My 101 in 1001

I keep stumbling on these 101 in 1001 lists and I have finally decided to make my own and put it out there for all of you to see…maybe this way I’ll get some of it doneBasically it’s 101 things that I would like to accomplish in 1001 days….I can’t wait to get this started!

End Date April 14, 2013

1. Travel to Europe and visit Italy, France, Greece, Ireland
2. Interview someone I admire
3. Run a half-marathon
4. Sing on stage to overcome my fear
5. Get certified to become a Yoga Instructor
6. Take a Sister Trip somewhere fabulous
7. Try a new local restaurant once a month for a year
8. Trace my Genealogy on the Carter side
9. Take a Belly Dancing Class
10. Throw a Fabulous Dinner Party
11. Join a local mom’s group and actually participate
12. Learn to knit
13. Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
14. Organize a Food Drive with the kids
15. Start a journal and write in it once a week
16. Blog every day for a month
17. Take a road trip out west with Drew and take lots of photos for myself
18. Get my work Published November 2010
    
19. Host a Cocktail Party and show local art
20. Learn how to play guitar
21. Visit Trena in Texas and see the Alamo
22. Go to North Carolina and see my old friends
23. Organize my personal photos
24. Go to a luxury spa and get the works! October 2010
    
25. Take a painting class
26. Study Art History
27. Go backpacking with Drew
28. Go on a picnic with the family
29. Lose 10-15 lbs.
30. Learn how to Ballroom Dance
31. Finish the Basement
32. Send a random gift to a friend
33. Become more fluent in Spanish
34. Shoot a wedding in Mexico
35. Buy an Orchid
36. Organize my recycling & composting
37. Write a book
38. Go on a date to the Art Museum with Drew
39. Pick Blueberries with the kids
40. watch the sunrise somewhere peaceful
41. Go on a date with Drew on a row boat
42. Create a living will
43. Write 4 handwritten letters a year to my friends using beautiful stationary
44. Invest in some new gear (100mm macro, 35mm, 50 1.2, 85 1.2, 5D Mark II)
45. New Family Pictures
46. Grow my hair to the middle of my back
47. Get my teeth whitened
48. Get Lasik
49. Take Drew to a MSU football game
50. Have an Audrey Hepburn movie marathon with Shawn
51. Volunteer at my Church
52. Send postcards to my friends
53. Sleep under the stars
54. Go horseback riding
55. Go skinny dipping
56. Take the kids to the farmers market in GR and in Holland
57. Write a letter to each of my kids for them to open when they move away from home
58. Sing Karaoke
59. Create a landscaping plan for the front yard and get it done
60. Ride my bike 5 miles every day for a week
61. Take the kids to the library
62. Donate my photography services to a charity January 2011
    
63. Redecorate my bedroom
64. Go on a wine tasting tour in Traverse City
65. Add more $$ to my Kiva.org account November 2010
    
66. Attend a Photography Workshop by one of my fave photogs
67. Get The Pioneer Woman Cooks and make a 30 day meal plan based on her recipes
68. Attend WPPI
69. Sort through all of the old clothes in the basement September 2010
70. Drywall & Organize the Garage
71. Make a Creme Brulee at home
72. Learn how to play Tennis
73. Redo our Bathroom
74. Tile the Kitchen Floor
75. Answer the “50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind” Jan 2011
    
76. Go snowboarding with Drew
77. Organize my closet
78. Create a Client Welcome Booklet
79. Give blood twice per year
80. Start at least one of my personal photography projects
81. Do a random act of kindness for a complete stranger
82. Take the family to a paint your own pottery store
83. Go mountain biking with Drew
84. Master custom white balance
85. Go to Las Vegas!!! December 2010
    
86. Take a cooking class with Drew
87. Go to Ikea
88. Organize my Office
89. Get a nice point and shoot camera
90. Take a mother/daughter community ed class with Madyson
91. Create a weekly chore schedule and stick to it
92. Go to Great Wolf Lodge with the kids
93. Shoot a wedding in Hawaii
94. Send a post card to Post Secret
95. Spend the day with Grandma Rutherford
96. Buy a pair of Frye Boots
97. Have Family Fun Night once a week
98. Repaint the white trim all around the house
99. Refinish the wood floors in the house
100. Fly kites on the beach with the kids
101. Take a creative writing class