Earthmovers and Sandcastles

101 in 1,001: Jan. 2008 to Sept. 2010.

Fitness and Weight Loss
1. Lose thirty more pounds. Probably should have said what my weight was when I started this…I have no idea, but it’s all good.
2. Run a 10K. 10/11/08
3. Win some sort of merit-based (non-door prize) award in a race. 7/26/08
4. Get down to an 8-9 minute mile. 6/1/08
5. Run a half-marathon.
6. Run a full marathon. (Dude!) 5/2/09
7. Do the Race for the Cure every year.
8. Raise at least $200 each year for the Race. 9/28/08
9. Go trail running.
10. Start, and maintain, a scrapbook for my races. 4/12/08
11. Dental appointments for myself, every six months. So far, so good, and I crammed in a few extras.
12. Get into the habit of flossing (every night for at least two months, and we’ll call it set).
13. Get back into the habit of taking a multi-vitamin (two months, nightly). 4/12/08
14. Go hiking without the kids.
15. Join the local running club. 2/19/08
16. Wear a two-piece bathing suit. 3/29/08

Just for Fun
17. Get to at least three operas.
18. Try out the African restaurant. 1/12/08
19. Try the German restaurant.
20. Try the French restaurant.
21. Go to this Middle Eastern restaurant.
22. Go boating on Lake Michigan.
23. Keep up with Coffee Break French.
24. Learn to ice skate.
25. Go sledding with the kids.
26. Learn to eat efficiently with chopsticks. Good enough: 12/7/08
27. Go to the theater at least twice. (Not movies.)
28. Wear at least one fabulous Halloween costume.
29. Learn to belly dance.
30. Host a karaoke party.
31. Get back to Caesar’s with Alysia.
32. Track down and meet up with at least one high school friend.
33. Get together (finally!) with the gang from college.
34. Read at least one new book a month.
35. Fly a kite.
36. Do the Borzynski’s corn maze.
37. Go to the planetarium.
38. Go to a taping of Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!
39. Find my signature fragrance.
40. Go to a drive-in movie.
41. Handwrite at least one letter a month.
42. Go vegetarian for ten days.
43. Go Christmas caroling.
44. Get a massage. 3/29/08
45. Take pictures of a sunrise (over Lake Michigan?).
46. Learn Marie’s aria from Act III, Scene 1 of Wozzeck.

Making things
47. Complete at least three choral works. (I’m not specifying magnitude.)
48. Knit a sweater for Eric.
49. Make a will.
50. Take a class at the beading shop.
51. Knit something involving steeking.
52. Knit something for the County Fair.
53. Bake something for the County Fair.
54. Get my old entries re-uploaded to my blog.
55. Finish my Pi shawl. Frogged.
55b. Go to the glass-blowing shop, preferably with Eric.

Improvements to Myself and My Surroundings
56. Go to the women’s retreat with the church group.
57. Get the basement cleaned out.
58. Stain the back deck.
59. Read through the New Testament.
60. Read through the Old Testament.
61. Get back into (and keep for more than two months) a solid housekeeping schedule.
62. Replace my old undergarments. 6/1/08
63. Get some prescription sunglasses. Got contacts instead, so sunglasses are easy!
64. Lay hands on Eric’s family tree.
65. Obtain a flattering “little black dress.” 6/1/08
66. Fill out my wardrobe, Tim Gunn-style.
67. Go to the library at least once a month.
68. Get CPR certified.
69. Repaint the bathroom.
70. Get a garden going.
71. Learn PHP to a passable level.
72. Educate myself on how to take better photographs.
73. Either fix or send to be fixed the clothes in the mending basket.
74. Get rid of 100 things.
75. Get my thyroid checked. 1/19/08
76. Frame and hang the portraits waiting to be framed.
77. Pray daily.

Improvement to the World
78. Volunteer at the kids’ schools.
79. Donate blood.
80. Attend a political rally.
81. Plant trees for Arbor Day.
82. Make some prayer shawls for donation.
83. Knit and donate some newborn hats.
84. Call and offer babysitting to friends who haven’t asked.
85. Send an anonymous gift. 9/26/08
86. Make and deliver anonymous May Baskets.

Going Places
87. Take the boys to a Mountaineer football game.
88. Take Sam to the polls with me on election day. 11/4/08
89. Get down to see Chicago.
90. Take a family trip to Door County.
91. Take a family trip to the Dells. 8/16/08
92. Go on a train trip with the family.
93. Get a passport.
94. Go on family trip to Canada.

Just for Them
95. Get the boys’ lead levels checked. 1/19/08
96. Teach Sam to ride without training wheels. 7/12/08
97. Teach Gabe to pedal.
98. Get new family portraits taken.
99. Start 529 Plans for both kids.
100. Play tennis with Eric.
101. Keep it together when Gabe heads off to kindergarten on the bus with Sam.

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