101 Things in 1,001 Days

by Heather

I’m throwing down the gauntlet and issuing myself a public challenge. Here are my goals, Internets. We’ll see how many of them I can get through before Milo turns three.

More details on this project here: www.triplux.com/1001/otherlists.asp

My 1001 Day Project ends in

Personal
1. Finish this list
2. Get a new hairstyle
3. See all the Best Pictures from a single decade (11/11/07)
4. Read 15 books just for fun (or book club but not parenting!)
5. Tour a factory
6. Floss every day for a month
7. Schedule a mole patrol
8. Buy a special outfit of lingerie that I like
9. Wear a sexy dress
10. Clean out my closet. For real.
11. Buy outrageously expensive jeans that I love
12. Reach a weight that I am comfortable with and stay there for three months

Romantic
13. Have a weekend (two nights!) away with Alec
14. Wear a wig and surprise Alec out
15. Skinny dip
16. Go to a drive-in movie
17. Go to a play
18. Start/finish art project with Alec
19. Take dance lessons with Alec
20. Go to ten live concerts

Family fun
21. Take boys to the circus
22. Build a snowman
23. Ride a roller coaster
24. Go camping
25. Find some local caves to explore
26. Fly a kite
27. Get a dog
28. Create a new 101 list with the family

Friends
29. Throw a kick-ass birthday party for myself with no kids
30. Keep in touch better with my childfree girlfriends
31. Have a weekend away with friends each year

Sports
32. Ride my bike 50 miles
33. Run 5 miles
34. Surf
35. Snowboard
36. Go kayaking
37. Go rock climbing five times
38. Go scuba diving
39. Complete a small tri
40. Do the swim for an Ironman

Travel
41. Leave the country once a year starting in 2008
42. Take a road trip vacation with another family
43. Take the family to Europe – maybe Scotland
44. Visit Cuba
45. Ride a train up (or down) the California coast
46. Do a one month family sabbatical abroad
47. Bike through wine country (any wine country) (9/07)

Compact
48. Go for at least one month without buying anything new
49. Sell the crap in our shed
50. Try freecycle
51. Try some audio books to see what I think
52. Use the library instead of buying all books
53. Compost

Food and Drink
54. Eat at French Laundry
55. Eat at Gary Danko
56. Learn to make rice from memory
57. Make a signature cocktail
58. Make a chocolate soufflé
59. Make homemade jam
60. Make olive oil infusions
61. Roast coffee beans – cover with chocolate

Learning
62. Learn to knit
63. Learn about the Simpsons TV show
64. Research Watergate enough to explain it

Crafty
65. Customize my cruiser bike
66. Reupholster dining room chairs
67. Knit a hat
68. Decoupage something

Photos/video
69. Complete project 365
70. Make a family photo wall
71. Make a Polaroid transfer, frame it, and hang it
72. Edit our wedding video
73. Compile a year one Holden dvd
74. Compile a year one Milo dvd
75. Compile a year two Holden dvd
76. Compile a year two Milo dvd
77. Compile a year three Holden dvd
78. Compile a year three Milo dvd
79. Recover the monstermoon blog
80. Recover the monstermoon photos

Family work
81. Assemble my family tree
82. Get life insurance
83. Get the boys passports
84. Write a will
85. Update and consolidate my family medical history
86. Assemble an earthquake kit for home
87. Work things out with my mom – or at least try

Home/ Garden
88. Paint the office
89. Plan a backyard garden and patio
90. Plant a backyard garden
91. Plant a fruit tree or wall of bamboo
92. Grow tomatoes
93. Move to Chicago
94. Build an upstairs addition on our house
95. Throw a backyard party to celebrate

Professional
96. Publish a book
97. Update my linked in profile
98. Update my resume
99. Get a job I like (9/07)
100. Increase advertising
101. Open a shop in our neighborhood

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1 Mindy 06.08.07 at 10:37 am

Heather - Excellent and inspiring list. I’d have a lot of the same things on my list - including that “move to Chicago” goal. Although we move away, do we ever really leave? - Mindy

2 Jeanine 08.07.07 at 6:54 pm

I’ve been looking for someone to take a workshop (like decoupage) with me at Castles in the Air on 4th Street some weekend. I’ll figure out the date/time and call to rope you in.

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