101 in 1001

I've never been a fan of bucket lists.  Jotting a bunch of things down and expecting myself to work towards them given an infinite amount of time just isn't going to work for me.  I do my best work under pressure and I like deadlines.  

When I saw Sara's list of 101 things to do in 1001 days I got excited.  As of late, I'm really focusing on looking inward and pushing myself to grow by trying new things.  A thousand and one days is long enough to accomplish somethings, big and small,  without losing my attention.  So here goes.  I'll be tracking my progress on the 101 in 1001 page on my top navigation bar.  I hope you'll follow along.

Start date: Wednesday, September 18, 2013

End date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016

1. Donate blood

2. Go to the beach and take a walk at least once a month for a year (10/13, 11/13, 12/8, 1/31, 2/1)

3. Brush my cats every week (EPIC FAIL after the first week)

4. Build my dream closet in our 3rd bedroom

5. Learn how to mow the lawn

6. Learn how to operate the grill

7. Take a pilates class

8. Take a trip to Austin

9. Save enough money to buy a Prada handbag

10. Update the picture frames in our house

11. Find the right shade of red lipstick  (9/23/13, Bobbi Brown's Old Hollywood)

12. Learn how to use our camera manually

13. Take a long weekend and go to San Francisco

14. Try a Manhattan, Sidecar and Old-Fashioned

15. Wear a pair of fake eyelashes for a day

16. Learn how to use chopsticks

17. Go see the Nutcracker

18. Watch every season of Breaking Bad

19. Spend an entire day with Heather

20. Go sledding

21. Meet Bethenny Frankel

22. Wash my car once a month for a year

23. Inspire someone else to take the 101 in 1001 challenge  Woohoo, I've inspired Mariah over at Food, Booze & Baggage!  Be sure to check out her amazing list.

24. Have a slumber party with Ariel, Grace and Zoey

25. Make smores

26. Go see Joe Rogan's standup routine

27. Hike 3 mountains I've never hiked before

28. Get my teeth whitened  Trays purchased in December 2013

29. Spend a weekend away with my Mom

30. Find a volunteer opportunity and start giving my time

31. Learn to read braille

32. Re-read my favorite books from high school, The Catcher in the Rye, 1984, and To Kill a Mockingbird

33. Buy a canvas and paint something

34. Buy a leopard print belt

35. Make it an entire year without cracking the screen on my iphone

36. Go to a Penn State football game

37. Go horseback riding

38. Go fishing with my Dad

39. Replace our dining room light fixture

40. Spend the day in Balboa Park

41. Buy my first cashmere sweater  Eileen Fisher courtesy of my amazing sister in law.

42. Donate my old eyeglasses

43. Host a Christmas party

44. Plant a vegetable garden

45. Take Evee to Disneyland

46. Send Jack and Reagan a surprise package once a year for no reason

47. Subscribe to InStyle magazine

48. Replace the ugly purple curtains in our bedroom

49. Find a new dry cleaner

50. Put $50 on black the next time I'm in Vegas

51. Get rid of my Facebook account

52. Paint my nails emerald green (OPI, Live And Let Die)

53. Jump on a trampoline  Had a blast and got a great workout jumping on the trampoline with Jack and Reagan Christmas week of 2013.

54. Climb a tree  9/28/2013, I forgot this was on the list and came in to add a tally mark to #70.  What a pleasant surprise.  I climbed the orange tree at my parent's house over the weekend while playing hide and seek with my niece and nephew! 

55. Make a homemade ice cream cake for Darren's birthday

56. Go to Julian in the Fall

57. Make hot cocoa from scratch

58. Celebrate NYE at home over a candlelit dinner

59. Build a fort and camp out in the living room on a rainy day

60. See 1 concert a year, of my choosing

61. Plan a trip to Chicago with my mother-in-law

62. Buy a bike

63. Go to the movies alone the next time I want to see something and have nobody to go with

64. Adopt a pound kitty

65. Host a pool party

66. Light sparklers on the 4th of July

67. Find a new therapist

68. Get a passport

69.  Spruce up my cubicle

70. Workout once a week for all 143 weeks (6 of 143)  (FAIL after week 6)

71. Gain enough momentum with Brass Honey to partner with one of my favorite brands (i.e. Kendra Scott, Nordstrom, Madewell)

72. Coordinate a food truck crawl

73. Try navy blue eyeliner  (9/23/13, Bobbi Brown's Rich Navy Shadow as a liner)

74. Learn how to create graphics prettier than the 101 in 1001 one I created above

75. Swim in a lake

76. Pay off the BMW

77. Make the 2 hour drive back home alone (I haven't done this since my car accident in 2004) September 28.29, 2013

78. Explore a local museum

79. Spend the afternoon in a bookstore

80. Make this for Darren using a deck of cards from the Bellagio

81. Make Kristi's homemade pizza

82. Buy a Clarisonic  Courtesy of my other amazing sister in law (dam, I have nice sister in laws)

83.  Have lunch with Jared

84. Dance my butt off at my cousin Katie's wedding

85. Drink eggnog and brandy

86. Get Liz to drink a spiked apple cider at Thanksgiving 2013  (FAIL, didn't make it home for Thanksgiving)

87. Come up with 101 things to do in 1001 days  September 18, 2013

88. Buy a Kate Spade handbag to find out what all they hype is about

89.  Go wine tasting in Temecula

90. Buy an everyday watch
91. Watch Beaches and call my childhood friend, Erin
92. Make a new friend
93. Read Helen Keller's biography
94. Go a month without meat
95. Get a mani/pedi with Laura and Colleen
96. Write my own Notebook (love story)

97. Eat a dozen apple cider donuts in a day
98. Ride a roller coaster
99. Wear blue tinted contact lenses for week
100. Find a new job
101. Get a massage

And some fun pictures of completed items!

#11, Find the right shade of red lipstick