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My 101 in 1001 Journey began on January 1, 2011 and will end on September 27, 2013. You can learn more about this project here.
1. Run 5 Community Benefit 5ks (2/5)
(1.) Susan Komen Race for the Cure – Baton Rouge 2/19/11
(2.) Kenilworth Twilight 5k 8/13/11
2. Run 5 Community Benefit 10ks (0/5)
3. Run a Half Marathon
4. Run a Marathon
5. Complete a Sprint Distance Triathlon
6. Complete an Olympic Distance Triathlon
7. Complete a Half Ironman Distance Triathlon
8. Bike a Century
9. Swim a Mile
10. Complete 100 Push-Up Challenge
11. Complete 200 Squat Challenge
12. Do a wheelie on a mountain bike
13. Get a stride analysis and buy a real pair of running shoes
14. Read 50 books in 2011, 2012, 2013 (39/150)
(1.) A Visit from the Goon Squad
(2.) Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success
(3.) The Unnamed
(4.) The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World
(5.) The Princess Diaries
(6.) Stitch ‘N Bitch: The Knitter’s Handbook
(7.)The Ask: A Novel
(8.) Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to Change the World… One Child at a Time ( The Young Reader’s Edition)
(9.) Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously
(10.) Open House: A Novel (Oprah’s Book Club)
(11.) The Sky Is Everywhere
(12.) Life of Pi
(13.) Outlander
(14.) Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, Book 2)
(15.) Voyager (Outlander)
(16.) The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel
(17.) The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert
(18.) The Queen’s Daughter
(19.) Pride And Prejudice
(20.) Bridget Jones’s Diary
(21.) Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
(22.) The Carrie Diaries
(23.) Drums of Autumn (Outlander)
(24.) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, vg
(25.) How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author
(26.) I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls)
(27.) The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
(28.) Eleven on Top (Stephanie Plum, No. 11)
(29.) Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls)
(30.) Anna and the French Kiss
(31.) The Fiery Cross (Outlander)
15. Read the complete works of Jane Austen (1/7)
(1.)Pride And Prejudice
16. Read the complete works of Ian McEwan (1/11)
(1.) Atonement: A Novel
17. Go to a book signing for an author I admire
18. Get a piece of writing published
19. Write 750 words 3x weekly (14/408) Let’s go ahead and acknowledge that this isn’t going to happen 3.31.11
20. Participate in and win National Novel Writing Month
21. Send a care package to a soldier
22. Sit on a committee for a charity I care about
23. Spend 10 days (or 80 hours) volunteering (0/10)
24. Take a volunteering vacation
25. Give a monetary donation in an amount that hurts a little
26. Give blood
27. Become a micro-lender through Kiva
28. Visit a Louisiana festival
29. Take a walking tour of the New Orleans Garden District
30.Visit 2 new towns in Louisiana (0/2)
31. Go to a Louisiana State Park.
32. Eat a crawfish like a local
Now I know…that’s where all the good spices are!
33. Go to the Audubon Zoo
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40. Buy a new computer (2/20/11)
41. Buy a DSL camera and take a photography class
42. Contribute monthly to IRA (6/33)
43. Start a small business with out fear of failing spectacularly
44. Buy 5 items from new-to-me Etsy shops (0/5)
45. Sell 10 items on eBay (3/10)
46. Save all my change for 1001 days, cash it in for something frivilous
47. Create and purchase our wedding album
48. Learn to drive a manual car
49. Spend a weekend camping in the tent I bought Patrick
50. Go on a Happy Hour date with Patrick
51. Volunteer for a mountain bike race that Patrick is racing in
52. Teach dogs 1 new trick each
53. Visit 1 new country
54. Take an active vacation (bike tour? dude ranch?)
55. See Transiberian Orchestra at Christmas
56. See an Off-Broadway musical
57. Watch an extreme sporting event live
58. Travel for a day without a destination in mind
59. Learn Crewel
60. Sew 5 new articles of clothing (1/5)
61. Knit a pair of socks
62. Make baby blankets for friends and family with new babies (0/?)
63. Reduce my closet to half its current size
64. Plant a square foot kitchen garden
65. Host a proper dinner party
66. Build a piece of furniture from Knock Off Wood
67. Make a jewelry display out of an old picture frame
68. Take a pottery class
69. Make a pie from scratch
70. Eat oatmeal until I like it
71. Refurbish 2 pieces of furniture (1/2)
(1.) Turquoise Dresser
72. Spend a day in the kitchen making soups
73. Learn how to can salsa and tomato sauce
74. Join a local Community Supported Agriculture Co-op
75. Prepare a Master Information Document
76. Plant a tree on Earth Day
77. Take part in a social movement
78. Sew a lap quilt
79. Write a personal mission statement
80. Make a Christmas tree ornament
81. Surprise someone with something nice, just because
82. Audit a university course for fun
83. Watch 5 TED lectures online (1/5)
1. Rob Forbes
84. Ignore Facebook for 1 week each year (0/3)
85. Join a civic group
86. Send a secret to Post Secret
87. Carve pumpkins for Halloween
88. Keep a gratitude journal each November
89. Buy a piece of original art
90. Try 10 new kinds of tea (2/10)
(1.) Chai Tea – hated it.
(2.) Pomegranate White Tea – steeped it for too long, but overall nice.
91. Purge 100 items from the house (30/100)
92. Cancel our cable
93. Apply for a job that sounds amazing, even if I’m unqualified
94. Make 5 craft items I have bookmarked online (0/5)
95. Beat Super Mario Bros. 3
96. Subscribe to the NY Times Sunday edition for a year
97. Set up DRIP accounts with 5 companies (0/5)
98. Get a palm reading by a “real” psychic
99. Buy a living room rug in a bright, fun color.
100. For every completed item, transfer $5 in to a “fun money” account. (0/99)
101. For every uncompleted item, donate $5 to charity.(0/99)