Every once and awhile it's time to pull over to the shoulder and write.
TRAVEL
1. Go to Palm Springs (Completed 9/15/09)
2. Go to Europe
3. Go to Uwharrie National Forest (Completed 11/7/08)
4. Go to Hilton Head
5. Visit 5 places in the NC region I’ve never been to before (1/5, Childress Vineyards, 3/25/09)
6. Go to Mexico (Completed 1/8/09)
7. Go to Door County
8. Visit NC Wine Country
9. Go to Morrow Mountain
PERSONAL/EDUCATION
10. Get a library card
11. Read 101 books (19/101)
12. Watch a scary movie without hiding
13. Run a 5k in under 28:30 minutes
14. Run a 10k in under 59 minutes
15. Complete a triathalon
16. Register to vote (Completed 10/27/08)
17. Vote in a local election (not tied with a Presidential election)
18. Vote in a primary election
19. Take a cake decorating class
20. Take a photography class
21. List 101 things that make me happy
22. No TV for 7 days
23. Go see a dermatologist (Completed 1/28/09)
24. See a nutritionist
25. Make 10 recipes from my cookbook collection
26. Drive the speed limit for 7 days
27. Go to confession
28. Learn how to knit
29. Start my IDP process
30. Become LEED certified
31. See John Mayer in concert
32. Make espresso at home (Completed 11/3/08)
33. Call in sick to work and relax for the day
34. Make a list of 101 things I’m thankful for
35. Try 5 new foods
30 DAY CHALLENGES
36. Do all of the dishes after each meal
37. Keep all new mail off the kitchen table (Completed 2/12/09)
38. Put all dirty laundry in the hamper instead of the floor
39. Update food blog after each new meal cooked
40. No eating out
41. Complete the 100 push-up challenge
42. No soda for 30 days
43. Take my vitamins
44. Pray daily
45. Take 10 minutes and read a devotion
46. No alcohol
HOUSEHOLD PROJECTS
47. Finish the master bath (Completed 8/30/09)
48. Build the vegetable garden fence/raised beds (Completed 4/25/09)
49. Create a hard edge for all garden beds
50. Finish the basement
51. Plant an herb garden
52. Tile the guest bathroom floor (Completed 2/27/09)
53. Get our diplomas framed and hang them
54. Paint the kitchen and tile the counter backsplash
55. Replace coffee and end tables
FINANCIAL
56. Create a will
57. Start IRAs for both me and C
58. Pay off the truck (Completed 4/8/2009)
59. Completely fund the emergency fund
60. Pay off credit card debt
61. Pay off student loans
62. Give to a charity once a quarter (4/12)
63. Meet with a financial planner
64. Buy some stock
65. Start a CD ladder with the e-fund
66. Completely fund a short term e-fund
67. Allow a splurge or spontaneous decision without worrying about the budget
68. Make a list of everything that should be in the safety deposit box and put it all in there
HUSBAND/RELATIONSHIPS
69. Write five snail-mail cards and send to friends/family
70. Have ten date nights (1/10) 2/22/09
71. Eat at ten local restaurants we’ve never been to before (21/10) Cinco de Mayo, 1/20/09, Max's Alley 2/22/09
72. Take C to Summerfest
73. Go to a Panthers game
74. Save enough money to recreate our wedding cruise and go on it for our 5th anniversary
75. Write four love letters to C
76. Do something out of the ordinary for C four times
77. Make a list 101 things of why C is an excellent husband and makes me happy
78. Go see a play
79. Go to the symphony
80. Make our wedding scrapbook
81. Go for a walk in the park 5 times
82. Take C to a Brewer game
83. Get a gift for C… just because (Completed 3/25/09, bought him the Jimmy Buffett book)
COMMUNITY
84. Pay for someone behind me in line 3 times
85. Complete 101 hours of community service
86. Coach a Special Olympics swim team
87. Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity (can be included in the 101 hours)
88. Give blood five times
89. Go through clothes twice a year and donate to Goodwill (12/08, 3/09, 8/09)
90. Become regularly involved with church
91. Volunteer to teach CPR at the Red Cross (can be included in the 101 hours)
92. Participate in Angel Tree (or other charitable event) each Christmas (Empty Stocking Fund, 2008)
93. Write a grant and get it approved for special needs kids at the Y
OTHER
94. For every item completed, put $10 in a savings account
95. For every item not completed, give $25 to a charity
96. Buy an iPod Nano (Completed 10/11/09)
97. Buy a Nike+ system (Completed 10/11/09)
98. Buy a DSLR
99. Update my portfolio
100. Get my wedding dress cleaned
101. Learn to shoot a gun (Completed 8/16/09)
