Well, my 1001 days (officially) started on December 1. I have updated my list, since I kicked off with a trip to Vegas. There is a picture for proof (our hotel, New York, New York), but I will post about the whole trip soon.


Travel & Adventure
1.Skydive.
2.Visit Europe.
3.Visit Australia.
4.Visit Tennessee or Colorado for a music festival.
5.Get a passport.
6.See the turning of the leaves in Connecticut or Vermont – somewhere with fall foliage.
7.Go skiing at least once.
8.Spend a weekend in NYC.
9.Spend a weekend in Las Vegas. We just got back from a 4-day trip. It was AMAZING! Exactly what I needed.
10.Take a train ride.
11.Go to the East Coast.
12.Take a North East city tour; Boston, Philly, DC etc.
13.Go ice skating at least once.
14.Visit an amusement park (0/3).
15.Go to the zoo at least once.
16.Visit 5 museums (0/5).
17.Do a Plantation Tour and stay at one of the (hopefully haunted) plantations.
18.Go to Branson, MO.
19.Go to the Renaissance Festival in costume.

For Me
20.Buy a new camera. Got one for Christmas, courtesy of little sis B.
21.Move into my own place.
22.Find at least one personal moment of happiness every day for 1001 days (6/1001).
23.Go on a picnic.
24.Have a spa day.
25.Spend 2 entire (non-consecutive) rainy days in bed (0/2).
26.Spend 2 entire (non-consecutive) sunny days outside (0/2).
27.Create a recipe book.
28.Organize and update my address book.
29.Get a pedicure once a month (0/33).
30.Save all my change during the 1001 days and buy myself something special after the list is complete.
31.Pick flowers.
32.Watch 26 movies you’ve never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet. Keep track of all of them.
33.Go to an IMAX movie.
34.Watch AFI’s 100 Years 100 Movies (0/100).
35.Buy an SUV.
36.Get a facial.
37.Completely color a coloring book.
38.Don’t bite my nails for 60 days (0/60).
39.Buy a teapot and master the art of making tea.

For the Better Good
40.Plant a garden.
41.Volunteer at an animal shelter.
42.Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity.
43.Donate 250,000 grains of rice through freerice.com (2220/250,000).
44.Help 10 strangers (1/10).
45.Adopt a soldier with Soldiers’ Angels.
46.Tip 100% to an exceptional server.
47.Donate clothes every 6 months (0/5).
48.Reduce my energy consumption by replacing bulbs and using shut off powerstrips.
49.Plan meals for a week (0/10).

Health & Fitness
50.Buy a bicycle.
51.Take a vitamin every day for 30 days (0/30).
52.No fast food for 30 days (0/30).
53.Exercise 3 times a week for 8 weeks (0/24).
54.Stop eating past 8:30pm for 3 weeks (0/21).
55.Try yoga.
56.Get a massage once a month (0/33).
57.Try a body cleanse.

Personal Growth
58.Organize my digital photo albums and back up my external hard drive.
59.Complete a 1,000 piece puzzle.
60.Say “yes” when I’d rather say “no” 10 times (0/10).
61.Pray daily for a month.
62.Say “no” when I want to say “no” 5 times (0/5).
63.Take a cooking & baking class.
64.Go to a shooting range.
65.Learn how to say “thank you” in 10 different languages (0/10).
66.Go to sleep no later than 10:30pm for one straight work week (0/5).
67.Go to bed no later than 9:30 to read once a week for 10 weeks. (0/10).
68.Get in touch with someone that I have lost touch with.
69.Participate in a 26 Things Challenge.
70.Complete a half marathon.
71.Complete a full marathon.
72.Try a new recipe every month (0/33).
73.Complete the “100 novels everyone should read list” (15/100).
74.Read 30 books that are not on the “should read” list (0/30).
75.Complete 5 sh1ft.org projects (0/5).
76.Eat food from home for a month, with one cheat meal per week.
77.Complete the 5,000 question survey on livejournal.com
78.Make a map to document all the places I travel.
79.Go without TV for a week.
80.Learn to crochet.
81.Laugh daily (5/1001).

Friends & Family
82.Spend more time with my family in general (stress-free time that is).
83.Take more family photos, and organize them all.
84.Book a girl-only vacation.

Finances/Business
85.Pay off all of my credit card debt.
86.Pay off all of my student loan.
87.Start an “under the mattress” savings account.
88.Build up six months of savings.
89.Have a garage sale to clear out the clutter.

Seasonal
90.Each fall go pumpkin picking (0/2).
91.Visit a haunted house for Halloween (0/2).
92.Every summer go tubing.
93.Each winter have the Christmas tree up before December 1.
94.Each spring spend an entire afternoon at the beach (0/3).
95.Each spring plant flowers (0/3).
96.Each summer go swimming at least twice (0/3).

For the List
97.Create a blog about list progress and life.
98.Write in the blog weekly (1/136).
99.Have a drink to celebrate day 1001!
100.Donate $5 to the Caring Bridge for every goal not met.
101.Donate $5 to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for every goal met.