Tuesday, September 29, 2009

101 n 1001 List

Like many other people out in cyberspace I have decided to complete a 101 in 1001 list and maintain a blog during the process. The goal is to come up with 101 task to complete in 1001 days. Check out the Day Zero website, http://www.dayzeroproject.com/, for more details about the project. The website also has a list of blogs of people participating in the project. Now let's get to the good stuff, the list.

Tasks Completed - 13
Tasks in Progress


    Start Date 9/29/2009 End Date 06/26/2012
    CREATIVE & MIND GROWING ACTIVITIES
  1. Finish scrap booking all photos
  2. Get all art framed
  3. Create and hang photos to make a photo wall
  4. Take at least one photo a week of something new/interesting/different for a year (5/52)
  5. Make a photo book of all 52 photos
  6. Make my own calendar each year with my own photos (1/3)
  7. Photograph the same thing in nature twice a month for a year (0/24)
  8. Create photo book of these photos
  9. Read 10 books I already own (0/10)
  10. Finish 5 books I have already started and different from the 10 above (0/5)
  11. Read 10 books on the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" (1/10)
    1. To Kill a Mockingbird
  12. Organize and make a database of all books or find a free online database - In process, using www.goodreads.com - COMPLETED 10/28/09
  13. Sell unwanted books at a used book store or donate to goodwill
  14. Reread all the Harry Potter Books (7/7) - COMPLETED 5/15/2010
  15. Read the Bible
  16. Compile a list of favorite quotes - COMPLETED - This is an on going process but I now have them in goodreads
  17. Find a podcast related to work and listen to it once a week
  18. Find one work related blog and really read it
  19. Write in my current events journal once a month (1/33)
    EXERCISE & HEALTH
  1. Exercise on the wii fit at least 3 times a week for a year (1/156)
  2. Wake up early and take the dog for a morning walk at least twice a month (0/66)
  3. Get bike from dad's and get it tuned
  4. Start rollerblading or riding my bike once a month (0/33)
  5. Wash my face and brush my teeth every night again for a month (30/30) - Completed
  6. Do monthly breast exams (9/33)
  7. Go to dermatologist and get skin checked once a year (1/3) - 12/23/09
  8. Go to the chiropractor
FINANCIAL
  1. Pay off credit cards (0/4)
  2. Save up 3 months of expenses in cash
  3. Start making extra payments on car to pay it off early
  4. Sell CDs that I no longer want
  5. Save money for a new mattress - COMPLETED
  6. Save money for a new stove
  7. Fill piggy bank in basement with any money left in pockets when doing laundry and do not empty until the 1001days are up
  8. Save $0.50 a day for 1001 days (23/1001)
HOUSE & ORGANIZING
  1. Take inventory, including serial numbers and photos for insurance
  2. Organize all music in iTunes
  3. Add google calendars to the iPhone calendar to get holidays added - Completed 10/24/09
  4. Add appropriate 101 items to calendar to help complete the list - Completed
  5. Get posters from my room at dad's and hang in house
  6. Decorate basement
  7. Buy and install a shelving system for bedroom closet
  8. Reorganize all kitchen cabinets - Completed
  9. Finish painting/finishing walls in both bathrooms
  10. Clean Baseboards twice a year (0/6)
  11. Deep Clean bathroom at least once a month (6/33)
  12. Really decorate for Christmas each year (1/3)
  13. Buy a Christmas tree and sell small tree
  14. Organize storage room so I can actually walk in it without doing acrobatics- Completed 12/26/09
  15. Fix and use the correct kind of weather stripping on the front door
  16. Make an inventory list of all bathroom, storage room and pantry items and only buy when needed or extremely cheap - Completed
  17. Buy an at home dry cleaning kit and use it
  18. Put up weather sealing on windows each winter (0/3)
  19. Shred and file once a month (5/33)
  20. Organize filing cabinet/Get rid of bills/documents over a year old each year (1/3)
  21. Make copies of all important documents for records (ie driver's licence, passport, etc)
  22. Finish hanging blinds in basement
  23. Clean and vacuum car every quarter (1/11)
  24. Fix laundry room floor and fix walls
  25. Clean out and organize closet twice a year (2/6)
  26. Stain and hang shelves in office - Sanded all shelves last weekend.
  27. Start using vinegar and green items for cleaning once other cleaning products are used - Completed.  I use vinegar most of the time when I clean. 
  28. Get new face plates for lights and plugs in living room
  29. Hang new light fixture
FUN
  1. Private (0/100)
  2. Private (0/10)
  3. Plan a day off each year to just stay home and relax together (0/3)
  4. Do 10 new things we have never done for date night (0/10)
  5. Go to the zoo
  6. Go to the botanical gardens
  7. Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet (17/26)
    1. August Rush (10/21/09)
    2. Bedtime Stories (10/15/09)
    3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (11/7/09)
    4. D
    5. Every Little Step
    6. Fast Times at Richmont High (11/6/09)
    7. Good Luck Chuck (1/3/10)
    8. He's Just Not that In To You (1/10/10)
    9. Into the Wild (10/26/09)
    10. Junebug (12/27/09)
    11. K
    12. Lars and the Real Girl (12/12/09)
    13. Murder on the Orient Express
    14. National Treasure - Book of Secrets (12/13/09)
    15. O
    16. Precious (5/10/2010)
    17. Q
    18. R
    19. S - Stone Reader (10/3/09)
    20. Talk to Me (12/21/09)
    21. Up in the Air (3/19/2010)
    22. Vantage Point (12/19/09)
    23. W
    24. X
    25. Y
    26. Z
  8. Have game night 6 times a year (0/16)
  9. Go to a high school football game
  10. Go to a CU football game
  11. Go look at Christmas lights in a new neighborhood each year (0/3)
  12. Go to the driving range without getting frustrated and have fun regardless of how bad I am
  13. Listen to my ipod on random for a 5 random days each year (6/20)
  14. Go on a trip some where we have not been together
  15. Complete 2 more challenging puzzles (1/2)
  16. Get a massage at least once a year (0/3)
  17. Keep all potted plants alive for the 1001 days (25/1001)
  18. Get watch batteries replaced and start wearing a watch again - Completed - I got a Eco Citizen. No batteries required
  19. Wear earrings for 30 consecutive work days (30/30) - Completed 1/8/2010
  20. Finish collecting the 50 state quarters (45/50) (Need to check which quarters are missing)
  21. Get a facial
  22. Get eyebrows waxed
FOOD
  1. Meal plan for 6 weeks (0/6)
  2. Try 10 new dinner/lunch recipes (3/10)
  3. Bake 10 new cake/cookie recipes (0/10)
  4. Make my own Christmas cookies each year (0/3)
  5. Create a recipe book of things I cook and family recipes
  6. Decide to stay home and make breakfast instead of going out 30 times (0/30)
  7. Make a red velvet cake from scratch
  8. Find and try 5 new locally owned restaurants (0/5)
  9. Sign up for Sleep in For the Cure each year (1/3)
  10. Find cause to support in addition Breast Cancer research
  11. Donate 100,000 grains of rice at freerice.com (50,000/100,000)
LIST RELATED
  1. Print a couple of copies of the list for the house to help complete tasks
  2. Document (Blog/journal) 101 in 1001 days (COMPLETED)
  3. Make a new 101 list
  4. For each task completed add $5 to a money jar (1/101)
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