101 in 1001 Days

Making this list was not as easy at it may look. At about 60 things I blanked out. So, after many hours of thinking about what I wanted to include on my list and making the list as realistic as I could (I left off the things that are completely out of my control), here it is. . .

1. Re-evaluate the list on a yearly basis and adjust outdated goals

3. Knit a scarf
4. Sew a doll with a sewing machine
5. Sew a piece of clothing with a sewing machine
6. Crochet a sweater that I can wear
7. Finish my novel
8. Send publishers queries about my novel
9. Send a craft project or idea to a magazine/website/publisher for publication
10. Keep a journal and write in it until it is full
11. Draw, paint, or craft a picture and hang it on the wall
12. Make or buy a photo box
13. Take a drawing class
14. Sell crafts at a local craft fair
15. Learn a new craft other than knitting
16. Make 10 crafts from craft books, see #78 (1 of 10)
17. Open online shop
18. Get business license
19. Design website for online shop

DIY/Around the Home
20. Paint a room in the house
21. Change bedroom furniture
22. Redo deck
23. Paint or replace the kitchen window frames
24. Make Daphne and Drusilla a cardboard house
25. Plant and tend to flowers in front yard & around mailbox
26. Paint mailbox post
27. Clean out and organize attic
28. Dig up and lay new mulch
29. Throw away or donate clothes that don’t fit or have been in the closet for 5 years
30. Update wardrobe with “staple” items
31. Organize or donate old magazines

32. Spend a week in London, England
33. Stay in a ski lodge
34. Go to Ikea in Charlotte
35. See the Lighthouse at Cape Hatteras
36. Take a road trip
37. Walk around the lake in the fall
38. Visit 10 new places around town (3 of 10)

Spiritual
39. Go to church every Sunday for 2 months (0 of 8)
40. Read & study a daily devotional for 1 month (0 of 30)
41. Join a group at church
42. Learn 25 Bible verses (0 of 25)
43. Go to a weekly Bible study
44. Visit with the pastor
45. Attend a church function
46. Listen to Christian podcast on the drive to or from work at least 3 times a week for a month (0 of 12)
47. Choose 5 books of the Bible and study them (0 of 5)

Personal
48. Start and stick to a beauty regimen
49. Attend my 20th high school reunion in 2012
50. Make a new friend
51. Finish my will
52. Take a daily vitamin and Vitamin D supplement
53. See a band in concert I have never seen before
54. See the musical Wicked
55. Update my resume
56. Put a dime in travel fund for every swear word I say (in process)

Financial/Purchases
57. Get a facial
58. Indulge in an expensive hair cut
59. Buy an iPod Touch
60. Buy a black dress
61. Trade in car for a new one
62. Hire pest control to spray entire house
63. Have large tree cut back
64. Buy a new bed
65. Buy a pet vacuum
66. Buy a new couch
67. Keep an emergency fund of $500
68. Have air conditioner and heater checked
69. Pay off all three credit cards
70. Pay back IOUs
71. Save all spare change for 1 year
72. Roll spare change and exchange for cash

Knowledge
73. Learn 5 phrases in Polish (0 of 5)
74. Learn to use my digital camera to take close up photos
75. Learn to knit and purl
76. Learn to use a sewing machine
77. Read or re-read 10 classics (0 of 10)
78. Read 10 non fiction or fiction books (2 of 10)
79. Read 10 craft books (5 of 10)

Sports and Exercise
80. Ice skate on a pond
81. Walk a 3k
82. See Pirates play at PNC park and locate my “brick”
83. Go to a minor league baseball game
84. Work out 7 days a week for 1 month (0 of 30)
85. Watch a Steelers game at a Steelers bar
86. Lose 7–10 pounds

Food & Drink
87. Make homemade pierogies
88. Drink water for 1 week 
89. Learn to make fondant
90. Use fondant on a cake or cupcakes
91. Make homemade lemonade
92. Sample 20 different teas other than Earl Grey tea (4 of 20)
93. Try 10 different dishes I wouldn’t normally try (2 of 10)
94. Cook 50 new recipes I have never tried before (3 of 50)

95. Donate 50 handmade items to charity (0 of 50)
96. Volunteer at no-kill cat shelter

Some of the items on this list will be completed in the next few months, while others will probably take me the full 1001 days. But, that is what this list is all about, and I feel up to the challenge!