: reused gifts (like used books), James and Darren (just not there yet)
60. Make at least one meaningful gift for James and Darren for each birthday and Christmas
61. Knit at least 2 more pairs of socks for Darren
62. Knit at least 2 more pairs of socks for myself
63. Have James make at least 1 gift per Christmas
64. Sew an apron, a nice, vintage one
65. Video everyday life at least every other month
Personal Growth
66. Be able to identify two more constellations than I already know (bringing the grand total to 5)
67. Get up to watch one of the meteor showers
68. Learn to i.d. enough of my back yard birds to participate in the Great backyard bird count
69. Participate in the great backyard bird count
70. Find a regular babysitter for James
71. Go out at least 2 times without James
72. Learn to play one of Darren’s sports video games so I can play with him
73. Play one season of one of Darren’s sports gambling leagues
74. Begin (again) to learn to play the piano
75. Read one world history book
76. Read one financial book
77. Read one health book
78. Refresh my Spanish skills
79. Actually attempt to hold a conversation (even is short) with someone in Spanish
80. Wear make up once a month
81. Read an art book
82. Learn to text message
83. Wear jewelry 1x a week
84. Paint my nails 4 times (1 time)
Health
85. Cut back Starbucks consumption to no more than 2x per month
86. Cut back coffee consumption to 1 pot cup per day
87. Go for a walk with James and dogs 3x per week (except in summer)
88. In summer, take James to pool or water park 2x per week
89. In summer use wii fit 3x per week
90. Have beans in our meals once a week
91. Eat a healthy breakfast for 21 days in a row
92. Take vitamins daily
93. Go to the spa using my gift certificate
94. Do self breast exam every month
Do for others
95. Adopt a soldier
96. Participate in Operation Christmas Child
97. Give blood regularly (~every other month)
The missing 4:
98. Write an update to James’ orphanage
99. Teach Arrow control around the UPS man
101. Download my pictures once a week
102. Have a giveaway at the blog for each non-completed item (without using a book I’ve gotten for free
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