101 in 1001

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After seeing this whole 101 in 1001 floating around several blogs, I decided to check out Day Zero. I really like the idea of the whole thing, because it lets you have lots of goals, ranging from simple to really difficult.  I'll be updating this list and making posts about this regularly. 

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Health and Beauty

1. On vacation, have at least three pictures taken with me in them

2. Go vegetarian for a week

3. Stay on the exercise wagon for two months

4. Get new glasses.

5. Go through a yoga routine twice a week for a month.

6. Take my vitamins every day for a month

7. Buy a copy of Health at Every Size

8. Go for a massage

The Hubby and I

1. Have a baby.

2. Talk the husband into seeing an opera with me

3. Beat the husband at a game of pool

4. Have a date every weekend in one month

5. Watch a movie he really wants to see, but I'm not crazy about

6. Let him plan a whole date night

7. Plan a whole date night for him

8. Go on vacation out of the country

My Two Stinkers

1. Teach Franklin to lay down 80% of the time

2. Take the dogs to the dog park

3. Take the dogs for a walk every day for a week

4. Teach Einstein not to bark at the neighbor's dog

5. Work on training for 15 minutes with each dog once a week for a month

Feeling Crafty

1. Create a care package of crafts for Knit Your Bit

2. Sort and streamline crafting supplies.

3. Refinish buffet

4. Create art display

5. Create family painting

6. Make curtains for living room

7. Open an Etsy account

8. Create year-long wreath

9. Sew hot weather friendly garb for Scarborough Faire

10. Create five unique shop items (4/5)

11. Sell five things through Etsy (1/5)

12. Tile side table

Reading List

1. Read a book a week for a month

2. Finish reading the whole Bible (71.8%)

3. Read Anna Karenina.

4. Read a novel by Dostoyevsky

5. Finish reading Lolita

6. Reread Catcher in the Rye

7. Finish reading the Anne of Green Gables series (6/8)

8. Read The Borrowers series

9. Finish reading the OZ series (1/14)

10. Read books from five new (or new to me) authors

11. Buy only used books for six months

12. Choose one book at random from the fantasy/sci fi section and read it

13. Choose one book at random from the fiction section and read it

14. Choose one book at random from the western section and read it

15. Choose one book at random from the romance section and read it

16. Choose one book at random from the mystery section and read it

17. Choose one book at random from the YA section and read it

Wow, Did you See That?

1. Watch three Kurosawa films

2. Cancel my cable

3. Finish all 100 of the AFI's ten top ten (51/100)

4. Find a new TV show to watch

My New Career

1. Write a post every day for a month

2. Outline a novel

3. Write a novel

4. Revise a novel

5. Take part in NaNoWriMo

6. Complete NaNoWriMo

7. Make $500 just from my writing (121.34/500)

8. Write five short stories

9. Submit five short stories for publication (4/5)

10. Self-publish a short story.

11. Take part in the 50k in 50 days challenge (9314/50000)

12. Take part in Bloggerstock for six months (5/6)

13. Go to the library and write by hand for a day

14. Find a critique partner

Housework, Ugh!

1. Make the bed every day for two weeks

2. Stick to a cleaning regimen for a month

3. Unload the dishwasher as soon as it's done every time for a week

I'm Bored

1. Go camping

2. Visit a national park

3. Go on the tour of the Missions

4. Go hiking up Enchanted Rock

5. Find three new local restaurants to support (2/3)

6. Learn food Spanish

7. See a ballet other than the Nutcracker

8. Send 10 postcards through Postcrossing (5/10)

9. Send 5 cards to 5 different people for no reason at all (2/5)

10. Take part in three free community events

11. Find a good local bowling alley

12. Host a board game night

13. Go to a holiday festival

Celebrating my Inner Geek

1. Watch Battlestar Galactica series

2. Start following a comic book

3. Go to a showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show

4. Finish playing all of my Silent Hill video games (2/7)

5. Finish playing at least one video game all the way through

Bon Appetite!

1. Learn how to make a souffle

2. Eat at the table every night for a week

3. Try a new recipe every month (8/33)

4. Learn how to make five basic sauces

Finishing What I Start

1. Finish five things from this list in one month

2. Follow through with substitute teaching application process

3. Sort through boxes in the guest room closet

4. Support three little known bands/singers by buying an album

5. Get rid of any clothes that I don't love

6. Finish VCR tape bag

7. Finish sewing lining for purses

8. Finish wedding and honeymoon scrapbook