I've been inspired to make my own 101 in 1001 list. It's pretty simple, you complete 101 tasks in 1001 days. I think it's a beautiful idea! I start today, October 11, 2011 & I end on July 8, 2014. Wish me luck! (see my interactive list here)
- Marry Aaron (11-11-11)
- Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find
- Take a picture every day for a month (3-2012)
- Visit Europe with Aaron
- Make a new friend (12-2011)
- Send a post card secret to PostSecret
- Write a book (in progress)
- Watch 20 movies I’ve never seen before (in progress)
- Travel to 8 different countries (in progress, Mexico, Canada, Japan, Honduras, Belize)
- Complete a coloring book (in progress)
- Grow my hair past my shoulders (4-2012)
- Cut my hair short
- Watch the sunrise and the sunset in the same day (12-31-11)
- Write a song
- Take a foreign cooking class (2-14-2012)
- Go vegetarian for a week
- Carve S+A on a tree
- Host a dinner party
- Plant a window box herb garden
- Take a photography class
- Have a tea party
- Get dressed up for a fancy party
- Go skinny dipping
- Learn Japanese enough to ask directions and understand the answer (in progress)
- Get a tattoo
- Paint a picture
- Watch an entire tv series
- Slow dance with Aaron (11-11-11)
- Write a letter to myself to open in 5 years
- Write a letter to Aaron to open in 5 years
- Write my name in the sand
- Meet my first niece or nephew (in progress- coming June 2012!!!)
- Tie a note to a balloon and let it go (1-21-12)
- Learn 10 new recipes (in progress)
- Decorate candy Christmas trains with Aaron
- Take a picture for each letter of the alphabet
- Learn the rules to football (in progress- I think I know most of them!)
- Learn how to salsa
- Go to a concert with Aaron
- Reconnect with a friend who has drifted away (4-2012)
- Get a massage
- Sub for Santa for another family
- Don’t log on to Facebook for a week
- Dress up with Aaron for Halloween
- Unplug completely for 24 hours
- Kiss Aaron underwater
- Secretly do the 12 Days of Christmas for another family
- Have professional family pictures taken
- Try 10 new restaurants (in progress)
- Write a letter to someone who has inspired me
- Take photographs of things Aaron and I both love and frame them in our house
- Teach Aaron the joy of Birthday Week
- Wear red lipstick + red heels (11-4-11)
- Try 5 new dessert recipes (in progress)
- Have a wedding photo printed on canvas
- Wear an outfit with something I’ve made myself
- Take a family vacation
- Dance in the rain
- Decorate our home to reflect our personalities
- Beat Aaron at a game of chess
- Use hot rollers on my hair (3-7-2-2012)
- Put on fancy eye makeup and wear it out in public
- Do yoga every day for a month
- Take 10 minutes to meditate alone every day for a month
- Buy something from The Vintage Pearl (11-30-11)
- Take a dance class
- Run a 5K
- Buy vintage furniture for our home
- Buy something from Etsy (11-29-11)
- Sing karaoke in front of people
- Go on a cruise with Aaron (11-13-11)
- Go skydiving
- Find out my blood type
- Donate blood
- Put a vibrant color in my hair
- Bake cupcakes & deliver them anonymously to friends
- Spend a day at the beach (11-16-11)
- Make a happy list of all my favorite things
- No fast food for two weeks
- Find an inspirational quote & display it creatively
- Do volunteer work
- Learn to play the guitar
- Throw a surprise party for someone
- Send a message in a bottle
- Fly a kite
- Bake a birthday cake for someone
- Get a puppy (1-2-12 we brought home Twink)
- Have dinner by candlelight
- Re-memorize The Night Before Christmas (I knew every word when I was 2)
- Go to Las Vegas with Aaron
- Make my own recipe book filled with all my favorites
- Photograph a sunrise (4-22-12)
- Start college classes
- Audition for a play
- Join a book club
- Go rock climbing
- Wear a princess crown for a day just because
- Have a spa day
- Have a blog giveaway of my favorite things
- Do something wild that must be kept a secret (11-15-11)
- Kiss Aaron in the rain (11-17-11)
