After some deliberation, I've decided to commit to the 101 things in 1001 days. Starting Now, and ending on Friday, January 22, 2010. Italic items are completed.
( If you missed it, the full rules are here:
http://www.triplux.com/1001/otherli sts.asp )
Here goes with the List:
1. Finish the List of 101 things - It's harder than it sounds to come up with 101 serious goals. Also, organize finished list. - completed on May 24, 2007
Life Changing Events (or at least, pretty big things):
2. Buy a house. Included in this goal are save up for a down payment, shop for a house and possibly attend a first time homebuyer class.
3. Convince my Mom to move to PA. I'm tired of her being so far away.
4. Kids. Kith wants them. I'm not so sure. So, I think this one is really come to terms with
the idea of having at least one child.
5. Get a Kitten. Preferably adopt from the local shelter.
6. Get a fireproof safe and put the important documents in it.
7. Set up an IRA.
8. Open a savings account. as of Fall 2007 we have a savings acct with Blue Chip Credit Union
Networking:
9. Use this list as a way to blog more. Post in at least one of the blogs each time I complete a goal and try to post each time I begin or make serious inroads into a goal.
10. Invite those people from ETSY and Tuesday night crochet over for tea like I keep intending to. I have the tea set and I should be using it. winter '08 - Crystal comes weekly for tea, dinner and games
11. Meet at least 20 new people and make friends. Meeting (and friending) involves seeing said person in more than one location and inviting them to see my home. I have the tea set and I should be using it. 2 for tea 10/2007
12. Each Month, visit one new local place and post a review in
harrisburg and on gather.com 2/33 completed
13. Go to opening and closing weeks of the PA Ren Faire. Take at least one new person with, each time. (August 07 - went, but didn't take a new person; just old friends, October O7, again no new people, August 08 - went with Crystal and Heather!, October 08, August 09, October 09)
Purchases:
14. Get a new computer. Preferably a Macintosh. Feb '08 - we have a new dell
15. Get and set up some sort of home theater audio system. winter '08 - we have a subwoofer and two speakers
16. Get a new gaming console (Wii or Playstation. Kith says both.)9/23/2007 got a PS2
17. Visit a health Spa. Actually have some sort of treatment - just looking doesn't count.
18. see an Imax film at Whittaker. we watched Aliens of the Deep as part of the science of aliens exhibit on 6/17/07 Also saw Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix on July 16, 2007
19. Purchase at least 3 U.Vernon prints.(originals are lovely, but don't count for this one.) Ninja Frogs on 7/9/2007
20. Locate and add a nice collection of AA Milne Pooh stories to my collection.
21. Add at least 5 Pratchett books to the collection.added one used on 12/1/2007
22. Make use of the fact that I know how to read an annual report. Buy stock in one company. Keep track of how the company fares. Better yet, buy stock in two companies - Kith and I can compete! (does oneStock still exist? Might be a good idea.)
23. buy a membership to Hershey Gardens. Completed on 5/17/2007
24. Get a new digital camera. completed on 5/24/2007, Kodak Easyshare Z612
25. get an upgrade for the Carcassonne game.
26. Purchase 3 new board/card games. (purchased Target's bookshelf edition of Sorry on 9/18/07, Borders: Dread Pirate game in 10/2007. Nacho Loco spring 08)
Stop Procrastinating (or, stuff I keep meaning to do):
27. Scrapbook. Finish the wedding, Honeymoon and Albright books. wedding and honeymoon books finished
28. Find a family Doctor. Make an appointment for a check up. Get new opinion on chronic EBV/fatigue. Found one - now to make an appointment
29. Go to at least 2 local seminars or public classes. I keep saying that I loved that at Chautauqua and I don't take advantage of the ones locally!
30. Take the Wilton Cake decorating class.
31. Clean the House. Set aside one day each week for cleaning and follow a rotating 4 week schedule.
Week 1: Clean the Kitchen - clean the fridge, mop floor and clean off dining room table.
Week 2: Bathroom - wash mirror and surfaces, mop floor.
Week 3: Bedroom - fold and put away laundry, vacuum, make the bed (with fresh sheets).
Week 4: Livingroom - tidy, reorganize crafts, vacuum.
(EDIT, 9/20/2007:Ok, so it was a good Idea, but maybe a bit over reaching. Anyway, I found a great entertaining book that said you should make sure your bathroom is clean. Other than that, people generally don't notice. So I'm aiming for keeping the bathroom clean and vacuuming at least once a month.
32. Locate a good group (or create one) and play D&D again. My books are getting dusty. winter '08 - Crystal comes over weekly and we usually D&D. Kith DMs
33. Fix the spinning wheel.
34. Make a hat completely from scratch. Get some local alpaca fleece and use it on the spinning wheel. Knit the hat myself.
35. Find a dentist. Make an appointment for a cleaning. Go to appointment.
36. Make fabric grocery bags. Store in car. Use for grocery shopping. made one, have one, been using both off and on. Purchased 3 in NY during 7/2007. Have purchase many more and use them regularly as of 4/2008
37. Visit Kith's grandfather and seriously help with the family tree like he keeps asking me to.
38. Finish watching Star Trek The Next Generation 7 seasons completed on feb 6 2008. Now on to DS9
39. Find a good hairdresser. Get hair cut short again.
40. Go to a magic the gathering draft at www.theadventurersguild.com (no, not online. At their actual store location.) Participate.
Organize:
41. Plan dinner in advance for a 7 day stretch for each of at least 6 weeks and successfully follow the plan. Each week must include at least one major cooking feat, one vegetarian dinner and not include eating out.
42. Clean out the bookshelves. Organize them. in progress, spring 2008. Joined Bookmooch. Sending out some
43. Go through the VHS collection, test each one and throw away the ones that don't work. Seriously consider getting rid of the rest as well. sold about 1/2 of the disney collection to Once Upon a Child on 7/9/2007 Donated other half July, 2008
44. Go through the Clothing. Weed. Organize.
45. Organize and display CD collection. Get rid of cd's I won't listen to.
It was a good start (or things I need to keep doing):
46. Keep up on working out. Be able to easily use the machine on #5 weight by the end of 1001 days. 9/2007 - I can consistently lift at #2 on the machine. 2/2008 - we've switched to at home. 3 days a week of stretching and at home exercises.
47. Keep up on the car maintenance. Oil changes (Toyota says every 7,500 miles)and regular check ups. on track as of 4/2008
48. NANOWRIMO 07. - "This is my story": Fairy tales of OZ. Failed. Started and then had to stop due to worry/panic. Will try again later.
49. NANOWRIMO 08.
50. NANOWRIMO 09.
Just for Fun (or it seemed like a good idea at the time)
51. Write an LJ entry entirely in haiku. Must relate to one of the 101 things.
52. Make 5 baby hats and donate to Morning Star. Keep an eye out for other donating opportunities.
53. Write 3 letters of thanks for a good product/good customer service.sent thankyou/christmas card to AGAHF 12/2007. sent thank you to Dove Chocolate 2/2008
54. Teach 3 more people how to Juggle. Practice juggling so I don't look like an idiot doing so.
55. Ascend in KOL. 8/2008 Buy the bumper sticker and shot glasses to celebrate.
56. After acquiring a pet, Participate in in an animal assisted therapy program (like: http://www.deltasociety.org/VolunteerAb outBecome.htm )
57. Make an el Geckito cafe press item. Send one to Bry.
58. Fill one sketchbook with just drawings and sketches (no to do lists, no phone numbers, no notes to self...) think this may be impossible. 8/2008
59. Decorate home for at least three holidays.
60. Make one new RenFaire garb outfit. August 2008 - made new skirt, chemise and bodice. Helped Crystal make hers too
61. Take a defensive driving course with Kith.
62. Participate in a charity walk.
63. Actually receive a check or paypal credit from one of the survey companies. Surveyspot, $38, cashed on 8/3/07
64. For one week, anytime anyone asks how I am, I must answer "Great!"
65. Write at least 5 serious articles for online publication.
66. Kith says I have to learn 10 new jokes. I still want to know what's so wrong with my unique rabbit joke.
67. Re-learn the ASL hand sign alphabet.
68. Learn to converse in ASL.
101 Things (or, 101 just seems like a good number):
69. 101 consecutive daily LJ posts in this journal. current record: 32 days from July 12 2007 to August 12 2007
70. 101 Bookcrossing.com releases
71. 101 new ATC/ACEOs. Post on thependragonseye.blogger.com 32/101
72. 101 new worry dolls. Post on thependragonseye.blogger.com List at least half on Etsy.com 14/101 completed
73. Read 101 Romance Novels. Don't forget to post them on
pendragon_books 27/101 complete
74. 101 Fantasy/paranormal novels to be read. Any given book only counts once, so I have to choose which category for paranormal romances. 49/101 complete
75. 101 Teas - purchase Stash's year of tea sampler http://shopstashtea.com/328016.html and try each one. (Yes I know, it won't be 101 different teas.) 70/101 Purchased Year of Tea sampler on 9/20/2007 (http://kaypendragon.livejournal.com/10 2631.html)18/101
76. Try out 101 new recipes. 3/101 (http://kaypendragon.livejournal.com/10 2827.html)
77. 101 bottles of booze (on the wall. Ok, not really.) to be drunk. Mostly wine, but hard liquor counts too. Identical bottles don't count as more than one but different brands count as different bottles. 2/101 completed (http://kaypendragon.livejournal.com/10 3032.html)
78. 101 cross stitch projects. Post on thependragonseye.blogger.com
79. 101 memes. It doesn't matter where I find them, just that they get done. Tagging is not necessary unless Required by the meme. Friday Five counts but not for more than 50 of the total memes. ( http://www.memeslist.com , http://thedailymeme.com/ ) 5/101 completed, 4 of the total are Friday Fives
80. Answer 101 Yahoo Answers questions. Currently I have 195 answers, so I need to get to 296 answers. 296/296 completed Let's try for doubling it: 310/397 complete
81. 101 Bento boxes. This is making lunches, not buying accessories. It does not have to be Japanese food but it does need to be in the bento box. This is not 101 boxed lunches. Post results to Flickr acct( http://www.flickr.com/photos/pennyfood/ ). 8/101 complete
82. 101 zoo volunteer days. Go to the zoo with the express purpose of volunteering on 101 separated days. 3/101
83. Read (but do not subscribe to) 101 different magazines. Post on
pendragon_books 8/101 completed
84. Personal Photo Safari - take 101 animal photos. Post at gather.com 13/101 completed as of 7/26/2007
85. 101 (non-animal) photos to gather.com ( http://kaypendragon.gather.com/ )81/101 completed as of 7/26/2007
86. 101 donation clicks ( http://www.care2.com/click2donate/ ) (only one click per day counts, regardless of the cause.) 92/101 completed
87. 101 Audiobooks listened to. 30/101
88. Play 101 board/card games - log experience on boardgamegeek.com as well as on this journal.
89. Celebrate 101 non-traditional holidays. Celebrating involves wishing at least one person a happy holiday and doing something holiday related. 2/101.
Travel
90. Visit the Philly Zoo.
91. "Philly's more fun when you sleep over." Test this claim.
92. Take Kith down hill ski-ing in the poconos.
93. Kayak on the Susquehanna.
94. Take Kith to visit Enchanted Forest in Old Forge NY. - visited on 7/3/2007
95. Visit the Crayola Museum.
96. Uncork York! Take a York Winery tour.
97. Visit the local pretzel factories - decide which pretzel is the best.
98. Visit Smithsonian in DC. visited National Zoo. 8/17/2008
99. Take Kith to the Natural History Museum in NY. Visit Dad while in town.
100. Go to a con. (doesn't really matter what type, although bonus points for it being something I'm actually interested in.)
101. Create a new list of 101 things, starting with the ones that I failed to complete on this list.
( If you missed it, the full rules are here:
http://www.triplux.com/1001/otherli
Here goes with the List:
1. Finish the List of 101 things - It's harder than it sounds to come up with 101 serious goals. Also, organize finished list. - completed on May 24, 2007
Life Changing Events (or at least, pretty big things):
2. Buy a house. Included in this goal are save up for a down payment, shop for a house and possibly attend a first time homebuyer class.
3. Convince my Mom to move to PA. I'm tired of her being so far away.
4. Kids. Kith wants them. I'm not so sure. So, I think this one is really come to terms with
the idea of having at least one child.
5. Get a Kitten. Preferably adopt from the local shelter.
6. Get a fireproof safe and put the important documents in it.
7. Set up an IRA.
8. Open a savings account. as of Fall 2007 we have a savings acct with Blue Chip Credit Union
Networking:
9. Use this list as a way to blog more. Post in at least one of the blogs each time I complete a goal and try to post each time I begin or make serious inroads into a goal.
10. Invite those people from ETSY and Tuesday night crochet over for tea like I keep intending to. I have the tea set and I should be using it. winter '08 - Crystal comes weekly for tea, dinner and games
11. Meet at least 20 new people and make friends. Meeting (and friending) involves seeing said person in more than one location and inviting them to see my home. I have the tea set and I should be using it. 2 for tea 10/2007
12. Each Month, visit one new local place and post a review in
13. Go to opening and closing weeks of the PA Ren Faire. Take at least one new person with, each time. (August 07 - went, but didn't take a new person; just old friends, October O7, again no new people, August 08 - went with Crystal and Heather!, October 08, August 09, October 09)
Purchases:
14. Get a new computer. Preferably a Macintosh. Feb '08 - we have a new dell
15. Get and set up some sort of home theater audio system. winter '08 - we have a subwoofer and two speakers
16. Get a new gaming console (Wii or Playstation. Kith says both.)9/23/2007 got a PS2
17. Visit a health Spa. Actually have some sort of treatment - just looking doesn't count.
18. see an Imax film at Whittaker. we watched Aliens of the Deep as part of the science of aliens exhibit on 6/17/07 Also saw Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix on July 16, 2007
19. Purchase at least 3 U.Vernon prints.(originals are lovely, but don't count for this one.) Ninja Frogs on 7/9/2007
20. Locate and add a nice collection of AA Milne Pooh stories to my collection.
21. Add at least 5 Pratchett books to the collection.added one used on 12/1/2007
22. Make use of the fact that I know how to read an annual report. Buy stock in one company. Keep track of how the company fares. Better yet, buy stock in two companies - Kith and I can compete! (does oneStock still exist? Might be a good idea.)
23. buy a membership to Hershey Gardens. Completed on 5/17/2007
24. Get a new digital camera. completed on 5/24/2007, Kodak Easyshare Z612
25. get an upgrade for the Carcassonne game.
26. Purchase 3 new board/card games. (purchased Target's bookshelf edition of Sorry on 9/18/07, Borders: Dread Pirate game in 10/2007. Nacho Loco spring 08)
Stop Procrastinating (or, stuff I keep meaning to do):
27. Scrapbook. Finish the wedding, Honeymoon and Albright books. wedding and honeymoon books finished
28. Find a family Doctor. Make an appointment for a check up. Get new opinion on chronic EBV/fatigue. Found one - now to make an appointment
29. Go to at least 2 local seminars or public classes. I keep saying that I loved that at Chautauqua and I don't take advantage of the ones locally!
30. Take the Wilton Cake decorating class.
31. Clean the House. Set aside one day each week for cleaning and follow a rotating 4 week schedule.
Week 1: Clean the Kitchen - clean the fridge, mop floor and clean off dining room table.
Week 2: Bathroom - wash mirror and surfaces, mop floor.
Week 3: Bedroom - fold and put away laundry, vacuum, make the bed (with fresh sheets).
Week 4: Livingroom - tidy, reorganize crafts, vacuum.
(EDIT, 9/20/2007:Ok, so it was a good Idea, but maybe a bit over reaching. Anyway, I found a great entertaining book that said you should make sure your bathroom is clean. Other than that, people generally don't notice. So I'm aiming for keeping the bathroom clean and vacuuming at least once a month.
32. Locate a good group (or create one) and play D&D again. My books are getting dusty. winter '08 - Crystal comes over weekly and we usually D&D. Kith DMs
33. Fix the spinning wheel.
34. Make a hat completely from scratch. Get some local alpaca fleece and use it on the spinning wheel. Knit the hat myself.
35. Find a dentist. Make an appointment for a cleaning. Go to appointment.
36. Make fabric grocery bags. Store in car. Use for grocery shopping. made one, have one, been using both off and on. Purchased 3 in NY during 7/2007. Have purchase many more and use them regularly as of 4/2008
37. Visit Kith's grandfather and seriously help with the family tree like he keeps asking me to.
38. Finish watching Star Trek The Next Generation 7 seasons completed on feb 6 2008. Now on to DS9
39. Find a good hairdresser. Get hair cut short again.
40. Go to a magic the gathering draft at www.theadventurersguild.com (no, not online. At their actual store location.) Participate.
Organize:
41. Plan dinner in advance for a 7 day stretch for each of at least 6 weeks and successfully follow the plan. Each week must include at least one major cooking feat, one vegetarian dinner and not include eating out.
42. Clean out the bookshelves. Organize them. in progress, spring 2008. Joined Bookmooch. Sending out some
43. Go through the VHS collection, test each one and throw away the ones that don't work. Seriously consider getting rid of the rest as well. sold about 1/2 of the disney collection to Once Upon a Child on 7/9/2007 Donated other half July, 2008
44. Go through the Clothing. Weed. Organize.
45. Organize and display CD collection. Get rid of cd's I won't listen to.
It was a good start (or things I need to keep doing):
46. Keep up on working out. Be able to easily use the machine on #5 weight by the end of 1001 days. 9/2007 - I can consistently lift at #2 on the machine. 2/2008 - we've switched to at home. 3 days a week of stretching and at home exercises.
47. Keep up on the car maintenance. Oil changes (Toyota says every 7,500 miles)and regular check ups. on track as of 4/2008
48. NANOWRIMO 07. - "This is my story": Fairy tales of OZ. Failed. Started and then had to stop due to worry/panic. Will try again later.
49. NANOWRIMO 08.
50. NANOWRIMO 09.
Just for Fun (or it seemed like a good idea at the time)
51. Write an LJ entry entirely in haiku. Must relate to one of the 101 things.
52. Make 5 baby hats and donate to Morning Star. Keep an eye out for other donating opportunities.
53. Write 3 letters of thanks for a good product/good customer service.sent thankyou/christmas card to AGAHF 12/2007. sent thank you to Dove Chocolate 2/2008
54. Teach 3 more people how to Juggle. Practice juggling so I don't look like an idiot doing so.
55. Ascend in KOL. 8/2008 Buy the bumper sticker and shot glasses to celebrate.
56. After acquiring a pet, Participate in in an animal assisted therapy program (like: http://www.deltasociety.org/VolunteerAb
57. Make an el Geckito cafe press item. Send one to Bry.
58. Fill one sketchbook with just drawings and sketches (no to do lists, no phone numbers, no notes to self...) think this may be impossible. 8/2008
59. Decorate home for at least three holidays.
60. Make one new RenFaire garb outfit. August 2008 - made new skirt, chemise and bodice. Helped Crystal make hers too
61. Take a defensive driving course with Kith.
62. Participate in a charity walk.
63. Actually receive a check or paypal credit from one of the survey companies. Surveyspot, $38, cashed on 8/3/07
64. For one week, anytime anyone asks how I am, I must answer "Great!"
65. Write at least 5 serious articles for online publication.
66. Kith says I have to learn 10 new jokes. I still want to know what's so wrong with my unique rabbit joke.
67. Re-learn the ASL hand sign alphabet.
68. Learn to converse in ASL.
101 Things (or, 101 just seems like a good number):
69. 101 consecutive daily LJ posts in this journal. current record: 32 days from July 12 2007 to August 12 2007
70. 101 Bookcrossing.com releases
71. 101 new ATC/ACEOs. Post on thependragonseye.blogger.com 32/101
72. 101 new worry dolls. Post on thependragonseye.blogger.com List at least half on Etsy.com 14/101 completed
73. Read 101 Romance Novels. Don't forget to post them on
74. 101 Fantasy/paranormal novels to be read. Any given book only counts once, so I have to choose which category for paranormal romances. 49/101 complete
75. 101 Teas - purchase Stash's year of tea sampler http://shopstashtea.com/328016.html
76. Try out 101 new recipes. 3/101 (http://kaypendragon.livejournal.com/10
77. 101 bottles of booze (on the wall. Ok, not really.) to be drunk. Mostly wine, but hard liquor counts too. Identical bottles don't count as more than one but different brands count as different bottles. 2/101 completed (http://kaypendragon.livejournal.com/10
78. 101 cross stitch projects. Post on thependragonseye.blogger.com
79. 101 memes. It doesn't matter where I find them, just that they get done. Tagging is not necessary unless Required by the meme. Friday Five counts but not for more than 50 of the total memes. ( http://www.memeslist.com , http://thedailymeme.com/ ) 5/101 completed, 4 of the total are Friday Fives
80. Answer 101 Yahoo Answers questions. Currently I have 195 answers, so I need to get to 296 answers. 296/296 completed Let's try for doubling it: 310/397 complete
81. 101 Bento boxes. This is making lunches, not buying accessories. It does not have to be Japanese food but it does need to be in the bento box. This is not 101 boxed lunches. Post results to Flickr acct( http://www.flickr.com/photos/pennyfood/
82. 101 zoo volunteer days. Go to the zoo with the express purpose of volunteering on 101 separated days. 3/101
83. Read (but do not subscribe to) 101 different magazines. Post on
84. Personal Photo Safari - take 101 animal photos. Post at gather.com 13/101 completed as of 7/26/2007
85. 101 (non-animal) photos to gather.com ( http://kaypendragon.gather.com/ )81/101 completed as of 7/26/2007
86. 101 donation clicks ( http://www.care2.com/click2donate/
87. 101 Audiobooks listened to. 30/101
88. Play 101 board/card games - log experience on boardgamegeek.com as well as on this journal.
89. Celebrate 101 non-traditional holidays. Celebrating involves wishing at least one person a happy holiday and doing something holiday related. 2/101.
Travel
90. Visit the Philly Zoo.
91. "Philly's more fun when you sleep over." Test this claim.
92. Take Kith down hill ski-ing in the poconos.
93. Kayak on the Susquehanna.
94. Take Kith to visit Enchanted Forest in Old Forge NY. - visited on 7/3/2007
95. Visit the Crayola Museum.
96. Uncork York! Take a York Winery tour.
97. Visit the local pretzel factories - decide which pretzel is the best.
98. Visit Smithsonian in DC. visited National Zoo. 8/17/2008
99. Take Kith to the Natural History Museum in NY. Visit Dad while in town.
100. Go to a con. (doesn't really matter what type, although bonus points for it being something I'm actually interested in.)
101. Create a new list of 101 things, starting with the ones that I failed to complete on this list.
- Location:Colonial Park
- Mood:
hopeful

Comments
I think one of the items should be a visit to Spain. ;)
When you move to Spain, we'll start finding money or free plane tickets or something to visit.