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Anything is possible if you have a deadline
BOLD when completed
General
001 - make & upload this list
002 - organize my addresses in one place
003 - create a family calendar of birthdates/anniversaries/addresses
004 - organize photo albums
005 - organize postcard collection
006 - make a will
007 - get a family portrait done
008 - hold a baby
009 - clean my car
010 - backup computer on regular basis
011 - redo website & update regularly
012 - organize music files
Relax/Just for Myself
013 - go to a day spa
014 - complete a tooth whitening program
015 - get all needed dental work done
016 - get a massage
017 - get a makeover
018 - frame a picture of myself I actually like
019 - wear makeup every day for a month
020 - wear PJs all day
021 - stop biting fingernails
022 - learn to accept a compliment graciously
023 - get a professional manicure
024 - get a professional pedicure
025 - get a facial
026 - buy a watch & actually wear it
027 - have a candlelight dinner
Travel/Adventurous
028 - drive the entire East Coast
029 - drive cross country
030 - see the grand canyon
031 - see the pacific ocean
032 - swim with dolphins or beluga whales
033 - get another stamp in my passport (maybe even 2)
034 - see a show on Broadway
035 - see the Aurora Boreas
036 - go camping
037 - see fireflies
038 - go to VT with family to see foliage
039 - go snow mobiling
040 - go to Unity Games & spend the night
Creative
041 - finish crocheting at least one of the blankets I started
042 - complete at least one cross stitching project
043 - release a message in a bottle
044 - make some candles
045 - take a photograph everyday for a month
046 - enter photoshop/creative contests online
047 - make a mixed CD for someone
048 - clip and organize all the magazine articles I want to keep
049 - create collage from old magazines
050 - do Nanowrimo & get at least 1/2 way finished
051 - make/bury a time capsule
Fun
052 - go tenpin bowling
053 - sing karaoke in public
054 - go apple picking
055 - go skinny dipping
056 - See a movie at a drive-in
057 - go to the cornfield maze
058 - go to the balloon festival
059 - go to an NFL game
060 - carve a pumpkin I picked myself
061 - finish a jigsaw puzzle
062 - have a picnic in a park
063 - participate in a scavenger hunt
064 - feed the ducks
065 - build a snow man
066 - actually find a geocache
Volunteer
067 - participate in a Habitat for Humanity Project
068- organize work to do monthly volunteer projects
069 - put coins in expired parking meters
070 - participate in the 2007 Breast Cancer 3Day
071 - give away clothes that I don't wear
072 - send a care package to a solider overseas
073 - take part in the blogathon & actually get to do it.
Education
074 - go back to school
075 - get bachelors degree
Finance
076 - pay off car
077 - save $20/day for at least 4 months
078 - be debt-free
079 - win more than $10 on a lottery ticket
Fitness
080 - loose 101 pounds in 1001 days
081 - take vitamins daily
082 - join a gym & actually go more than twice a week
083 - fast for 24 hours
084 - go a month without drinking soda.
085 - go a month without eating fast food
086 - drink 8 glasses of water a day
087 - wear a 2-piece swimsuit
088 - go for a 30 minute walk every day for a week
089 - do 50 sit-ups a day
Food
090 - eat more fruits & vegetables
091 - do a cookie swap
092 - eat something I never ate before
093 - make s'mores over a campfire
Home Improvement
094 - get rid of clutter
095 - finish basement
Relationships
096 - find someone & be happy
097 - have sex more often
098 - fall in love
099 - make a new friend
100 - cuddle with someone watching a movie
101 - start another 101 in 1001 days
January 6, 2007 (Saturday)
I did it again :) Tonight we had our Customer Service holiday party. The only parking was on street metered parking. Apparently the meters run until 8pm. So I put my quarters in & I put some quarters in the meter next to me, just then a car pulled up. Why did I put money in a meter with no car? It was the last spot left, I wanted that person to feel extra special. Last spot & the meter is paid for. Well the car pulled up & I said I already put money in the meter. They didn't believe me & checked themselves. They said OK. Not thank you but OK :( I still felt good. Perhaps they didn't realize how lucky they were, that the universe was helping them in some way & I like to think I helped a little bit.
#016 - get a massage
January 4, 2007 (Thursday)
After going to Physical Therapy & discovering that my Latissimus Dors (lat) muscle is tight because it is connected to my spine & it is being pulled because my SPINE IS ROTATED! Physical Therapy killed so I went to get a massage the next day at the Salter School. $20/1 hour, refuse tips, what can be better?
#069 - put coins in expired parking meters
December 30, 2006 (Saturday)
I got my hair done at (D)'s. They have metered parking on the street. Not only did I put money in the car next to me that was already expired, but I gave the hairdresser $10 in quarters so that she can give them to her clients. That is the hardest part, the receptionist has to keep going out & feeding the meters & she usually does it with her own money, now she doesn't have to. That felt really good & she was really appreciative.
#079 - win more than $10 on a lottery ticket
December 21, 2006 (Thursday)
Today in work we had a Yankee Swap. This was the first Yankee Swap that I have been a part of. I wasn't sure how it worked. There was 14 people. I pulled out a #1 (of course). #14 got to go first. Then everyone got to pick their gifts one by one until I was stuck with the last gift. But it was a Yankee Swap, so it didn't matter. I did have the best number! My gift was a mini-massager. I wasn't really feeling it. So I decided to trade with (A) who received a coffee cup with 9 $1 scratch tickets in it. I swapped for that. They had everyone who got scratch tickets scratch them off there. Out of 9 tickets I won on FOUR of them. The first one, I scratched & got $20, the first set of numbers. The guy besides me said that is a $100 ticket. Sure enough $100. Then I got $10, $2 & $1, totaling $113.00. Not too shabby :)
#059 - go to an NFL game
December 3, 2006 (Sunday)
(R) got tickets & surprised me with them. He figured I was stressed out by school & this is something I always wanted to do. He didn't realize that it was my last day to complete all my school work. It was the worst possible day to do this, but it was the greatest day too. It was nice & warm. Well I was still freezing but it was really cold. We had great seats, however it is really hard to figure out who has the ball. My opinion. I am glad that I went & I would love to go again to tailgate but to pay as much money as he did, I would rather see the game on TV.
#008 - hold a baby
November 11, 2006 (Saturday)
I was over (S) house & (J) came over with (W). He's sooo cute. He's not a baby but he is younger than 2. So I held a baby. I put this on my list because I thought that if I did hold a baby, it's been sooo long, that I don't know I would feel something. Perhaps it was the timing & the unexpected visit. I don't know. I didn't feel anything but damn that kid was heavy!
#040 - go to Unity Games & spend the night
August 20, 2006 (Saturday)
I had a blast. I didn't know a sole, which was kinda scarey at first but I played a lot of new games. I stayed overnight. It was just a relaxing weekend. Can't wait for the next one January 27th!
#073 - take part in the blogathon & actually get to do it.
July 29, 2006 (Saturday)
I'm actually doing it this year. It's been going very well. I am actually at the 1/2 way mark. I didn't want to post this yet, incase I didn't do it, but it's fine now. I'm doing it. If you would like to sponsor me I would really appreciate it. You can just click on this banner & it will take you to the sponsor page.
#079 - win more than $10 on a lottery ticket
June 12, 2006 (Monday)
I bought 4 tickets ($2/each). I gave 2 away & kept 2 for myself. I won $14.00 total ($10 & $4) I want to cross this off my list, but I think I did say win more than $10 on A (single) ticket. It's more than I have ever won. I will cross it off but update the list when I ACTUALLY do it on A single ticket. :)
#071 - give away clothes that I don't wear
May 28, 2006 (Sunday)
I gave away 2 trash bags full of clothes the end of May. In the next 2 weeks (end of June), I will have another trash bag (or 2) ready to give away as well. I can not keep clothes that I think I might fit into one day. By that time, it will be out of style. I realize this now.
I really need to keep this updated!
I have done a few things that I have not even noted!
#037 - see fireflies
June 19, 2006 (Monday)
Last night, as I was going from my car to work, I looked over at the field where I usually see wild bunny rabbits. This time I saw, in the distance, a shiny sliver of what I thought were eyes. I looked again & I was surprised by lots & lots of slivers of light, blinking lights. Then I realized what they were & started to cry. Fireflies. I was seeing blinking fireflies. I spent the next 20 minutes watching them. I have only seen fireflies once before, the first & last time I went camping in NH. I thought I was dreaming when I first saw them, they were hovering above me & all around me, so mystical. It is an exhilarating experience.
#092 - eat something I never ate before
Just about every weekend now
Ever since I have meet (TCGAW) I've been trying things I haven't had before. Let's see I've had escargot, shrimp, scallops, salmon, escarole soup, kale soup, cod cakes, meat pies, yogurt with chunks, quahogs (pronounced "cohog") & probably a lot more that I just can't remember right now, or have tried to forget :) I don't like fish. And the escargot was wrapped in bread. I don't think I could have eaten it any other way. He keeps talking about calamari :( So yea I think I can cross that off the list.
#074 - go back to school
UPDATE: May 31, 2006 (Wednesday)
Actually updated June 7, 2006
I completed my first class in my quest of getting my bachelors degree, Advanced Database Management. I was thinking of attending another class starting June 7th, actually tonight, but I can't. Work won't let me & I need a break.
#020 - wear PJs all day
May 16-17, 2006 (Tuesday/Wednesday)
Actually updated June 7, 2006
I actually did this in work. I was not sleeping more than 2 hours between Tuesday and Thursday & those 2 hours were in my car! So I decided one day to just be comfortable. I wore my plaid flannel pants & grey waffle long sleeve shirt (PJs I bought about a month before) actually more than all day. I wore them from Tuesday Noon until Thursday 7am. Not a huge accomplishment & I think I meant it in the sense of RELAXING not doing it because I could :)
June 7, 2006 (Wednesday)
Ok so perhaps trying to do these things for an entire month was too much. I didn't really get anything accomplished. I didn't even keep up the website. I didn't even keep this one up. :( In my defense I was really busy. I finished the first class in my quest to get my bachelors degree. I also accomplished a few little things.
May, 1 2006 (Sunday)
On the first day of the month, when you first wake, the first words out of your mouth should be "Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit"; and if they are, you shall have good luck the entire month. This is what my 3rd grade teacher told me once & I have been doing it ever since. Perhaps it is mind over matter but it does work!
It takes about 21 days to start a habit. I am involved in another meme called 101 things to do in 1001 days. It's a really motivational project where you um, do 101 things in 1001 days, which is a little more than 2 years. A few of my things that I want to do involve doing something & keep doing it for one month. So what better day to start something new then the first of the month, when we say rabbit 3 times & are guaranteed to have good luck!
I have always wanted to start a new meme too :) Look I even got a graphic & everything :) So spread the word. Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit! Start doing something & like the Energizer bunny - keep on going!
Making a website like this is not necessary, but if you do, you can reward yourself with a 
. I do not suggest doing more than one thing at a time . I am just really insane & like to do way too much. :)
I am working on:
019 - wear makeup every day for a month
045 - take a photograph everyday
for a month
084 - go a month without drinking soda
085 - go a month
without eating fast food
#027 - have a candlelight dinner
April 22, 2006 (Saturday)
So this weekend I went away to the White Mountains with a special someone. I fulfilled another thing that I wanted to do! I had a candlelight dinner. We had dinner at the hotel restaurant, it had to be a 5 star restaurant. We had reservations at 7pm & the sun was starting to set over the mountains & I thought it was getting dark. Really dark. It took a little bit to adjust to the light but after a few the candlelight was just enough light. His eyes sparkled in the light & his smile glowed. It was good to see him smile. The food was amazing, the company was amazing, the wine was great. When I woke up I never thought I would get to do 2 things off my list!
#061 - finish a jigsaw puzzle
April 22, 2006 (Saturday)
I didn't want to go to bed but I was exhausted. I was sooo close & having the huge piece of cardboard meant I could put it together. I went to bed about 10:15pm & woke up at 3:15am *shudder* Immediately I went for the puzzle. I just finished it. :) It looks awesome. I am really impressed. I am going to see if there is a frame that I can just buy that is 18x18. I think it might be custom & if that is the case, it will be REALLY expensive to frame. I already got an estimate of $150. I will post pictures later this weekend.
#009 - clean my car
April 15, 2006 (Saturday)
Today while I was defragging my computer, I went outside & cleaned my car. This was something that had to be done, I just never had the time to do it or the weather was either way too cold or raining. I filled a trash bag with trash & junk. I also filled a box with stuff I needed to keep. Which adds to the already existing junk I have but that is an entirely different story. Here is the proof. Before & After pictures. I still need to vacuum it though.
April 11, 2006 (Tuesday)
Classes don't really start until the 26th, but I went to see my advisor today & to see what I needed to get my bachelors. The program I was in, no longer exists :( In less than 2 weeks I will be taking Advanced Database Management.
EDIT: 4/13/06 Today I went back to school to actually register for class & buy the book. It's huge & scary.
#001 - make & upload this list
April 11, 2006 (Tuesday)
So 1001 days from today is Tuesday, January 6, 2009. I have 1001 days to complete the things listed on the left. I thought pretty long & hard about this list. I wanted to it be obtainable but yet not sooo mundane that it would make this list stupid. So here is my attempt at the list.
Dell Desktop Computers