update...with one year to go here's where we stand

Tasks completed (49/102)

Just for Fun
1. watch the sunrise twice (1/2)
2. watch the sunset three times (0/3)
3. spend an hour looking at the stars twice (1/2)
4. spend a day at the park with nothing but a book
5. dance in the rain
6. read 15 children’s books (12/15)
7. read 20 grown up books (20/20)...if I never read another book about global warming it will be too soon...
8. visit the ocean
9. visit the mountains
10. play in the snow
11. swim in a lake or a river
12. be in two places at once stood on the GA/TN border. there was a sign and everything
13. hike Stone Mountain
14. visit the Atlanta Zoo
15. relax for a half hour at the lakes on CSU campus five times (3/5)
16. take photo booth pictures
17. buy and put together a puzzle (minimum 200 pieces)(its 1000 piece Thomas Kinkad)
Craftiness
18. bake a loaf of bread from scratch
19. find/make a box to store greeting cards in
20. take 1 picture I like every day for 30 days (5/30)
21. make/stuff three pillows (0/3)
22. acquire and re-finish cedar chest
23. put together photo album for Chai and Joska trips (0/2) ( pictures were eaten by my computer so I can not do this :/ )
24. sew duvet cover with fabric of my choice
25. make 10 birthday/anniversary/misc. cards (10/10)
26. frame 3 pictures that I really love (2/3)
History
27. Visit Oakland Cemetery
28. find and visit the oldest church in Atlanta, or Georgia (found it now just have to visit)
29. visit Savannah
30. attend one 1890’s day celebration in Ringgold
In me Casa
31. find 20 things to donate to Lazarus ministry (20/20)
32. keep room tidy for one month
33. cook 3 meals a day for two weeks
34. stay on top of laundry for a month
35. have people over for a home cooked dinner
36. go through boxes at dad’s
37. donate the things I find I no longer want/need
38. start recycling
39. burn CD’s of all my pictures
Fun with Friends
40. girls night out (wear dresses and go to a nice restaurant for desserts)
41. go on a picnic
42. take each of my siblings out to lunch (4/5)
43. go to the drive-inmy 25th birthday celebration :)
44. go rafting/kayaking
45. go camping twice (0/2)
Cultured Living
46. see a play...Cabaret at CSU; The Pajama Game UTC Chattanooga
47. watch 6 foreign films (1/6)
48. stay at a monastery for a weekend
49. watch “The Last Lecture” It was amazing and I would recommend it to you all!
50. go to one museum
51. attend three sporting events (2/3)
52. attend a women’s conference
53. attend 3 parties/shows I wouldn’t normally attend (3/3)
54. try two new kinds of ethnic foods (1/2)
Chicken Soup for the Soul
55. worship at three churches other than mine (3/3)
56. read the whole Bible
57. pray for my family every day for 40 days (0/40)
58. spend a whole day with my father NOT complaining about life
59. send mom 6 hand written notes telling her I love her
60. memorize 15 Bible verses (15/15)
61. and then 15 more (0/15)
Its all about You
62. buy flowers for someone just because I can
63. send care packages to my friends overseas (2/4)
64. work on a Habitat for Humanity project
65. convince someone else to do a 101 in 1001 list (Miss Laurie Works)
66. buy a cup of coffee/lunch for 4 people I don’t know (2/4)
67. give blood
68. tell 5 strangers they are beautiful (5/5)
69. volunteer at an Elementary school for 6 months
70. send out Christmas cards once (by Dec. 10th)
71. volunteer to cook a meal for a family at church
72. sponsor a child Mary-Anne is all mine :)
73. help out with 3 Lazarus/church outreach events (2/3)
From the Lincolns to the Benjamins
74. print pictures from Chai/Joska trips
(cant because my computer ate them! )
75. put aside $5 for every task accomplished (2/101)
76. save $1000 to be spent on nothing
77. find and apply for 3 scholarships (2/3)
78. go sky diving
79. use only cash for one month (no credit/debit cards)
80. visit California
81. visit Colorado
82. visit New York (road trip if possible!)
83. buy one outfit I LOVE
84. contribute ½ of my tax return to my IRA
85. have a 30 day no buy zone
86. buy a beautiful dress
87. buy a new book every two months, put a note in the book about why I liked it, leave it at a random public place for anyone to pick up (1/15)I decided I couldn't do this because I LOVE my books too much!!
From the Inside out
88. read the newspaper 30 times (8/30)
89. watch the news for one hour 30 times (10/30)
90. fast one day per month for duration of 101 in 1001 (0/33)
91. do hair and makeup every day for a month (30/30)
92. wake up by 8 o’clock every day for two weeks when I don’t have to (15/15)
93. be in bed by 10:30 every day for a month (0/30)
94. do pilates every other day for two months (30/30) I have subbed pilates with going to the gym...so far, so good!
95. do pilates for another two months (60/60)
96. go one month without eating fast food (30/30)
97. lose 5 pounds…then another 5 (10/10)
98. eat a salad every day for two months (0/61)
99. go one month without eating sweets (30/30)
100. ask someone out on a date
101. spend one day a month doing nothing but relaxing (13/33)
Things that should have been on the list that weren’t
102. Visit St. Andrews to see Jenn and Brandon


THE ADVENTURE ENDS JUNE 18 2011