2006-01-11
101 in 1001
UPDATED: 5/24/2008
I was challenged today by one of my dearest Diaryland friends to write my own 101 in 1001 list ( Here is Jo's 101 in 1001 list). This is a list of 101 things I want to do in the next 1001 days (3 years'ish).
They say that if you don't write down your goals, you'll never remember them, the place they have in your brain will soon be filled by other goals - and so the cycle continues. This is my effort to accomplish great things in the next 1001 days.
1. Begin to learn German
2. Go for a run in Central Park
3. Write a book of Monologues
4. Run a 5K (I ran a 5K in Chicago on 7/30/06. 42:39/13:44min)
5. Travel to Thailand
6. Buy myself a piece of “real” jewelry
7. Take Dance Classes again (6/27/06 I started taking Tap at Center Stage)
8. Buy a house/apartment/studio/closet – some sort of real estate investment.
9. Audition for a theatre company or show
10. Go hiking
11. Put flowers on my Grandma and/or Grandpa’s grave
12. Do some sort of Adventure Sport
13. Sell Stuff on Ebay (2/12/06 officially sold 2 VHS tapes totaling $24.98. YEAH!)
4. Wear a size 12
15. Meet up with all of the Ya-Ya’s at once (President’s Day Weekend – January ’08 they all came to Atlanta)
16. Start a graduate level program – not sure what “in” yet, but start one none the less.
17. Fly a kite
18. Make Valentines for my closest friends (made 2/12/06 to deliver and mail - I was snowed in, what else was there to do?)
19. Give money (that I have to spare) to a charity that I don’t normally donate to, or have never donated to. (Lots of money has now gone lots of places.)
20. Sing Karaoke
21. Wear a two-piece
22. Write a love-letter to my mom
23. Volunteer (March 2007 - Georgia Marathon)
24. Walk through an entire art museum (9/30/2006 High Museum of Art in Atlanta)
25. Get a job that I love/enjoy/am good at (high five for me and for Autism Speaks! I began 10/15/2006)
26. Make a cool CD for all of my girl friends (that does not use any of the songs on CD’s previously given to us).
27. Spontaneously go FAR away for the weekend
28. Buy a bookshelf (2/2007 I bought floating bookshelves from Ikea and even hung them myself!)
29. Buy a new set of dishes
30. Put a framed picture of someone I love (not family) on my desk
31. Read 36 books - I finished my 36th book (not counting magazines and books in the Bible) on 8/8/08.
32. Gamble at a table (not a slot machine) (I played poker with the big boys and won like $10 – May 10, 2008)
33. Sit on a roof with friends (August 2007 Eric & Heather - Atlanta, Georgia)
34. Ring Christmas Kettles for The Salvation Army
35. Write out a budget and live on it for at least a month.
36. Plan a fabulous date
37. Buy tickets to the Symphony
38. Go to a football game
39. Design my own diary page (in html or something like that)
40. Get my Passport (It came in the mail 2/4/06)
41. Use my Passport (I've used it a billion times starting 3/8/06)
42. Pay for something for a complete stranger
43. Pay off my computer (Paid off: May 2008)
44. Pay off my credit card (Chase)
45. Give homemade jewelry (made by me) as a gift (done! 1/28/06 I gave Carin earrings and a necklace, earrings to one of the dance students and earrings to Audrey)
46. Knit something more than a scarf
47. Meet up with people from my class in high school (other than Jennie, Julie or Heather) (December 2007 – we had a quasi high school reunion)
48. Put all of my pictures in some sort of order (May 17, 2008 – they all rest in boxes sorted by times of life)
49. Meet up with Katy Feeney
50. Ice Skate in New York City
51. Visit Serendipity
52. Give away another part of Zacchaeus (June 2006 - to Carin - who then killed Zacchaeus and the offspring)
53. Meet another Diaryland’er (other than the one’s I knew before) (Wig Night is proof! ChicagoJo came to visit 3/24/06)
54. Finish a crossword puzzle (July 9, 2007 while in NYC)
55. Picnic at Tinker’s Creek with my nieces and nephew
56. Get a full body (deep tissue?) massage
57. Go to a big concert (not in a bar) (November 2006- Tabernacle. I did, I did! I saw Rock Kills Kid and 30 Seconds to Mars - and I hung out back stage, like a real rock star!)
58. Play the lottery(I played on 2/18/06 for 365 Million and lost. . .$4 and I didn't even hit one number!)
59. Read the whole Bible
60. Stop someone on the street to compliment them (I've done this a lot lately. . .I've taken it to habit and love doing it!)
61. Bake a pie
62. Send a letter of encouragement to someone I believe in
63. Give directions to a stranger (this has happened multiple times. Last on 3/6/06 in Hoboken)
64. Create a family tree (Thanks to Geni.com we are slowly doing this as a family)
65. Visit my little sister (although this was added when she still lived in Florida – I did go to Ohio and surprise my entire family in April of ’08)
66. Talk to someone about laser hair removal (March ’08 – I spoke with Ideal Image – but it cost a lot more than I had expected)
67. Kiss someone on New Year’s Eve
68. Kiss someone under mistletoe
69. Build a snowman
70. Walk over the Brooklyn Bridge
71. Use one journal fully before I begin to write in another journal (10/22/2006 I finished my Bonnie journal – in fact, I love it so much that I am still writing on the cover pages and the cover.)
72. Buy a Bra (that I can wear often) from Victoria’s Secret (January 2007 – I bought two, in fact!)
73. Visit the Zoo (April 2007 - Camp Twin Lakes - Camp Dance. . .I've been there a billion times since)
74. Control my diabetes and get on a pump (I got a pump in April of 2007 and working on controk, but this counts)
75. Order a singing telegram for a friend
76. Have New Year’s plans (12/31/2006 I went to the Fox with ChicagoJo for the Atlanta Illustrated party!)
77. Go to the Opera
78. Write a letter to a political person either in favor or angst.
79. Wax my legs (or bikini area)
80. Paint a picture worth hanging (1/15/2007 I’ve taken to painting again and have begun a collection. 6 paintings currently.)
81. Dance in the rain
82. Get a library card (June 2007 with Athena)
83. Take a class at the gym (1/12/06 Took Pilates at Bally's. So good I can't wait for more!)
84. Become a member at a church that I see myself at long term (this was kind of done before with Gospel House, but Mosaic pre-dated my membership for me too!)
85. Make a wish in a fountain (with penny in hand) (Done with a Euro Cents in a fountain in Kaiseralauton, Germany 3/14/06)
86. Go stargazing
87. Road trip with friends (I drove all the way to Amish country with Bee and Ryan 2/17/06)
88. Photograph my nieces and nephew as a project
89. Finally have all of my hangers match (ahh, my heart is at ease - when I moved in 6/7/06 I made them all match!)
90. Mother a pet (I tried, but was terribly allergic to little Loki - August 2007)
91. Plant a garden
92. Make dinner for a boy (done multiple times for Andy. . .it lost it’s allure)
93. Do a “real” vacation.
94. Buy a piece of art – or get a piece of art (maybe someone will make one for me or gift it to me) (5/10/2006 – Bonnie gave me a print of “Escape” for my birthday. Since then she’s given me another print and two paintings – love it.)
95. Get my beauty mark (left eye, neck) removed and checked out (back) (January 2008 – My Dr. says I’m going to live. . .maybe I should have said get them removed – threatening or not)
96. Make cookies for someone else (good yummy, homemade ones, not easy original ones)
97. See a movie in the theatre that I would be embarrassed to tell someone I wanted to see (1/28/2007 George and I went to see “Epic Movie”, please don’t judge.)
98. Go out to dinner alone
99. Use my Continental miles for another trip (I used my miles to visit “home” NYC/Hoboken 8/10-14/2006)
100. Talk to my dad about his health (emphysema, etc.) (I did this this summer and was able to do it again with all the sickness this winter 12/2006)
101. High Five a Major Leaguer again