I’ve pretty much joined the witness protection program. I have a new life. I now have a husband to consider in all my decisions. Live in a new state. Have a new name. I’m looking for a job to start a new career. So what’s next do you ask? Well I’ll tell you…

Here it is. This is it. My list of 101 things to complete in the next 1001 days. The next step for me is to stop putting off all those things I’ve always wanted to do. I will attempt to complete all the things that need to get done, fulfill those random ambitions I possess, and add a few new goals that come along with my new life.

Now, before you start giving me all of your input, I will say that I am fully aware that some of these things can be easily accomplished, while with others I have no control over their outcome and if they will actually happen or not. I am also aware that some things aren’t going to make or break me, whereas others are completely life altering. But this is all okay.

I am giving myself nearly 3 years to attempt to accomplish everything on the following list, and for every task that I am unable to accomplish, I plan on doing an hour of community service. I plan on doing community service not as a way to punish myself for an incomplete task, but more for the making that every incomplete task isn’t a failure. I will still be doing something for each incomplete task that will benefit others and in return benefit myself.

Without further ado, here it goes…

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 effort on your part).

Start Date: July 27, 2011
End Date: April 23, 2014

All Work & No Play

1. Land an ultrasound job
2. Complete my ultrasound reference binder
3. Become ARDMS in at least one specialty

Life Online

4. Don’t log into facebook for 1 week
5. Get through HTML/XHTML/and CSS Bible
6. Revamp Stranded in the Desert COMPLETED 08/07/11
7. Revamp Romano Sugar
8. Get someone I don’t personally know to comment on Stranded in the Desert COMPLETED 09/11/11
9. Get someone I don’t personally know to comment on Romano Sugar COMPLETED 08/19/11
10. Regularly post on Romano Sugar
11. Learn about SEO
12. Get 10 subscribers on Stranded in the Desert
13. Get 10 subscribers on Romano Sugar
14. Learn how to use Gimp
15. Learn about PHP

Marriage & Family

16. Have a “date night” with David twice a month (9/66)
17. Add a mini-dachshund to our family
18. Have a baby
19. Take my grandma to a movie COMPLETED 08/20/11
20. Take my other grandma to a movie

Pinching Pennies

21. Make a budget and stick with it for at least 6 months
22. Start a vacation savings
23. Save enough money to have at least 6 months reserve

Big Spender

24. Buy a house
25. Get a fancy camera
26. Purchase The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Pastry Arts
27. Buy another gun COMPLETED 01/31/12

I ♥ All Things Food

28. Make a confetti cake
29. Make chocolate chip pancakes
30. Try at least 2 new recipes a month (14/66) Evidence
31. Perfect at least 3 different types of sugar flowers (0/3)
32. Sell something I bake
33. Make a custom recipe book
34. Make homemade cherry pie for my husband COMPLETED 11/22/2011 Evidence
35. Grow an herb garden
36. Get a bottle of wine from Sunflower Market and drink it

Pure Entertainment

37. Watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show from start to finish
38. Watch all 3 seasons of Arrested Development
39. Watch at least 2 movies a month I’ve never seen before (12/66)
40. Read at least 1 new book a month (1/33)
41. Go to another Toby Keith concert
42. See a midnight showing at a theater
43. Go to a play

A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words

44. Participate in project 365
45. Order our wedding photos
46. Take a picture that’s nice enough to hang in our house

Mind, Body, & Soul

47. Lose 5 pounds
48. Don’t weigh myself for 3 weeks
49. Wake up at 6:00am everyday for 1 week
50. Go to bed at 10:00pm everyday for 1 week
51. Make a list of 100 things that make me happy
52. Give up ice cream for 2 weeks, including frozen yogurt & gelato
53. Give up dairy for 2 weeks, including coffee creamer
54. No eating after 8:00pm for 1 week
55. Read the Bible everyday for 30 days
56. Grow my hair out
57. Wash my face every night before bed for 30 days
58. Don’t say a foul word for 3 days
59. Spend a Saturday morning in bed watching movies COMPLETED 05/19/12

Oh, so crafty!

60. Actually finish a crochet project COMPLETED 10/21/11 Evidence.
61. Learn to knit and make something
62. Sew something
63. Make a newlywed map
64. Make a scrapbook

Expanding My Horizon

65. Try at least 3 new things at Starbucks (3/3) COMPLETED 05/06/12
66. Try a coffee shop other than Starbucks
67. Start to learn another language
68. Take a photography class
69. Become a more informed voter for the next election
70. Try 5 new restaurants (4/5)
71. Read through my book on wine
72. Attend 15 different garage sales (0/15)
73. Learn how to use all the features on my digital camera
74. Read The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Pastry Arts
75. Read through my photography book
76. Take a baking class

It Must Be Done

77. Put together the guest bedroom COMPLETED 08/08/11
78. Line kitchen cabinets and clean out the pantry COMPLETED 10/04/11
79. Clean out my nightstand drawer in the bedroom  COMPLETED 08/03/11
80. Change my name on my passport
81. Organize my cook books and recipes

Involving Others

82. Babysit for someone COMPLETED 02/23/12
83. Clean out my closet and give away some of my clothes COMPLETED 01/18/12
84. Participate in BookCrossing
85. Mail a card to someone once a month (6/33)

Travels

86. Visit Teresa COMPLETED 10/27/11
87. Go to New York & visit Danielle
88. Go to Mount Lemmon COMPLETED 05/20/12
89. Visit the Grand Canyon

Random Ambitions

90. Sell something online Evidence
91. Go pig hunting
92. Host a game night
93. Go on a picnic
94. Sing karaoke
95. Go running in the rain
96. Host a giveaway
97. Host a holiday cookie swap
98. Attend a street fair COMPLETED 10/16/11
99. Go wine tasting
100. Enter a contest of some sort

Most Importantly

101. Be me