There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy. -- Mark Twain
101 in 1001 Project
UPDATED: 7/15/2010
Mission: Accomplish 101 discrete tasks in 1001 days
End Date: June 24, 2010 (This is now an ongoing project)
Green tasks are in progress. Blue tasks are replacements.
Home 1. Bring all wedding gifts from parents' house to our house 2. Clean out room at parents' house
3. Choose wedding pictures to have printed and to make parents' albums
4. Keep fridge clear of impromptu experiments. 5. Put together an “emergency” box (water, flashlights, etc.) for the house
6. Get a headboard for our bed 7. Paint bedroom
8. Use Mr. Clean Eraser on walls in house 9. Put together a Control Journal for the house 10. Assemble emergency kits for both cars 11. Write and properly execute wills
12. Spend 15 minutes (up to 1 hour) decluttering in each room of the house 13. Get VCR/DVD player fixed or get a new one 14. Apply Feng Shui rules to our house 15. Organize front hall closet 16. Vacuum inside of car 17. Wash interior windows of car 18. Clean out JD’s car 19. Get an oil change in both cars 20. Put all CDs onto iTunes 21. Back up computer 22. Buy a china cabinet 23. Complete china service 24. Complete silverware service 25. Follow FlyLady’s mission of the month for one month 26. Find a white button-down shirt that fits well 27. Clean and organize 2nd bedroom 28. Have a baby 29. Make holiday gifts for all recipients (just once) 30. Volunteer at a community event 31. Spend 15 minutes on decluttering/house cleaning every day for a week
FOOD 32. Shop at a farmer’s market 33. Eat 4 different local vegetables while in season 34. Use Crock-Pot to cook at least once a week for one month 35. Roast a chicken 36. Make challah 37. Make matzah ball soup 38. Try a new recipe from each of the cookbooks I own 39. Pack breakfast, lunch & snack to work for one week
HEALTH 40. Reread Nina Planck's Real Food for Mother and Baby 41. Switch to pastured eggs 42. Eat a fermented food once a week for gut health 43. See dermatologist for skin cancer check 44. See a personal trainer to start a weight training regimen 45. Start buying grass-fed meat and pastured poultry 46. Get eyes checked
47. Floss every day for a month 48. Exercise 30 minutes every day for one month 49. Take a yoga class 50. Go on a hike
SELF/SPIRITUAL 51. Bite back a nasty remark and replace with a loving remark 52. Read Kosher Sex by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 53. Find out rules for using a mikveh and go to one at proper time 54. Observe Pesach more by getting rid of chametz and cleaning kitchen completely 55. Instead of nagging, write a blog post instead 56. Listen to a meditation tape 57. Light Shabbat candles every week 58. Have Friday night Shabbat dinner at our house for family/friends
59. Read the Torah
RELATIONSHIPS 60. Talk to my sister at least once a month 61. Take a picture of JD and I at least once a month 62. Have a women-in-my-family dinner 63. Email friends from law school every 2 months 64. Take a vacation with BFF 65. Make 4 friends a CD mix just because 66. Call Gramie at least once a month 67. Call BFF at least once a month 68. Invite neighbors for dinner
VACATION 69. Drive Skyline Drive in the fall 70. Visit Ireland
71. Visit Hawaii 72. Visit New England in the fall 73. Visit Austria
74. Visit Switzerland
FUN 75. Learn how to play the piano
76. Read all of Shakespeare’s plays (9/36) 77. Try a magazine or newspaper-reviewed restaurant at least once a season 78. Go to a bingo game 79. Go to 2010 Best Picture Showcase 80. Ride in a hot-air balloon
81. Learn how to knit 82. Learn how to put stuff on both sides of the blog page 83. Go to a wine tasting 84. Take a golf lesson
85. Take a cooking class 86. Preserve a food by canning 87. Post on blog at least once a week 88. Learn to speak German 89. Check out a music appreciation lecture from the library 90. Read 10 books that I haven’t read from 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 91. Complete a needlework project 92. Organize workplace to send care packages to soldiers 93. Make homemade yogurt
MONEY 94. Get JD’s financial information to accountant 95. Find out rules about ROTH IRA’s and 401(k)’s 96. Begin contributing to my 401(k) 97. Save at least $20,000 for a new house 98. Eat out only once a week for one month 99. Take out only once a week for one month 100. Use 5 clipped coupons at grocery store 101. Get tax stuff to accountant before April 2010
