101 in 1001

Okay, so I saw this on another blog and I thought it was a great idea. It's a list of 101 things that I want to do within 1001 days. (My deadline is Approximately Feb. 15, 2012). Once I complete one of the items off the list, I will make sure to blog about it.

For Me

1. Back up all of my pictures onto an external hard drive.
2. Start and keep a binder with future vacation plans.
3. Spend a day at the spa with friends. -- 6/5/10
4. Try 4 new restaurants (4/4) -- Fire+Ice (7/2/09), Colbalt (8/21/09), Jacks BBQ (2/26/10), Aqarium Restaurant (12/28/09)
5. Enjoy a weekend trip with all my girlfriends -- 6/5/10 to 6/6/10
6. Transfer all of my childhood movies to DVD.
7. Go shopping in B’Ham with my mom -- 1/2/2010
8. Go to my High School Class Reunion
9. Treat myself to a manicure and pedicure
10. Go eat at Fire and Ice in B’Ham -- 7/2/2009
11. Win at Bunco -- 8/11/2009
12. Go see a Broadway Play
13. Paint another picture at Sips N Strokes
14. Go to All Fired Up
15. Make Homemade Ice Cream

    For My Marriage

16. Go on monthly “date nights” (3/33)
17. Daily pray for our marriage
18. Leave an encouraging note for Chris once a week
19. Take dance lessons with Chris
20. Prepare a candle light dinner for Chris
21. Go on at least one trip every year just the two of us (1/4) -- Nashville (Feb. 2010)
22. Take Chris white water rafting -- Youth Trip with Gordo (6/25/10)
23. Go to a drive in
24. Prepare a home cooked meal for Chris every night for an entire week
25. Go to a Bed and Breakfast
26. Go on a couples retreat
27. Go to NYC with Chris
28. Support and Encourage Chris daily
29. Have a daily Bible study and prayer time with each other
30. Buy a small gift for Chris once a month (0/33)
31. Go hear Chris sing -- 6/21/2009

    For My Family

32. Enjoy a trip to the beach with the family -- August 15th - 23rd 2009
33. Go on a family picnic
34. Buy another home (or build)
35. Camp out in the house with Chris and Colton
36. Spend a day watching movies with Chris and Colton in our PJ’s
37. Go to a Pumpkin Patch as a family
38. Make a Gingerbread House for Christmas
39. Go to Disney World
40. Have another Baby
41. Go to the movies as a family -- July 5th 2010 (Toy Story 3)

    For My Mind

42. Learn more about photography
43. Read 5 good books (5/5) -- My Sister's Keeper, Denise Jackson's It's All About Him, Last Song, Dear John, Twilight
44. Watch ten new movies (10/10) -- The Proposal (New Favorite Movie!!), The Time Travelers Wife, The Blind Side, Night at the Museum, UP, Couples Retreat, Dear John, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Letter's to God, Date Night
45. Read the Twilight series books -- Twilight (5/2010), New Moon (7/2010)

    For My Soul

46. Start a prayer journal
47. Watch a sunrise
48. Read the entire Bible
49. Join a Bible Study -- Started going to a women's Bible study at Gordo on 1/5/2010
50. Help with Vacation Bible School at church -- Week of 6/9/09
51. See The Nutcracker during Christmas.
52. Visit friends we haven’t seen in a few months
53. Find at least one ministry to serve in and be actively involved.
54. Go on a Mission Trip
55. Attend a women’s conference
56. Complete 5 Bible Studies (1/5)

    For Others

57. Make a meal for a family that has had a loss or had a baby. (9/8/09)
58. Pay for the person behind me in the drive-thru (8/23/09)
59. Sponsor an Angel Tree child at Christmas
60. Send a care package to a soldier
61. Participate in Operation Christmas Child
62. Donate to an organization (time, money, items, etc.)
63. Write a letter to Nessa (child we sponsor through Compassion International)
64. Send someone a gift that they are not expecting
65. Donate 10,000 grains of rice through FreeRice.com. 2,920/10,000)
66. Teach a coupon class (3/6/10)
67. Have friends over for dinner

    For My Health

68. Drink at least 2 bottles of water a day
69. Walk/work out at least 2 times per week.
70. Go without caffeine for an entire week
71. Participate in a 5K

    For My Wallet

72. Start a Savings Blog -- 6/17/09
73. Go one week without spending any money
74. Establish a savings account with at least 6 months of income
75. Go garage sale shopping – 5/30/09

    For Our Home

76. Make a chalkboard picture frame for the house
77. Spend one day making meals to store in the freezer -- Monthly Meal Swaps
78. Plant flowers in the front yard. -- 4/10/10 (Chris and I worked outside all day long!)
79. Clean out the closets in our house (Front, Bedroom, Colton's and Coat Closet)
80. Cook a turkey

    For My Child

81. Take Colton to the Zoo -- 6/19/2009
82. Take Colton to swimming lessons -- 5/31/2010 to 6/4/2010
83. Start on Colton’s Scrapbook
84. Finish Colton’s 1 year Scrapbook
85. Pray daily for Colton
86. Go to the library with Colton
87. Say bedtime prayers with Colton
88. Play with sidewalk chalk -- 4/10/2010
89. Go to the Circus
90. Play on a slip and slide
91. Make Colton Root Beer Floats at home
92. Buy at least 5 Disney DVD’s for Colton that I loved as a kid (0/5)
93. Enroll Colton in preschool -- 7/14/2009 @ Northport Baptist Mom's Morning Out
94. Take Colton to get his first haircut -- 8/3/2010
95. Go see Disney on Ice as a Family -- 11/6/2009
96. Move Colton into a big boy bed
97. Play outside in the sprinkler with Colton
98. Go to Chuck E Cheese
99. Take Colton to CHOM
100. Keep a journal of letters to Colton
101. Take his pacifier away from him -- 8/1/2009
     
     Italics = in progress
Colored and Dates = Completed