101 in 1001

In the next 1,001 days, I aim to complete the following 101 things:
(To be finished by: September 18, 2016)

Update June 2, 2016: Just based on the timing of events, many of these goals will not be completed by September.  However, they are still things that I hope to do one day, so I will continue to "check them off" as I go. 

Home, Office/Classroom, & Cleaning

  1. bring a microwave to work (January 2016) 
  2. clean/organize office drawers and desk (June 2014)
  3. finish cleaning out closet and cabinets from previous teacher (June 2016)
  4. buy a house (May 2015)
  5. start a website for my classroom (April 2014)
  6. take a cooking class
  7. throw out 10 things from my bedroom (May 2015)
  8. rid bedroom closet of old clothes (June 2014)
  9. create a monthly/weekly cleaning schedule (June 2016)
 10. figure out better organization for my makeup routine (February 2015)
 11. clean out trunk of car (December 2013)
 12. vacuum out car (December 2013)
 13. oil the leather seats (December 2013)
 14. re-organize the glove compartment (December 2013)


Exercise, Health, & Wellness
 15. go 1 month without drinking soda
 16. go 1 month without fast food--I'm a sucker for Qdoba
 17. go 2 months without drinking soda
 18. go 2 months without fast food
 19. go for a bike ride
 20. go to the park with Dottie
 21. go rock climbing
 22. go hiking
 23. go backpacking for a weekend
 24. take a Bikram yoga class (February 2015. Thanks, Ky!)
 25. cook dinner 3 of 5 weekdays for a month October 2015
 26. cook a new recipe (May 2014)
 27. join a gym (January 2014)
 28. commit to 3+ days of exercise each week for 2 months
 29. lose 5 pounds
 30. lose 10 pounds
 31. lose 15 pounds
 32. run the Drumstick Dash for Wheeler Mission on Thanksgiving morning
 33. run the Indianapolis 500 Mini-Marathon for the third time (May 2014)
 34. run the Jingle Bell Run for the Arthritis Foundation
 35. take a ballroom dancing class
 36. go 2 months without missing a week of church 
 37. drink 8 glasses of water a day for 2 weeks
 38. spend 1 hr+ outside 5 days a week for 1 month
 39. read 10 new books (April 2015)

Social Events
 40. race go-carts
 41. go to breakfast at Le Peep downtown
 42. go to Oliver Winery in Bloomington, IN
 43. go to a Chicago Cubs game (April 2016)
 44. go to a college football game 
 45. host a party for a friend (December 2015)
 46. see Zac Brown Band in concert
 47. see Mumford & Sons in concert
 48. go horseback riding
 49. participate in a flashmob
 50. have dinner at Rick's Boathouse (June 2014)
 51. plan a romantic dinner date for Cole
 52. have a picnic in the park
 53. host a Halloween party
 54. host a Christmas party (December 2015)
 55. host a New Year's Eve party
 56. host a game night
 57. have a Mario Kart marathon
 58. have a Star Wars movie marathon (December 2015)

Adventure
 59. do a wine tour
 60. go ice skating 
 61. see the take-off for the Indiana State Fair Hot Air Balloon Race
 62. go on a cruise (December 2013/January 2014)
 63. return to Las Vegas and actually gamble
 64. go on a ski trip
 65. go zip lining
 66. go kayaking
 67. go fishing
 68. go to NYC to see the Rockefeller Center at Christmas
 69. go on a hiking trip through Yosemite
 70. go rock climbing--apparently I want to do this badly; it's on here twice!
 71. go white water rafting
 72. go paintballing
 73. go kayaking (July 2015)
 74. spend a week at the beach
 75. visit a city I've never been before (April 2015)
 76. take a vacation with my sister (November 2015)
 77. sip on whisky whilst in Ireland or Scotland
 78. kiss the Blarney Stone
 79. drink Guinness in a Galway pub
 80. be in Germany for Oktoberfest
 81. tour Alcatraz
 82. stay at a bed & breakfast
 83. get pumpkins from the patch

Crafts/Construction
 84. make gallery wall
 85. hang artwork in house
 86. build shelves over powder room toilet
 87. make a t-shirt quilt
 88. finish knitting a scarf (June 2014)
 89. get a new camera (December 2013)
 90. get photo editing software (December 2013)
 91. make a headboard
 92. make a family "yearbook"
 93. make homemade Christmas cards (December 2014--never sent...)
 94. send Christmas cards
 95. build a "fence" to hide the electric boxes
 96. paint the bathroom
 97. make a pin board from wine and champagne corks
 98. make an Advent calendar
 99. make a new pottery piece
100.make save-the-dates
101. paint on canvas (June 2015)