Inspired by many others to set goals and cross them off my list! So here it goes, 101 things I would like to do in 1001 days! Feel free to leave me comments or suggestions! But folks beware, I am serious about getting all of these done (ah hem.. calling for an accountability partner here lol)! Plus I am going to need some company to enjoy finishing these goals in exactly 2.74 years!
Start Date: Wednesday August 17, 2011
Deadline: May 14, 2014
14.Take a girls trip to the beach (Cousins Wedding May 21, 2012)
100. Blog about all of these goals
101. Finish this list!
Start Date: Wednesday August 17, 2011
Deadline: May 14, 2014
Charity Goals
1. Go on a mission trip and build houses
2. Find a company or program and start volunteering (Scheduled to start on Monday Nov 14, 2011 with Beads of Courage)
3. Clean out my closet and donate to Good Will (8/19/11) Read About It
4. Pay a 100% tip (8/31/11) Read About It
5. Do an anonymous "Pay it Forward" act (May 2012) When Opportunity Presents
6. Plant two trees
Travel, Culture, Entertainment
7. Ride a horse drawn carriage in Central Park, NY (Tried, they cost $100/15 minute ride... cant afford that sadly)
8. Attempt snowboarding again
9. Smash grapes between my toes at a wine festival
10.Visit Italy and eat yummy Italian food
11.Ride in a hot air balloon
12.Go to a country concert (4/15/12) Country Thunder
13.Visit St Lucia and snorkel (01/19/12) St. Lucia !
15.Go to Disneyland for the first time!
16.Take silly photos on a road trip with my sister
17.Visit Elyse in New York (10/7/11-10/9/11) Read About It
18.Visit Kacey in California and shop!
19.Go on a cruise with my family
20.Visit my sister in Australia, if/when she studies abroad
21.Visit Spain
22.See the Town of Haro while in Spain
23. Visit an art museum in Tucson
24. Hike Picacho Peak
25. Hike A-Mountain with friends
26.See my mom monthly while we live in the same state
27. See the Red-Wood trees in Northern California
28. Try a new, local, restaurant (10/14/11 Blue Wasabi, Gilbert, AZ) Read About It
29.Go horseback riding in the mountains
30.Sleigh ride through the snow in Colorado
31. SNUBA in turquoise water (01/21/12) St. Thomas!
35. Visit the Biosphere in Tucson (11/15/2011) Read About Our Date!
36. Tour the Colossal Caves here in Tucson
Grown Up Purchases
37.Trade in the truck for an SUV
38.Buy a flat screen tv (purchased 11/22/11, presented 12/25/11) Surprise!
39. Buy new living room couches
40. Buy a real kitchen table that will seat six when needed
41. Buy a new and bigger bed (when we get stationed? Spring 2013)
Reading, Writing, Learning
42.Read the whole bible
43.Read a good book (8/28/11 "His Needs Her Needs" by Willard F. Harley Jr.) Read About It
44.Buy a math book, and re-learn some math
45.Journal weekly (blogging!!)
46.Start a Masters in Family Psychology
Movie Lovers Dream
47. Have a veg out, movies all day, in my sweats day, just cause
48. Have a Harry Potter movie watching marathon with the windows covered so its supper dark inside
49.See a midnight movie premiere (11/18/2011) Twilight New Moon
50.Have a movie theater marathon day (3 new movies in a row!)
51.See five older movies I never have… but wanted to (Casablanca, Scarface, Gone w the Wind, Breakfast at Tiffany's, When Harry Met Sally)
Marriage Goals
53.Spend a weekend at a fancy resort with my husband (Jamaica, Riu Bay Tropical Palace 9/9-12, 2011) Read About It
54.Go to the USMC Ball
55.Survive Abel being gone for boot camp and training (Scheduled August 2012)
56.Take a trip somewhere that my husband decides on
57.Finalize that anniversary video I made for Abel in 2007, and give it to him!
58.Make a new video of our "First Year" being married
59.Visit Colorado and stay in the same room we did the night we got married
60.Maybe get pregnant by day 1000??? YIKES!!
61.Surprise Abel with a random present for a random reason (11/8/11) Read About It
62. Hang a USA Flag by our front door (12/15/11) See The Flag!
63. Buy silly shirts that say Marine Wife to show support for my husband
64. Send Abel weekly letters while he is away in boot camp
65. Finish paying off the wedding and honeymoon (In progress, on track to be completely debt free by August 2013 from wedding, honeymoon, and second honeymoon... AND puppy)
66. Set up an emergency fund of six months of living expenses
Arts, Crafts, and Photos
67.Actually print out our wedding & honeymoon photos (honeymoon printed 8/30 & 8/31/2011)
68.Actually order our professional wedding album from Glenn & Lilet (9/15/11) See It
69.Finish scrapbooking my nursing school semesters
71. Make my mom & mother in law a photo album of our wedding (12/5/11)
Proof of Order! See the Albums!
Proof of Order! See the Albums!
72. Take a pottery-throwing clay class
Random Personal Goals
73.Mail out Christmas cards (12/11/11) See The Cards
74.Go to a U of A football game with my sister
75.Have a spa day just to myself
76.Have a Christmas in July party with Kristin Sechena
77.Always say "God... Bless You" instead of "Bless You" when someone sneezes
78.Have an accountability partner to actually do bible studies with
79. Go to Church every weekend I dont have to work (8/28/2011 went!)
80. Join a small group
81.Order & have flowers delivered to my mom (3/29/12) Parent's Anniversary!
82. See an Optomotrist and have my vision tested
83. Send Lindsay care packages when I move away
84. Mail my Aunt Debbie a random card
85. Have a pumpkin carving party
Career
86.Join a nursing committee (Joined Evidence Based Practice Counsel Sept 2011) Read About It
87. Become oriented/certified to "Open Heart" patients at work (May 14, 2012)
88. Become oriented/certified to "Balloon Pump" patients at work (3/6/12) See the Machine!
89.Get my CCRN certification (eligible in August 2012)
90.Start my Masters/DNP (Applied Dec 15, 2011) Proof! Accepted!! (Start Aug 2012)
Fitness, Nutrition, and Health
91.Work out three days a week for six months straight
92.Lose ten pounds and keep it off for a year Weight Loss Update
93.Quit eating doughnuts for the rest of my life, ok well for at least 1001 days!
94.Try a Spin class at the gym (11/16/2011) See Me Spin!
95.Run three miles in 25 minutes (up to 10min/miles so far... still a work in progress, 3/12)
96.Do a half marathon with my mom and sister (Arizona Classic Half Marathon March 25, 2012) Training, Finished the Race!
96.
97.Learn how to make five new dinner dishes, and add them to the blog (Finished 2/27/12)
98.Make something special for the Thanksgiving table for all to enjoy Dessert Recipe
99.Buy a cookbook (10/10/11) Read About It
100. Blog about all of these goals
101. Finish this list!
