Mama Bee's 101 Things in 1001 Days: Day Two Hundred and Eighty-Five

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Day Two Hundred and Eighty-Five

I am trying to figure out which would be the best list items to work on today, after a morning in which not one but TWO really great potential job offers fell through.

Learn French? I don't think I have the energy.

Try a recipe? Not hungry.

Visit a new state? Tempting.

Go to a Shakespeare play? Might be a good distraction, but I think the kids would hate it.

Put $1000 in an education fund for each child? Better not right now.

Work on a quilt? Maybe ... better for me than eating chocolate, anyway!

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AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 6:56 AM
I like #28.
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Mama BeeJuly 1, 2010 at 9:12 AM
Hmmm ... that actually does kinda sound like fun.
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The List

Key:

completed item

in progress (#/# also indicates item in progress)

not started yet

1. Start 101 Things blog.

LEARN

2. save for, research and purchase better camera

3. learn how to use it

4. purchase program to learn French (for music work)

5. start learning it (goal to be determined)

6. read 10 books by authors who are new to me (10/10)

7. read 5 biographies (4/5)

8. try 20 new recipes (20/20)

9. learn and memorize Chopin's Ballade No. 2 in F Major

10. learn and memorize a set of Grieg's Lyric Songs

11. learn the Creston Sonata for Saxophone and Piano

12. take a cooking class

13. take the Advanced Composition writing class at the local college

14. (now located between #67 and #68, because I didn't feel like renumbering them all)

15. (now located between #79 and #80, and here is why)

16. comprehend the concept of the International Date Line

17. obtain and work through basic algebra book

18. learn the name and location of every country in the world

GO

19. visit a new state

20. go on a family road trip (minimum 2 nights)

21. learn to Geocache with kids

22. get a passport

23. visit Eastern Oregon

24. take the kids to the top of the Space Needle

25. go to a tulip festival

26. attend an opera in fancy attire

27. do one photo-taking expedition every 6 months (4/5)

28. visit the Portland Art Museum

29. ride on a train

30. attend a minor or major league baseball game

31. attend a Shakespeare play

GIVE

32. participate in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

33. knit or crochet 20 items for the homeless or other charities (12/20)

34. donate 10" of hair to appropriate charity - this one's off the list, since I've dyed it too many times for anybody to want it. ;)

35. donate $5 to charity at end of project for each unfinished item

36. sort and give away kids' old clothes

SAVE

37. go one month without restaurant or pre-packaged food (0/30)

38. pay off the car ahead of schedule

39. put $1000 in a college fund for each child

40. put $5 in savings for each task accomplished (17/101)

WRITE

41. write 50 essays (5/50)

42. write something that is not an email on 777 days (154/777)

43. write one handwritten letter per month for a year (2/12)

44. send 25 just-for-fun postcards (9/25)

45. write and mail fan letters to my favorite authors (1/2)

46. get something published

MOVE

47. run five 5K races

48. train for and run a 10K race

49. go on a hike of 5+ miles (3 wasn't long enough!)

50. learn to swim

51. learn to cycle well enough for a 10-mile ride

52. get Wii fit and learn to use it

53. go to organized fitness class 50 times (6/50)

BE HEALTHY

54. go 30 days without chocolate (30/30)

55. go 30 days without alcohol, even in my hot chocolate (30/30)

56. finish losing the 70 pounds I started losing this summer (0/76)

57. do core exercises at least 3x a week for 10 weeks (0/10)

58. increase flexibility by end of project

59. do monthly breast self-exams (5/33)

60. be able to do 100 consecutive sit-ups (80/100)

61. be able to do 100 consecutive push-ups (10/100)

62. floss teeth every day for a month (30/30)

63. spend 15 minutes outside daily for 100 days in a row (0/100)

CLEAN

64. paint the kitchen

65. organize all sheet music and music books

66. dispose of or adequately store all baby equipment

67. sort out and organize product warranties

14. do something about the toy-infested craft-swamped book-filled lair that is my family room

68. reduce teacup collection and store or display appropriately

69. clean interior and exterior of my 1968 Mustang

70. get the Mustang running and fixed OR sell it

71. paint and replace carpet in basement

72. organize the Office Closet of Doom

73. get all paperwork off of office floor

CREATE

74. post photographs of all 101 Things (30/101)

75. finish children's baby books (0/2)

76. catch up family scrapbooks to 2005 (0/3)

77. do a day-in-the-life photo essay

78. sew 10 items of clothing for each child (14/20)

79. sew one item of clothing for myself

15. make a patchwork blanket for each child (0/2)

80. add 50 pictures to Windows & Doors photo project (39/50)

81. purchase recording equipment and learn to use it

82. post five solo recordings on youtube (1/5)

83. post five collaborative recordings on youtube (0/5)

84. take my son to Home Depot Saturday class and build something

85. print out and frame 10 photographs (4/10)

ENJOY

86. pick blackberries and make a pie

87. join and participate in postcrossing.com

88. go on the bungee jump at the fair

89. watch a sunrise

90. watch a sunset

91. sleep one night under the stars

92. grow healthy, trimmed hair to my waist (see item #35)

93. watch new-to-me movies made in every year from 1939 to 2012 (11/74)

94. replant my antique rose

95. try five local restaurants I've never been to (5/5)

96. bake an edible loaf of bread

97. buy a well-fitting Little Black Dress at ten pounds (or less) to my goal weight

98. get a NetHack character through the game with 5 saves or less

99. repair and wear the green dress I got on Solano Avenue

100. watch a movie on opening night

101. try red hair, even if just for one day

Mama Bee's 101 Things in 1001 Days

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Day Two Hundred and Eighty-Five

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