101 in 1001 update – 1 year in.

The 101 Things in 1001 Days Challenge

Start Date: January 16, 2013
End Date: October 14, 2015

HEALTH
01 – Exercise 2-3 times a week (at least) for 3 months

02 – Stop picking my hands for 2 months

03 – Stop picking my hands for 6 months

04 – Get down to pre-pregnancy weight (BMI according to Wii Fit: 23.55) (Total pounds to lose: 22) – 16lb done.

05 – Make a friend (not online, preferably not through someone I’m friends with already)

HOUSEHOLD
06 – Decorate for Halloween – Completed October 18 2013

07 – Decorate for Christmas – Completed December 13 2013

08 – Dust every other day for a month

09 – Quick-wipe the bathroom surfaces every day for a month Finished April 8 2013

10 – Quick sweep at least the kitchen daily for a month

11 – Proper-sweep twice a week for 3 months

12 – Deep clean all the kitchen cupboards – Food 3 done, 9 more to go.

13 – Clean out/organise my closet – Completed January 3 2014.

14 – Search for a new apartment so Jake and I can have our own room

15 – Get wedding dress dry cleaned/packed away and protected

16 – Freecycle/donate items 5 times – 3/5 Big donation to Goodwill. Gave away wooden "live well, laugh often, love much" sign. Big pile of books.

17 – Get a new bed frame (preferably with storage capabilities)

FOOD
18 – Use a new dinner recipe each month (7/33) Chinese Turkey Lettuce Wraps, Mexican Chicken Soup, Black Bean Enchiladas,2 bean quesadillas, Martha’s mac & cheese, harvest nachos, Vegetarian Quinoa chilli.

19 – Make 2 new pies

20 – Make a gingerbread house – Completed December 24 2013

21 – Make Ashley a birthday cake Completed Feb 24 2013

22 – Successfully make a cake, from scratch Completed Feb 24 2013

23 – Make taffy successfully

24 – Make 10 new baked goods (not counting the pies) 1/10 – Chocolate Chipotle Espresso Brownies 5/21/13 (Jake said "best ever!")

25 – Stock the kitchen so well that other than produce/milk/bread, we don’t need to grocery shop for a month. – August 20 to September 20. BAM!

26 – Purchase no outside-of-home made food for 3 months – Started November 4 2013. I’m sick of this, only a few more weeks!

27 – Take a cooking class with Jake

28 – Fill a binder with all our recipes for daily use

29 – Work out the cost per serve of our meals

30 – Maintain a frozen breastmilk stash of at least 40oz (until Ash is fully weaned) 16/40 – I have packed away the pump, so I think this is not going to get completed.

31 – Obtain a water bottle (seals properly, doesn’t taste like plastic or metal when water is left in it) Completed March 12 2013

FUN
32 – Meet 5 ODers

33 – Read 15 books –
The Invisible Man (finished March 4 2013),
Journey To The Center Of The Earth (finished March 20 2013),
Feeling Sorry For Celia (finished April 9 2013),
The Mysterious Island (20%),
History of the Donner Party (finished Oct 14 2013),
The wonderful wizard of oz (finished Nov 5 2013),
The magic, the madness, the whole story (finished dec 2, 2013),
Hyperbole & a half (finished dec 27 2013)

34 – Do 10 ‘day in the life’ photo entries – Feb 12 2013,

35 – Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years

36 – Get a massage

37 – Beat Dad in 3 different ‘with friends’ games (words, hanging, gems?) (Completed January 24 2013)

38 – Paint on the canvas for Ashley

39 – Buy a new outfit, no jeans involved.

40 – Listen to all Jackson 5/The Jacksons/Michael Jackson albums (that I have! Which is most if not all!) in order. Started Feb 8 2013, completed May 8, 2013.

41 – Learn the Thriller dance (undecided as to learning the proper short film version, or the flash mob version) – I know the version from the Michael Jackson: The Experience Wii game

42 – Purchase 2 fun board games to play on a game night

43 – Host a game night

44 – Get a tattoo

45 – Finish reading the MJ Opus

46 – Watch all the Lonely Island videos

47 – Watch 10 movies I’ve never seen before (recommended by Jake and OD friends) 3/10 – Iron Man 3, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Anchorman 2.

48 – Paint my nails with designs 10 times 5/10 – gradient, checkered, oddly striped, zombie/Frankenstein "sewn", winter wonderland.

PAPERWORK-TYPE STUFF/MONEY
49 – Get life insurance

50 – Make a will

51 – Start saving for a new car (Bought it!)

52 – Get a credit card to help improve our credit

53 – Get Ashley a savings account for college/when she’s an adult

54 – Add something to Ashley’s savings every month (9/33)

55 – Research, and hopefully complete, changing my surname so it matches Jake and Ashley

56 – Apply for Ashley’s Australian citizenship

57 – Update the calendar in the bedroom, fill in laundry/barber schedule (completed March 3 2013)

58 – Research applying for my American citizenship

59 – Write a new, updated diary ‘intro’ page

60 – Get 10 referrals for swagbucks

61 – Make $100 via swagbucks

62 – Make $500 via swagbucks

63 – Change my name in Australia

64 – Get a new passport

65 – Get Jake a new passport

66 – Update my driver’s license

67 – Update my social security card

68 – Change my name on everything

69 – Don’t spend any money for a week

70 – Take Ash to a zoo

71 – Fully back up this diary in PDF format (if still doable)

72 – Input birthdays etc to google calendar/phone

FAMILY
73 – Have a family portrait taken

74 – Do something special for Jake’s 30th birthday – Organised a dinner out ON HIS BIRTHDAY with all the family. Made brownies. Went to see Iron Man 3/had a date night. Jake said it was "very special".

75 – Do something special for my 30th birthday

76 – Take Ash to 10 playgrounds

77 – Take Ash to a museum

78 – Take Ash to Scienceworks (or CT equivalent)

79 – Get Ash to sleep in her crib at night full time (all night, except for feeds, every night for a month)

80 – Get Ash to nap alone

81 – Get Ash to nap in her own bed

82 – Seriously discuss when to have child #2 Completed 9 Feb 2013

TO ADD
83 – Rearrange furniture (swap dining tables, put big one out, bring in drawers for kitcheny stuff) – Completed Feb 26 2013

84 – Note everyone I read on OD for a week

85 – Create a doable weekly chore list – halfway there.

86 – Create a budget

87 – Compile/complete detailed thanksgiving how to with recipes, tips, ingredients

, amounts and notes for next time – Have to print it out, but otherwise done.

88 – Fill a folder with plans of action for most if not all of this list – I found an app to help with this so I don’t have to waste so much paper, but I will still keep a bit of a hard copy.

89 – Put little notes next to most photos in 1st year album (and print a cover page) Completed Feb 8 2013

90 – Try a diva cup (or similar product)

91 – Try 10 new food items 3/10 – ginger root, have only used the powdered stuff before, love it. Chocolate covered espresso beans. Fresh fig – ok, not memorable. Quinoa, in chili so couldn’t tell you what it is like by itself.

92 – Get a storage ottoman

93 – Acquire/’install’ a new paper system (for bills etc)

94 – Complete the storyline gameplay for Pokemon Black 2

95 – Put together a storm preparedness kit – got a list, just have to purchase the stuff.

96 – Adjust to a 7am wakeup

97 – Save for/get a new computer Completed April 6 2013

98 – Completely fill in recipe/meal planner/grocery list app so it is simple and accurate to use (scan pantry items, input recipes online etc)

AT THE END…
99 – Finish writing this list

100 – Save $5 for each completed task on this list (18/101)

101 – Write a new list when the time for this one is done!