My 101 Things List

The Mission: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 my part).

Start Date: June 1, 2009

End Date: February 27, 2012

In Progress Items
Completed Items

Connect
1. Send encouraging notes (0/5)
2. Send mail to Maddie every month for a year (0/12)
3. Have “Jarrod Days” (0/12)
4. Start/join a book club
5. Take pictures of Jarrod and I together (1/20)
6. Initiate “Girls Night” (3/5)
7. Hang out with other couples (3/5)
8. Send Christmas cards

Food
9. No soft drinks for one month
10. Don’t eat out for an entire month
11. Try new recipes (5/20)
12. Bake things to share (2/5)
13. Try 10 new restaurants (1/5)
14. Grow herbs
15. Cook whatever Jarrod requests (0/5)
16. Bake bread
17. Surprise Jarrod with a homemade cake/pie
18. Try three new types of food (1/3)
Octopus at Becco (6/15/09)
19. Go “Around the World” at Chimes
20. Make a margarita from scratch
21. Make root beer

Fun
22. See more plays/musicals (5/10)
Mamma Mia (6/14/09)
Chicago (6/14/09)
The Marvelous Wonderette's (6/15/09)
Wicked (6/16/09)
Jersey Boys (8/3/09)
23. Enjoy more concerts (3/5)
Tinted Windows (6/17/09)
Journey (October 09)
Hanson (November 09)
24. Dress up for Halloween
25. Throw a party (Saints Party)
26. Host a game night
27. Buy and drink and bottle of wine that costs more than $40
28. See Hanson in concert
29. Dress up and go on a date
30. Go to a festival
31. Go to a NASCAR race with Jarrod

Give
32. Give gifts just because (0/5)
33. Give gifts that are environmentally friendly (2/5)
34. Leave a 50% tip
35. Donate to an animal charity
36. Adopt a child for Christmas (2 kids - '09)
37. Donate to a research foundation
38. Donate in honor of someone

Green
39. Buy a plant for the house
40. Buy a plant for work
41. Grow flowers from seeds
42. Shop at the local farmers market
43. Start composting
44. Buy three articles of clothing made from organic cotton (1/3)
45. Give reusable shopping bags to three people (3/3)
46. Transition to all energy efficient light bulbs

Health
47. Eat vegetarian for one week
48. Ride my bike every day for 30 days
49. Go to the dentist for check-ups (0/5)
50. Get eyes checked
51. Take vitamins everyday for a month (0/30)
52. Ride the Hooper Road bike trail

Home
53. Have a fence put up in the backyard
54. Remodel the bathroom
55. Landscape the yard
56. Get new floors

Learn
57. Take a dance class
58. Learn to knit or crochet
59. Take the GRE
60. Apply to grad school
61. Take a cooking class

Money
62. Put $300 into savings from three paychecks (3/3)
63. Put $600 into savings from five paychecks (1/5)
64. Put half of seven paychecks into savings (2/7)
65. Put $20 into savings for each completed item (24/101)
66. Save first year’s tuition for grad school
67. Get my jewelry insured
68. Read books about finance/money planning (0/3)
69. Don’t buy any books for one month
70. Track spending for one month

Organize
71. Start a blog for this list
72. Fold/put away laundry while it’s still warm from the dryer (1/15)
73. Keep track of books read on spreadsheet (Edit: use goodreads.com - spreadsheet lost in computer crash)
74. Organize book collection
75. Keep a calendar
76. Keep kitchen/living room clutter free for a month
77. Clean out my closet
78. Find a place to store things not used regularly

Read
79. Finish Stephanie Plum Series
80. Finish Outlander Series
81. Go to a book signing
82. Finish the Summer Book Challenge
83. Read 100 books in a year
84. Read ten new authors (4/10)

Travel
85. Visit NYC
86. Visit DC
87. Visit Vegas
88. Visit Napa
89. Be a tourist in my own state (0/5)
90. Take a weekend trip with Jarrod
91. Go on a girls getaway
92. Visit five museums (2/5)
Tenement Museum (6/16/09)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (6/17/09)
93. Take a road trip
94. Visit a National Park
95. Stay at a bed & breakfast

Work
96. Lay out a flexible library curriculum for 2nd Grade
97. Lay out a flexible library curriculum for 3rd Grade
98. Develop an incentive program for AR
99. Spend a week consciously trying to be helpful to others
100. Meet the requirements for a Basic library
101. Go to a national conference (AR Symposium - Nov. 09)