My List of 101 Things in 1001 Days

Start: October 1, 2009
Finish: June 28, 2012


A friend of mine made one of these lists. I got so inspired that I created my own. I have found that if I make lists, I am more likely to accomplish what I want to do.


Crossed Through = Finished
Bolded = In Progress
{0/#} = My Progress 

School/Work

1. Get all As in masters program

2. Graduate with masters

3. Learn sign language

4. Get a job teaching

5. Help put my hubby through physical therapy school

Family

6. Get pregnant (if we can afford to)

7. Have 2 date nights a month with my hubby. {0/66}

8. Go on 3 picnics with my hubby {0/3}

9. Visit the in-laws once a month while we still live in Oklahoma {0/9}

10. Visit my parents once every other month when in Texas {0/12}

11. Go to the Rees family Christmas party every year {0/3}

12. Take pictures in a photo booth with my hubby

13. Visit a state that neither the hubby or I have been to

14. Say ‘I love you’ every day to my wonderful hubby {0/1001}

15. Make love every day for a month {0/30}

16. Have a board game night with the hubby twice a month {0/66}

17. Travel Route 66 with my hubby

18. Do an craft project with my hubby

19. Finish my poster for my hubby

20. Take a week vacation outside the U.S. with my hubby

21. Go on a romantic weekend getaway with my hubby once a year {0/3}

Financial

22. Pay off at least 1 loan completely

23. Donate $25 a month to a charity {0/33}

24. Save at least 10% of my paycheck every month {0/33}

25. Have 1 yard sale a year {0/3}

26. Put all of our change in a container and count it at the end of every three months {0/11}

27. Follow the budget every month {0/33}

28. Tip a really good waiter/waitress 100%

29. Pay for a stranger’s meal

30. Don’t use the air conditioner/heater for a month {0/30}

31. Update the checkbook every day {0/1001}

Personal

32. Update at least 1 of my blogs daily {0/1001}

33. Buy a flat screen HDTV over 40”

34. Get an iPhone

35. Finish Mason Boggs’ baby scrapbook for his mommy

36. Visit a state that I’ve never been to but my hubby has

37. Go to a state fair

38. Ride a Ferris wheel

39. Read through the Bible in a year starting a Jan 1 {0/365}

40. Feel confident in a bikini

41. Complete Project 365 starting on a Jan 1 {0/365}

42. Get haircut once every 3 months  {0/11}

43. Wear makeup once a week {0/143}

44. Scrapbook this experience

45. Conquer my fear of tiny, dark places

46. Kill a bug when my hubby is nearby (don’t ask him to kill it)

47. Beat my hubby in a tickle war

48. Join or create a Bunco group

49. Go to Vegas

50. Scrapbook Cabo trip

51. Donate food to a local food bank

For Fun

52. Wake up before the sun just to see it rise

53. Stay up for 24 hours, just because

54. Finish a puzzle book

55. Buy a pair of shoes that costs over $100

56. Adopt a lab, golden retriever, or border collie and name her Bella or him Cooper

Household

57. Do laundry once a week  {0/143}

58. Recycle glass, plastic, paper, organics & aluminum every two weeks {0/71}

59. Clean the house once every two weeks {0/71}

60. Plant something without killing it

61. Grow a food (herb or vegetable)

Cooking/Eating

62. Cook 4 nights a week for a year {0/208}

63. Host a holiday dinner and cook it

64. Cook a new meal once a month {0/33}

65. Cook an old favorite once a month {0/33}

66. Eat breakfast four days a week for a month {0/17}

67. Shop for veggies at a farmers market ten times {0/10}

68. Order something new when going to a favorite restaurant {0/15}

69. Eat vegetarian for a week {0/7}

70.  No candy for two weeks {0/14}

Health/Fitness

71. Weigh in the 130s

72. Work out for 30 minutes 4 times a week for a year{0/208}

73. Drink the recommended 8 glasses of water a day for a month {0/30}

74. Take multivitamins (for women) every day for a month {0/30}

75. Brush, floss and rinse teeth twice a day every day {0/2002}

76. Walk Shorty once a week {0/143}

Reading

77. Read 1 book I own that I’ve never read once a month {0/33}

78. Read 1 book every other month from the ‘1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die’ list that I’ve never read before{0/17}

79. Buy 1 book every other month to add to series I own {0/17}

80. Buy 1 book every other month from my Amazon Wish Lists {0/17}

Media

81. Finish AFI’s ‘Top 100 Movies’ List  (have seen 28 already) {0/72}

82. See a newly released movie every other month {0/17}

83. Attend 1 concert by an artist I’ve never seen live

84. Attend a musical or play that I’ve never seen before with the hubby

85. Attend a live comedy show

86. Catch up on Criminal Minds to the present day season {0/3}

87. Watch Season 1 of Lost

88. Finish Season 1 of 24

89. Watch Seasons 1 & 2 of Army Wives

90. Beat Mario Galaxy on the Wii

91. Master 2 cities in Mafia Wars on Facebook

Sports

92. Go to an OSU football game at least once a year after graduation {0/3}

93. Go to 1 pro basketball game

94. Go to 1 pro football game

95. Go to 1 Astros game

96. Go to 1 pro baseball game that’s not at Minute Maid Park

97. Play fantasy football one year

98. Learn the rules of soccer

99. Learn the rules of hockey

When this is finished

100. Create a new list!

101. Put anything I didn’t finish or the next step of something on the next list.