101 in 1001 [2.0]

Mission Statement

Start: December 5, 2009
End: September 1, 2012

Striked – Completed
Bold – In Progress

1. Vote.
2. Put up shelves in my office. (6.22.10)
3. Read 5 challenged or banned books. (1/5)(Animal Farm // Jan. ’10)
4. Read “The Giver.” (5.11.10)
5. Read “Catch 22.”
6. Make a wreath.
7. Put up a real Christmas tree. (Dec. ’09)
8. Visit Monticello.
9. Go to 6 Richmond festivals or events. (4/6) 25th Annual Irish Festival // 3.20.10; First Friday’s Art Walk // 4.2.10; Richmond Italian Festival // 6.12.10; Richmond Vegetarian Festival // 6.19.10
10. Mail Christmas cards. (Dec. ’09)
11. Purchase a teapot. (Gifted – 3.12.10)
12. Have a picnic. (7.5.10)
13. Visit 5 museums. (3/5) (Nat. Museum of American History //1.19.10)(EMP|SFM // 5.24.10)(VMFA // 7.18.10)
14. Visit a winery.
15. Get a massage.
16. Replace the counter tops in the kitchen.
17. Paint the downstairs bathroom. (6.12.10)
18. Visit five states. (5/5) (Michigan, Mississippi, Georgia, Washington, Alaska)
19. Visit Alaska. (5.17-21.10)
20. Run a 5k. (5.8.10 – Race for the Cure)
21. Deploy.
22. Donate to a women’s organization.
23. Donate to an animal organization. (3.20.10)
24. Put together my wedding album.
25. Visit another country.
26. Paint the kitchen.
27. Sew something.
28. Plant a tree.
29. Take 1 photo a day for a full year. (12/365)
30. Leave 12 hidden notes for my husband. (1/12) (1.21.10)
31. Add 3 board games to our collection. (1/3)(Fact or Crap // 2.27.10)
32. Update my will. (Jan. ’10)
33. Update my DEERS. (Jan. ’10)
34. Get promoted. (7.7.10)
35. Pay off Andrew’s car.
36. Take a photo of my house every month for a year. (0/12)
37. Go vegetarian for 1 month.
38. Go without soda for 1 month.
39. Attend 3 concerts. (1/3)(Third Eye Blind // 4.11.10)
40. Landscape the front yard. (4.3.10)
41. Host 4 dinner parties. (1/4)(7.16.10)
42. Keep a paper journal for 6 months.
43. Do 45 perfect push-ups in a row.
44. Grow cherry tomatoes. (Jul. ’10)
45. See Alverna again. (8.7.10)
46. Read “Catcher in the Rye.”
47. Read 50 books. (15/50)
48. Send 10 postcards. (0/10)
49. Bake an apple pie. (7.3.10)
50. Go to a Detroit Redwings game. (1.19.10)
51. Attend a PostSecret event.
52. Send a PostSecret.
53. Shop at the Farmer’s Market 5 times. (1/5)(7.24.10)
54. Compost.
55. Attend the Basic Non-Commissioned Officer’s Course.
56. Try 50 new recipes. (10/50)
57. Complete the 26 things challenge.
58. Attend a Pow Wow.
59. Build a snowman. (1.31.10)
60. Go to the zoo. (12.27.09)
61. Get a Brazilian wax.
62. Visit NYC.
63. Complete all general education requirements for college.
64. Frame photos in the dining room. (4.17.10)
65. Go on a cruise. (5.16-23.10)
66. Visit a European country.
67. Install a new backsplash in the kitchen.
68. Have a Super Bowl party.
69. Get my savings account to $15,000.
70. Stay a size 4.
71. Get a fire proof safe.
72. Host a theme party.
73. Volunteer.
74. Go camping. (4.30.10)
75. Host Thanksgiving dinner for a group of friends.
76. Pick fruit.
77. Video blog.
78. See the Atlantic Ocean.
79. See the Pacific Ocean. (May ’10)
80. Visit a battlefield.
81. Run a 17-minute two mile.*
82. Maintain at least a 3.5 GPA.
83. Get business cards.
84. Stop using chemical cleaning products in my home.
85. Visit a Smithsonian Museum. (1.19. 10)
86. Expand the deck. (6.12.10)
87. Watch seasons 6-10 of Friends. (4.11.10)
88. Attend a Flying Squirrels Game. (4.15.10)
89. Get my wedding ring fixed.
90. Give a gift through Heifer.org.
91. Drive on the Skyline Drive. (6.05.10)
92. Visit Canada. (Yukon & Victoria, May ’10)
93. Collect 101 quotes that inspire me. (42/101)
94. Get Combat Life Saver qualified.
95. Buy a waffle iron. (Gifted – 12.25. 09)
96. Go on a road trip. (Mar. ’10 – Georgia)
97. Make fudge.
98. Feed a giraffe.
99. See Wicked. (3.12.10)
100. Install a garbage disposal.
101. Meet a blogger. (5.8.10)

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*Revised 4.20.10