Monday, Jan. 3, 2011-Monday, September 30, 2013
33 months
33 months
143 weeks
1001 days
I'll put the date next to it once it's been completed
Try New Things
Join a mommy meet-up group (1/3/11)
Plant a garden, or at least some flowers
Try a new recipe once a month (2/33)
Get a pedicure/manicure (6/6/11)
Learn how to use my mom’s sewing machine
Get a bikini wax
Get a full body massage
Cook a French gourmet dish
Try a new food that I’ve always been scared to try
Buy a complete outfit purchased from thrift stores (8/23/11)
Learn at least 50 ASL signs In progress, I've got 6 down so far!
Try a new diet
Ask 11 friends to suggest a book, and read them all and blog about what I think of them
1. 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher Completed
2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
3. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Completed
4. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
5. Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
6. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle In progress
7. Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
8. The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds
9. The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
10. The Unabridged Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Completed
11. The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking
Get my eyebrows waxed
Go see a Roller Derby bout
Bake a cake and decorate it Soon to be completed, Penny's 1st bday!
Bake cupcakes from scratch Completed - Easter 2011 - Mom and I made 150 cupcakes!
Get a facial
Going Places
Go ice skating
Go to Traverse City
Go swimming in a lake
Walk across state lines (not drive)
Take a family vacation outside of MI
Take the train somewhere
Visit a Farmer’s Market
Go to an art gallery
Go see some fireworks on the 4th of July
Take a roadtrip to a weird landmark
Helping Out
Do a 5K
Watch a friend’s kiddo for at least an hour so my friend can have a break
Volunteer somewhere for at least an hour
Support a local business Completed 1/19/11 - Local Vitamin and Health Food store, and many times since then
Sort through my clothes and donate what I no longer wear Completed March 2011
Penny
Take pictures of Penny everyday In Progress
Take Penny on a picnic Completed July1, 2011
Take Penny to the zoo
Finish a scrapbook for Penny
Take a picture of the 3 of us every month (7/33)
Finish Penny’s baby book In Progress
Write Penelope a letter for when she’s older (1/17/11)
Go to Mackinac Island with Penny
Teach Penelope the alphabet and numbers
Open a CD for Penny
Make my own baby food for Penny June 2011
Give Penny her own bedroom
Paint the “P” art I want for Penny’s room
Breastfeed Penny until 6 months (est. date: April 7, 2011) - Failed, made it to 5 months though!
Take Penny to the Hands On Museum Sept. 2011 with our friends, Amanda and Jackson!
Make a day out of finding fairy doors with Penny in A2
Good for My Soul
Go back to my natural hair color
Grow my hair out longer than my chin - Completed April 2011, and I'm still growing it!
Pay off my car In Progress
Wash my face every night before bed
Finish our wedding scrapbook
Transfer everything on my laptop to our portable hard-drive (2/1/2011)
Go without internet for one week
Blog twice a week (16/286)
Climb a (reasonably sized) mountain
Get pregnant and have baby #2
Open a savings account and actually save some money
Not eat fast food for a month
Compose a “if something bad happens to me” letter and give it to a family member
Stop swearing
Prepare an emergency kit
Bring my camera everywhere with me and capture things I enjoy
Learn CPR
Create a family budget (1/9/2011)
Make a list of 101 Things that make me happy, then refer to it on bad days (in progress, started 1/7/2011)
Get all of our “important papers” organized into a filing cabinet, not a box
Buy nothing new (except food) for a month
Thank a former teacher
Pay for a stranger’s cup of coffee
Encapsulate my feelings one day with a mixed tape (or CD, or mp3 playlist on my ipod)
Fun Stuff
Get a new tattoo
Redesign the Clever Characters website Completed April 2011
Get a nicer digital camera and really learn how to use it properly
Sing Karaoke
Make a no-sew blanket (1/18/11)
Knit a blanket
Go to a concert
Surprise Jim with something big on his birthday
Complete a cross-stitch pattern
Do a fun photography session
Play and win a game of pool
Kiss Jim in the rain
Kiss Jim in the snow under a street light (2/12/2011)
Go to a Red Wings game
Fly a kite
Document a “day in my life” with photos
Inspire someone else to start a 101 Things In 1001 Days list (1/5/2011) Yay Felicia!
Learn to correctly identify 10 constellations
Take a photo of the same place every month for a year and then turn it into a calendar for next year.
Jump into a pile of leaves
Listen to The Lonely Island’s “I’m on a boat” while actually on a boat
Write a postcard to someone
Buy a magazine subscription
Dress up for Halloween
Go apple picking
Go roller skating
Have a dinner party, complete with appetizers, dinner & dessert
Get a new tattoo
Redesign the Clever Characters website Completed April 2011
Get a nicer digital camera and really learn how to use it properly
Sing Karaoke
Make a no-sew blanket (1/18/11)
Knit a blanket
Go to a concert
Surprise Jim with something big on his birthday
Complete a cross-stitch pattern
Do a fun photography session
Play and win a game of pool
Kiss Jim in the rain
Kiss Jim in the snow under a street light (2/12/2011)
Go to a Red Wings game
Fly a kite
Document a “day in my life” with photos
Inspire someone else to start a 101 Things In 1001 Days list (1/5/2011) Yay Felicia!
Learn to correctly identify 10 constellations
Take a photo of the same place every month for a year and then turn it into a calendar for next year.
Jump into a pile of leaves
Listen to The Lonely Island’s “I’m on a boat” while actually on a boat
Write a postcard to someone
Buy a magazine subscription
Dress up for Halloween
Go apple picking
Go roller skating
Have a dinner party, complete with appetizers, dinner & dessert
Wish me luck!
