my 101 things in 1001 days: #68 - Buy a PS3 and Rock Band

Monday, October 4, 2010

#68 - Buy a PS3 and Rock Band

Wooo! We are now rocking out almost every day. Mike got a PS3 by trading in a prize he won at work and I bought rock band with my amazon gift cards that I got through SwagBucks so the direct cost to us was only about $25 for the shipping of the PS3! Pretty amazing how that worked out.

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My 101 things....

Rollover Items

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

Home and Hershey

Participate in the Hershey Library Summer Reading Program 3 times (2/3)
~~Go to The Hershey Story~~ (Completed: May 2011)
~~Go to Wamsutta Outlet in Lancaster~~ canceled
Go to the drive-in theatre
~~Use the Briarcrest Pool~~ (Completed: 8/21/2010)
Go for a walk around Briarcrest
Play Frisbee with Mike in the grassy area behind our townhouse
Weed the courtyard
Plant ground cover in the courtyard
Re-pot my pearl plant and get it a trellis
~~Utilize the storage space in the couch~~
~~Re-arrange living room furniture to better accommodate new computer~~
Frame at least one of Mike's posters
Frame as much of my poster collection as possible
Hang Billy Joel albums
Acquire plate hangers and hang plates in kitchen
Take care of my mending pile (with Mom's help)
Take our dress shoes to my parents to be polished
Create a new "Day in the Life" photo journey

Money and Finance

Invest $5k into my Roth IRA ever year until I turn 30.(2/4)
~~Research Auto Insurance and possibly combine plans~~ (Completed: 7/2010)
Research life insurance
~~Make a spreadsheet with 2 months worth of receipts to create a loose budget~~
~~Change over to a zero-balance budgeting mentality~~
Create a central location for all important financial information
~~Track Survey, etc revenue~~ (Completed: 8/2010)
Develop a low-maintenance, passive-income side-hustle
~~Finish consolidating half.com books~~
~~Obtain at least 1 box of books to sell on half.com~~(Completed 9/2010)

Kitchen and Food

~~Purge unused kitchen utensils and find alternate storage for ones that are used infrequently~~ (Completed 10/2010)
~~Research and acquire a combination blender/food processor~~
~~Research and acquire a working immersion blender~~ (Cancelled)
~~Research and acquire a quality kitchen scale~~(Completed 12/25/2010)
Research and acquire a quality digital kitchen thermometer
Try 24 new recipes and blog about them (14/24)
Bake 1 loaf of bread a week for one month (0/4)
~~Buy The Bread Baker's Apprentice~~ (Completed 3/2011)
... and make at least 10 breads from it (0/10)
~~Menu plan every week for an entire month (4/4)~~ (Completed 11/2010)
Take pictures of everything I eat for a week
Can a large batch of something other than jam or apple sauce/butter
~~Go to 5 new-to-me non-chain restaurants (5/5)~~
~~Do pick-your-own fruit~~(Completed 9/2011)

Entertainment, Media, and Electronics

~~Reformat Laptop before 8/2010~~ (Completed: 7/4/2010)
~~Quit Farmville~~ (Completed 11/2010)
~~Get a Castle Age army of 200 people~~ (Canceled 11/2010)
Update & keep updated our DVD tracker spreadsheet up-to-date
Continue progress on Pop-pop's journals and research publishing options
Read 100 Books and blog about them (18/100)
~~Read 5,000 pages in one year~~(Completed 11/2010)
Put together a scrapbook/photo album for the Alaska 2009 trip
Put together a scrapbook/photo album for the Hawai'i 2005 trip
~~Do a complete organization on my gmail account (6500+ emails!)~~
Do a complete organization of my delicious account(153 tags, 600+ websites)
~~Buy a PS3 and Rock Band~~
Get a wireless or easy-to-set-up surround sound system
Organize my penny collection and get new books if necessary

Travel

~~Visit Heather in Boston~~ (August 2011)
~~Take a trip to NYC~~ (December 2010)
Use a week of my TAN plan
Take a day trip to DC to do museums and monuments with Mike

Personal and Self-Improvement

Keep my hair maintained (ie, 1/2 trim every 2 months)
Donate my hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths
Donate blood at least once, if not more
Find out about plasma donation and donate if possible
~~Start and maintain a flossing routine (daily)~~(4/2011)
Start and maintain a skin oil-therapy routine (every-other month)
Carry and use a handkerchief for an entire month
~~Get a work-appropriate cardigan/sweater~~ (Completed: 11/2010)
Get a work-wardrobe of at least 14 tops
Get a new pair of work-wardrobe pants
Update Resume to reflect all projects so far at work
Do at least 1 tutorial for each Adobe software title except Photoshop and Video tools
Do at least 5 tutorials for Photoshop and Adobe Video tools

Communications

Write and send "snail mail" thank you notes for every gift I receive
Write and send one "snail mail" letter every month
~~Keep a list of special occasions and gifts given for future reference~~ (Completed: 12/2010)
Figure out the best layout for our family/friends contact spreadsheet and figure out mail-merging

Couponing and Misc

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

my 101 things in 1001 days