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101 Things in 1001 Days - Version 3

Last Updated: July 29, 2014

The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (i.e. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (i.e. represent some amount of work on my part).

Why 1001 Days? Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as new year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities. See also Day Zero Project.

Begin Date: October 1, 2011
End Date: June 28, 2014
Time Remaining: The 1001 Days are over!

Items Completed: 34
Progress:
Strikethrough indicates a completed item
Italics indicates an in-progress item
Gray indicates an item that can no longer be completed for credit (too many missed)

Body Building
1. Use facial moisturizer twice a week.
2. Use body lotion once a week.
3. Weekly Item #1.
4. Twice a month item, starting December 2011. (formerly Weekly Item #2)
5. Weekly Item #3.
6. Monthly Item #1.
7. Monthly Item #2.
8. Take a multivitamin and doctor-recommended supplements every day for 90 days.
9. Get a pedicure.
10. Learn CPR.
11. Complete the Couch to 5K program.
12. Weigh less on day 1001 than I did on day 1. Down about 40 pounds.

Bon Appetit
13. Try 101 new recipes (can include items below). Links open in new tab/window to my source for the recipe.

Taco Cornbread Bake Hot Cocoa Mix Creamy Chicken and Rice Casserole Olive Garden Salad Dressing Copy Cat Asian Turkey Meatballs Hot Chicken Salad Creamy Chicken Marsala Pizza Swedish Meatballs Classic Waffles Sesame Encrusted Baked Chicken Tenders Dressed-Up Sloppy Joes Cracker Pizza Slow Cooker Scalloped Potatoes Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Pie Chicken Parmesan Bake Baked Taco Shells Ranch House Crock Pot Pork Chops Baked Cream Cheese Spaghetti Casserole Chicken Pasta Casserole Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitoes Irish Soda Bread Pepperoni Roll Ups Black Magic Cake Stovetop Mac and Cheese Peanut Butter Cornflake Clusters

Balsamic Garlic Crusted Pork Tenderloin Chicken and Dumpling Bake Crunchy Beef Casserole Creamy Garlic Pasta Buttermilk Roast Chicken Crock Pot Teriyaki Chicken Butter Dip Biscuits Parmesan Chicken Salad Creamy Chicken and Rice Casserole Upside Down Pizza Casserole Creamy Crock Pot Italian Chicken Pork Tenderloin with Pan Sauce Light and Tender Cream Scones Homemade Ice Cream in a Ziploc Fail Proof Pizza Dough Crock Pot Pork Tenderloin (I used pork chops) Crock Pot Cube Steak and Gravy Sweetened Condensed Milk Cake Cafe Rio Chicken (Crock Pot) Pork Chop Bake Asian Inspired Beef and Rice Roast Garlic Chicken with Red Potatoes Raspberry Lemonade Crock Pot Chicken and Gravy Mexican Stuffed Shells

Beef Stroganoff Casserole Butter Steamed New Potatoes Easy Steak Marinade (we used pork tenderloin) Best Meatloaf Ever Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff Crockpot Barbecue Chicken Quick and Easy Chicken Marinade Ranch Cheddar Chicken Very Best Meatloaf Oven Fried Chicken Praline Cookies Crock Pot Hot Chocolate Stovetop Cracked Out Chicken and Rice Bisquick Chocolate Chip Cookies Pecan Pie Muffins Fudgy Chocolate Icing Crock Pot Breakfast Casserole No Boil Baked Penne (modified) Waffle of Insane Greatness Three Cheese Chicken Alfredo Bake Cheesy Beef and Macaroni Skillet Angel Chicken Cheddar Bay Biscuits (copycat) Beef and Bean Dip No Knead Honey Wheat Rolls

White Bean Dip Chick-Fil-A Nuggets (copycat) Weeknight Pizza Dough Taco Meatloaf Wacky Cake (no eggs, butter, or milk) Slow Cooker Marinara One Pan Sausage Pasta Low Fat Tex-Mex Chicken and Rice Double Chocolate Brownies Homemade Red Enchilada Sauce Homemade Enchilada Sauce Taco Stuffed Shells Honey Cinnamon Butter Buttons (used as toast spread)

14. Try 5 new kinds of cheese. April 2014

1. Gruyere
2. Havarti
3. Cheddar Cheese Curds
4. Oaxaca
5. Babybel

15. Use the crock pot 15 times. Completed August 2012.

Taco Soup, Oct 2011 Stew Meat in Gravy, Oct 2011 Slow Cooker Scalloped Potatoes, Feb 2012 Ranch House Pork Chops, Feb 2012 Red Beans and Rice, March 2012 Stew Meat in Gravy, March 2012 Ranch House Pork Chops, April 2012 Sloppy Joes, May 2012

Stew Meat in Gravy, June 2012 Creamy Crock Pot Italian Chicken, June 2012 Crock Pot Pork Tenderloin (I used pork chops), June 2012 Crock Pot Cube Steak and Gravy, June 2012 Cafe Rio Chicken (Crock Pot), June 2012 Asian Inspired Beef and Rice, July 2012 Stew Meat in Gravy, August 2012

16. Add 5 new meals to the rotation.

1. Waffles (recipe link)
2. Ranch House Crock Pot Pork Chops (recipe link)
3. Balsamic Garlic Crusted Pork Tenderloin (recipe link)
4. Creamy Crock Pot Italian Chicken (recipe link)
5. Pepperoni Roll Ups (recipe link)

17. Have salad (at home) once a month.
18. Try making Mommy Alice's Chicken and Dumplings.
19. Learn to make biscuits and gravy from Mom. I've not perfected it yet, but I know how to do it.
20. Learn to make pizza dough from scratch.
21. Learn to make pecan pie from scratch (including the crust!).
22. Find a barbecue sauce I like (bottled or homemade). October 23, 2011
23. Find a homemade taco seasoning mix I like.
24. Try quinoa.
25. Try Israeli couscous.
26. Make popovers.
27. Make bread from scratch.
28. Make oatmeal from steel cut oats. September 16, 2013
29. Roast a whole chicken.
30. Deep fry something.

Home and Hearth
31. Have dinner by candlelight once a year.
32. Buy fresh flowers 10 times.
33. Acquire 5 new kitchen tools. Must be "new to me" tools, not just replacing tools I already have.

1. Work station/pastry mat
2. Cast iron dutch oven
3. Immersion blender
4. Food processor
5. Waffle iron

34. Acquire additional serving pieces and/or soup spoons.
35. Hang curtains in the master bedroom.
36. Replace overhead lights in kitchen and den.
37. Have gutters cleaned once a year. April 2014

• 2011 or 2014: April 2014
• 2012: April 2012
• 2013: Feb 2013

38. De-Christmas the house every year before February 15. February 2014

• 2012: January 27
• 2013: February 12
• 2014: February 8

39. Get rid of 101 things. Current Total = 0
40. Eliminate 30 boxes from the basement and/or living room. Current Total = 0
41. Use reusable bags for every trip to the grocery store and Target for 3 months.

Penny Pinching
42. Meal plan every week when home.
43. Track coupon savings weekly.
44. Trash expired coupons monthly.
45. Track Costco savings (every trip, roughly monthly).
46. Keep a running inventory of the pantry (top and bottom). Verify monthly.
47. Keep a running inventory of the freezer. Verify monthly.
48. Keep a running inventory of the baking cabinets (include flour in refrigerator). Verify monthly.
49. Keep a running inventory of all surplus/bulk items stored elsewhere (including location). Verify monthly.
50. Find a good method/location for storing bulk items. Feb 2012
51. Finish reading The Complete Tightwad Gazette.
52. Save "Boxtops for Education" for our elementary school. May 2014
53. Search for SwagBucks 20 days a month.

Technobabble
54. Backup photos monthly.
55. Backup documents monthly.
56. Backup blog monthly (including photos).
57. "Watermark" all blog photos going forward. June 2014

Oct 2011 - Y Nov 2011 - Y Dec 2011 - Y Jan 2012 - Y Feb 2012 - Y Mar 2012 - Y Apr 2012 - Y May 2012 - Y Jun 2012 - Y Jul 2012 - Y Aug 2012 - Y

Sep 2012 - Y Oct 2012 - Y Nov 2012 - Y Dec 2012 - Y Jan 2013 - Y Feb 2013 - Y Mar 2013 - Y Apr 2013 - Y May 2013 - Y Jun 2013 - Y Jul 2013 - Y

Aug 2013 - Y Sep 2013 - Y Oct 2013 - Y Nov 2013 - Y Dec 2013 - Y Jan 2014 - Y Feb 2014 - Y Mar 2014 - Y Apr 2014 - Y May 2014 - Y Jun 2014 - Y

58. Go back and add watermarks to all photos currently on blog.
59. Backup tweets monthly.
60. Review Twitter followers every 6 months. Block all spammers/bots.
61. Reduce number of people I follow on Twitter by 20%. (Remove from lists, too.) Start = 211, Current = 206, Final = 160 (24% reduction)
62. Reduce total number of feeds on Google Reader by 20%. Start = 275, Current = 125, Final = 125 (55% reduction) - completed June 2012
63. Review email newsletters every 6 months. Unsubscribe from all those not read in the previous 6 months.
64. Purge email inbox(es) every 3 months.
65. Purge the DVR deleted file weekly.

Strike a Pose
66. Continue with Wordless Wednesday on my blog. I didn't get June finished in time, but I am well within the 90%.

Oct 2011 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Nov 2011 (5) - Y, Y, Y, Y, Y Dec 2011 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Jan 2012 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Feb 2012 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Mar 2012 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Apr 2012 (5) - Y, Y, Y, Y, Y May 2012 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Jun 2012 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Jul 2012 (5) - Y, Y, Y, Y, Y Aug 2012 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y

Sep 2012 (5) - Y, Y, Y, Y, Y Oct 2012 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Nov 2012 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Dec 2012 (5) - Y, Y, Y, Y, Y Jan 2013 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Feb 2013 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Mar 2013 (5) - Y, Y, Y, Y, Y Apr 2013 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y May 2013 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Jun 2013 (5) - Y, Y, Y, Y, Y Jul 2013 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y

Aug 2013 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Sep 2013 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Oct 2013 (5) - Y, Y, Y, Y, Y Nov 2013 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Dec 2013 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Jan 2014 (5) - Y, Y, Y, Y, Y Feb 2014 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Mar 2014 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Apr 2014 (5) - Y, Y, Y, Y, Y May 2014 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Jun 2014 (4) - N, N, N, N

67. Take a picture of Luke once a week (different from Wordless Wednesday).I know I got very bad about this at the end, so without checking, I will assume I didn't make this one.

Oct 2011 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Nov 2011 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Dec 2011 (5) - Y, Y, Y, Y, Y Jan 2012 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Feb 2012 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Mar 2012 (4) - Y, Y, Y, Y Apr 2012 (5) - Y, Y, Y, Y, Y May 2012 (4) - Y, Y, Jun 2012 (4) - Jul 2012 (5) - Aug 2012 (4) -

Sep 2012 (5) - Oct 2012 (4) - Nov 2012 (4) - Dec 2012 (5) - Jan 2013 (4) - Feb 2013 (4) - Mar 2013 (5) - Apr 2013 (4) - May 2013 (4) - Jun 2013 (5) - Jul 2013 (4) -

Aug 2013 (4) - Sep 2013 (5) - Oct 2013 (4) - Nov 2013 (4) - Dec 2013 (5) - Jan 2014 (4) - Feb 2014 (4) - Mar 2014 (5) - Apr 2014 (4) - May 2014 (4) - Jun 2014 (5) -

68. Post at least one non-Luke photo (different from Wordless Wednesday & mosaic) on each monthly Round Up blog entry. I didn't even do all of my round ups, so no.

Oct 2011 - Y Nov 2011 - Y Dec 2011 - Y Jan 2012 - N/A Feb 2012 - N/A Mar 2012 - N/A Apr 2012 - N/A May 2012 - N/A Jun 2012 - N/A Jul 2012 - N/A Aug 2012 - N/A

Sep 2012 - N/A Oct 2012 - N/A Nov 2012 - N/A Dec 2012 - N/A Jan 2013 - Y Feb 2013 - Y Mar 2013 - Y Apr 2013 - Y May 2013 - Y Jun 2013 - Y Jul 2013 - Y

Aug 2013 - Sep 2013 - Oct 2013 - Nov 2013 - Dec 2013 - Jan 2014 - Feb 2014 - Mar 2014 - Apr 2014 - May 2014 - Jun 2014 -

69. Take a picture of the three of us together every 3 months.

4Q 2011 - Y 1Q 2012 - N 2Q 2012 - 3Q 2012 - 4Q 2012 - 1Q 2013 - Y

2Q 2013 - 3Q 2013 - Y 4Q 2013 - 1Q 2014 - 2Q 2014 -

70. Take a video every 3 months.

4Q 2011 - Y 1Q 2012 - N 2Q 2012 - Y 3Q 2012 - Y 4Q 2012 - Y 1Q 2013 -

2Q 2013 - 3Q 2013 - 4Q 2013 - 1Q 2014 - 2Q 2014 -

71. Post 5 videos (of mine) to my blog. Completed June 2013

1. Last Soccer Game for 2011
2. First Grade Musical
3. How Luke Watches the Olympics
4. Luke in the Hover Bumper Cars
5. Happy Birthday, Nana

72. Keep a running folder of favorite photos to be printed. Have prints made every 6 months.

• Through 1Q 2012: N
• Through 3Q 2012: Y
• Through 1Q 2013: Y
• Through 3Q 2013: Y
• Through 1Q 2014: N

73. Have 8x10 prints made of some favorite photos and hang them.
74. Have family portraits made with parents and brother. Dec 24, 2011
75. Do Project 365 again (photo a day for a year). Movie Muse Project 365 - 2012 Edition

Out and About
76. Visit Ikea. Jan 28, 2012
77. Visit Trader Joe's. Dec 20, 2011
78. Visit the Buford Highway Farmers' Market.
79. Try 10 new restaurants. Dec 1, 2012

Hunan Inn IKEA Restaurant Frontera Mex-Mex Grill Chefs de France 50's Prime Time Cafe

The Plaza La Foresta Yeah Burger Crabdaddy's Guthrie's Chicken Fingers

80. Go out for a day or evening by myself every 6 months.
81. Visit a friend who lives west of the Mississippi. Just got this one in under the wire! June 2014
82. Volunteer for something at Luke's school.
83. Accept an invitation I would normally turn down.

Fun and Games

84. Have cake/dessert for my and/or DH's birthday every year (homemade or bought). Use candles and sing happy birthday! Completed August 6, 2013

• 2012: Yes
• 2013: Yes

85. Read 20 new to me books, including: pre-1950 classic, biography/autobiography, non-fiction book other than a biography.

A Mystery of Errors, by Simon Hawke An Echo in the Bone, by Diana Gabaldon Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott (pre-1950 classic) The Secret Letters of Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy, by Wendy Leigh Lucky Man, by Michael J. Fox (autobiography) The Lost Testament, by Brian Thompson The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, by J.R.R. Tolkien Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman, by Sam Wasson (non-fiction) Lord John and the Hand of Devils, by Diana Gabaldon The Scottish Prisoner, by Diana Gabaldon Various Short Stories/Novellas: The Custom of the Army, A Plague of Zombies, and A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows, by Diana Gabaldon, and Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Future, by Michael J. Fox Academic Body, by Shirley S. Allen A Study in Silks, by Emma Jane Holloway A Study in Darkness, by Emma Jane Holloway Coding Isis, by David Roys Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card A Study in Ashes, by Emma Jane Holloway

86. See 50 new to me movies, including: pre-1950 classic, "modern classic", foreign language, film I wouldn't normally choose. September 2012

Red Catwoman Salt Robin Hood (Russell Crowe) Catfish Pirate Radio Twilight Twilight Saga: New Moon Twilight Saga: Eclipse Burlesque Cinema Verite White Christmas Dorian Gray The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Lost in Translation That Lady in Ermine Rod Roddenberry's Trek Nation The Canterville Ghost Hawaii Love & Other Drugs My Big Fat Greek Wedding Death Defying Acts Dead Again Country Strong

Mother Wore Tights Some Like It Hot Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Philadelphia Story (pre-1950s classic) Wait Until Dark 42nd Street Fiddler on the Roof The Lion in Winter Grand Hotel Bullitt An American in Paris The Adventures of Robin Hood (Errol Flynn) The Right Stuff Bottle Shock Jason and the Argonauts Thelma & Louise Ever After - A Cinderella Story A Night to Remember The Adjustment Bureau Fight Club (film I wouldn't normally choose) Sixteen Candles (modern classic) Detective Dee & The Mystery of the Phantom Flame (foreign language) Real Steel Midnight in Paris

87. Read An Echo In the Bone, by Diana Gabaldon (counts towards the 20). Completed May 2012
88. Watch 5 movie commentaries.

1. Cars 2
2. Monsters, Inc.
3. Monsters University
4. Captain America: The First Avenger
5. Marvel's The Avengers

89. Watch all episodes of a new to us television show. Must be at least 4 seasons. Big Bang Theory in progress
90. Complete two (new or previously started) LEGO Wii games. (Complete = story mode, free play, all bars and canisters; superstory, etc. are optional)

91. Learn a song on Guitar Hero or Rock Band at expert level on drums.
92. Learn to whistle loudly (or make a sincere effort to do so). I really tried, but I still can't do it.
93. Visit a bead show with Mom.
94. Take Luke bowling.
95. Take Luke to Medieval Times. July 2012
96. Take Luke to the Tellus Museum. July 2012
97. Teach Luke to play a new card game.
98. Attempt to teach Luke to ride a bike.
99. Attempt to teach Luke to swim (either ourselves or with outside lessons).
100. Complete more items on this 101 list than I did last time. Version 2 Total = 52. Current Version 3 Total = 34
101. Have new list of 101 items ready by day 1001. May 2014

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