Thursday, June 17, 2010

Beginning again, the NEW 101 things!

It took me over a week to come up with a new list.  I think the amount spent this time (as opposed to the day and a half last time) will result in a set of goals that will be relevant, attainable, and interesting for the length of the journey.  For posterity, here's the full list:

    Rollover Items

  1. Take a class at HACC
  2. Eat a meal outside - either in the courtyard or somewhere at Briarcrest
  3. Visit Lindsay in Chicago (by myself or with someone).
  4. Write and mail a letter to 2 elementary school teachers.
  5. Go in one I.M. Pei building that I haven't been in before.
  6. Learn one song on the piano by heart.
  7. Frame and/or "finish" at least 3 cross stitch pieces (Pineapple, Christmas, and one other)
  8. Complete this crafty meme.
  9. Create a DVD of Mike's "Harvey" performance(s).
  10. Put my family's home videos on DVD.
  11. Create a new website that is relevant to my life
  12. Organize my RIT memorabilia (shadow box, etc)
  13. Obtain 1st edition copies of the Harry Potter books I don't have.
  14. Home and Hershey

  15. Participate in the Hershey Library Summer Reading Program 3 times (0/3)
  16. Go to The Hershey Story
  17. Go to Wamsutta Outlet in Lancaster
  18. Go to the drive-in theatre
  19. Use the Briarcrest Pool
  20. Go for a walk around Briarcrest
  21. Play Frisbee with Mike in the grassy area behind our townhouse
  22. Weed the courtyard
  23. Plant ground cover in the courtyard
  24. Re-pot my pearl plant and get it a trellis
  25. Utilize the storage space in the couch
  26. Re-arrange living room furniture to better accommodate new computer
  27. Frame at least one of Mike's posters
  28. Frame as much of my poster collection as possible
  29. Hang Billy Joel albums
  30. Acquire plate hangers and hang plates in kitchen
  31. Take care of my mending pile (with Mom's help)
  32. Take our dress shoes to my parents to be polished
  33. Create a new "Day in the Life" photo journey
  34. Money and Finance

  35. Invest $5k into my Roth IRA ever year until I turn 30.(0/4)
  36. Research Auto Insurance and possibly combine plans
  37. Research life insurance
  38. Make a spreadsheet with 2 months worth of receipts to create a loose budget
  39. Change over to a zero-balance budgeting mentality
  40. Create a central location for all important financial information
  41. Track Survey, etc revenue
  42. Develop a low-maintenance, passive-income side-hustle
  43. Finish consolidating half.com books
  44. Obtain at least 1 box of books to sell on half.com
  45. Kitchen and Food

  46. Purge unused kitchen utensils and find alternate storage for ones that are used infrequently
  47. Research and acquire a combination blender/food processor
  48. Research and acquire a working immersion blender
  49. Research and acquire a quality kitchen scale
  50. Research and acquire a quality digital kitchen thermometer
  51. Try 24 new recipes and blog about them (0/24)
  52. Bake 1 loaf of bread a week for one month (0/4)
  53. Buy The Bread Baker's Apprentice
  54. ... and make at least 10 breads from it (0/10)
  55. Menu plan every week for an entire month (0/4)
  56. Take pictures of everything I eat for a week
  57. Can a large batch of something other than jam or apple sauce/butter
  58. Go to 5 new-to-me non-chain restaurants (0/5)
  59. Do pick-your-own fruit
  60. Entertainment, Media, and Electronics

  61. Reformat Laptop before 8/2010
  62. Quit Farmville
  63. Get a Castle Age army of 200 people
  64. Update & keep updated our DVD tracker spreadsheet up-to-date
  65. Continue progress on Pop-pop's journals and research publishing options
  66. Read 100 Books and blog about them (0/100)
  67. Read 5,000 pages in one year
  68. Put together a scrapbook/photo album for the Alaska 2009 trip
  69. Put together a scrapbook/photo album for the Hawai'i 2005 trip
  70. Do a complete organization on my gmail account (6500+ emails!)
  71. Do a complete organization of my delicious account(153 tags, 600+ websites)
  72. Buy a PS3 and Rock Band
  73. Get a wireless or easy-to-set-up surround sound system
  74. Organize my penny collection and get new books if necessary
  75. Travel

  76. Visit Heather in Boston
  77. Take a trip to NYC
  78. Use a week of my TAN plan
  79. Take a day trip to DC to do museums and monuments with Mike
  80. Personal and Self-Improvement

  81. Keep my hair maintained (ie, 1/2 trim every 2 months)
  82. Donate my hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths
  83. Donate blood at least once, if not more
  84. Find out about plasma donation and donate if possible
  85. Start and maintain a flossing routine (daily)
  86. Start and maintain a skin oil-therapy routine (every-other month)
  87. Carry and use a handkerchief for an entire month
  88. Get a work-appropriate cardigan/sweater
  89. Get a work-wardrobe of at least 14 tops
  90. Get a new pair of work-wardrobe pants
  91. Update Resume to reflect all projects so far at work
  92. Do at least 1 tutorial for each Adobe software title except Photoshop and Video tools
  93. Do at least 5 tutorials for Photoshop and Adobe Video tools
  94. Communications

  95. Write and send "snail mail" thank you notes for every gift I receive
  96. Write and send one "snail mail" letter every month
  97. Keep a list of special occasions and gifts given for future reference
  98. Figure out the best layout for our family/friends contact spreadsheet and figure out mail-merging
  99. Couponing and Misc

  100. Teach 1 person how to coupon with blogs
  101. Post 5 weeks of Karns Deals to my frugal cooking blog
  102. Purge expired coupons from inserts every 3 months
  103. Come up with 5 more medium-large things that I want to accomplish and add them to the list.
  104. Thing #1 -
  105. Thing #2 -
  106. Thing #3 -
  107. Thing #4 -
  108. Thing #5 -
  109. On Day 1001, review the previous 1,001 days and publish a new 101 Things in 1001 Days list.

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