101 in 1001

You can find a little more background information here, but this is my 101 things to do in the next 1001 days, starting August 16, 2013. By the time this list ends, I will have reached my 30's. Follow along, and keep me on track!

101 in 1001

Health & Fitness

1. Run a 5k
2. Run a 10k Ran the BAA 10k 6/21/15 (evidence)
3. Run another half-marathon
4. Try cross-fit
5. Take power yoga monthly for at least 6 months
6. Try pilates
7. Enjoy green smoothies daily for an entire month
8. Join a gym Joined December 31, 2013 and only wish I had done so sooner!

Food/Drink

9. Make pasta from scratch
10. Make [french] macaroons First attempt happened in Dec. 2013 but I'm excited to give it another go!
11. Make mom’s tiramisu recipe
12. Maka J’s nana’s apple pie from scratch
13. Help make homemade raviolis for the holidays L and I had so much fun helping with the raviolis for Christmas 2014 (here)
14. Try 5 new foods
15. Try pho (this gets its own because I can't believe I still haven't had it)
16. Cook dinner every night for an entire month
17. Make homemade ice cream
18. Make a carrot cake
19. [Try to] enjoy a glass of bourbon on the rocks
20. Start up a Sunday dinner tradition with family

Entertaining

21. Host a holiday Hosted Easter 4/20/2014.
22. Host a lobster boil
23. Host a wine tasting event
24. Brew beer
25. Throw a surprise party for someone
26. Host a housewarming/open house party Housewarming party hosted November 2013
27. Host an annual cookout (4th of July perhaps?) 3 years strong now on our 4th of July cookout

House & Home

28. Stencil a room or piece of furniture
29. Wallpaper a room
30. Build a new desk for our office (help J do it...)
31. Sew curtains & pillow covers
32. Paint all of the rooms in our house (they all need to be...)
33. Install hardwood floors in the family room (help J do it...)
34. Build a master bathroom (or hire someone else to do it) Picture post here.
35. Build a master closet space
36. Renovate the guest bathroom Reveal post here
37. Upgrade the back deck Finished in July 2014
38. Fix the pool area - jets, concrete, pavers Ugh, don't get me started on this one...the jets and liner are fixed...now onto making the space pretty
39. Paint the kitchen cabinets
40. Plant a vegetable garden
41. Plant flowers
42. And keep said flowers alive for more than one season
43. Print photos and actually get some frames on the walls/shelves Built 8ft long picture ledges for the family room, they are amazing!
44. Refinish an old piece of furniture Dining room table refinished! And looks so great.
45. Reupholster a piece of furniture Dining room chairs reupholstered with a fun, wipe-able (kid friendly!) material
46. IKEA hack something (if you don’t know, now you know) Nightstands complete (recap here)
47. Clean out my closet, pare down to the staple pieces
48. Clean up the laundry area of the basement, make it pretty

Investments

49. Buy a car Purchased 10/26/13 (pic here)
50. Pay off (some) student loans
51. Increase my 401k payments
52. Purchase a DSLR camera
53. Invest in a tablet - IPad, Samsung...Ipad mini purchased 03/2014
54. Invest in a great, classic handbag
55. And maybe a great pair of shoes...

Travel

56. Travel to a state I haven’t visited yet
57. Travel to Washington DC
58. Plan a girls trip
59. Plan a trip with my mom and sister
60. Travel to Europe
61. Visit a National Park with J
62. Take a road trip with J and Tuck
63. Travel to Hawaii

Read/Watch/Do

64. Re-read the entire Harry Potter series
65. Read something nonfiction
66. Re-watch Titanic
67. Read/watch something that’s never really interested me - Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones - hey, maybe I'll like it!
68. Get a library card, and use it
69. Go to the ballet
70. Go to the theatre Saw Dirty Dancing with my mom - May 2015
71. Go sailing/boating
72. Go camping
73. Go hiking
74. Get our Morocco trip photos into an album
75. Get our honeymoon photos into an album
76. Go to a jazz bar
77. Attend a music festival
78. Go to a Patriots game Went to the Pats v Saints game on 10/13/13 - Pats won!!
79. Plan a staycation One of the best weeks off yet. Took off the week of L's birthday July 2015 and enjoyed every minute of it. (evidence)
80. Clean out my makeup bag
81. Find, and wear, the perfect red lipstick
82. Monogram something
83. Get a great pair of pajamas
84. Learn to make the perfect flower arrangements by vase shape/size
85. Find the perfect gift for someone
86. Send out greeting cards, just because

Personal [Improvement]

87. Go to a blogging conference
88. Learn more html coding
89. Organize my computer folders/pictures/documents
90. Take a photography class
91. Take a cooking class
92. Attend a speaking event
93. Get involved in the community
94. Renew my CPA license when needed June 2014 - that came up quick!
95. Get a promotion at work Promoted to Associate Director, Tax - March 2015
96. Find a new church, and go more often than holidays
97. Find a hobby that helps decrease stress (and gray hairs)
98. Book a spa day Mirbeau Spa at Pinehills, you are heaven on Earth! 7/23/2015
99. Learn something new
100. Be more patient
101. Have a baby Baby girl was born July 20, 2014 - post to come!
102. ....And one extra just because....inspire someone else to write their own 101 in 1001.