101 in 1001

I love lists. Actually, I love scratching things OFF a list. It makes me feel accomplished. So when I heard about the Day Zero "101 in 1001" challenge, I knew it was something I would enjoy doing. The premise of the challenge is to create a list of 101 things and cross them all off in a period of 1001 days (or 2.75 years) So with that information in mind... I made a list of thing I've been wanting to do. As Barney Stinson would say, Challenge Accepted!

Start Date: 11/19/2013

Completion Date: August 16, 2016

The List

Lifestyle: 
1. Come up with 101 things to do 
2. Get my Master's in Elementary Education (May 2015)
3. Get hired as a teacher
4. Celebrate our 1st anniversary (12/15/13- post here)
5. Celebrate our 2nd anniversary (12/15/14- post here)
6. Celebrate our 3rd anniversary
7. Start a family with Ryan (8/19/2015)
8. Read the entire Bible
9. Learn how to knit- (Christmas 2013)
10. Knit a scarf
11. Knit a hat
12. Adopt a puppy
13. Volunteer (anywhere, anytime) Beach Event 2014,
14. Eat every meal at home for an entire month
15. Create a new Christmas tradition with Ryan
16. Learn how to change a tire

Kitchen:
17. Bake a Pecan Pie (11/28/13- post here)
18. Bake a Pumpkin Pie
19. Bake an Apple Pie (Thanksgiving 2014)
20. Make Sangria
21. Make a Lasagna
22. Make Sugar Cookies from scratch
23. Make Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
24. Make 5 new freezer meals (0/5)
25. Make 5 new recipes with the cast-iron skillet (2/5) ONE TWO
26. Make 5 new brownie recipes (0/5)
27. Bake a cake or cupcakes from scratch
28. Cook something with an ingredient I've never used before
29. Roast a Chicken
30. Organize my recipes
31. Make Homemade Tomato Sauce
32. Make 5 new Crock-Pot recipes (2/5) ONE TWO
33. Make homemade jam/jelly

Travel:
34. Visit New Hampshire
35. Go to Nantucket
36. Go to Martha's Vineyard
37. Go on a cruise- July 2014 (Post here)
38. Go to Newport, RI- September 2014 (Post here)
39. Go to Colorado
40. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast (Ireland 2014- posts here, here, & here)
41. Visit my family in Miami
42. Visit my family in California/Washington
43. Attend a 4th of July family reunion- July 4, 2014 (Post here)
44. Visit our old neighbors in NJ
45. Go to the Grand Canyon
46. Get a new stamp on my passport (Ireland 2014- posts here, here, & here)

Fitness:
47. Run a 5k race - June 29, 2014 (Post here)
48. Take a yoga class - July 1, 2014 (Post here)
49. Go for a hike
50. Take a Body Pump class- July 2014
51. Complete a 10k race
52. Hold a 5 minute plank
53. Attend a fitness class I've never heard of (Cardio Combo, 30/30, Pilates with Pizzazz)
54. Try 5 new strength-training/cardio workouts from Pinterest (3/5)
55. FINALLY go swimming again
56. Finish a p90x workout

Entertaining:
57. Throw a dinner party
58. Host a holiday party
59. Host a scarf swap (December 2014)
60. Host a cookie swap
61. Participate in 5 freezer meal swaps (2/5)
62. Host Friendsgiving
63. Throw a bridal shower/bachelorette party/baby shower (Rachel's baby shower- post here)
64. Throw a "favorite things" party

DIY/Projects:
65. Make a Console Table
66. Turn my mom's old ring into a new necklace
67. Pick a Pinterest DIY and do it (12/8/14- post here)
68. Make something at a pottery studio
69. Put together a photo wall
70. Turn one of our favorite wedding pictures into a canvas
71. Make something with the wine cork collection
72. Turn my blog into a book
73. Create wall art with an old wood pallet

Just for Fun/Random:
74. Send a care package to a friend
75. Go to my first country concert
76. Watch my brother swim for WKU (I'm counting his Graduation ceremony here...)
77. Donate blood
78. Go camping- May 2014 (post here)
79. TRY skiing again....
80. Send out Christmas cards for the first time (Posted HERE)
81. Go to a beer festival
82. Build a snowman (February 2015)
83. Go to the top of a lighthouse
84. Read 5 books not related to my Master's program (5/5)
                    1. The Dinner by Herman Koch
                    2. The Legend Trilogy by Marie Lu
                    3. The Testing Trilogy by Joelle Charbonneau 
                    4. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
                    5. 
85. Go to an NFL game (post here)
86. Buy an item from my cousin, Olivia's Sakroots line 
87. Go to a museum (Museum of Fine Arts)
88. Donate toys to a local elementary school for Christmas (Christmas 2013)
89. Have professional family pictures taken (Newborn Pictures)
90. Go to a play (December 2014)
91. Go Strawberry Picking
92. Inspire someone else to write their own 101 list. (Lisa on 11/21/2013)

Explore Boston:
93. Try 5 new restaurants in Boston (5/5) 1-Fiore, 2- Chart House, 3- Union Oyster House 4- Giacomo's 5- Ecco
94. Go Ice Skating in Frog Pond (Post here)
95. Go to a Bruins game
96. Go to a concert at the TD Garden (9/15/2014- post here)
97. Check out the Boston Winery
98. Go on a Duck Boat tour through Boston (post here)
99. Go to the New England Aquarium (post here)
100. Go to the Plymouth Plantation (11/19/2013- post here)
101. Go to a Christmas Parade in Boston

Bonus:
102. Donate $1 for every challenge I do not complete by the end of 1001 days.