101 in 1001
Here is my list of goals that I hope to accomplish in 1001 days. I plan to start my list on June 24, 2007 (birthdays make good starts). My 1001 days will end on March 21, 2010 (my mother’s birthday!). Want to know more about 101 in 1001 and possibly add your list to the challenge? Click here. Wish me luck!
1. Become debt free (except mortgage).
2. Take a cooking class.
3. Hike Mount Timpanogos, visit the cave.
4. Go on vacation to Hawaii.
5. Create a song in Garage Band. It was a small, silly song for my origami frog stop action video.
6. Read the Harry Potter series again.
7. Learn hoop dancing. * so much fun!!!
8. Learn more about personal finance.
9. Go to a laser show at the new planetarium.
10. Build a private fence around our yard.
11. Grow more of our own food (fruits and veggies).
12. Visit with friends more often.
13. Paint all the white walls in my house a different color.
14. Find a great place to play tennis. *found it, sadly it doesn’t have lights for night time, but it is super nice and brand new! It’s also next to the river, so pretty!
15. Finish our basement.
16. Take more photos. *worth doing!
17. Own a great “little black dress”.
18. Help build an awesome model train track.
19. Promote animal rescue on my 4theloveofanimals blog. Hopefully I am helping.
20. Create and build a great blog business doing product reviews. Visit Wish List Worthy to see the result of this goal!
21. Start to learn Spanish.
22. Lose 20 pounds.
23. Clear the clutter and live more simply. *I am clutter free and it feels so good to have nothing in our home but those things that we use or love. Highly recommended!
24. Get the air conditioning in my car fixed. Hurray for my handy husband!
25. Make cards using potato stamps.
26. Own a retro style cruiser bike. Thanks to my hubby, I now have a pink retro cruiser. A very fun birthday present indeed.
27. Use more coupons for grocery shopping. *worth it, but only if you really use the items you are buying!
28. Go to Gilgal Gardens, a wacky wonder of Utah.
29. Take better care of myself by eating more fruits and veggies.
30. Ride my bike to Bridal Veil Falls again.
31. Learn to change the oil in my car.
32. Study interior design.
33. Redo our master bathroom.
34. Crochet properly.
35. Visit Zion’s National Park.
36. Figure out how to use my new sewing machine. *now I just need to use it often.
37. Take a trip to Disneyland and Sea World.
38. See the major pictographs and petroglphs in Utah.
39. Do an flip trick on my skateboard.
40. Dig a hole in our yard for our trampoline. *our trampoline broke recently, so this goal is no longer valid.
41. Go to Vernal and see the dinosaurs.
42. Add a back door to our house. *we did it ourselves, and it’s wonderful to finally have an easy way to the backyard.
43. Build a deck coming from the new back door. Deck was impossible with the design of our home, built stairs instead.
44. Donate excess stuff to charity. *absolutely awesome! Sure we could have sold it all in a yard sale, but it’s ten times better to feel generous and know that the stuff is going to those who need it!
45. Take a trip to Seattle to visit family and also to go to the aquarium.
46. Finally own a VW Bug!
47. Transfer my film photos to the computer.
48. Support more independent artists by buying handmade when possible. *worth every penny!
49. Get really good playing Wii Sports Tennis.
50. Learn how to do yo-yo tricks with my yo-yo.
51. Play my guitar regularly again. *so much fun! Is it weird to say I am happy to finally have blisters on my fingers?
52. Teach our bird to whistle.
53. Go to Moab.
54. Try Geocaching. *did a few thanks to the GPS in my hubby’s iPhone. Lots of fun, plan to do it more.
55. Find a great pair of jeans. *found them for $30!
56. Earn money from my websites. *it’s nice to have a little extra coming in each month.
57. Buy a storage shed for our yard stuff. *we changed our mind about this when we got our new mower, it’s electric and needs a plug, so no shed is needed now!
58. Get a hot tub.
59. Become better organized in all parts of my life . *this was so easy once all the clutter was cleared.
60. Learn to play piano again.
61. Take down the huge satellite dish in our yard.
62. Have a photograph published in a book. *This came true from National Geograhpic! They used this photo and my version of a graveyard cake for a Halloween book for kids.
63. Put a pond and waterfall in my backyard. *too pricey, but we do have an awesome fountain now, so I consider this as good as done.
64. Grow kiwis in my garden.
65. Redesign my animal rescue website.
66. Take part in Race for the Cure.
67. Rediscover the habit of making my bed every morning. *why I ever stopped doing this is beyond me, it’s easy and makes such a huge difference.
68. Take a trip to Las Vegas.
69. Learn more about making jewelry. *got some good info at the library, I think it would be really fun to pick up this hobby again. A lot has changed in 15 years since I did it last!
70. Get a new computer mouse with a scrolling button. *thank you hubby!
71. Make a hoop dance video.
72. Watch Anne of Green Gables.
73. Get solid surface counter tops in the kitchen.
74. Swim with dolphins.
75. Try two recipes from each of the cookbooks we own.
76. Belly dance more often.
77. Learn how to cut vegetables in all the various ways possible.
78. Take a trip with Earthwatch.
79. Have a girl’s only weekend with my closest friends.
80. Learn how to really swim.
81. Put hard floors in my office. It is really nice to have hard floor in the office, so much easier to keep clean with the bird too.
82. Be able to do at least 20 push-ups.
83. Go to the salt flats.
84. Visit Red Butte Gardens.
85. Be part of a volleyball team.
86. Learn to make amigurami.
87. Find a really fun aerobics/yoga class to attend.
88. Make more videos.
89. Have a lot more fun.
90. Create a great craft room in our laundry room. *hurray for space to create!
91. Attend an outdoor concert.
92. Participate in Illustration Fridays, hopefully improve drawing skills.
93. Get a new Mac. *thank you dad for the awesome hand-me-down!
94. Make a home theater in our house. *we did it, and now we are planning improvements on it… always tinkering around we are (insert Yoda voice).
95. Learn to do a back flip on the trampoline.*our trampoline broke, so this goal is out.
96. Get a new bedroom set.
97. Build a robot.
98. Do a cartwheel properly.
99. Work at a nursery and learn all about plants.
100. Make a stop motion video.
101. Adopt a dog (saved the best for last).
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I love #49 — I did some reading on this. The highest possible score is 2400; but its an insane task to achieve it. Do a google search on wii tennis 2400 score and you’ll find the guy’s story. I was at 2008, until I lost to the computer in my most recent game — dropped me to 1987
Anyhow, I’ve given up… the guy who achieved the top score took like 3 months of way too much wii sports to achieve it.
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This is such a cool idea! I have done something simular for 15 years, but making a goal to get it done within 1001 days makes it more interesting.
You actually have a lot of the same goals as me.
) And I’ve never heard of the Gilgal Garden, so we’ll have to check that out sometime. I love yoga, and prefer going with a friend (I used to go with Iva) so if you ever want to go together sometime, let me know.
Good luck!
hi aimee,
thanks for checking out my blog and for your posts! that’s very exciting that you’re a hooper too and you’re into d’s blog! that’s actually how i got into hooping as well. her enthusiasm is just so infectious! good luck with your goals!