101 in 1001

As of June 12, 2013, I have started on my second 101 in 1001. I managed to finish 70 of my 101 challenges the first go around and this time I'm aiming to beat that and ideally reach 101! My previous list is below. Day 1 is June 12 2013, which means March 9, 2016 is day 1001.

Last updated July 22, 2013
complete:2/101
in progress: 9/101
not even started: 90/101
blogged: 1/101

101.2

1. Complete my list of 101 things to do within 101 days of starting (September 21, 2013) - June 19, 2013

Me
2. Buy nothing for a week [exception: emergencies]
3. Complete a full crossword puzzle from the Globe and Mail
4. Mail Christmas cards before December 24th
5. Have a sisters day
6. Take an Italian course
7. Have a Smack-Dabbers reunion
8. Let Janita do whatever she wants to my hair

Family
9. Go on 10 "adventures" [2/10]
10. Do an insurance inventory of the contents of our home
11. Get our 72 hour emergency kit properly stocked
12. Build a snow man with C
13. Make snow angels with C
14. Have family pictures taken - July 13, 2013
15. Walk around the Stanley Park part of the seawall

Health and Fitness
16. Weigh less on day 1001 than on day 1
17. Enroll C in swimming lessons
18. Walk over 6000 steps per day for two consecutive months (averaged...approximately 4.5 km per day)
19. Walk over 8000 steps per day for two consecutive months (averaged...approximately 6 km per day)
20. Walk over 250,000 steps in one month (approximately 192 km)
21. Do the mini-Sun Run with J (and C if she's old enough) - April 27, 2014
22. Swim 1,000 metres in one workout
23. Swim 1,500 metres in one workout
24. Swim 2,000 metres in one workout
25. Do yoga 3 days a week for two consecutive months
26. Do yoga 5 days a week for two consecutive months

Food
27. Make pizzelle
28. Make pasta
29. Make dinner from the Best of Bridge cookbook five times [0/5]
30. Make dinner from the Hawaiian cookbook five times [0/5]
31. Make dinner from the Good Housekeeping cookbook five times [0/5]
32. Make dinner from the Rebar cookbook five times [0/5]
33. Make dinner from the new Jamie Oliver cookbook (Jamie's Britain?) five times [0/5]
34. Make five recipes from the quinoa cookbook [0/5]
35. Help Alex learn 5 recipes (beef, chicken, fish, vegetarian and slow cooker) (like Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution recipe sharing) [0/5]
36. Have Andrea teach me how to make spatzle
37. Try 34 new recipes (works out to one per month for 1001 days) [2/34]
38. Find a good granola bar recipe (with nuts)
39. Find a good granola bar recipe (without nuts - daycare and school safe)
40. Make 5 "special" kinds of bread in the bread maker
41. Make Hot Cross Buns

Home
42. Hire a painter to finish painting - August 9, 2013
43. Install a back splash in the kitchen Set up a desk space somewhere in our apartment for me
44. Declutter 101 items to toss, give away, sell on craigslist or give to charity - they're all here [1/101]
45. Unpack every box when we move
46. Do a 52 weeks of decluttering challenge (post a new list)

Entertainment
47. Watch all the nominees for Best Picture for one year (not necessarily the current year)
48. Ask five people what their favourite book is and read that book. Even if it's not a book I think I'll enjoy - [0/5]
49. Host a board game night
50. Visit at least two of the places in Alex's day trips book
51. Read (or reread) 50/200 of the BBC's The Big Read [0/50 - the list is here on the book blog]
52. Have a housewarming party

Travel
53. Have a mini-reunion with some of my HPA friends
54. Take a holiday with Alex only
55. Go on a day trip or overnight trip with J only
56. Go on a day trip or overnight trip with C only
57. Go away overnight alone (or send Alex and J and C away overnight together and stay home alone)
58. Renew my passport
59. Take a trip somewhere that I need a passport to visit
60. Go on a family road trip

Creative and writing
61. Sew those secret presents for those specific people (yeah, yeah, I'll elaborate later)
62. Post on this blog every day for one month
63. Blog about each one of the 101 things
64. Answer "50 questions that will free your mind"
65. Send a special thank you letter just because
66. Make a list of 101 beautiful things in my life
67. Put wedding photos in an album
68. Put honeymoon photos in an album
69. Put UK2009 trip photos in an album
70. Make a photo book of 2005
71. Make a photo book of 2006
72. Make a photo book of 2007
73. Make a photo book of 2008
74. Make a photo book of 2009
75. Make a photo book of 2010
76. Make a photo book of 2011
77. Make a photo book of 2012
78. Make a photo book of 2013
79. Make a photo book of 2014
80. Make a photo book of 2015
81. Write and mail (ON TIME) 12 birthday cards in a 12 month period [0/12]
82. Choose a month from the 26 things photography scavenger hunt archive and do the scavenger hunt
83. Do a photographic day in the life (one photo for every waking hour)
84. Write in my real live paper journal at least once a week for three months
85. Knit something with a shape (ie, requires accurate swatching and that isn't a hat, scarf, baby blanket or mittens)
86. Knit matching toques for J & C (yes, I went there...)
87. Knit cable toque for me (repeat after me, cables aren't scary, cables aren't scary)
88. Learn to crochet
89. Crochet something
90. Add yarn and projects to Ravellery
91. Sort and store yarn so that it is easy to see what I have and to find it
92. Teach J to knit
93. Take a creative writing class
94. Finish sewing badges onto camp blanket

Professional and Volunteering
95. Update resume every 12 months or as needed (at least 3 times)[1/3]
96. Take an accounting course
97. Update, complete and maintain LinkedIn profile
98. Renew PRC to maintain active Guiding membership
99. Take a class/course/seminar/training that is not work/International/Italian/writing-related
100. Volunteer with a new-to-me organization

and here were are...last, but not least:

101. Start a new list of 101 things for March 2016.


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Because I am CRAZY like to challenge myself, I decided that I needed another challenge. On top of the book challenge. And raising a toddler while working full time. Whatever. You can read about Day Zero here and my thoughts on why I'm doing it here.

PS Finding 101 things is NOT easy

Things in italics are in progress and things that have a strike through them are complete. Last updated on June 12, 2013 - completed 70/101 items

Me
1. Fit back into pre-tumble down the stairs clothes
2. Enroll J in swimming lessons before she turns 3 - March 2011
3. Have a sisters' day without J - February 15, 2013
4. Stick to the crazy diet for at least a month - November 18, 2010
5. Sort out all of my clothes and take the ones I'm never going to wear again or that don't fit to charity (or toss if they're in bad shape) - Spring 2013
6. Buy nothing for a week [exception: emergencies]
7. Pack away all of J's clothes and things that are too small or too young for her - December 2011
8. Go to bed no later than 10:00 pm every "school" night for a week - September 2012
9. Make a new friend - May 14, 2012
10. Really reconnect with an old friend - Spring 2011
11. Mail Christmas cards before December 24th - December 7, 2012
12. Get up every workday morning for a week without hitting the snooze button - April 2011
13. Weigh less on day 1001 than on day 1
14. Complete a full crossword puzzle - February 16, 2013
15. Find missing address book - November 8, 2010
16. Update address book - December 2011

Family
7. Set J's room up with a kid sized table and chairs for reading, puzzles and colouring - April 21, 2011
18. Make J's Hallowe'en costume - October 31, 2012
19. Go on 10 "adventures" - they're here [10/10]
20. Take Alex to the pool - September 26, 2010
21. Do an insurance inventory of the contents of our home
22. Get our 72 hour emergency kit properly stocked
23. Make photos books for J's first two years
24. Take J to a farmer's market - October 2, 2011
25. Stick to our budget for Christmas gifts - January 20, 2011
26. Write 10 thank you cards with J - September 2, 2011
27. Build a snow man with J - December 19, 2012
28. Make snow angels with J - December 24, 2010
29. Have family pictures taken - August 13, 2011

Food
30. Make pizzelle
31. Make gingerbread with J at Christmas - December 22, 2010
32. Make dinner from the Jamie Oliver cookbook five times - completed January 21, 2012
33. Make dinner from the Best of Bridge cookbook five times [2/5]
34. Make cupcakes with the cupcake kit from Maggie October 30, 2010
35. Make dinner from the Good Housekeeping cookbook five times
36. Try 50 new recipes - They're blogged here and there's a list here [50+/50]
37. Try a new recipe for dinner every night for a week - July 12, 2011
38. Eat at ten new restaurants or coffee shops [11/10] - completed January 7, 2012
39. Grow herbs on the deck - July 2012

Home
40. Decide what we're going to put on the clutter collecting wall in the living room and buy it/have it made - Fall 2012
41. Hire a painter to finish painting
42. Install a back splash in the kitchen
43. Fix the grout in the shower - June 2012
44. Clear J's closet of the boxes from the move
45. Sort out the basement storage and get rid of anything we haven't used for a year - April 15, 2012
46. Install more shelves in the laundry closet - Fall 2010
47. Buy a new fridge - March 11, 2011
48. Buy a new stove - March 11, 2011
49. Get area rugs for living room and dining room - December 16, 2011
50. Declutter 101 items to toss, give away, sell on craigslist or give to charity - they're all here [280/101]
51. Finish J's bathroom - wall art, towel rack etc. - December 9, 2011

Entertainment
52. Go to a movie as a family - August 2012
53. Visit at least two of the places in Alex's day trips book [2/2] - July 29, 2012 and May 4, 2013
54. Go to a movie with Alex - May 28, 2011
55. Watch all the nominees for Best Picture for one year (not necessarily the current year)
56. Ask five people to recommend one book and read that book. Even if it's not a book I think I'll enjoy. - September 2012 [5/5]
57. Get an iPod and load all of our CDs onto it - May 21, 2012
58. Sort out our books and give the ones we're not interested in or won't read again to charity - January 2011
59. Have three dinner parties[3/3] - February 2012
60. Host a baby shower - October 30, 2010
61. Host a board game night
62. Host a Christmas party - November 27, 2010

Travel
63. Go to Seattle on the train
64. Have a mini-reunion with some of my HPA friends
65. Go to Portland
66. Take J camping, preferably in a tent (not in a tent, maybe next time) - February 5, 2012
67. Take a holiday with Alex only - Summer 2012
68. Take a holiday with J only - February 5, 2012
69. Spend at least one night away from both Alex and J

Creative and writing
70. Knit a winter hat for J - November 2010
71. Sew those secret presents for those specific people (yeah, yeah, I'll elaborate later)
72. Post on this blog every day for one month March 31, 2011
73. Blog about each one of the 101 things
74. Answer "50 questions that will free your mind"
75. Write at least twice a week for Get Fit Chicks for a month October 28, 2010
76. Send a special thank you letter just because
77. Get the postcard section of the blog up to date - June 2012
78. Send at least five postcards a month for three months using Postcrossing [3/3] - March, April and May 2011
79. Make a list of 101 beautiful things in my life
80. Send a secret to PostSecret - Spring 2011
81. Put wedding photos in an album
82. Put honeymoon photos in an album
83. Put UK2009 trip photos in an album
84. Write and mail (ON TIME) 12 birthday cards in a 12 month period
85. Choose a month from the 26 things photography scavenger hunt archive and do the scavenger hunt - June 2013
86. Do a photographic day in the life (one photo for every waking hour)
87. Write in my real live paper journal at least once a week for three months

Professional and Volunteering
88. Take a risk and take on a BIG challenge that is outside my comfort zone on the next project at work - Spring 2012
89. Take at least one course that will help me do my job better - May 22, 2012
90. Sponsor a family at Christmas - January 26, 2011
91. Find a new position within Guiding - October 2011
92. Clear my personal email inbox - home and work - November 8, 2011
93. Once clear, maintain clear status for a week - November 15, 2011
94. Once maintained for a week, maintain for at least another month - January 4, 2012

Fun and Random Stuff
95. Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find
96. Put change in someone's expired parking meter
97. Pay for a stranger's meal/coffee/purchase
98. Bake something yummy for someone special as a surprise - October 7, 2010
99. Surprise someone with a care package - April 2012
100. Put $5 in a special savings account for every item I cross off this list [70/101 saved] - June 11, 2013
101. If day 1001 comes and there are still items left, donate to a charity that is relevant to our lives at that time - June 11, 2013
101.1 Have a new list of 101 things ready by day 1001 (containing anything that didn't get done this time!)