Meet Daughter #2


Megan



List-101 Things in 1001 Days
(Starting on October 1, 2010)

Self Improvement
1.Learn second language well enough to converse with someone
2. Take an enemy out to dinner in order to get to know them
3. Learn to talk about "feelings" comfortably
4. Keep my car clean for 1 month (30/30) (Completed January 2011)
5. Make some sort of "BIG" commitment to someone sometime
6. Learn about cars (fixing/maintenance)
7. Make my 5 and 10 year plans
8. Create a "feel good" list about myself and read it when I feel blue
9. Downsize the junk in my home
10. Get a teaching job (even if as adjunct faculty)(Start position Fall 2011)
11. Learn to play chess (Completed Jan/Feb 2011)

Education
12. Complete my Master's Degree
13. Pass the CPH exam
14. Pass the CHES exam
15. Become a CPR instructor
16. Start my DrPH or pre-recs for Med school, or both

For Others
17. Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity 
18. Do 1 random act of kindness each month (1/33)
19. Donate anything that I haven't worn in the last 12 months
20. Volunteer at least 5 times (0/5)
21. Send at least 10 care packages to the Stinsons in Belize (0/10)
22. Continue to school sponsor Jennifer in Belize through (and after) these 1001 days
23. Sit at a strangers table and then buy their meal
24. Leave a 50% tip
25. If I get to an acceptable weight, donate blood, if not try to sneak in and do it anyways.

Travel/Adventure
26. Travel Japan
27. Travel to India
28. Drag Terry to the Galapagoes Islands because he wants to go
29. Travel Colorado
30. Go overseas for more then 1 week
31. Visit 5 US cities that I have never been to before (1/5) (Charlotte NC - May 2011)
32. Snorkel (Completed 10/8/10)
33. Jump out of an airplane
34. Ride a zip line 
35. Go to a nude beach, nude

36. White water raft

37. Rock climb

 Relationships
38. Have professional photos made with Terry (Completed 11/2/10)
39. Do 1 unexpected, nice thing for Terry each month (1/33)
40. Give Terry a list (maybe a journal full) of things that I love about him
41. Do things Terry wants to do, without complaint, because I love him.
42. Leave a secret hidden love note (to anyone) once a month (1/33)
43. Make 10 mom/dad days (0/10)
44. Do 5 things with my brother that he wants to do (0/5)
45. Take Sarah to 10 things she cant do in Germany(0/10)

The Great Outdoors
46. Fly a kite on a mountain
47. Go on a picnic
48. Go horseback riding
49. Learn to ski
50. Hike a mountain early enough to watch the sun rise
51. Kayak

Just for Fun
52. Investigate my tattoo removal
53. Mail a letter to Postsecret.com
54. Get my motorcycle license
55. Leave an anonymous inspirational note in public 1 time a month (1/33)
56. Clean my dreaded "back room" (January 2011)
57. Redo my home to look like an adults, not a bums
58. Take a dance class
59. Spend a whole day in bed
60. Babysit my niece, Ava, for at least 5 hrs straight
61. Wear a dress/skirt every day for 2 weeks (except on work days) 
62. Make/hang a photo wall
63. Finish floor plan/design for my future home
64. Go to a ballet
65. Have Terry teach me to play at least one thing on the guitar

Arts and Crafts
66. Weave two more baskets (0/2)
67. Take a stain glass class
68. Be a model for an art class
69. Build something special for my cats 
70. Knit a blanket for my niece Ava
71. Sew a dress
72. Take a glass blowing class
73. Make and sell something on Etsy.com
74. Take a photography class
75. Learn to use Photoshop like a pro

Finances
76. Try my hand at the stock market (at least once)
77. Piggy bank my change for 1001 days
78. Save at the least 101 dollars a month (8/33)

Indulgences
79. Buy myself a beautiful ring (because I dont need a man to buy me something sparkely)
(completed 02/18/11)
80. Buy a new car
(completed 12/22/10)
81. Paint my toenails a wild color with a design (for my sister)
82. Have a professional teach me how to apply make-up
83. Spend a day at the spa
84. Read 25 books that I want to (1/25)

Food/Health
85. Be a vegetarian for 1 week  
86. Run a 1/2 (or whole) marathon
87. Take a cooking class
88. Cook 1 new meal a month (1/33)
89. Attend at least 5 yoga classes (1/5)
90. Make my own healthy cookbook with at least 50 recipes (0/50)
91. Eat at least 5 things that Zimmerman (from Bizzare Foods) (0/5)
92. Visit a winery and taste the wine
93. Try 101 different beers (0/101)
94. Try 5 "weird" icecreams (0/5)

Things to make my mother cringe
95. Hitchhike
96. Pick up any hitchhiker that appears "safe" for all 1001 days
97. Stay at a hostel (and leave with all my organs)
98. Allow a stranger from couchsurfer.com to sleep on my couch
99. Add another destructive furry member to my family

In the End
100.Donate $10 to an animal shelter for every item I do NOT complete. Save $10 for every item that I DO complete.
101. Celebrate the completion of this list!