101 in 1001

The 101 in 1001 project is a list of 101 goals that you’d like to complete in 1001 days.  Below is the second 101 in 1001 list that I’ve created.  I really enjoy the project and the 1001 days went all too quickly last time around.  Here are more of the details about the list.  Part of the project is keeping the goals in front of you – somewhere that you’ll see them and be reminded of them regularly.  I’ve moved my list from the sidebar to this page just to clean up my sidebar a bit.  But if I’m not looking at it enough here, I might move it back later.  Also, as a bonus to the list having its own page, I’ll be able to link the crossed off items to the post describing it!  Woohoo!

Beginning February 25, 2011

Spirituality/Self Improvement
1. Finish the list.
2. Find and attend a church regularly.
3. Pray daily with Rick.
4. Pray daily with my children.
5. Stop saying “like.”
6. Use kind words.

Stewardship
7. Twice yearly cleanings at the dentist.
8. Get braces.
9. Go outside everyday.
10. Take the supplements that I need.
11. Have ZERO credit card debt by December 31, 2011.
12. Pay off Rick’s student loans (one down in 2012, one to go).
13. Save 3 months emergency fund.
14. Tackle my mending basket. Make this a habit.
15. Set a budget for eating out and stick to it.
16. No eating fast food.
17. Make an inventory of the food in the freezer.
18. Plan meals for 40 weeks in one year.
19. Track how much food we buy from the grocery store.
20. Reduce the amount of food we buy from the store by 20%.
21. Make and use cloth menstrual pads.
22. Use cloth wipes for #1 (a.k.a. use less toilet paper).
23. No using disposable paper products (diapers, wipes, paper towels, paper napkins, pads, and, eventually, toilet paper).
24. Unplug the fridge, convert to an ice-box method for essentials like milk. ??

Blessing Rick
25. Monthly dates.
26. Hunt an elk.
27. Schedule hunting time during waterfowl season so Rick can go without feeling badly.
28. Get a headboard for our bed.
29. Get a new mattress for our bed.
30. Take a vacation to Yellowstone.
31. Take a cooking class together.

Blessing Our Children
32. Try home schooling: commit to the 2011-2012 school year for Henry’s kindergarten.
33. Enroll Henry in 4-H Cloverbuds, and volunteer to be a leader.
34. Make two twin size quilts (one each for Henry & Emmett).
35. Knit a blanket for Cora.
36. Build a snowman with Henry.
37. Plan a picnic date with Henry.
38. Have dates with each kiddo.

Blessing Our Home
39. Complete my 20-Week Organization Challenge.
40. Don’t leave my kitchen messy before going to bed.
41. Paint the kitchen cabinets.
42. Tile the kitchen back splash.
43. Purge stuff Winter 2011.
44. Purge stuff Spring/Winter 2012.
45. Purge stuff Spring 2013.
46. Turn the basement “junk room” into a useful space.

The Homestead
47. Grow a ginormous pumpkin.
48. Raise bees and harvest honey.
49. Build a picnic table for the back yard.
50. Install the patio in the back yard.
51. Install a privacy fence along the driveway.
52. Grow enough food in 2012 to forgo the farm share.
53. Process our own chickens.
54. Find/make a place to grow asparagus.
55. Use a rain barrel in the garden.
56. Collect and use gray water in the house/yard.
57. Build a pergola/arbor over the patio and plant grapes.
58. Plant a fruit tree.

Creativity
59. Buy a string bass.
60. Join and play in an orchestra.
61. Get my scrapbooks up to date.
62. Write my book.
63. Write/blog weekly.
64. Start an etsy shop to sell the things I make/sew.

Building Community
65. Start a monthly potluck circle.
66. Have friends over for dinner once a month.
67. Send care packages to loved ones – 6 in 2011.
68. Send care packages to loved ones – 6 in 2012.
69. Send care packages to loved ones – 6 in 2013.

Educating Others
70. Hold five CBE class series’ in 2011.
71. Hold six CBE series’ in 2012.
72. Hold six CBE series’ in 2013.
73. Put together sustainability class series curriculum.
74. Hold a sustainability class.

Other
75. Build a bat house.
76. Copy my dad’s journal for my sister.
77. Raise a steer for beef.
78. Attend a political rally or protest of some kind.
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Deadline: November 22, 2013

My previous 101 in 1001 project can be found here.