And you thought I'd forgotten...

Oh my goodness y'all, there's so much to tell! Here's a quick update and promise of more to come soon!

Start Date: February 1, 2011 
End Date: October 29, 2013

My 101 Things in 1001 Days List

(15) In Progress

(8) Complete

 Learn

1. How to give amazing hand massages  
2. How to change the oil in my car and do it at least once
3. How to read music -- the basics
4. More about couponing & create a system that works for me
5. How to tie a necktie well
6. How to develop camera film, do it at least once
7. How to cross stitch -- finish one project
8. How to identify a dozen constellations in the summer night sky without a guide
9. How to juggle

Road Trips

10. Visit the Angel Oak in SC
11. Go to a bee farm -- take a tour and buy fresh honey
12. Visit the Toombs in their new house
13. Attend the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
14. Visit an historical and still functioning lighthouse, photograph it
15. Go ice skating with my man
16. Visit the Minister’s Tree House
17. Watch fireworks with my man in Chicago on Independence Day
18. Visit 10 newlywed friends (4/10)
19. Visit an Ikea store, see everything
20. See a movie at a Drive-in Theater
21. Spend the day at Chattanooga’s Main Street Farmer’s Market

To Grow

22. Research Advent, and observe it at least once
23. Research Lent, and observe it at least once
24. Participate in a legit Passover meal
25. Work somewhere as a waitress for 6 months (0/6)
26. Memorize the book of First Peter
27. Create a Prayer List, update it weekly and daily take ten minutes to pray through it for three months (0/3)
28. Marry my best friend (YAY!!!!)
29. Volunteer at a hospital twice a month for six months (0/6)
30. Seek out a mentor
31. Write out our love story in a big lined book that we can give to our kids one day
32. Take a homeless person to lunch and listen to their story with my full attention
33. Facilitate a Truth Project course
34. Become a member of a church
35. Visit my grandfather’s grave, bring flowers
36. Attempt to restore a broken friendship
37. Go on a mission trip

To Read

   38. At least one book on nonverbal communication

   39. At least one book on the art of story-telling

   40. At least one book on reflexology

   41. The entire Lord of the Rings series

   42. Through the entire Bible in one year

   43. At least 50 classic novels from B&N’s Classics List

Things to Experience

44. Spend a whole night, from sunset to sunrise, stargazing
45. Go to a wine tasting
46. Go on an all day picnic -- complete with watermelon, lemonade, kites, card games, a good book and sidewalk chalk
47. Get a massage
48. Join a hand bell choir, perform at least once
49. Try 25 new recipes (0/25)
50. Be a part of a Christmas play
51. Slow dance in the rain
52. Take a pottery class -- make a vase
53. Watch AFI’s Top  100 movies (8/100)
54. Tailgate at a football game
55. Try 5 different kinds of sushi (0/5)
56. Buy a hammock
57. Go to a midnight movie showing

Physical Health

58. Take a dance class
59. Walk to the library once a month -- chat with the librarians, check out a new book
60. Acquire a bicycle & helmet
61. Complete a 1-week Cabbage Soup Diet
62. Take a day to hike through Pocket
63. Floss every night for three solid months (1/3)
64. Give up sweets for a month
65. Re-learn how to do a backflip and 1 minute free-standing handstand
66. Oxycise! every day for one month
67. Figure out “normal sleep” (and it's not what you'd expect either!)
68. Hike through Cane Creek
69. Participate in a fundraising race for a cause

Things to Do

70. Subscribe to the Sunday paper and read the entire issue at least once a month (0/12)
71. Write 100 Letters (0/100)
72. Crochet an entire blanket -- nothing fancy, but large enough to wrap up in
73. Go without TV/movies for a month
74. Send a care package, anonymously
75. Develop the discipline of remembering people’s names (waiters, acquaintances, etc)
76. Acquire a waffle maker and a coffeemaker
77. Win something on a radio call in contest
78. Write a will
79. Clean out my wardrobe -- keep, donate, trash
80. Plant a windowsill herb garden and keep it alive for the whole season
81. Get a passport
82. Learn how to make one kind of fruit jam or jelly, can it properly, and give some as gifts
83. Finish my address book
84. Write letters to 25 influential people in my life to tell them what they mean to me (0/25)
85. Buy a swimsuit
86. Make a “Bucket List” of places I want to see and things to experience -- no fewer than 50
87. Make a paper chain countdown for someone -- write a note on each day

To “Reinforce Community”

88. Have a lasagna making double date with the Knights
89. Organize a reunion
90. Teach 5 people how to cook a recipe I love (5/5)
91. Attend a legit tea party
92. Throw a surprise Un-birthday party for someone
93. Throw a Groundhog Day party -- sit in anticipation as the groundhog comes out to see his shadow & watch the movie “Groundhog Day”
94. Do a newborn photo shoot, just to bless them
95. Ask a dozen people to share their life story with me -- listen intently, take notes (0/12)
96. Celebrate Leap Year on February 29th, 2012 -- watch the movie Leap Day  (it's SO going to happen!) 
97. Take homemade soup to a sick friend
98. Hostess a Pampered Chef party
99. Pick up someone from the airport -- complete with an entourage, balloons, big sign, and lots of waving
100. Make a new friend while standing in line at the grocery store
101. Photograph and/or blog about each of these 1001 things (0/1001)