A new 101 in 1001.

I've done a lot over the past couple of years. I'm actually surprised at how many of my 101 goals I was able to accomplish.

As the 1001 is coming to an end, I've decided to create a new 101. Some of these are ones that I did on my first 101 but either didn't do well enough to satisfy myself. So, you may see them pop up again in this list.

1. Get on a regular exercising schedule & make it a habit (at least 28 days on the schedule in a row)
2. Lose 10 pounds - or at least enough to make myself feel good about bikini weather.
3. Drink only water for 1 whole month.
4. Eat 'in' for every meal for 1 whole month.
5. Go one whole month with no impulse buys.
6. Use only cash for 2 months straight.
7. Give at least $10/month to charity or good cause of my choice for at least 12 months straight.
8. Learn 10 new drink recipes.
9. Learn how to decorate a cake.
10. Tour at least 3 vineyards - Winery of the Wichitas, winery with Sarah, winery with Micky
11. Send Grandma a birthday card w/$5 bill in it. omitted the $5 bill, seemed too tacky
12. Watch The Godfather
13. Crochet potholder for relative/GG
14. Go sailing went, then a brother broke the boat / trailer
15. Go 88 cent kiting. they aren't really 88 cents anymore
16. Hike up a mountain (and back down again).
17. Go to a day spa.
18. Get a massage.
19. Continue to add to the savings / investments
20. Get my Dyson fixed.
21. Learn about real estate to where I'm comfortable buying some.
22. Learn a language
23. Clean my fish tank 1/5/08
24. Graduate - it's about damned time
25. Continue to teach Max 4/12/09 ongoing, but definitely getting better.
26. Move state
27. Find at least 3 geo-caches - bus stop cache, park cache, magee cache
28. Beat Rodney
29. Emergency Fund
30. Home made bread 2/7/09 Fabulous!!
31. New car
32. New laptop His name is Lorenzo (Enzo for short) and he's a NetBook
33. Pay off student loans
34. Paint something
35. Outdoor ice skating CO - 2010
36. Watch Citizen Kane
37. Learn how to make pizza dough 1/27/09 had some technical difficulties, needs improvement
38. Make chicken noodle from scratch
39. Make wine
40. Get new calendar 1/2/09
41. Make souffle 1/27/09 - turned out pretty well actually, and didn't fall!
42. Perfect a song in GH3 - yeah, I know, I'm uncoordinated, clumsy, and klutzy
43. Improve wardrobe Not complete, but made a huge dent in it. March/April 2009
44. Get rid of old GPS device
45. Sell some more textbooks 2 more 1/9/09
46. Take Max to the dog park. 4/12/09 earlier this week. Sometime I'll let him run around in there - when I know he'll come back to me no matter what.
47. Learn how to butcher a (already dead) chicken
48. Hydroponics garden 1/18/09 - hopefully I'll get something to grow soon, but the garden is running surprisingly well.
49. Fresh Herbs
50. Caramel fudge
51. Get up to date on Diesel Sweeties 1/4/09
52. Replenish my fish tank - More fish Decided not to do this since I'm just going to move again. 4/12/09
53. Try another Alton Brown recipe 3/21/09 - fabulous steak!
54. Try an Emeril recipe - Etouffee perhaps 1/27/09 - the souffle
55. Eat at Joe's - Eskimo Joe's. We've been talking about it for a few years now. 1/17/09
56. Try Coffee Slingers 2/7/09 Pretty!
57. Try Brussel Sprouts 1/18/09
58. Try Tomatillos
59. Make some pineapple martinis
60. Try a larger hydroponics garden. I'd love to try NFT hydroponics, but I don't know if I have the space/abilities to do so right now.
61. Try another Emeril recipe.
62. Make hot chocolate from scratch 1/27/09 meh
63. Make hot cocoa from scratch.
64. Finish the pickles so I can make pineappletinis.
65. Bento!
66. Get a Bento Box! Gifted
67. Make some sushi!
68. Make a great Maximus! It's getting closer!
69. Save me over $300 by changing my tie rod rather than taking it into the shop.
70. New tires!! (Eee!) and alignment.
71. Clean car (interior and exterior)
72. Pancake Mix - I go through quite a bit of pancake mix, it seems like it would be easy to make, so I might as well learn.
73. Be less scared of the sun.
74. Run (or at least finish) a 5 K.
75. Learn how to make pancakes from scratch.
76. Wake up earlier. (around 7 should do it)
77. Go to sleep earlier
78. Skip 3 or fewer of each class
79. Do well in school
80. Read a book on my list
81. Get Loans
82. Visit tea factory
83. Move again
84. Survive the distance
85. Make Indian curry.
86. Hit the 5 cache find mark
87. Hit the 10 cache find mark
88. Hit the 20 cache find mark
89. Hide a cache
90. Vodka infusions
91. Wii Fit everyday for at least two months.
92. Hit the 20 hrs on WF
93. Move a travel bug
94. Fix Maximus' run
95. Clean out his run & replace straw
96. Schedule yearly dr. appt.
97. Enroll again
98. Lebkuchken
99. Replace handles on furniture.
100. Face
101. Have another good semester


Last updated: 6/3/11

101 Things to do in 1001 Days.

Okay, so I guess you guys haven't been writing enough to keep me occupied. I have acquired a new blog that I read fairly regularly, it is called Get Rich Slowly, and recently had this blog on it talking about 101 Things to do in 1001 Days, and this got me thinking... what are my goals? What do I really want to accomplish. After reading over J.D. Roth's blog containing his list, I decided I should make my own. I really liked the way he had his set up, so don't be surprised to see mine is very similar.

Health:
1) Get on a regular exercising schedule & make it a habit (at least 28 days on the schedule in a row)
2) Lose 10 pounds - or at least enough to make myself feel good about bikini weather.
3) Drink only water for 1 whole month.
4) Eat 'in' for every meal for 1 whole month.
5) Eat Breakfast - at least 4 weeks straightAll Jan.-Mar. 2008
6) Visit the doc and get the thyroid checked. Dec. 2007

Entertainment:
7) Purchase 2 more games for the Wii.GH3, Wii Fit, & some random party game
8) Enjoy Hawaii! 7/20/07
9) See Pirates: At World's End and not be late for work the next day. 5/25/07

Animals:
10) Get 29 gallon set up and running with fish in it. 7/7/07
11) Adopt a puppy.
12) Train the puppy to sit, lay, roll over, shake, heel and stay.

Education:
13) Know where I want to go and be well on the way. (Hopefully even graduate)
14) Maintain a 3.0 or above GPA
15) Stand out rather than blending in in class.
16) Limit the skipped classes to 3 or less per class per semester.

Financial:
17) Do not go into debt in Hawaii. 7/20/07
18) Build up a 'slush fund' of at least $200 dollars. Aug. 2007
19) Compound Interest!!!
20) Go one whole month with no impulse buys.
21) Use only cash for 2 months straight.
22) Give at least $10/month to charity or good cause of my choice for at least 12 months straight.
23) Adopt a child for JHS Christmas. Dec. 2007
24) Start a ROTH or some sort of investment fund containing $500 or more. Dec. 2007

Food:
25) Learn at least 5 complete meals.
26) Learn 10 new drink recipes.
27) Invent a drink.
28) Start a cookbook of favorite recipes. fall 2007
29) Get at least 40 recipes in Favorite Recipes Cookbook
30) Learn how to decorate a cake.
31) Partake in a wine tasting gathering.June '08
32) Tour at least 3 vineyards.

General Betterment:
33) Complete Hitchhiker's Guide book.
34) Return book to Sean. (just for you)
35) Send Grandma a birthday card w/$5 bill in it.
36) Watch The Godfather
37) Watch Born Identity 8/6/07
38) Learn a word a day for at least a month.
39) Crochet potholder for relative/GG
40) Finish scarves
41) Get 2 matching tires on my car. June 2007
42) Watch Futurama movie Nov. 27, 2007
43) Go sailing
44) Try an Alton Brown Good Eats recipe Nov. 2007 (it didn't go off very well, I think I did something wrong.)

Misc.
45) Go Snorkeling 7/20/07
46) Go 88 cent kiting.
47) Hike up a mountain (and back down again).
49) Clean out wardrobe and donate or trash anything that isn't worn anymore. My closet looks huge now!
50) Find hospital to donate stuffed animals to.
51) Learn how to make a good coffee drink with espresso machine.
52) Go to a day spa.
53) Get a message.
54) Increase wardrobe with business/ nice clothes. Fall 2007. Still working on this, but I certainly have a good start.
55) Go without whipped cream for 40 days. (Eeek... maybe I shouldn't have written that.)
56) Purchase / acquire GPS.
57) Find great Fedora or golf cap. 2007 - I've decided I'm living this one vicariously through Richard.
58) Finish this list.
59) Learn HTML (or a good share of it)

UPDATED 5/26/07
Personal goals:
What can I say? These are personal.
7 Goals in this section.
Finished 2.

ADDED 5/27/07
67) Go swimming this summer. 7/20/07
68) Reduce Spending. I hope for this to be ongoing.
69) Learn how to make chocolate truffles I don't know why this was on there, I already know how to make chocolate truffles.
70) Finish CD thingy
71) Enjoy the summer Summer 07
72) Clean out my car Aug. 07 - already dirty again though
73) Continue to add to the savings / investments
74) Sell some of my text books
75) Breakdown and either purchase or make pillows for my storage seat thingy.Check.
76) Update my Orb.June 17th, 2007
77) Learn enough about saltwater tanks that I'm comfortable setting one up. Dec. 2007
78) Set up a saltwater tank - even if it's just a 10 gallon one.
79) Get my Dyson fixed.
80) Work on Confidence, and Assertiveness. 2007 - I feel, finally, like I've got this fairly well under control.
81) Purchase Hotels / interisland flights before June 15th, 2007 June 2007
82) take a break.
83) make it to farmer's market more regularly. 2007, prob. again each year.
84) Get tv tuner for lappy Late Aug. 2007

Education (again for this semester):
87) Know where I want to go and be well on the way. (Hopefully even graduate)
88) Maintain a 3.0 or above GPA
89) Stand out rather than blending in in class.
90) Limit the skipped classes to 3 or less per class per semester.

91)Finish star mural
92) Rearrange room
93) Get new calendar before January is over. It's The Office for 2008
94) Get hair cut
95) Rearrange closet
96) Watch Juno
97) Move fish back to 10 gal.Decided to repopulate 30 gallon instead.
98)Learn about real estate to where I'm comfortable buying some.
99)Change or somehow fix fan/light
100)Get computer warranty renewed. This didn't, & isn't going to happen. It's almost cheaper to just buy a new computer!
101)Spoil me when necessary





Published: 5/20/07
1001st day falls on February 14th, 2010.

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