Well kids, I have the final update on my 101 in 1001 Days.
I managed to finish 53 things on the list. Which seems a little sad, but also seems kind of good. I did over half the things and started a few more than that.
It turns out that some of the things were a little beyond my control, but it was fun to see what I accomplished. I will have to make a new list. It may not be so long, some of the things were just to fill out the 101 things, but another list coming soon.
What should be on my new list?
Lindsay’s 101 in 1001 Days
Start date: Monday, January 19, 2009
Finish date: Monday, October 17, 2011
Personal / Being healthy
1. Make some really long term goals.
2. Run a 5K. (Emma Creek Classic - 4.24.10)
3. Run a 10K. (Easter Sun Run - 4.23.11)
4. Stick to my read the Bible in a year plan.
5. Start & keep a prayer journal – at least once a week. (0/143)
6. Play on a rec league team
7. Pray more often.
8. Workout 4 days a week for a month. (4/4) (06.10)
9. Eat more fruits and veggies.
10. Eat out less.
11. Floss.
12. Get new glasses. (5.6.09)
13. Remember reusable shopping bags when going shopping.
14. Work on praying for specific things and for His will.
15. Listen for God’s instruction to take on a project or to create a project.
16. Share my faith with someone.
17. Have a better attitude about work.
Financial
18. Make weekly dinner plans.
19. Increase our monetary giving.
20. Learn to save.
21. Double our savings/investments.
22. Put away at least $100 a month. (33/33)
23. Buy a digital SLR camera. (04.10.10)
24. Stick to the budget.
25. Buy a new computer – a MAC.
26. Buy an original piece of art. (Mexico - 2.26.10)
27. Make a list before going to the store – every time.
Family & Friends
28. Explore & choose a way for us to invest in the family ranch.
29. Increase the size of our family.
30. Write one letter or personal note to a friend or family member each month. (25/33)
31. Update the blog regularly…not just once a month.
32. Take a Saturday to spend in McPherson with the girls shopping & exploring. (12.09)
33. Take time to call friends that don’t live here.
34. Host a fancy dinner party.
35. Host a marathon game night.
36. Take a class at Wichita Center for the Arts with Mom.
37. Celebrate our 4th anniversary! (01.06.11)
38. Pray for our small group once a week.
39. Send cards and presents on time!
40. Bathe Finley once a month. (20/33)
41. Have a movie marathon with friends and popcorn (the good kind). (Jill - Jane Austen - 04.10)
42. Make breakfast/brunch ten times. (9/10)
The House
43. Make a cleaning schedule.
44. Stick to the cleaning schedule.
45. Finish decorating the house.
46. Plant both flowerbeds. (6.09)
47. Touch up the paint job in the living room. (4.4.09)
48. Plant 2 trees. (2/2) (4.18.10)
49. Decorate above the cabinets.
50. Make sense of the basement. (3.28.09, Sept 2011)
51. Tile the bathrooms and kitchen. (01.18.10)
52. Fold and put laundry away when its clean.
53. Keep fresh flowers in the house for a whole month. (12.09)
Just Because
54. Spend six weekends without TV. (6/6)
55. Catch, tag, & weigh a calf alone. (summer 2011)
56. Hand make all family & friend birthday cards.
57. Finish college scrapbook.
58. Go on a picnic – with the blanket and the basket from our wedding.
59. Take more pictures.
60. Spend a weekend with all the girls from college. (Tiff’s Bachelorette – 4.4.09)
61. Baby-sit for friends so they can have a night out. (Lakey’s 4.24.09 – 4.25.09)
62. Paint a painting to frame.
63. Get a pet fish.
64. Watch a Sunset. (02.21, 02.22, 02.23, 02.24.10)
65. Watch a Sunrise.
66. Fill up with one tank of gas, pick a direction, see where we end up.
67. Start our own holiday traditions.
68. Organize craft supplies. (3.28.09)
69. “Create” a crafting room.
70. Go to a Farmer’s Market
71. Buy a pair of red shoes. (01.23.10)
72. Plant a garden. (5.9.09)
Travel
73. Go on the Frasier Farms trail ride with Ryan.
74. Get a new stamp in my passport. (Mexico - 02.21.10, China 07.2012)
75. Go on a family trip – the whole family. (Scheduled - July 2012)
76. Go skiing. (Winter Park - March 2011)
77. Go on a weekend getaway.
78. Camp – using only what I can carry in my backpack.
79. Spend day at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
80. Take an out-of-state trip with Ryan. (College Station, TX 2.19.09)
81. Visit our friends that don’t live in Newton. (April 2011)
82. Visit four unique Kansas attractions. (4/4)
Botanica – Wichita (5.9.09)
Boot Hill – Dodge City (6.19.09)
BoBo Drive In – Topeka (9.26.09)
Coronado Heights - Lindsbourgh (04.18.10)
83. Visit our grandparents twice. (2/2) (June 2010)
Learn something
84. Read one book per month (5 of which Ryan can choose). (33/33)
Confessions of a Shopaholic, Imperial Woman, One Tuesday Morning, Beyond Tuesday Morning, Angels and Demons, Book of Job, Utopia, New Atlantis, Paper Bodies, The Lost Symbol, Love Walked In, Pride and Prejudice, The Help, The Last Song (ryan), Jane Austen Ruined My Life (ryan), The Age Curve, Little Bee, Belong To Me, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, Pudd'nhead Wilson, Maggie, The Red Badge of Courage, Conjure Woman, The Hermaphrodite, The Girl Who Shook the Hornet's Next, Emma, stopped listing them...
85. Learn patience. This one might be a life long thing...
86. Take a hunter’s safety course.
87. Learn to play Clare de Lune on the piano. (5.16.09 started-failed :)
88. Make a school plan – and start. 3.13.09
89. Try one new ethnic recipe. (Chinese food)
90. Learn to compose pictures for framing. (6.09)
91. Re-cover the dining room chairs.
92. Learn a new craft technique.
93. Refresh my water coloring skills.
94. Watch a new sport. (01.30.09 Hockey)
95. Watch an opera.
96. Go to the ballet.
97. Practice the piano at least once a week.
98. Make one new recipe a month.
99. Read a book that’s written in French.
100. Read the news (paper or internet) every day for a month.
101. Learn to love openly. I think this one is also a life long work in progress.