Call them goals, challenges, ideas – whatever. I was inspired by the lists of others, and now I have my own.
Start: January 12, 2011
End: October 12, 2013
Bold= Completed
Italic = In Progress
Pink = Hope to complete in 2013
Creativity
1. Knit a baby sweater
2. Knit an adult sweater - Done 4/8/12
3. Do a 365 photo project
4. Open an Etsy Shop
5. Make Christmas cards – like with paper, not Shutterfly
6. Finish Wedding Scrapbook – Done 4/13/12
7. Sell something I made to someone I don’t know
8. Learn how to crochet
9. Learn how to use my sewing machine
10. Take a photo of myself every day for a month
11. Learn more HTML
12. Take a photo of Olive every month for a year, and then turn it into a calendar
13. Take a photography class – Done 1/22/11
13a. Make a Lightbox
14. Print photos to fill the frames we have
15. Organize my craft room – in progress 1/2013
16. Learn how to play Guitar
Us
17. Fix up the house so it is ready to sell – in progress 8/2012
18. Sell our house
19. Buy a house that has a fenced in yard
20. Put up our Christmas Tree before my birthday (My birthday is 12/1)
21. Cook my husband bacon – Done 10/2012
22. Introduce the husband to my blends in real life – Done (and hopefully he will meet more, too!)
- He met Ashley in Florida on our honeymoon – December 2010
- He met Julie when she stopped in Madison during the holidays – December 2011
- He met Sarah at her housewarming party – September 2012
23. Learn to close the cap on the toothpaste – Done?
24. Keep the kitchen table completely clean for a month
25. Have people over to our house for dinner
26. Plant a tree
27. Put up lights on the outside of the house at Christmas
28. Shovel the driveway
29. Plan our next big vacation – in progress 5/2013
Myself
30. Go without TV for 24 hours
31. Go without internet for 24 hours
32. Pay off Credit Card - Done 2/15/12
33. Pay off Student Loans – in progress 12/2012
34. Wear Makeup every day for a week
35. Attend a Madison blogger meet up - Done 1/25/12
36. Sing Karaoke at a bar
37. See Wicked – Done 5/30/13
38. Donate Blood
39. Floss every day for a month
40. Get a bike
41. Wear a bikini in a public place
42. Have a Spa Day at Sundara - Done 1/3/2012
43. Help plan someone else’s wedding
44. Watch How I Met Your Mother in order starting from the beginning – in progress 2012
- Season one finished 3/3/2011. Thoughts: Love Ted and Robin. Also: Lilly don’t go!!
- Season two finished 3/11/2011. Thoughts: I love drunk Lilly. Also: Even though they broke up, I still love Ted and Robin.
- Season three finished 3/26/2011. Thoughts: I like Ted and Stella, but I don’t think she will say yes to the proposal – or at least she shouldn’t.
- Season four finished 4/17/2011. Thoughts: I think I like Barney and Robin more than Ted and Robin. Although, it isn’t so believable that Barney would settle down.
- Season five finished 8/17/2011. Thoughts: Slapsgiving is one of my favorite things ever. Also, I cannot wait until Lilly and Marshall have babies, they will be the cutest ever.
- Season six finished 4/14/2012. Thoughts: I’m not a fan of Nora….and I don’t really buy it that Barney would would settle down so quickly. Also, I like Zoe and Ted, but once they said flat out that she isn’t the mother, I just wish they would break up already.
45. Try wearing contact lenses again - DONE 5/7/11
46. Find a new dentist - DONE 7/24/11
47. Go ice skating
48. Dry my hair before leaving the house every day for a month
49. Watch a movie in a theater with subtitiles – DONE 4/12/13
50. Read 5 books
- Book 1 Finished 4/29/2011 - Carrots N Cake by Tina Haupert
- Book 2 Finished 6/12/2011 - Bossypants by Tina Fey
- Book 3 Finished 3/26/2012 – Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
- Book 4 Finished 3/31/2012 – Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
51. Do a “day in the life” blog post - Done 2/20/13
52. Buy a new bouquet of flowers at the farmers market every week for a month.
53. Complete a 1000 piece puzzle
54. Buy new glasses – Done 7/25/11
55. Teach Olive a new trick
56. Learn how to play a new board/party game - Done 12/25/11
57. Go to a live taping of a TV show
Health and Fitness
58. Run a mile – Done Spring 2013
59. Participate in a charity walk/run
60. Cheer on friends running a race – will be done 8/2013!
61. Run/Walk a race with my husband – will be done 1/2104!
62. Practice yoga every day for a month
63. Ride my bike to work
Foodie
64. Go without caffeine for a week
65. Bake chocolate chip cookies without a recipe
66. Attend Foodbuzz Festival
67. Eat Vegetarian for a month
68. Don’t eat out for a month
69. Don’t eat out at the same place more than once in a month
70. Go to a wine tasting at a local winery
71. Join a CSA
72. Tour the New Glarus Brewery
73. Eat only locally grown/made food for a day
74. Go strawberry picking
75. Make and decorate gingerbread men from scratch
76. Make pizza dough from scratch
77. Bake something using flax eggs - Done: 3/10/11
78. Find 5 new “favorite meals” – In Progress
79. Eat something other than a bagel for breakfast for two weeks
80. Take dinner leftovers to work for lunch for a week
81. Make a meal plan for a week and stick to it!
82. Plant a vegetable garden
83. Make Apple Butter
84. Take a cooking class
85. Eat at an Indian restaurant
86. Host a cookie exchange
Community
87. Leave a 100% tip – Done 12/2012
88. Leave an Operation Beautiful note somewhere every day for a month - Done 3/1/12
89. Donate at least two bags of clothes to Goodwill – Done 10/12/11
- 4/16/11 – 1 bag donated to get free admission to the Isthmus Green Day Expo!
- 10/12/11 – 1 bag of shoes donated to the Junior League
- 1/8/12 – 5 bags of clothes/shoes donated to Goodwill
90. Volunteer 100 hours of my time
- 2011 volunteer activity:
Northside Farmers Market Newsletter Editor – approx. 35 hours
- 2012 volunteer activity:
Photographed Emerson Science Night – 2 hours - 2013 volunteer activity:
Photographed Emerson Science Night – 2 hours
Travel
91. Visit the MoMA in NYC
92. Get a passport – Done 3/28/12
93. Meet Murphy the Pug - Done 8/17/12
94. Stand outside of the Today Show
95. Visit Canada
96. Go on vacation to somewhere I haven’t been
97. Ice skate in the rink at Rockefeller Center
98. See a performance at Millennium Park in Chicago
99. Take a trip on a plane without checking any bags
100. Visit the Guggenheim Museum in NYC
101.Visit the San Diego Zoo
I love the idea of this list
This is a GREAT list, Kelly! And most everything is do-able…if you can name it, you can claim it! Categories instead of one big lump of a list was a good idea too…I think I will do the same! Thanks for the inspiration.
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ha, i love ‘cook my husband bacon’
so cute!
i want to do a list like this!
I am going to start leaving Operation Beautiful sticky notes on the bathroom mirrors at the gym. What a great idea ! HOPE THEY DO NOT MIND.
Love the list idea. I too have one going on. I need to focus on myself more instead of “business” aspects so much. I am seeking to grow in 2011 personally moreso than in career. A few of these are very cute! I hope you have accomplished many. Such as cooking bacon.
This one you can knock out soon. 
My hubs and I are currently watching How I Met your Mother as well on DVD. LOL!
It is nice that we have many goals in common so I am rooting for us both. Oh and the MOMA and Guggenheim in NYC are awesome. My fave was the MET though. It would take you days to actually see all of the exhibits. I was fortunate enough to see NYC prior to 9/11 attacks.
Thanks for reminding me about my list! LOL
Crystal
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I really want to do a 101 in 1001 list starting in the new year, but I’m having a hard time coming up with ideas. This is the best (in terms of matching the types of things I’d like to do) list I’ve seen–I even stole a few of them! Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks Emily!! It was definitely hard coming up with 101 ideas, steal away!
Kelly – I can help you with the live TV show. You can put in for tickets to the Rosie show when they are accepting them (monthly) and it is so fun! It tapes in Chicago! You will love it. I love the idea of your list. I’m going to write my own. I used to be a student teacher of your moms. I love your mom and I met you a few times when you were younger. I love your blog.
Kari-
I’ll definitely look into the Rosie show, I’ve seen a couple of episodes and it does look like tons of fun! Thanks!
I recognized your name and I knew it was from something having to do with Emerson
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I saw your notes on the Operation Beautiful website, and then found my way here. All I can say is WOW! This is the greatest idea ever, I’ve already started making my 101 in 1001 list. Thankyou so much for the inspiration, this gave me the motivation I’ve been needing for so long. Thankyou!
All the best with completing your 101 tasks.
Aww, thanks! It took a loooong time to figure out everything on the list, but I’ve been doing pretty well with it so far! Good luck with your 101 in 1001 list!
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