Updated! 101 things in 1001 days

The Challenge:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:

Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on your part).

Note:

I have identified my progress by citing individual accomplishments in black and dated and/or by including a tally track (#out of#)

My List:

"So we keep on waiting, waiting on the world to change."

1. Tie a note to a balloon and let it go
2. Throw a surprise party for someone
3. Volunteer at a soup kitchen
4. Leave a 100% tip
5. Buy 5, "I saw this and thought of you" gifts, just because (0/5)
6. Adopt a child for Christmas
7. Attend 5 community events (0/5)
8. Donate $2 for every item not finished in 1oo1 days
9. Make a birthday cake for someone
10. Host a dinner party

"I'm bringing sexy back..."

1. Go 2 weeks without eating out (0/14)
   
2. Get a professional massage
3. Exercise 3x/wk.
4. Get a bra fitting!
5. No fast food for 1 month
6. Get a mani./pedi. (7/15/2010)
7. Buy myself something from Tiffany's
8. Run a 5K
9. Run a 10K
10. Get a tattoo
11. Lose 10 lbs. (0/10)
12. Find the perfect "little black dress"
13. Complete the 200 crunch challenge
14. Buy myself flowers 10 times (0/10)
15. Take a multivitamin everyday (67/1001)

"Life is a highway, I wanna ride it ALL.NIGHT.LONG."

1. Learn how to drive stick shift
   
2. Parallel park 5 times (0/5)
3. Buy a new car (7/17/2010)
4. Get a passport (7/15/2010)
5. Go on a cruise
6. Go on a roadtrip with no predetermined destination
7. Visit 5 new states (0/5)
8. Learn how to change a tire

"We are family, get up everybody and sing!"

1. Find out how I'm related to Laura Ingalls Wilder
   
2. Mail my grandparents a letter/card 1/month (7/10/10)
   
3. Go to bingo with G-pa and G-ma Ingalls
4. Go to the casino with G-pa and G-ma Roulo
5. Take my dad to a Sabres game
6. Surprise my mom by mailing her flowers (9/28/2010)
   
7. Girls day/night with my mom and sister
8. Go golfing/driving range with my dad (7/16/2010)

"Money, money, money...must be funny. In a rich man's world."

1. Start a savings account ($5 for every item checked off)
   
2. Buy an iPod
3. Start a vacation fund with loose change
4. Buy a new computer
5. Buy a bike
6. Replace all of my makeup

"Hey now, you're an All-Star, get your game on, go play."

1. Get my Master's degree
   
2. Read the news (CNN.com) for 1 month (started: 6/28/2010- 7/28/2010)
   
3. Read 5 books- I don't read, don't judge me. (1/5)
4. Start a blog- 1 post/week
5. No facebook for 1 week

"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard..."

1. Go green! with my shopping bags (6/27/2010)
   
2. Have dinner by candlelight
3. Start an herb garden
4. Try 5 new foods (0/5)
5. Have a picnic
6. Cook one new recipe/week (6/143)
7. Go on a wine tour
8. Find some sort of seafood I like
9. Eat at 10 restaurants I've never been to (1/10)
10. Make ice cream from scratch
11. Bake 1/month
    
12. Try vegetarian for 1 month

"It's my life and it's now or never- I ain't gonna live forever."

1. Answer the "50 questions that will free your mind": http://www.marcandangel.com/2009/07/13/50-questions-that-will-free-your-mind/ (7/1/2010)
   
2. Complete the 365 day photo challenge: http://content.photojojo.com/tutorials/project-365-take-a-photo-a-day/
3. Learn how to iron
4. Go horseback riding (9/18/2010)
   
5. Learn how to water ski
6. Go skiing
7. Go to an amusement park
8. Watch 26 movies I have never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet (1/26) ABCDEFGrown UpsHIJKarate KidLMNOPQRSTUVWXYes ManZ
9. Go fishing (August)
   
10. Sleep under the stars
11. Go to 3 concerts (0/3)
12. Color an entire coloring book
13. Finish an entire crossword puzzle book
14. Go ice skating...outside
15. Go camping
16. Fly a kite
17. Go to a comedy club
18. Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day (7/16/2010)
19. Build a snowman
20. Go to the zoo
21. See a drive-in movie (7/2/2010)
22. Go to a Broadway show
23. Make a scrapbook for each undergrad. year (0/4)
24. Complete a 26 things photo project
25. Complete a 1000 piece puzzle
26. Pick pumpkins for Halloween
27. Send a secret to PostSecret
28. Jump in a pile of leaves
29. Climb a tree
30. Change a baby's diaper
31. Lay in the grass and find shapes in the clouds (July)
    
32. Learn how to sew
33. Go to a haunted house
34. Dance in the rain
35. Attend a midnight movie premiere
36. Print all of the pictures I want off of facebook and put them in photo albums

"And it's a great day to be alive, I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes.."

1. Inspire someone to make a 101 goals in 1001 days list (6/25/2010)

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