- Finish this list
- Inspire someone else to participate in 101 Things in 1,001 Days
- Write a new list when I’m finished with this one
- See whales
- Take Char to NYC
- Go snorkeling again
- Get my passport*
- Visit another country
- Visit Niagara
- Take a vacation that does not involve family
- Visit Mexico
- Take Char to Chicago
- Visit (at least) 3 different wineries for wine tastings (2/3)
- See the northern lights
- Plan a surprise romantic weekend
- Get an expensive haircut
- Get a new pair of glasses
- Nose piercing? (maybe this should be decide if I really want one or if I just like to bother Char with the idea) Don't want anymore
- Contemplate big life questions
- Get tattoo #2
- Learn to do my hair in a few different ways
- Learn some cool makeup techniques (why are there no classes on being girly?)
- Get a massage (which means getting over being squicked out by letting a stranger do this)
- Get my other wisdom tooth out
- Stop saying “yeah” instead of “yes” (This is probably impossible)
- Visit a dermatologist and get checked for skin cancer
- Work on my posture
- Get a hot stone massage (this sounds lovely right now)
- Stop drinking soda altogether
- Buy a pair of false eyelashes and try them out
- Dye my hair something completely different from what I’ve done before
- Take at least 2 dance classes (2/2)
- Train to run a 5k
- Go skiing
- Learn to play tennis
- Buff up my arms
- Kayak in 2 new rivers (0/2)
- Start a fitness journal (keep it for at least 3 months)
- Join a gym with a pool and use it
- See all of Shakespeare’s plays (as many as possible in person & the rest on video)
- See 2 more Broadway shows (0/2)
- Improve upon my Spanish skills
- Go see an opera
- Go to the ballet
- See ten concerts that do not include Flogging Molly (7/10)
- Read Lord of the Rings trilogy
- Read all of LM Montgomery’s books (12/32)
- Read The People’s History of the United States
- Read 1001 Nights
- Join a book club
- Read the rest of John Irving’s novels (5/13)
- Read 50 nonfiction books (50/50)
- Read all shelf-sitters and pass them along
- Sew a dress for myself
- Make a hat
- Write a short story and submit it for publication somewhere
- Draw in my sketchbook every day for two months
- Make secret project for 3 families (3/3)
- Do the 365 days project
- Become proficient in Photoshop
- Enter something fabulously strange in the fair
- Do something creative every day for a month
- Sew a quilt
- Knit myself a scarf
- Paint 50 paintings (2/50)
- Learn calligraphy
- Volunteer for pro-choice charity
- Volunteer for an environmental group
- Try 10 new ice cream recipes (2/10)
- Make bread from scratch 5 times (5/5)
- Try 20 new fruits & veggies (7/20)
- Cook dinner every night for two weeks (this is gonna be so hard)
- Make a fruit pie
- Pay off credit card debt
- Own a home
- Have my own garden
- Adopt dog #2
- Foster a dog
- Start a compost pile
- Purchase a new mattress
- Get a new TV stand
- Send pointless packages to all my loved ones
- Have a dinner party
- Finish Amy’s photo album
- Frame & mail copies of picture to family
- Do a better job of keeping and reconnecting with old friends
- Have a Halloween party
- Track all important birthdays on my calendar
- Host a girl’s night
- Start an etsy shop and keep it going for at least 3 months
- Invest in the DVDs that never fail to make me smile – Amelie, the Office, Earl, Royal Tenebaums, Raising Arizona.
- Have a respectable amount of wine in my wine rack (maybe 10 bottles)
- Find out if I like scotch
- Keep inbox emails at work below 150
- Replace Char’s wedding band
- Have a real English tea
- Try 5 different fish dishes I’ve never had before (5/5)
- Ride on a motorcycle
- Learn to change my car’s oil myself
- Go sled riding
- Get a fabulous pair of boots
- Attend my 10 year class reunion
- Try every recipe in Nigella Lawson’s How To Be a Domestic Goddess Cookbook.
- Read all the Little House on the Prairie Books
- Watch all movies that won an Oscar for best picture plus make a dent in all the ones that were nominated.
- Read all the Newberry award winner books.
- Read 30 Booker Prize nominated books. (2/30)
- Stop whining.
- Hold a fundraiser for a charity besides the one I work for.
- Do a handstand.
- Ride a city bus
- Submit 12 pieces for The Sun Literary Magazine's "Readers Write" section.
- Build my own terrarium.
- Find an awesome red lipstick. (stolen from spacebeaver.)
- Take two fitness classes. (2/2)
- Fix dining room table.
- Paint bedroom.
- Fix porch.
- Paint dining room.
- Paint living room.
- Plant pretty things in front of the porch.
- Pretty up the fireplace.
- Have light installed in bedroom closet.
- Get shower fixture put in.
- Take out concrete in backyard.
- Plant outside of back fence.
- Paint upstairs hallway.
- Put new siding on house.
aug 29 2007 ∞
apr 11 2010 +
apr 11 2010 +