When, Why and How I’m doing this here
Start Date: March 4, 2008
Finish Date: November 30, 2010
Health/Food
1. Go vegan for a whole week
2. Make my own jelly/preserves OR can something
3. Do 50 push ups (boy style FULL pushups, not on my knees) in a row
4. Run another half-marathon
5. Eat only raw foods for an entire day
6. Get a full physical
7. Get back to my wedding day weight
8. Bake something from scratch
9. Do 200 sit ups/crunches in a row
10. Go on a hike that is longer than 10 miles
Giving to Others
11. Do the Komen 3 Day Breast Cancer Walk
12. Give a restaurant gift certificate to a Mom needing a break from cooking
13. Donate blood
14. Make a $100 donation to a local charity
15. Participate in a large protest OR a large support event August 2008
16. Finally give all of the clothes in garbage bags in the garage to charity April 2008
17. Give someone a “just because” gift
18. Write a letter to a grandparent
19. Volunteer for something for each child’s school/class
20. Spend one day being a “servant” to each family member as a Pamper Day
Writing/Blogging
21. Post at least 3 book reviews
22. Write a short piece of fiction
23. Write a recipe entry like SuperStah PDub
24. Write a letter to each family member telling them why I love them
25. Submit a piece to a printed publication
26. Publish an entry on my blog every day for 3 months in a row
27. Handwrite a blog entry and scan it to the blog
28. Post an entry titled “Dear Body”
29. Make sure all pictures show up on my blog from pre-Wordpress
30. Attend a local blogger meet-up OR a blogging conference
Local To Huntsville/Northern Alabama
31. Attend a performance at the Flying Monkey
32. Take LilZ to a Concert
33. Attend a play/musical at Grissom
34. Go to a bluegrass festival
35. Attend a comedy show
36. Attend a non-mandatory lecture or seminar
37. See an exhibit at the art museum
38. Camp one night at Monte Sano
39. Hike the Walls of Jericho
40. Go to a wine tasting
Travel and Vacation
41. Travel out of the United States
42. Take another quite beach vacation (hopefully to Alligator Point) with the whole family
43. Go tent camping with the kids May 2008
44. Ride a real roller coaster
45. Visit the family in Nashville
46. Go for a hike in the Smokies on one of the trails from my childhood
47. Visit Betsy
48. Go to the Jack Daniels Distillery
49. Stay in the Opryland Hotel one night
50. Visit Washington DC
Trying New Things
51. Learn at least 50 (new) ASL signs
52. Wear a skirt/dress every day for a week
53. Build something that requires using the table saw
54. Start a compost pile
55. Sew something with a sewing machine March 2008
56. Take a dance or aerobics class
57. Swim in a lake and/or ocean past where I can touch
58. Get a makeup lesson/makeover
59. Refinish a piece of furniture
60. Wear fingernail polish for a whole week
Home/Family Life
61. Finally frame the dozens of family pictures we’ve had made since NikkiZ June 2008
62. Paint our bedroom and master bath
63. Compile emergency supplies for home
64. Get new faucets for the bathrooms
65. Scan all of our old photos
66. Spend 24 hours alone with my husband
67. Wash the blinds/curtains
68. Redo the photo hall walls June 2008
69. Get real patio furniture June 2008
70. Learn how to cook 10 different meals.
Arts, Crafts, and Photography
71. Obtain a piece of original art for my home
72. Make a scrapbook (It can be a small one)
73. Attend one of those pottery classes/days with the kids
74. Support a craftsperson—buy something handmade (either in person or online) August 2008
75. See an author read from his or her work
76. Switch out pictures in both easel frames in the house
77. Document a “day in my life” with photos
78. Make a necklace Sept. 2008
79. Paint something on a canvas
80. Do a photo essay of some of my most sentimental possessions
Monthly Challenges
81. One month without diet coke
82. Work out 3 times a week for 1 month
83. One month without TV
84. Record total amount of money spent on food for a month
85. One month without sweets/desserts
86. Photograph my outfits everyday for a month
87. Go a whole month without eating out
88. Get a sketch book and fill a page every day for a month
89. Play a game with one of the kids every night for a month
90. One month without coffee
Miscellaneous
91. Buy a pair of high heels and wear them three different times
92. Vote in a presidential election
93. Vote in a local election
94. Subscribe to a scientific magazine
95. Plant something from seed
96. Attend a Book Club/ Readers Group
97. Read at least 5 non-fictions
98. Attend mass
99. Chaperone some event for LilZ’s school
100. Read a National Geographic issue cover to cover
Last but not least
101. Make a new list of 101 Things by the time my 1001 days are done