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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
101 in 1001 List Update!
It's about time for another list update. I've managed to cross off and start quite a bunch of things! I am kind of running out of time for some of the bigger goals, like the ones that involve doing something for a year. This list ends in December 2014 so I should really start attempting those ones now or they'll never get done. It's sad that some things just won't happen. I can't see us taking a trip to Vegas before next December, or seeing a Green Bay game. We might try to go to a Buffalo game next year, so I might call seeing an NFL game at all good enough to cross that one off! It's also going to be hard to go on a girl's weekend with my sister, but maybe we will make it happen near the end of my deadline... We will see where the next 16 months take me :) Updates to the list are in GREEN!
Start blogging (Started in May 2012)Take a photography class
Take a cake decorating class (Completed in April 2012 at Michael's)Blog every day for 30 days (Completed December 2012)Go to NYC (Went for our 1st anniversary in May 2012)Plant a vegetable garden (Planted a veggie garden with my mom in June 2012 and 2013)Sell 1 item a month from our Etsy shop (My mom and I had to temporarily shut down our Etsy shop so she could sell her stuff at Christmas craft markets!!! Hopefully soon we'll be up and running again)
Lose 20 pounds (get to 160 lbs) (In progress! I'm about 6 lbs from pre-pregnancy weight, and 21 lbs from 160 lbs)
Maintain weight for 6 months (see above)
Refinish a piece of furniture - if anyone remembers my post about the box my papa built, that's what I am planning on refinishing :)
Reupholster an old piece of furniture
Go to Las Vegas
Take a knitting class
Knit a winter hat
Take one photo I am really proud of (See the photo at the end of the list! I'm breaking the "no Madeline photos on the blog" rule for this one :) )Take a photograph of a rainbow (This was actually code for "get pregnant again and carry to term!" She's now 4 months old!!)Say “yes” to something I wouldn’t normally
Host a dinner party for 8
Go a week without buying anything
Read 40 books (I am only 5 books in... Really need to ramp this up asap!!)
Don’t say anything negative for one day
Complete a 365 day photo challenge
Try a sport I've never tried before (My husband and I played flag football summer 2012!)Donate money to a charity
Kiss in the rain
Make spaghetti sauce from scratch - as soon as my tomatoes ripen out in the garden I'll be tackling this!!
Bake and decorate a birthday cake for someone (Baked my husband's birthday cake in June 2012)Try a new recipe once a month for a year
Find out my blood type (easy! Had to do this when I got pregnant, I'm O+! August 2012)Go to the gym 5 days a week for a month - probably not going to happen since I'm not renewing my membership! I think working out 5 days a week for a month will be good enough :)
Take a cooking class
Send a hand written letter
Spend a weekend without the internet (We did this when we went camping! August 2012)Make bread without the bread maker
Train Leroy to come when called (HAHAHAHA. I highly doubt this is going to happen!!!!)
Learn how to cook fish!
Finish the photo wall going to the basement - just need to add a few photos of Madeline and this will be completed!
Go to a wine tasting
Make homemade ice cream
Watch Gone With the Wind (Loved it! July 2012)Carve a pumpkin
Figure out what to do with my wedding dress (I donated it to a charity here called The Breast Dress Project which raises money for breast cancer research - October 2012)Send in the paperwork and get my PEng - working on my experience diaries! Blah!
Have a blog post published on a well known blog
Have my blog redesigned to have a more personal style (Thanks to Emily at oh hello, love! this has been completed, July 14, 2012)Make a meal with all ingredients bought at the farmer's market
Throw a surprise party for someone
Go on a girl's weekend with my sister
Have a will written
Try being vegetarian for one week
Write 100 thank you notes
Meet an internet friend in person
Go on a picnic (We went to a park downtown for a nice picnic in June 2013)Go camping with the dog (We went camping in August 2012)Go to trivia night
Be professionally fitted for a bra
Send at least 3 letters to the editor of our local paper
Move my blog to self hosted
Give up Facebook for a week
Try 10 beers I have never tried before (Rickard's White, Molson Canadian 67 Sublime, Upper Canada Lager, Prison Break Breakout Pilsner, Big Rig Gold, Flying Monkey, Propeller IPA)
Go to an exercise class that makes me feel awkward
See 45 movies in the theatre
Go for a ride in a helicopter
Get a promotion
Eat at 10 new restaurants (In progress - Must Wine Bar, Pocco Pazzo, Don Cherry's)
Host Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner (planning to do this for Thanksgiving this year (2013)!!!)
Make a surprise visit home to see my family
Spend 1 day a week television free for 6 months (Started this in July 2012, didn't complete. Starting again now, we are doing Wednesday or Saturday depending on football haha, starting August 21st, 2013)
De-clutter our house
Go to a comedy show (went to Absolute Comedy with two of my coworkers! July 2012)See The Nutcracker at the NAC
Do something nice for someone anonymously
Go to a spa (Had a lovely pedicure at the March House Spa, twice! April 2013)Go to a Green Bay Packers game
Give a 100% tip
Have a booth at a craft sale
Take a spontaneous road trip
Create a scavenger hunt
Decorate Christmas cookies
Finish bathroom and back room in basement (Just getting started now!)
Finish the fence in the backyard (Last pieces went up in May 2012!)Buy a mouse pad for my desk at work (Just did this! I got a mouse pad AND a keyboard wrist rest. July 2012)Learn how to use all of the applications on my Mac
Grow and use 3 varieties of herbs (Grew basil, oregano, and parsley, used all 3 in my roasted red pepper soup! July 2012)Organize all of the documents/photos on my computer
Finally load up my digital picture frame... yeah this is not going to happen because I decided to get rid of the frame!
Go to a drive-in movie theatre
Have someone guest post on my blog
Go on a date night once a month with my husband (Edited to add a timeframe - let's go with a year! Started this in July 2012 and epically failed. Plan to restart once Madeline is taking a bottle!!!!)
Get 5,000 views of my blogSee the Best Picture Oscar winner from the last 10 years. (In progress, Argo (2012), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Million Dollar Baby (2004). I've seen some others, but don't remember them enough so will be re-watching!!!)
Enter a photo contest
Complete a crossword puzzle
Host a poker night (We did this recently, it was so much fun! We had about 8 people and I made homemade pizzas and had some other snacks - November 2012)Buy a bigger TV for our basement den (We unexpectedly crossed this off on Black Friday 2012!)Plant a tree
Read a novel in french
Make homemade jam
Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
Write a list of 101 things I have already achieved in life
Celebrate finishing this list!
Friday, November 30, 2012
Another 101 in 1001 update!
I have actually crossed quite a few more things off of my list, so I figured it was time for another update! Some of these things will have to be put on hold for a little while, like I won't be trying any more new beers for a while... or I won't be losing 20 pounds in the immediate future... But I think I'll still have time to fit everything in :)
Start blogging (Started in May 2012)Take a photography class
Take a cake decorating class (Completed in April 2012 at Michael's)Blog every day for 30 days (In progress as we speak!!)
Go to NYC (Went for our 1st anniversary in May 2012)Plant a vegetable garden (Planted a veggie garden with my mom in June 2012)Sell 1 item a month from our Etsy shop (My mom and I had to temporarily shut down our Etsy shop so she could sell her stuff at Christmas craft markets!!! Hopefully soon we'll be up and running again)
Lose 20 pounds (get to 160 lbs) (this will now come AFTER baby is born :) )
Maintain weight for 6 months (see above)
Refinish a piece of furniture (A work in progress, hint: it's for the nursery!)
Reupholster an old piece of furniture (See above!!!)
Go to Las Vegas
Take a knitting class
Knit a winter hat
Take one photo I am really proud of
Take a photograph of a rainbow (in progress - this was actually code for "get pregnant again and carry to term!")
Say “yes” to something I wouldn’t normally
Host a dinner party for 8
Go a week without buying anything
Read 40 books (It's sad, but I have read 1 so far - The Help. I have edited this and picked a better number, 100 in 1001 days?? Yikes. Who can read 1 book every 10 days?? Yeah, new updated, I have still only read 1...)
Don’t say anything negative for one day
Complete a 365 day photo challenge
Try a sport I've never tried before (My husband and I played flag football summer 2012!)Donate money to a charity
Kiss in the rain
Make spaghetti sauce from scratch
Bake and decorate a birthday cake for someone (Baked my husband's birthday cake in June 2012)Try a new recipe once a month for a year
Find out my blood type (easy! Had to do this when I got pregnant, I'm O+! August 2012)Go to the gym 5 days a week for a month
Take a cooking class
Send a hand written letter
Spend a weekend without the internet
Make bread without the bread maker
Train Leroy to come when called
Learn how to cook fish!
Finish the photo wall going to the basement
Go to a wine tasting
Make homemade ice cream
Watch Gone With the Wind (Loved it! July 2012)Carve a pumpkin
Figure out what to do with my wedding dress (I donated it to a charity here called The Breast Dress Project which raises money for breast cancer research - October 2012)Send in the paperwork and get my PEng
Have a blog post published on a well known blog
Have my blog redesigned to have a more personal style (Thanks to Emily at oh hello, love! this has been completed, July 14, 2012)Make a meal with all ingredients bought at the farmer's market
Throw a surprise party for someone
Go on a girl's weekend with my sister
Have a will written
Try being vegetarian for one week
Write 100 thank you notes
Meet an internet friend in person
Go on a picnic
Go camping with the dog (We went camping in August 2012)Go to trivia night
Be professionally fitted for a bra
Send at least 3 letters to the editor of our local paper
Move my blog to self hosted
Give up Facebook for a week
Try 10 beers I have never tried before (Rickard's White, Molson Canadian 67 Sublime, Upper Canada Lager)
Go to an exercise class that makes me feel awkward
See 45 movies in the theatre
Go for a ride in a helicopter
Get a promotion
Eat at 10 new restaurants (In progress - Must Wine Bar)
Host Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner
Make a surprise visit home to see my family
Spend 1 day a week television free for 6 months (Started this in July 2012, we're going with Wednesdays!)
De-clutter our house
Go to a comedy show (went to Absolute Comedy with two of my coworkers! July 2012)See The Nutcracker at the NAC
Do something nice for someone anonymously
Go to a spa
Go to a Green Bay Packers game
Give a 100% tip
Have a booth at a craft sale
Take a spontaneous road trip
Create a scavenger hunt
Decorate Christmas cookies
Finish bathroom and back room in basement
Finish the fence in the backyard (Last pieces went up in May 2012!)Buy a mouse pad for my desk at work (Just did this! I got a mouse pad AND a keyboard wrist rest. July 2012)Learn how to use all of the applications on my Mac
Grow and use 3 varieties of herbs (Grew basil, oregano, and parsley, used all 3 in my roasted red pepper soup! July 2012)Organize all of the documents/photos on my computer
Finally load up my digital picture frame
Go to a drive-in movie theatre
Have someone guest post on my blog
Go on a date night once a month with my husband (Edited to add a timeframe - let's go with a year! Started this in July 2012)
Get 5,000 views of my blog - I just checked and I can't believe I've already passed this goal!!!!!! Thank you to everyone for reading :) (5550 of 5000)See the Best Picture Oscar winner from the last 10 years.
Enter a photo contest
Complete a crossword puzzle
Host a poker night (We did this recently, it was so much fun! We had about 8 people and I made homemade pizzas and had some other snacks - November 2012)Buy a bigger TV for our basement den (We unexpectedly crossed this off on Black Friday 2012!)Plant a tree
Read a novel in french
Make homemade jam
Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
Write a list of 101 things I have already achieved in life
Celebrate finishing this list!
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
101 in 1001 Update!
I have finally crossed off enough things that I think it warrants a list update! The completed items are in purple and striked through, the pink items are in progress. I think I am off to a pretty good start. These lists are so much fun, because I am a total list maker. Sometimes I will write something on my to-do list that I've already done, just so I am cross it off!! Tell me I am not alone in doing that?
Start blogging (Started in May 2012)Take a photography class
Take a cake decorating class (Completed in April 2012 at Michael's)Blog every day for 30 days
Go to NYC (Went for our 1st anniversary in May 2012)Plant a vegetable garden (Planted a veggie garden with my mom in June 2012)Sell 1 item a month from our Etsy shop
Lose 20 pounds (get to 160 lbs)
Maintain weight for 6 months
Refinish a piece of furniture
Reupholster an old piece of furniture
Go to Las Vegas
Take a knitting class
Knit a winter hat
Take one photo I am really proud of
Take a photograph of a rainbow
Say “yes” to something I wouldn’t normally
Host a dinner party for 8
Go a week without buying anything
Read 40 books (It's sad, but I have read 1 so far - The Help. I have edited this and picked a better number, 100 in 1001 days?? Yikes. Who can read 1 book every 10 days??)
Don’t say anything negative for one day
Complete a 365 day photo challenge
Try a sport I've never tried before (DH and I are playing flag football this summer 2012!)Donate money to a charity
Kiss in the rain
Make spaghetti sauce from scratch
Bake and decorate a birthday cake for someone (Baked my husband's birthday cake in June 2012)Try a new recipe once a month for a year
Find out my blood type
Go to the gym 5 days a week for a month
Take a cooking class
Send a hand written letter
Spend a weekend without the internet
Make bread without the bread maker
Train Leroy to come when called
Learn how to cook fish!
Finish the photo wall going to the basement
Go to a wine tasting
Make homemade ice cream
Watch Gone With the Wind (Loved it! July 2012)Carve a pumpkin
Figure out what to do with my wedding dress
Send in the paperwork and get my PEng
Have a blog post published on a well known blog
Have my blog redesigned to have a more personal style (Thanks to Emily at oh hello, love! this has been completed, July 14, 2012)Make a meal with all ingredients bought at the farmer's market
Throw a surprise party for someone
Go on a girl's weekend with my sister
Have a will written
Try being vegetarian for one week
Write 100 thank you notes
Meet an internet friend in person
Go on a picnic
Go camping with the dog (We are going camping about an hour away this weekend so I am crossing this off, August 2012)Go to trivia night
Be professionally fitted for a bra
Send at least 3 letters to the editor of our local paper
Move my blog to self hosted
Give up Facebook for a week
Try 10 beers I have never tried before (Rickard's White, Molson Canadian 67 Sublime, Upper Canada Lager)
Go to an exercise class that makes me feel awkward
See 45 movies in the theatre
Go for a ride in a helicopter
Get a promotion
Eat at 10 new restaurants
Host Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner
Make a surprise visit home to see my family
Spend 1 day a week television free for 6 months (Started this in July 2012, we're going with Wednesdays!)
De-clutter our house
Go to a comedy show (went to Absolute Comedy with two of my coworkers! July 2012)See The Nutcracker at the NAC
Do something nice for someone anonymously
Go to a spa
Go to a Green Bay Packers game
Give a 100% tip
Have a booth at a craft sale
Take a spontaneous road trip
Create a scavenger hunt
Decorate Christmas cookies
Finish bathroom and back room in basement
Finish the fence in the backyard (Last pieces went up in May 2012!)Buy a mouse pad for my desk at work (Just did this! I got a mouse pad AND a keyboard wrist rest. July 2012)Learn how to use all of the applications on my Mac
Grow and use 3 varieties of herbs (Grew basil, oregano, and parsley, used all 3 in my roasted red pepper soup! July 2012)Organize all of the documents/photos on my computer
Finally load up my digital picture frame
Go to a drive-in movie theatre
Have someone guest post on my blog
Go on a date night once a month with my husband (Edited to add a timeframe - let's go with a year! Started this in July 2012)
Get 5,000 views of my blog (1800 of 5000)
See the Best Picture Oscar winner from the last 10 years.
Enter a photo contest
Complete a crossword puzzle
Host a poker night
Buy a bigger TV for our basement den
Plant a tree
Read a novel in french
Make homemade jam
Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
Write a list of 101 things I have already achieved in life
Celebrate finishing this list!
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
101 in 1001...
Everyone seems to be doing this, and I think it's a great idea to set some goals for the future. It's also a great idea to make some of them small, so you don't feel like a loser when you can't cross something off of your list for a while. I decided to do the 101 in 1001 challenge, and I started it back in April. That means I have until December 28th, 2014 to complete and check off everything on this list. Purple are completed, green are in progress. So far I think I am off to a great start! I'll update once in a while with the progress :)
Start blogging(Started in May 2012)- Take a
photography class
Take a cake decorating class(Completed in April 2012 at Michael's)- Blog
every day for 30 days
Go to NYC(Went for our 1st anniversary in May 2012)Plant a vegetable garden(Planted a veggie garden with my mom in June 2012)- Sell 1
item a month from our Etsy shop
- Lose 20
pounds (get to 160 lbs)
- Maintain
weight for 6 months
- Refinish
a piece of furniture
- Reupholster
an old piece of furniture
- Go to Las
Vegas
- Take a
knitting class
- Knit a
winter hat
- Take one
photo I am really proud of
- Take a photograph of a rainbow
- Say “yes”
to something I wouldn’t normally
- Host a
dinner party for 8
- Go a week
without buying anything
- Read 100
books
- Don’t say
anything negative for one day
- Complete
a 365 day photo challenge
Try a sport I've never tried before(DH and I are playing flag football this summer 2012!)- Donate
money to a charity
- Kiss in
the rain
- Make
spaghetti sauce from scratch
Bake and decorate a birthday cake for someone(Baked my husband's birthday cake in June 2012)- Try a new
recipe once a month for a year
- Find out
my blood type
- Go to the
gym 5 days a week for a month
- Take a
cooking class
- Send a
hand written letter
- Spend a
weekend without the internet
- Make
bread without the bread maker
- Train Leroy to come when called
- Learn how to cook fish!
- Finish the photo wall going to the basement
- Go to a wine tasting
- Make homemade ice cream
- Watch Gone With the Wind
- Carve a pumpkin
- Figure out what to do with my wedding dress
- Send in the paperwork and get my PEng
- Have a blog post published on a well known blog
- Have my blog redesigned to have a more personal style
- Make a meal with all ingredients bought at the farmer's market
- Throw a surprise party for someone
- Go on a girl's weekend with my sister
- Have a will written
- Try being vegetarian for one week
- Write 100 thank you notes
- Meet an internet friend in person
- Go on a picnic
- Go camping with the dog
- Go to trivia night
- Be professionally fitted for a bra
- Send at least 3 letters to the editor of our local paper
- Move my blog to self hosted
- Give up Facebook for a week
- Try 10 beers I have never tried before (Rickard's White)
- Go to an exercise class that makes me feel awkward
- See 45 movies in the theatre
- Go for a ride in a helicopter
- Get a promotion
- Eat at 10 new restaurants
- Host Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner
- Make a surprise visit home to see my family
- Spend 1 day a week television free for 6 months
- De-clutter our house
- Go to a comedy show
- See The Nutcracker at the NAC
- Do something nice for someone anonymously
- Go to a spa
- Go to a Green Bay Packers game
- Give a 100% tip
- Have a booth at a craft sale
- Take a spontaneous road trip
- Create a scavenger hunt
- Decorate Christmas cookies
- Finish bathroom and back room in basement
Finish the fence in the backyard(Last pieces went up in May 2012!)- Buy a mouse pad for my desk at work
- Learn how to use all of the applications on my Mac
- Grow and use 3 varieties of herbs (halfway done - have grown basil, oregano, and parsley)
- Organize all of the documents/photos on my computer
- Finally load up my digital picture frame
- Go to a drive-in movie theatre
- Have someone guest post on my blog
- Go on a date night once a month with my husband
- Get 5,000 views of my blog (484 of 5000)
- See the Best Picture Oscar winner from the last 10 years.
- Enter a photo contest
- Complete a crossword puzzle
- Host a poker night
- Buy a bigger TV for our basement den
- Plant a tree
- Read a novel in french
- Make homemade jam
- Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
- Write a list of 101 things I have already achieved in life
- Celebrate finishing this list!
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